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Canadian Knowledge Mobilization Forum

Tue, 19 Jun 2012 09:00:00 EST

Canadian Knowledge Mobilization ForumHold the DatesWhat: Canadian Knowledge Mobilization Forum:Bringing the science and art of KMb practice together When: June 19 & 20, 2012 Where: Ottawa – Hilton Garden Inn Ottawa Airport,2400 Alert Road, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1V 1S1 Why: Knowledge Mobilization has seen a significant growth over the past decade. There are more organizations engaged in active knowledge mobilization efforts. There are more people with knowledge mobilization as their profession. Research efforts to understand and optimize knowledge mobilization practice have accelerated and are attracting more resources. It is now time to come together to share both the science and art of knowledge mobilization. The Canadian Knowledge Mobilization Forum will provide access to some of the best minds and most creative practitioners in the field. Come to share what you know so we can create together. Who: Leaders like you. For more information or to become a sponsor, please contact the planning committee lead – Peter Levesque – at: Email:contact@knowledgemobilization.net Phone: 1(613)422-1612Visit Knowledge Mobilization Works at www.knowledgemobilization.net

How to talk about science (UVic)

Fri, 25 May 2012 09:00:00 EST

How to talk about science Interested in talking science but looking for a better way to chat through your work (and your findings) with the public? Strategic outreach is vital if you want to affect policy, bring media attention to your work or spark a lifelong interest in science in everyone you meet. It’s also the only way you’ll be able to directly communicate the results of your work for social benefit. You’re invited to learn How To Talk About Science at a conference at the University of Victoria in May 2012. After two days of interactive sessions you’ll have the tools to fine-tune your outreach strategies using pointers from some of the top scientists and media working in science communications today. SAVE THE DATE May 25—27, 2012 University of Victoria | Victoria, BC, Canada Conference program and registration details to follow; please see cbr.uvic.cafor information or contact cfbr@uvic.cawith any questions.

Comment parler de la science

Fri, 25 May 2012 09:00:00 EST

Comment parler de la scienceLa parole est à vousVous êtes intéressés à parler de science, mais vous cherchez une meilleure façon d’échanger sur votre travail (et sur vos résultats) avec le public?Une approche stratégique est essentielle si vous voulez influencer les politiques, attirer l'attention des médias sur votre travail ou susciter un intérêt durable pour la science auprès de tous ceux que vous rencontrez. C'est aussi la seule manière qui vous permettra de communiquer de façon directe les résultats de vos travaux pour le bénéfice de la société. Vous êtes invités à apprendre à parler de science lors d'une conférence à l'Université de Victoria en mai 2012. Après deux jours de sessions interactives, vous disposerez des outils pour affiner vos stratégies de communication en utilisant les astuces de scientifiques de haut niveau et de médias qui œuvrent en communication scientifique.RETENEZ LA DATE!Du 25 au 27 mai, 2012Université de Victoria | Victoria, BC, CanadaLe programme de la conférence et les détails relatifs à l'inscription suivront sous peu. Pour plus d’informations, voir le cbr.uvic.ca ou encore, contactez cfbr@uvic.ca.

Workshop Series: Improve Your Skills in Research Methodologies (YorkU)

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 09:00:00 EST

These workshops are being co-sponsored by the York Institute for Health Research (YIHR) and Knowledge Mobilization Units at York University and United Way York Region (UWYR). The workshops are an extension of traditional KM in the AM events, with a focus on capacity building. The workshops will be led by Dr. Mina Singh, Associate Director (Acting), YIHR or Carolyn Steele Gray PhD Candidate (University of Toronto). Participants must register in advance of each session. It is possible to attend workshops separately. Due to the unique nature of these workshops, there will be a fee for participation of $30 per session + HST by cash, cheque payable to York University or via PayPal. All workshops will be held at 7271 Warden Avenue, Markham ON L3R 5X5 in the Training Room at the Markham Convergence Centre and will run from 9.30 – 11.30amDigital Storytelling I and II (January 24 and 31, 2012)In these sessions, participants will get an overview of methods (Session I) of Digital Storytelling with a focus on Photovoice. There will be an opportunity to apply (Session II) Photovoice to a research question. Participants will need a camera to depict their responses to the question which will be discussed in Session II. Register now! Part 1Part 2Qualitative Analysis (February 14, 2012)In this session, participants will get an overview of the qualitative methods: ethnography, field research and phenomenology. Transcripts will be provided so that participants can engage in content analyses. Register now!Evaluation for Policy Requirements (February 28, 2012)This session will cover the many ways in which policy and program evaluation intersect. Topics will include: policy mandated evaluation, evaluating policy impacts and outcomes (policy evaluation), and using evaluation/research to inform/direct policy. We will explore how each of these policy purposes impact on evaluation design and approach. Participants will have the opportunity to design evaluation models that fit different policy needs. Register now! Introduction to Program Evaluation (March 6, 2012)The session provides an introduction to program evaluation. Participants are introduced to formative, process, summative and developmental models of program evaluation. Participants then work through the steps of evaluation in order to get a sense of how a program evaluation is conducted from start to finish. Concepts such as engaging stakeholders, describing programs, focusing evaluations, gathering evidence, justifying conclusions, and evaluation dissemination are covered. The purpose of this session is to introduce the concept of program evaluation and get participants thinking about what is entailed in the entire process. This session is an important first step for those new to program evaluation, or those looking for a refresher, and sets the groundwork for future workshops. Register now!Program Logic Models (March 13, 2012)Participants will get an overview of the purpose of building a Logic Model for a program, and its relevance to program evaluation. There will be an opportunity to build a Logic Model for a program of interest. Register now!To register for any of these sessions, please click on the Register now! links above or contact Krista Jensen, KMb Officer, at kejensen@yorku.ca or at 416-736-2100 ext 88847

KMb Unit at York Learning Events

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 09:00:00 EST

2012 KMb Unit Learning Events The KMb Unit at York is providing the following sessions for York University researchers, staff and graduate students to help make their research relevant to professional practice and policy development.Social Media 101 – a lunch hour session to provide an overview of social media tools and their relevance to collaborative research projects. Register now!January 11 12:00 noon – 1:00 pm YL 280A May 112:00 noon – 1:00 pm YL 280A November 6 12:00 noon – 1:00 pm YL 280A Twitter – a 2.5 hour hands-on session where Twitter is introduced within a research context. Participants can set up an account and learn about practical applications for their research. Register now!February 7 1:30 pm – 4:00 pmTEL 1014 June 41:30 pm – 4:00 pm YL 280A O3 – O3 is an online collaborative tool for available free to researchers, which can facilitate effective and efficient collaboration (without flooding your email inbox!) Register now!March 6 1:30 pm – 4:00 pm YL 280A September 17 1:30 pm – 4:00 pm YL 280A Wordpress – Blogging is emerging as a popular medium to share information and express ideas. Researchers are finding interesting uses for blogs to complement their scholarship. Join us and learn what blogging can do to enhance your KMb efforts. Register now!April 3, 20121:30 pm – 4:00 pm YL 280A October 2, 2012 1:30 pm – 4:00 pm YL 280A KMb 101 – Maybe you’re familiar with the term, or maybe you’re not. This lunch hour session will introduce you to knowledge mobilization and how services are delivered here at York. Register now!February 13 12:00 noon – 1:00 pm YRT 626 September 11 12:00 noon – 1:00 pm YL 280A November 2 12:00 noon – 1:00 pm YL 280A KMb Strategy Building – Granting councils are asking more and more for research teams to identify their KMb strategy. In this hands on session, learn about strategic elements, create a draft strategy for your project, and tips on how to present your strategy. Register now!January 19 9:30 am – 12 noon YL 280A September 19 1:30 pm – 4:00 pm YL 280A October 11 9:30 am – 12 noon YL 280A KMb Peer to Peer Network – this is an informal network for York staff and researchers who have explicit responsibility for KMb. Come and meet others in similar roles, share and learn from others. Register now!January 26 12:00 noon – 1:00 pm YL 280A April 1212:00 noon – 1:00 pm YL 280A September 28 10:00 am – 11:00 am YL 280A December 19 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm YL 280A Clear Language Writing and Design – Sessions designed to introduce the principles and practical tips on writing for the reader, including diverse audiences. Register now!January 24 8:30 am – 12:00 noon YL 305 (wkshp) February 27 12:00 noon – 1:00 pm YRT 626 (intro) May 22 1:00 pm – 4:30 pmYL 280A (wkshp) October 11:00 pm – 4:30 pmYL 280A (wkshp) November 16 12:00 noon – 1:00 pm YL 280A (intro) To register for any of the sessions, please click here or contact Krista Jensen, KMb Officer, at kejensen@yorku.ca or ext 88847

Influencing society: the role of social research

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 09:00:00 EST

CRFR 10th Anniversary National ConferenceCall for contributions - see below for detailsEvent venueJohn McIntyre Centre, Pollock Halls of Residence, The University of Edinburgh Date 30 November 2011 DescriptionThis one day conference explores the role of social science in influencing policy, practice, public and wider debates about issues in contemporary society. A central element of the day will be to showcase innovative practice in engaging a range of audiences with social science ideas and asks the following key questions about what social science can bring to other sectors: • What does it mean to use social research? • How can social science research impact on society? • How do people engage with ideas from social research? • Are new social media good ways to communicate? • What are the latest innovations? The conference is an opportunity to share innovative ideas and learn from people pushing the boundaries in engaging and communicating social sciences SpeakersSandra Nutley, University of Edinburgh Business SchoolAnn Millar, Assistant Director, Scottish Funding Council David Phipps, Research Services and Knowledge Mobilisation, University of York, Toronto, CanadaHelen Chambers, Head of Delivery & Strategy at Inspiring ScotlandSarah Morton and the Knowledge Exchange Team from the Centre for Research on Families and Relationships (CRFR) Call for contributionsAre you involved in innovative or interesting collaborations, communications or other projects using social science research? Whether you are from academic, public, voluntary or independent sectors we would like your work to be included in the conference. We are particularly interested in: 1. Interesting approaches to using and sharing social research 2. Using film/video/social media to communicate 3. The role of the press in communicating research 4. What does it mean to translate for different audiences? 5. Collaborations for better research development and use 6. Innovative and engaging events Options for sharing your work are:Marketplace The marketplace will provide a venue for sharing products, ideas, visuals etc. Contributors will have a space in the marketplace to show products. There will be a scheduled marketplace session when all delegates will come to the marketplace and you will have short sessions to share your ideas and answer questions.Parallel sessions You can contribute to, or set up a parallel session for further demonstration and discussion of ideas. We hope to organise sessions on: • Using film to communicate • The pros and cons of new social media • Translating social science for non-academic audiences • Working across boundaries of organisations/sectors/disciplines • Understanding impact • Funding for knowledge exchange Please feel free to propose a contribution to one of the above or suggest your own session.Complete the contributions formDeadline for contributions 29 April 2011Contributors notified by 13 May 2011Who should attend?Academics and other researchers interested in social science, knowledge exchange practitioners, people who use research to influence policy or practice,government analysts, voluntary or public sector employees with an interest in using social research in their work. Programme Programme to follow Cost £150 (A reduced fee will be granted to those delegates who have their contributions accepted)BookingClick here to book

KM with Practitioners and Children

Fri, 18 Nov 2011 09:00:00 EST

KM with Practitioners and Children12:001:00 p.m. McPherson Library, Room 210Lets Face It program for Autistic Children(Dr. Jim Tanaka, Department of Psychology)WITS Anti-bullying program for Children(Dr. Bonnie Leadbeater, Department of Psychology)Join us for a new lunchtime speaker series this fall to learn about whats going on with knowledge mobilization (KM) at UVic.Start thinking about how you can apply the results of your research for social benefit Learn what KM means to your colleagues and how the university is supporting this work Hear from faculty who are exploring KM right now and learn what strategies theyre using, what impact theyre making and why they think this work is important Get advice on incorporating KM into your own research interests All autumn sessions run from 12:001:00 p.m. in the McPherson Library, room 210. No need to register in advance, just drop in with your lunch. Coffee and tea service will be provided.This series is sponsored by the Knowledge Mobilization unit in the Office of Research Services (ORS). For more information or to speak at a future event, please contact Dale Anderson at kmcoord@uvic.ca.

Call for papers - "Decolonization in the Third World: Challenges, Hopes and Limitations" International Conference

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 09:00:00 EST

Lucienne-Cnockaert Chair and the Department of History,Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC (Canada)In Africa, Latin America and Asia, the end of European colonial domination is a period of particular interest as it leads, almost invariably, to a new era characterized by uncertainty and the unknown. Upon achieving independence, previously colonized countries are often confronted with unprecedented cultural, ideological and political upheaval. This is usually indicative of an effort to exorcise the country's colonial heritage, to rebuild the nation, and to look for ways and means of renewing the culture and social and economic development. The management of independence in the new Third World countries deals not only with which ideological model is best for the development of the nation, but also with establishing proactive socio-cultural, educational and economic policies. These policies are meant to build or re-build societies and nation-states, and to re-establish national identity, as well as combat the inequality and economic under-development inherent to colonialism. However, it would seem that despite important changes and significant results, postcolonial policies must contend with a number of limitations due, in part, to the persistence of prior dependence, to the nature of the political regimes in place and to new forms of economic dependence. In consideration of the fiftieth anniversary of the decolonization of several African countries, the Lucienne-Cnockaert Research Chair in Modern History of European and Africa will be holding a conference entitled "Decolonization in the Third World: Challenges, Hopes and Limitations" on 17-18 November 2011. This conference will be an opportunity to study the magnitude and complexity of the responsibilities and challenges, and the various administrative paths chosen by the post-colonial societies of Africa, Asia and Latin America. The aim of this conference is first and foremost to examine the objectives and challenges of cultural, educational and economic reforms in the Third World after attaining independence. Researchers will be invited to examine the nature of interracial and interreligious relations, as well as the role of minority groups and demographically diverse populations (women, youth, ethnic groups, descendents of colonizers, regional groups, etc.) in the process of identity-building and socio-economic development within the new nation-states. A critical evaluation of the various reforms undertaken in postcolonial societies will allow researchers to take note of their limitations and their success, however limited the latter may appear to be. Finally, particular attention will be given to the various types of relations established between Third World countries and the Western world as a whole, and with international organizations and institutions such as UNESCO, the UN, the IMF, the Francophonie and the Commonwealth. We welcome conference proposals touching upon the following themes: - Cultural and economic aspects of colonialism - Discourses and intellectual trajectories of the leaders of independence movements - The meaning of national symbols: national anthems, mottos and flags - The nature of the postcolonial State and the ideologies of independence - Cultural policies established in order to restore a national identity - Relationships between native populations and the descendents of colonizers - Policies respecting women and/or minorities - Studies of particular concepts or ideologies (pan-Africanism, pan-Asianism, non-alignment, post- colonialism, socialism, etc.) - Management of regional, ethnic and religious diversity - Economic planning and development - Neo-colonialism and international relationships between North and South - International relationships amongst the South - Interventions of the IMF and the World Bank: challenges and results - Memories of independence Researchers, professors and students interested in participating in this conference are invited to send proposals approximately 300 words in length before 1 March 2011. Registration fees for this conference are $150 CAD. Travel and accommodation expenses may be reimbursed depending on funding received from granting agencies. Please send proposals along with a brief CV by email to Professor Patrick Dramé: patrick.drame@usherbrooke.cahttp://www.pages.usherbrooke.ca/lucienne-cnockaert/The conference will take place at the Université de Sherbrooke on 17-18 November 2011. Papers and presentations may be in either French or English.

Institute for Work & Health Systematic Review Workshops (Fall 2011)

Wed, 16 Nov 2011 09:00:00 EST

The Institute for Work &Health has been offering two-day systematic review workshops since 2001. This year, we are extending the format of the workshop to 2.5 days. The workshops are designed to teach participants how to plan, conduct and communicate the results of a systematic review. The workshops are intended for clinical trainees, clinicians, academics and researchers such as epidemiologists or statisticians. They are for people who have a general interest in the methodology of systematic reviews or who are planning to conduct a systematic review in the future. The workshop combines a series of short lectures and exercises led by Institute staff and invited lecturers from Canada and Europe. Location: to be determined City: Toronto, Ontario Standard cost: $1,500 (professional), $500 (student/trainee) Download the Fall 2011 systematic review workshop brochure (80 KB) Registration deadline:October 14, 2011REGISTER EARLYASSPACE IS LIMITEDPlease register before the deadline.Registration is on a first-come, first-serve basis. Online registration will open soon. For more information, or to be informed of upcoming workshop dates, please e-mail Lyudmila Mansurova at srworkshops@iwh.on.ca.

Connecting Research with the Public

Fri, 21 Oct 2011 09:00:00 EST

Connecting research with the public12:001:00 p.m. McPherson Library, Room 210Café Scientifique: A Public Seminar Series with a Difference(Dr. E. Paul Zehr, Centre for Biomedical Research)Open Access Publishing at UVic(Inba Kehoe + Katy Nelson, UVic Libraries)Join us for a new lunchtime speaker series this fall to learn about whats going on with knowledge mobilization (KM) at UVic.Start thinking about how you can apply the results of your research for social benefitLearn what KM means to your colleagues and how the university is supporting this workHear from faculty who are exploring KM right now and learn what strategies theyre using, what impact theyre making and why they think this work is importantGet advice on incorporating KM into your own research interestsAll autumn sessions run from 12:001:00 p.m. in the McPherson Library, room 210. No need to register in advance, just drop in with your lunch. Coffee and tea service will be provided.This series is sponsored by the Knowledge Mobilization unit in the Office of Research Services (ORS). For more information or to speak at a future event, please contact Dale Anderson at kmcoord@uvic.ca.

The City Seminar

Fri, 23 Sep 2011 09:00:00 EST

The Canadian Centre for German & European Studies (CCGES) and The City Institute at York University (CITY) present:The City SeminarAn interdisciplinary series of presentations and discussions on urban landscapes, past and present. The Intrinsic Logic of Cities. Towards a New Theory on Urbanism"Martina Lw LOEWE Research CentreDarmstadt University of Technology Martina Lw's work focuses on space-related social analysis, urban and regional sociology. She had previously held positions at the Institute of Social Research in Frankfurt. In 2000 she was awarded the Christian-Wolff- Prize.Friday September 23, 2011 12:30pm to 2:00pm305 York LanesEveryone is welcome.

Call for papers - Imagining Spaces/Places - An international interdisciplinary conference

Wed, 24 Aug 2011 09:00:00 EST

University of Helsinki, FinlandYou are not in a place; the place is in you. (Angelus Silesius) Literature and art mediate our experiences of the spaces and places surrounding us as well as within us. In contemporary discussion we use, besides the old term landscape, other scapes which reflect a new interest and new thinking with regard to spaces: we speak of cityscapes, bodyscapes, mindscapes and even memoryscapes, and their relationships to one another. The intertwining of what, of old, was called macrocosm (nature and society) and microcosm (body and mind) and the role various art forms and media play in articulating and negotiating these chiasmic encounters is the focal point of the Imagining spaces/places conference. How are the interfaces between the place in you and you in the place depicted? How are these imagined and material landscapes gendered and sexualized? The conference seeks to produce an interdisciplinary dialogue between art history, literature and gender studies. We welcome papers addressing issues of representing and creating spaces in literature, art or film, and emphasizing the gendered, emotional and political or ideological character of these cultural mediations and re-mediations. Sessions and suggestions of possible approaches: LANDSCAPES - landscapes as medium for political, religious, psychological themes - landscape as pictures vs. (nature) as process - man in landscape; space, place, genius loci as objective places or subjective experiences - borderlines between nature and culture/cultural landscape and wilderness CITYSCAPES - urban spaces and urban people - city images and chronotopes - the idea of metropolis - gendered/utopist/political/public/private city MINDSCAPES - invisible cities and erewhons: fantasies of places and spaces and their role in arts - allegories of mind - dreams and other alternatives to actual world(s) BODYSCAPES - bodies and belongings - affective, material, represented bodies - postcolonial corporealities - bodies of knowledge MEMORYSCAPES - sites of mediations of past, present, future - methods of memorializations: regimes, archives, museums - collective memory (nation and nation building) /private memory - missing past, negative heritage (palimpsest traditions), melancholia *Deadline for abstracts: March 15, 2011.* KEYNOTE SPEAKERS *Claire Farago* is Professor of Early Modern Art, Theory, and Criticism at the University of Colorado, Boulder. She has authored and edited seven books and published widely on Leonardos writings and Renaissance art theory, as well as on historiography, critical theory, and cultural interaction since the modern period. In her book Transforming Images (2006, with Donna Pierce) she examines cultural identity in New Spain in a postcolonial framework. She has also studied the history of museums and collecting practices in Grasping the World: The Idea of the Museum (2004, with Donald Preziosi). Her current projects deal with the ethics of scholarship and the various ways in which art and media function in contemporary society. *Bart Keunen* is Professor in Comparative Literature at Ghent University, Belgium. He is president of the Belgian Society for General and Comparative Literature and co-director of the interdisciplinary Ghent Urban Studies Team (GUST). His publications cover topics ranging from genre criticism and literary historiography to literary sociology and urban studies. He has written several books, among them Literature and Society. The Function of Literary Sociology in Comparative Literature (2001, with Bart Eeckhout) and Post-ex-sub-dis: Fragmentations of the City (2002, with GUST). In his most recent book, Verhaal en verbeelding (2007), he analyses the functions of chronotopes in western narratives. *Irit Rogoff* is Professor of Visual Cultures at Goldsmiths College, University of London. She is a theorist, curator and organizer who has written extensively on the conjunctions of contemporary art with critical theory with particular reference to issues of post-colonial and post-migratory conditions, cultural difference and performativity. Among her publications are monographs Terra Infirma Geographys Visual Culture (2001) and Unbounded Limits Possibilities (2010). Her forthcoming book Looking Away Participating Singularities, Ontological Communities (2011) investigates audience participation in contemporary art spaces and questions whether audiences are perfomatively able to become part of the very nature of the exhibition. For more information and to fill in the electronic abstract submission form, please visit the conference website at http://blogs.helsinki.fi/imagining-spaces-places/ ORGANIZERS Finnish Doctoral Programme in Art History Finnish Graduate School of Literary Studies Finnish Research School in Womens and Gender Studies CONTACT INFORMATION Coordinator Hanne Selkokari hanne.selkokari [at] helsinki.fi Finnish Doctoral Programme in Art History Art History Department of Philosophy, History, Culture and Art Studies P. O. Box 3, FIN-00014 University of Helsinki Coordinator Maija Urponen maija.urponen [at] helsinki.fi Finnish Research School in Womens and Gender Studies Gender Studies Department of Philosophy, History, Culture and Art Studies P. O. Box 59, FIN-00014 University of Helsinki

First International Workshop on Social Innovation and Social Media (SISoM 2011)

Thu, 21 Jul 2011 09:00:00 EST

Barcelona, Spain Deadline Extension: March 28, 2011in conjunction withthe5th International Conference on Weblogs and Social Media (ICWSM-11)Social innovation refers to new strategies, concepts, ideas and organizations that meet social needs of all kinds - from working conditions and education to community development and health - and that extend and strengthen civil society. [Wikipedia] Objectives: The workshop seeks to integrate views at the intersection of several fields: computer and computational social science, policy design and implementation social science, and social innovation and technology development. The formal objective of the workshop is the collaborative drafting of a Manifesto on Social Media for Social Innovation, summarizing the challenges and proposals discussed at the workshop. The workshop will explore two dimensions along which research might help social innovation to take place ata larger scale: The conceptual and computational development of new frameworks for public policy modeling and implementation to help public authorities to harness the full potential of Social Media and social innovation; The design of new Social Media tools offering better support to social innovators and policy designers.. Overview: There is an obvious interest in using Social Media to achieve greater proximity between administrations and citizens. Nevertheless, in most cases public policies are still developed following a top-down approach, with policy frameworks mainly determined by existing policy and Social Media tools. At the same time, the currently most available Social Media tools are quite limited in their support to the kind of interactions involved in sustained large-scale deliberations and cooperation agreements. Social innovations, encompassing new forms of private-public partnership, are increasingly seen as necessary to better address a number of pressing social problems. The idea behind it is that new forms of engagement of citizens and private organizations can bring about substantial improvements of productivity in the “social sector” (public services plus charity). Empirical research has allowed to identify some basic design principles and rules behind successful and sustained bottom-up collaborative arrangements, of which communication is one key ingredient. Therefore, it could be expected that properly applying existing and new Social Media tools to those communication procedures will be a means of achieving the improvements on speed and scale required to extend the reach of social innovation. At the same time, research in the design and modeling of policies taking full account of this potential will also be required. Research Topics: Topics of interest include, but are not restricted to the following: Design of innovative tools for social participation and collaboration; Qualitative and quantitative evaluation of social participation; Challenges and opportunities regarding the use of Social Media to address public policy problems; Case studies of successful applications of Social Media to achieve social innovation (in particular, based on large-scale Social Media data analysis); Policy areas best suited to apply Social Media as an instrument for social innovation (e.g. for inclusive audience: older people or developing countries). Register here.

Appel de soumission pour Monde des femmes 2011

Sun, 03 Jul 2011 09:00:00 EST

Call for proposal: Women's Worlds 2011Deadline: Sept. 15th 2010RÉPONDEZ À L'APPEL. Vous êtes engagée dans la recherche ou vous plaidez pour l’égalité des femmes, leurs droits ou leur autonomisation? Vous devez assisterMondes des Femmes2011, l’occasion rêvée de nous rassembler et d’échanger. Soyez partie prenante de cette conversation. Le 30eanniversaire de cette conférence féministe internationale et interdisciplinaire aura lieu du 3 au 7 juillet 2011 au Canada, dans la ville d’Ottawa-Gatineau. Jusqu’au 15 septembre 2010, nous acceptons des propositions venant des milieux universitaires et communautaires, tout autant que de groupes, personnes, coalitions, réseaux et équipes. Nous espérons que vous allezRÉPONDEZ À L'APPEL. MF2011 va rassembler des universitaires, militantes, chercheures, décisionnaires politiques, travailleuses, activistes et artistes de tous âges et de partout pour échanger sous le grand thème «Inclusions, exclusions et réclusions: Vivre dans un monde globalisé». Pour plus d’information:info@mondesdesfemmes.ca ---------------------- ANSWER THE CALL. Are you engaged in research and/or advocacy relating to women's equality, women's rights, women's empowerment? Then you should know aboutWomen's Worlds 2011, a place where we can all connect and converse. The conversation includes you. The 30th anniversary of this international and interdisciplinary global feminist conference will take place in Ottawa-Gatineau, Canada from 3-7 July of 2011. Until September 15, 2010, we are accepting proposals from academia, the community level, and everywhere in between -- groups, individuals, coalitions, networks, teams. We hope you will ANSWER THE CALL. This event will bring together academics, advocates, researchers, policy-makers, workers, activists, and artists of all ages from around the world under the theme "Inclusions, exclusions, and seclusions: Living in a globalized world". For more information:info@womensworlds.ca

“Women and the Arts: Dialogues in Female Creativity in the U.S. and Beyond”

Wed, 15 Jun 2011 09:00:00 EST

DEADLINE: January 31st, 2010http://womenandthearts.blogspot.com/2010/08/call-for-papers-deadline-31-january.html The American Studies Group of the University of Lisbon Centre for English Studies is organizing the international conference “Women and the Arts: Dialogues in Female Creativity in the U.S. and Beyond” (15-17 June 2011). The three-day gathering will promote a reflection on women's artistic production, contrasting the U.S. context with other cultures. The conference will cover multiple areas, including writing, the visual arts, music, and the performance arts. We will debate women's aesthetic expression in the U.S. and elsewhere in these diversified fields, from modernity to the contemporary age, and reflect on the specific conditions of production, circulation, and reception of their works. We aim to engage scholars from a wide range of areas, as well as artists, critics, and curators in order to foster interdisciplinary debate. Among our invited participants are Professor Sandra M. Gilbert, groundbreaking critic, theorist, and poet, who will give a plenary lecture, and renowned storyteller Laura Simms, who will be mentoring a workshop. For all the updated info, please visit http://womenandthearts.blogspot.com The list of suggested topics for research and discussion includes: * The U.S. and Beyond - Comparative Approaches:* The influence of American gender theory and politics* Women's Art and American Regionalism* Criteria for the definition of a specifically feminine cultural and artistic production* Critical revisions towards representative literary and art histories* Canonical dynamics and the transatlantic debate* Women artists' perspectives on traditions, categories, and the politics of art institutions* GLBT subjectivities and the arts* The outlook for women's art at the onset of the 21st century 250-word abstracts and 250-word bios should be sent *in the body of the message* to womenartslisbon@gmail.com

YorkU's KMb Expo 2011

Wed, 15 Jun 2011 09:00:00 EST

Join us on Wednesday, June 15th, 2011, when York University’s KMb Unit will host their annual KM Expo at the Markham Convergence Centre. The theme of the YorkU KMb Expo 2011 is “Putting the Social in Innovation for York Region”.The 4th annual York KMb Expo will explore the relationship between knowledge mobilization and social innovation in York Region. The day will feature plenary discussions,networking sessions and optional workshops. Registration is free but space is limited to 80 participants. Attendees can sign up for the whole day or just for one of the afternoon workshops. Date:Wednesday, June 15th Time:8:30 am to 4:30 pm Location:Markham Convergence Centre7271 Warden Avenue,Markham (map below)Preliminary Agenda8:30-9:00 Registration and Continental Breakfast 9:00-9:15 Welcome and Orientation 9:15-10:45 Plenary Panel Topic: Emerging Opportunities for Ontario’s Community Sector 10:45-11:00 Networking Break 11:00-12:15 Plenary Panel Topic: How Community-Univesity Collaboration Produces Social Benefits: Knowledge Mobilization and Social Innovation 12:15-1:30 Lunch and Networking 1:30-2:15 Closing Remarks 2:30-4:30 Optional Community Capacity Building Workshops 1- Research 101 2- Knowledge Mobilization 101 3- Social Media 101 Register early! RSVP online or by sending an Email to: kejensen@yorku.ca.

Feminist popular education: exploring the edges. CASAE/AERC Pre-conference

Thu, 09 Jun 2011 09:00:00 EST

Date: June 9, 2011. (9 a.m. – 4 p.m.)Co-Editor, Journal of the Canadian Association for Curriculum Studies www.csse-scee.ca/cacs/jcacsIn a transnational context in which states propagate participatory forms of governance and active citizenship, where universities promote community engagement, where pedagogies of ‘empowerment’ circulate widely, and where “women” feature as prime subjects of such approaches, where do we locate and how do we conceive the critical and transformative edges of feminist popular education? This pre-conference will provide an opportunity for feminist scholar-activists, adult and popular educators, to identify critical questions for feminist popular education today, to share stories and ideas about, and to explore the theoretical implications of new directions in their practice. A resource for the deliberations will be the manuscript, Feminist Popular Education: Creating Pedagogies of Possibility (edited by LinziManicom and Shirley Walters), a collection of reflective accounts of feminist popular educational practice in a variety of contexts. The opening plenary session will draw on the introduction of the book to lay out some core themes and questions. Feminist popular educators(2-3 per session) both from amongst contributors to the book and others who have current work addressing the themes, will animate smaller group sessions, using popular education approaches where appropriate. Provisional session themes include: - forging feminist solidarities, with attention to political differences and unruly emotions - “going deeper”: exploring spirituality, embodied and non-rational modes and sites of learning. - the promise and limitations of new/social media in feminist popular education. - feminist issues that push pedagogy into new modes NOTE: For further information and if you would like to be placed on an emailing list for updates, please contact Linzi.manicom@utoronto.ca

Institute for Work & Health Systematic Review Workshops (Spring 2011)

Wed, 08 Jun 2011 09:00:00 EST

The Institute for Work &Health has been offering two-day systematic review workshops since 2001. This year, we are extending the format of the workshop to 2.5 days. The workshops are designed to teach participants how to plan, conduct and communicate the results of a systematic review. The workshops are intended for clinical trainees, clinicians, academics and researchers such as epidemiologists or statisticians. They are for people who have a general interest in the methodology of systematic reviews or who are planning to conduct a systematic review in the future. The workshop combines a series of short lectures and exercises led by Institute staff and invited lecturers from Canada and Europe. Location: to be determined City: Toronto, Ontario Standard cost: $1,500 (professional), $500 (student/trainee) Download the Spring 2011 systematic review workshop brochure (80 KB) Registration deadline:May 6, 2011REGISTER EARLYASSPACE IS LIMITEDPlease register before the deadline.Registration is on a first-come, first-serve basis. Online registration will open soon. For more information, or to be informed of upcoming workshop dates, please e-mail Lyudmila Mansurova at srworkshops@iwh.on.ca.

Canadian Business Ethics Research Network 2011 Annual Conference

Tue, 24 May 2011 09:00:00 EST

The Lord Nelson HotelHalifax, Nova ScotiaThe Canadian Business Ethics Research Network (CBERN) 2011 Annual Conference will be held in Halifax, Nova Scotia from May 24 to May 28, just prior to the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, which this year is being held in Fredericton, New Brunswick. REGISTERSchedule of Events:Tuesday evening - May 24th, 2011PhD Student Dinner and SocialCBERN Advisory Board MeetingWednesday - May 25th, 2011PhD Research WorkshopFeatures PhD presentations of research-in-progress, cross-disciplinary discussion and professional development sessions tailored to PhDs working in the field of business ethics. Business and Spirituality WorkshopFeatures a structured roundtable dialogue exploring current Canadian research and participant research interests with the aim of developing a next steps agenda for projects facilitated through the Business and Spirituality Cluster. Thursday - May 26th, 2011Canadian Research and Innovation: Sessions on Corporate Governance and LeadershipA day of cross-sectoral dialogue, featuring special presentations by: Ed Waitzer, Jarislowsky Dimma Mooney Chair of Corporate Governance, Schulich School of Business and Osgoode Hall Law School, York University; Partner at Stikeman Elliott Law Firm (corporate goals and stakeholder returns). Dirk Matten, Hewlett-Packard Chair of Corporate Social Responsibility, Schulich School of Business, York University (corporate citizenship). Marie Legault, head of Legault & Associates Leadership Inc (ethical leadership).Afternoon panels will highlight innovation in the Atlantic Region and explore new research potential. Friday - May 27th, 2011PhD Networking BreakfastCBERN Annual General Meeting and Planning SessionsFeatures a brief overview of CBERN 2010-11 initiatives and strategic planning, with much of the day devoted to developing participant-driven initiatives in 2011-12 through CBERN's Research Clusters and Regional Offices. Saturday morning - May 28th, 2011Research Project ConversationsA successful initiative in 2010, this closing session encourages participants to further discuss research project ideas and to consult with CBERN National and Regional staff regarding support for projects in 2011-12 before departing the conference. REGISTERExpense Reimbursement PoliciesCBERN generally covers the costs of travel and accommodation for participants subject to conditions set out in our expense reimbursements policies and registration information. Reservations - The Lord Nelson HotelA block of rooms has been reserved at a rate of $159 per night plus taxes at The Lord Nelson Hotel. Please note the room release date of April 18, 2011. Rooms may not be available after this date. Eligible participants will be reimbursed the costs of accommodation. Participants are responsible for reserving their accommodation. Reservations can be made online by clicking the link below. Please Note: CLICK "MakeReservation" when directed to the reservation page. Rooms will be made available until the room release date of Monday, April 18, 2011. Reserve Online >>

Call for Papers - Assessing the Complexities of South Asian Migration

Wed, 18 May 2011 09:00:00 EST

Location: Wilfrid Laurier University, CanadaThe critical study of South Asian migration requires, arguably, an interdisciplinary and international collaborative approach. The aim of this event is to take stock of the different topics currently being theorized, and to help identify important new areas of research. Papers are particularly sought on the following 4 themes: (1) historical and social factors behind migration, and the ways that such factors have been conceived; (2) the plurality of different types of migration, and how these maybe (dis)connected; (3) the socially / spatially differentiated natures of citizenship politics; (4) The increasing role of overseas migrant populations in terms of the sending region’s economic development and international political relations. - Plenary Speakers - Inderpal Grewal (Yale University, U.S.A.) Irudaya Rajan (Centre for Development Studies, India) Filippo Osella (University of Sussex, U.K.) Abstracts of 300 words can be sent via imrcconference@wlu.ca and need to be received by 31/01/2011No registration fee is required – all welcome. Further details online at www.wlu.ca/imrc

Motherhood Initiative for Research and Community Involvement (MIRCI) International Conference on Motherhood Activism, Advocacy, Agency

Fri, 13 May 2011 09:00:00 EST

Toronto, Canada.Deadline: October 1st 2010 Groundedin a long history, in which women activists, writers, and feminists focusedmuch effort on strengthening the social, personal, and political power ofmothers, current motherhood research and activism makes maternal empowermentone of the major goals of its work. Contemporary examinations anddeployments of women's power as mothers-and mothers' power as women-seek togrant women greater authority, resources, and status so that they canadequately care for their children while living full and purposeful lives. The aim of this conference is to explore activism, advocacy, and agency byand on behalf of mothers from a variety of perspectives and in a multitudeof contexts. These include (but are not limited to): the motherhood movement, communityactivism and engagement, politics, law, public policy, education, mental andphysical health, maternal practice, family,workplace, personal identity,cultural expression, arts, the media and popular culture. We areparticularly interested in presenters whose work examines ways in whichissues of race, class, nationality, sexuality, age, religion, or ethnicityaffect (positively ornegatively) the ability of mothers to advocate for and/or achieve authority,agency, respect, and empowerment. Topics include but not limited to: the relationship between maternal agency and institutional constraints;personal agency; social agency; intersectionality and maternal agency;maternal agency and social justice; empowerment and family-liferesponsibilities; maternal agency and legal norms/practices; public policyand the public/private split; neoliberalism and public policy for mothers;healthism and maternal agency; navigating cultural expressions of "good" and"bad" mothering; second and third shift responsibility and agency; onlineadvocacy and empowered mothering; maternal advocacy as theorized orpracticed by women of a particular race, class, religion, or culture;empowered caregiving versus non-empowered caregiving; workplace norms andmaternal advocacy or agency; motherhood and politics; "having it all" andmaternal empowerment; challenging the maternal wall; challenging the "priceof motherhood"; pregnancy and maternal agency; empowered mothering anddisability; co-parenting and maternal empowerment; social change potentialof memoir, narrative, autobiography, or blogging;maternal empowermentthrough artistic expression, film, music, literature, pop culture, or otherarts; maternal agency through 'experts' or resistance to them; maternalempowerment by being resistant to or rooted in traditions,histories, orgenerational knowledges; navigating multiple identities as a mother;motherhood movements; advocacy for new family forms and relations; feministmothering; queer and/or transgendered mothering; gender equity in home andwork place; redefining fathering; othermothering; activism by young and/orlow-income mothers; maternal activists' allies. Confirmed Keynote Speakers: Amber Kinser, EastTennessee StateUniversity, author of Motherhood and Feminism, editor of Mothering in theThird Wave D.Lynn O'Brien Hallstein, Boston,University, author of WhiteFeminists and Contemporary Maternity: Purging Matrophobia and co-editor withSara Hayden of Contemplating Maternity in an Era of Choices: ExplorationsInto Discourses of Reproduction. Andrea O'Reilly, York University, author of Rocking the Cradle: Thoughts onMotherhood, Feminism and the Possibility of Empowered Motheringand editor of21st Century Motherhood: Experience, Identity, Policy, Agency *Otherkeynotes: TBC ~~~~~~ Please send 250 word abstract and 50 word bio toaoreilly@yorku.caby October 1, 2010. One must a 2011 member ofMIRCI to present at this conference.

Community-University EXPO 2011

Tue, 10 May 2011 09:00:00 EST

BRINGING GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES TO LOCAL ACTIONCU Expo 2011 will showcase the exemplars in community-university partnerships worldwide, and explore and introduce creative ways of strengthening our local communities. The conference is expected to draw over 800 people from Canada and around the world who are passionate about the power of community-university partnerships as a vehicle for social change.Students, community leaders, researchers, educators, funders, policy makers and others invested in community-building will be in attendance. The CU Expo movement began in Canada as a response to individuals involved community-university partnerships needing a forum to share experiences, strategies and ideas. CU Expo 2011 will address the conference objectives, themes and streams through a variety of session offerings and opportunities for dialogue. Programming CU Expo 2011 will be held at Wilfrid Laurier University and throughout the Waterloo Region community. To build the momentum for CU Expo 2011, the communities of the Waterloo region are hosting pre-conference Roundtable Series. Come and join the discussion regarding community-university partnerships, the dissemination of knowledge, and social action. Keynote Speakers: Kiran BediJessica YeeAngie HartFor registration click here.

Our Legacy: Indigenous-African Relations Across the Americas

Fri, 29 Apr 2011 09:00:00 EST

Location: York University, Toronto, CanadaDeadline: October 31st 2010“The essence of this country is bound up in Indian land and African slave labour."* These words by Commanche activist Paul Smith speak to the processes underlying the development of theUnited States. And yet, clearly, these same processes have shaped the development of theAmericas, as a range of distinct colonial regimes in different regions based on appropriating Indigenous land, and to a greater or lesser extent, on importing African slave labour. Moreover, the repercussions of these underlying formative processes are manifested today in every nation-state in the Americas, as communities of diasporic Africans and Indigenous peoples struggle with the commonalities and contradictions relating to their sometimes divergent and sometimes shared histories—as distinct Black or Indigenous communities, or as the “red-black” peoples created by their intermarriage. Across theAmericas, relations between diasporic Africans and Indigenous peoples have fostered both magnificent alliances and intense conflicts, which vary according to region or nation-state. In theUnited States, for example, in a context where the lines of slavery and segregation have remorselessly been drawn across Indian country, and where Native identity is heavily regulated, Native-Black relations have been marked both by strong interconnections and intense intergroup struggle. Outside of theUnited States, however, the global repercussions of African liberation struggles, and the hegemonic weight of the American civil rights movement have intersected with a range of contemporary struggles for Indigenous self determination, with a diverse range of developments. InBraziland theCaribbean, for example, myths of Indigenous extinction and questions of “authenticity”—whether related to phenotype or the linking of notions of “real Indianness” to savagery—are in some regions being accompanied by new attempts to regulate identities as “Indigenous” or “Black”. However, the Caribbean, as well as Central America, are also sites where the Garifuna—an Indigenous people created out of 18thcentury intermarriage between Africans escaping slavery and the Carib peoples who took them in—have remained the only truly hybrid Indigenous people in the Western Hemisphere; despite forced migration and diaspora, they have refused to be reduced to choosing between their Indigenous African and Kalinago roots. In still other nations, including Mexico, Honduras and Canada, the presence of African peoples and their histories of relationships with Indigenous peoples have been submerged and “written out” of the history of the nation while various nation-building policies have also minimizing the presence of distinct Indigenous peoples; as a result, in these nations, both Black and Native presence—as well as the history of Black-Native alliances within these nations—is frequently untheorized or unwritten. For this conference, papers are invited that explore and theorize relations between Indigenous peoples and diasporic Africans across theAmericas. Topics might include, but are not limited to: - Revisioning histories of slavery and resistance (including Indigenous slavery, historical alliances or divisions between Africans and Indigenous peoples under slavery, and comparative explorations of slavery and Indigenous forced labour under different colonial regimes) - Indigenous peoples’ resistance to the colonial imposition of slave societies within their territories; the transformation of their societies in the face of slavery - Historical or contemporary ethnographies of “red/black” communities - The effects of formal state identity regulation on Native-Black relations inCanadaor theUnited States; attempts to regulate identity in states where Indigenous resurgence struggles and African resistance struggles are taking place - Theories addressing racial formation in connections to genocide and slavery, or to nation-building policies shaped by notions of mestizaje, miscegenation, or multiculturalism - The transformation of Indigenous or African identities with diaspora and migration - Spirituality and diaspora, for Africans in diaspora or for diasporic Indigenous peoples - Indigenous identity relating to phenotype, to “racial purity”, or to myths of savagery and “real Indianness” - Changes in theorizing Blackness in the face of Indigenous resurgence and the presence of “redblack” peoples. - Cultural production (e.g. literature, art, and the performing arts) and Indigenous and/or diasporic African resistance - Public policy relating to education or cultural production pertaining toInigenous/African diasporic communities. Comparative, hemispheric, and interdisciplinary approaches are especially welcome. Submit abstracts of no more than 250-words and a one-page CV tocfr@yorku.caor Bonita Lawrence atbonital@yorku.caby October 31, 2010.

Mothers at the Margins

Wed, 27 Apr 2011 09:00:00 EST

Sixth Australian International Interdisciplinary Conference on Motherhood-2011The University of Queensland, Brisbane, AustraliaDeadline: January 14th 2011 The Motherhood Initiative for Research and Community Involvement Australia(MIRCI-A, formerly ARM-A)andThe Motherhood Initiative for Research and Community Involvement in Canada(MIRCI, formerly ARM)andThe Centre for Research on Women, Gender, Culture and Social Change,School of EMSAH, The University of Queenslandinvite the submission of abstracts for theSixth Australian International Conference on Motherhoodon the theme of "Mothers at the Margins".The conference will take place on Wednesday, 27th April - Saturday 30th April, 2011atThe University of Queensland, St Lucia Q 4072, Brisbane, Australia. If you are interested in being a presenter, please send a 200 word abstract and a 50word bio by January 14th 2011 to: Dr Marie Porter (m.porter@uq.edu.au). This conference is interdisciplinary. Australian and New Zealand Presenters of papers must be/become members of MIRCI-A Email:ja.jones@qut.edu.au International presenters must be/become members of MIRCI Email:info@motherhoodinstitute.orgWebsite:www.motherhoodinitiative.org Please send your bio. with your abstract. Do not send an abstract without putting your name on it. Please send the abstract as an attachment, not in the body of the email; give it a title, orput your name on it; please do not just put ‘abstract’.

Mothers at the Margins: Sixth Australian International Interdisciplinary Conference on Motherhood

Wed, 27 Apr 2011 09:00:00 EST

The University of Queensland, Brisbane, AustraliaDeadline: January 14th 2011The Motherhood Initiative for Research and Community Involvement Australia(MIRCI-A, formerly ARM-A)andThe Motherhood Initiative for Research and Community Involvement in Canada(MIRCI, formerly ARM)andThe Centre for Research on Women, Gender, Culture and Social Change,School of EMSAH, The University of Queenslandinvite the submission of abstracts for theSixth Australian International Conference on Motherhoodon the theme of "Mothers at the Margins".The conference will take place on Wednesday, 27th April - Saturday 30th April, 2011atThe University of Queensland, St Lucia Q 4072, Brisbane, Australia. If you are interested in being a presenter, please send a 200 word abstract and a 50word bio by January 14th 2011 to: Dr Marie Porter (m.porter@uq.edu.au).This conference is interdisciplinary. Australian and New Zealand Presenters of papers must be/become members of MIRCI-A Email:ja.jones@qut.edu.au International presenters must be/become members of MIRCI Email:info@motherhoodinstitute.orgWebsite:www.motherhoodinitiative.org Please send your bio. with your abstract. Do not send an abstract without putting your name on it. Please send the abstract as an attachment, not in the body of the email; give it a title, orput your name on it; please do not just put ‘abstract’.

uVic event: CANEUEL – “Working Together" – Community-Based Research with Indigenous Communities WATER: Providing Safe Water for First Nations Communities

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 09:00:00 EST

12:00-2:00 pm at the UVic's - First Peoples' House - Ceremonial Hall Film Launch!and presentation: See how UVic and community partners work together with First Nations communities to address the issues, challenges and solutions to create safe potable drinking water. Presenters: Dr. Jeff Reading (Mohawk) – Director of the Centre for Aboriginal Health Research at UVic and Tyler George (Halalt) – Director of the Hulh-etun Health Centre.

The Everyday: Experiences, Concepts, Narratives

Thu, 14 Apr 2011 09:00:00 EST

KM in the AM: Social Determinants of Health

Tue, 12 Apr 2011 09:00:00 EST

KM in the AM: Building Partnerships for Research and Knowledge MobilizationYou are warmly invited to attend a breakfast panel discussion on the topic of Social Determinants of Health. This event has been organized by the Knowledge Mobilization (KMb) Unit at York University. This event is also supported by the York Region Community Foundation (YRCF). YRCF and the KMb Unit have partnered on a York Region Community Indicators project, titled Living in York Region. This discussion will help support this project.KM in the AM is a series of issue based forums linking the university and community/government agencies to enhance research, the graduate student experience and knowledge mobilization. There will be brief presentations by a university researcher and a community agency representative, followed by ample time for questions, discussion, and networking.Confirmed Panelists:• Mina Singh, Faculty of Health, York University• Beryl Pilkington, Faculty of Health, York UniversityTime: 9:00 am to 11:30 amBreakfast will be served at 8:45 amLocation: Markham Convergence Centre7271 Warden AvenueMarkham, ON, L3R 5X5MapSpace is limited. Kindly RSVP to Krista Jensen at kejensen@yorku.ca or 416-736-2100 ext 88847 to confirm your attendance.

Cohort Spaces: Reflections on Creating Knowledge about India and China

Sat, 09 Apr 2011 09:00:00 EST

| 10am to noon | 280N York Lanes | York University Through the story of the India China Institute at the New School, and travels between the U.S., China, and India, Victoria Marshall will reflect on the everyday project of sharing knowledge and the long term project of creating knowledge at the mid-way point of her India China Institute 2011-2012 fellowship. Victoria Marshall is an Assistant Professor of Urban Design at Parsons the New School for Design at the New School, New York. She is an India China Institute Fellow 2010-2012 focusing on the theme of social innovation for sustainable environments. She is the director of the BS Urban Design Program, the first undergraduate urban design program in an art and design school in the nation. Her scholarly focus linking urban design, drawing and ecology is present in her research as well as TILL, a Newark based landscape architecture and urban design practice which she founded in 2002. She is a member of the Baltimore Ecosystem Study Urban Design Working Group, a Long Term Ecological Research project sponsored by the National Science Foundation. She has taught at University of Pennsylvania, as well as Columbia University, Harvard University, Pratt Institute and the University of Toronto. The lecture and the ‘Intersections: New Approaches to Science and Technology in 20th Century China and India’ workshop are kindly supported by the SSHRC Strategic Knowledge Cluster, Situating Science and the following York University sponsors: Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies, Office of the Vice President, Research & Innovation, York Ad-Hoc funding, York Alumni Association and the York Centre for Asian Research For more information, visit http://ists.news.yorku.ca/. RSVPs are welcome to Alasdair at amcmill@yorku.ca.

Feminism and Teaching Symposium

Fri, 08 Apr 2011 09:00:00 EST

University of NottinghamThis is a two-day interdisciplinary postgraduate symposium that will explore the relationships between feminism and teaching. Keynote workshops/sessions by: Professor Gina Wisker (Brighton), Professor Sara Mills (Sheffield Hallam) and Dr. Louise Mullany (Nottingham), Professor Ruth Holliday (Leeds), Dr. Ben Brabon (Edge Hill), Annette Foster (Performance Artist) Postgraduates, early career researchers, teachers, artists and activists of all genders are invited to propose sessions engaging with issues relating to feminism and teaching. This symposium aims to bring together people from a wide variety of disciplines and contexts to explore the ways in which these two fields relate to each other and the ways in which each term strengthens and/or troubles the other. Proposed topics could include: Teaching feminist theory and practice Introducing feminism into the school, F.E. and undergraduate classroom Overcoming ‘gender-blind’ syllabuses Consciousness raising activities outside the classroom Ways in which gender intersects with other discourses, like race, age and class in teaching activities The impact of context on teaching activities and materials Feminist pedagogy and modes of teaching Ways in which feminism can inform research and teaching across the disciplines Feminisms plural Ways in which feminism changes, alters/is altered, and is deployed in the classroom setting Gender-biases in perceptions of feminism Men and feminist teaching practices Reclamation of women’s language and experiences Reclaiming the feminist agenda Ways of teaching gender sensitive materials and associated difficulties e.g.: women’s writing, sociological data, everyday life, media, popular culture, legal and political theory and practice Any other issue related to feminism and teaching We welcome presentation and session proposals which engage with the relationships between feminism and teaching, from various disciplines, including but not limited to: Sociology, Education, Literature, Visual and Performing Arts, Cultural Studies, Applied Linguistics, Law, Gender Studies and Women’s Studies. We also welcome proposals from people working in areas relating to feminism and teaching outside the academy. Presenters are encouraged to engage with these issues in a way that reflects the material being discussed. We would like to include a diversity of presentation styles, but we are particularly keen to encourage interactive sessions, including short film screenings, musical and dramatic performances, workshops, presentations about ongoing projects or works in progress, demonstrations, discussion sessions, or any other format conducive to exploring the relationships between feminism and teaching. We also welcome poster presentations on any issues/topics relating to the theme. Posters will be displayed throughout the symposium. Please send proposals of 200-300 words, along with a brief biography (50 words) to feminismandteaching@nottingham.ac.uk by 20th November 2010. If you would like to discuss your proposal before submitting it please do contact us. We are particularly interested in encouraging sessions which break from the traditional academic format. For further information, including blogs, pre-symposium discussion and details of the network we intend to develop from this project, please visit our website: feminismandteaching.org

5th Annual SASA Conference

Fri, 08 Apr 2011 09:00:00 EST

Virginia Communwealth University, Richmond SASA is dedicated to "Understanding South Asia's Cultures, Histories, Issues, and Opportunities." SASA encourages multi-disciplinary exchange and dialogue within the unifying arc of South Asian studies. Submissions from all disciplines in the humanities, social sciences, diaspora studies and world of commerce are encouraged. For those in film, we anticipate screening a full day of documentaries plus Q&A with the film makers. SASA conferences are remarkable for encouraging networking in a warm, friendly environment. Conference registration includes four coffee breaks, two luncheons, the awards banquet and an extraordinary wine and cheese reception at the Virginia Museum of Fine Art. VMFA houses an extraordinary collection of both ancient and modern South Asian art, including an extensive Himalayan collection. Richmond is an extraordinary destination venue. Capitol of Virginia and capitol of the old Confederacy, the city and environs are steeped in American Revolution and Civil War history. The city has an extraordinary number of visitor sites. The Williamsburg-Jamestown-Yorktown historic triangle is only a 45-minute drive away (southeast). Thomas Jefferson's Monticello is just over an hour away (northwest). Washington, DC is only 90 miles away (north) along I-95 passing by Mechanicsville, Spotsylvania, Fredericksburg and Manassas. Richmond enjoys outstanding road and air connections, making it very easy to get to. Abstracts of no more than 200 words should be submitted online at http://www.sasia.orgno later than February 15, 2011. Full panel proposals should be no more than 1,000 words. Successful proposals will be notified in a timely manner so that those needing to secure a visa can begin the process as soon as possible. Final papers must be submitted by March 1, 2011 in order to be included in the review process for inclusion in the conference proceedings. Presenters must pay the registration fee by March 1, 2011 to be included in the printed program. Questions should be addressed to the 2011 program chair, Dr. Vandana Asthana, at program@sasia.org. Detailed conference information can be found at http://www.sasia.org. You have receieved this email as part of the Centre for Feminist Research mailing list. This is a low traffic list with specially chosen events and annoucements. You may leave the list at any time by sending a "SIGNOFF CFRLIST" command to LISTSERV@YORKU.CA

Call for papers - 5th Annual SASA Conference

Fri, 08 Apr 2011 09:00:00 EST

Virginia Communwealth University, Richmond SASA is dedicated to "Understanding South Asia's Cultures, Histories, Issues, and Opportunities." SASA encourages multi-disciplinary exchange and dialogue within the unifying arc of South Asian studies. Submissions from all disciplines in the humanities, social sciences, diaspora studies and world of commerce are encouraged. For those in film, we anticipate screening a full day of documentaries plus Q&A with the film makers. SASA conferences are remarkable for encouraging networking in a warm, friendly environment. Conference registration includes four coffee breaks, two luncheons, the awards banquet and an extraordinary wine and cheese reception at the Virginia Museum of Fine Art. VMFA houses an extraordinary collection of both ancient and modern South Asian art, including an extensive Himalayan collection. Richmond is an extraordinary destination venue. Capitol of Virginia and capitol of the old Confederacy, the city and environs are steeped in American Revolution and Civil War history. The city has an extraordinary number of visitor sites. The Williamsburg-Jamestown-Yorktown historic triangle is only a 45-minute drive away (southeast). Thomas Jefferson's Monticello is just over an hour away (northwest). Washington, DC is only 90 miles away (north) along I-95 passing by Mechanicsville, Spotsylvania, Fredericksburg and Manassas. Richmond enjoys outstanding road and air connections, making it very easy to get to. Abstracts of no more than 200 words should be submitted online at http://www.sasia.org no later than February 15, 2011. Full panel proposals should be no more than 1,000 words. Successful proposals will be notified in a timely manner so that those needing to secure a visa can begin the process as soon as possible. Final papers must be submitted by March 1, 2011 in order to be included in the review process for inclusion in the conference proceedings. Presenters must pay the registration fee by March 1, 2011 to be included in the printed program. Questions should be addressed to the 2011 program chair, Dr. Vandana Asthana, at program@sasia.org. Detailed conference information can be found at http://www.sasia.org.

The City Institute at York University (CITY) presents: SUBURBS TALKS

Fri, 08 Apr 2011 09:00:00 EST

Alan MabinSchool of Architecture and Planning, University of Witswatersrand, Johannesburg"Scope and Dimensions of African Suburbanism” This presentation will report on the present state of African suburbanisation emphasizing the territory south of the Sahara, and based on an extensive review of secondary sources and a modicum of new research in selected cities. The context is one of an urban population now as large as that of North America or Europe, and it is intended to bring the study of suburbanisation in this context into the same intellectual arena as that of other continents. Following Ekers, Hamel and Keil (2010), suburbanisation is here understood as ‘the combination of non-central population and economic growth with urban spatial expansion’. In the immense variety of African urbanisms, the purpose of the presentation is to explore what forms 'suburbs' takes in various African contexts, including spaces which concentrate new economic activities, zones of middle and upper income residence, the meaning of informality of building, land markets and social activity, and the various elements of what is often termed ‘urban sprawl’.Alan Mabin is Professor at the School of Architecture and Planning, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. Alan completed his doctorate at Simon Fraser University, Canada (1984). He is a Corporate Member of the South African Planning Institute. His urban development experience includes urban NGO work particularly with Planact which he helped to found in 1985, as well as public sector consulting (since 1994). He was Deputy Chairperson, national Development and Planning Commission from 1997 to 2000. Alan has spent time at Yale University, USA (1987-88), Queen’s University, Canada (1995), Institut Universitaire de France (2003) and Université de Paris X-Nanterre (on several occasions) and is presently Chercheur associé at Centre de Recherche sur l’ Habitat / Laboratoire Architecture Ville Urbanisme Environnement (CNRS UMR 7218) in Paris. 12:30 to 2:00 pm Room 305 York Lanes, York UniversityEveryone is welcome.

Sun Come Up – The story of the world’s first climate change refugees

Fri, 01 Apr 2011 09:00:00 EST

CC-RAI invites you to the first Canadian screening of the Oscar-nominated short documentary, Sun Come Up – The story of the world’s first climate change refugees.Join CC-RAI on Friday, April 1, 2011 from 4-6:30 pm Nat Taylor Theatre, Keele Campus, York University. Register now for your free ticket!

Sun Come Up Trailer from Sun Come Up on Vimeo.

Donations collected on the day of the event will support the House Raiser Project for the Carteret Islanders. Stay tuned for more details! Light refreshments will be served following the film.

69TH Annual MPSA Conference

Thu, 31 Mar 2011 09:00:00 EST

Where: Chicago Palmer House Hilton, USA PAPER submission deadline: October 8, 2010 POSTER submission deadline: December 3, 2010Program Co-Chairs: Christoffer Green-Pedersen, Aarhus University, Denmark; Laura A. Reese, Michigan State University; Tracy Sulkin, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Please remember to submit a proposal to present at the 2011 MPSA National Conference. Over 1,100 panels in all fields of Political Science. Opening Reception on Wednesday night; Exhibitor Reception on Thursday evening; President's Reception on Saturday night. Everything happens in the centrally located, newly restored, Palmer House Hilton in Downtown Chicago. Please forward this Call for Papers to colleagues you think may be interested. Visit our website:www.mpsanet.org*CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS*

United Way of York Region: Join Us for Meeting House

Wed, 30 Mar 2011 09:00:00 EST

A community discussion on building civic muscle & Announcement of inaugural Strength Investments recipientsTime: 6:30 pm - 8:30Location: Welcome Centre 9325 Yonge St., Richmond Hill (South Hill Shopping Centre - North of 16th Ave.) Map to Welcome CentreKeynote Speaker:Garland YatesConvenor, Mobilizing CommunitiesGarland Yates' BiographyRSVP to Samantha Li(905) 474-9974 ext. 221sli@uwyr.on.ca

Focus on Scholarship on India

Tue, 29 Mar 2011 09:00:00 EST

RESEARCHMATTERS Speaker SeriesDean Douglas Peers (Faculty of Graduate Studies) will be the panel chair and discussant, talking about “The History of British Imperialism in India.” The panelists include: Towards an Aesthetic of Opposition: Listening to Dalit voices Professor Arun Mukherjee English Surviving Cyclones and Tsunamies in India: Emergency Management and Rebuilding Professor Niru Nirupama Emergency Management, Administrative Studies Professor Ananya Mukherjee Reed Political Science, International Development Studies, Social and Political Thought Director, International Secretariat for Human Development Director, South Asian Studies Date: Tuesday, 29 March 2011 Time: 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.Location: Room 519, 5th Floor, York Research Tower Please RSVP to Renee Irons (rirons@yorku.ca) or x33584 to allow us to prepare appropriately.

Focus on Scholarship on India

Tue, 29 Mar 2011 09:00:00 EST

Dean Douglas Peers (Faculty of Graduate Studies) will be the panel chair and discussant, talking about “The History of British Imperialism in India.” The panelists include: Towards an Aesthetic of Opposition: Listening to Dalit voices Professor Arun Mukherjee English Surviving Cyclones and Tsunamies in India: Emergency Management and Rebuilding Professor Niru Nirupama Emergency Management, Administrative Studies India 2011: The glitter, the gold, and the darkness Professor Ananya Mukherjee Reed Political Science, International Development Studies, Social and Political Thought Director, International Secretariat for Human Development Director, South Asian Studies Time: 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.Location: Room 519, 5th Floor, York Research Tower Please RSVP to Renee Irons (rirons@yorku.ca) or 416-736-2100 x33584 to allow us to prepare appropriately.

Transnational Futures? Shifting Borders and the Dynamics of Diaspora Centre for Diaspora and Transnational Studies Graduate Student Conference

Fri, 25 Mar 2011 09:00:00 EST

Location: The Robert Gill Theatre at the University of TorontoDiaspora studies often fixates on the past.Themes such as nostalgia, memory, loss, and longing loom large in the field. What changes as we turn ourgazeto the future? This conference is dedicated to exploring the futures of diaspora; the futures of the nation-state (and other defined territories); the futures of the people located within, without, and among these boundaries, both real and imaginary; and the futures of the emerging field of diaspora and transnational studies. The University of Toronto’s Centre for Diaspora and Transnational Studies is proud to host this conference to facilitate collaboration across disciplines. We hope to foster the future of scholarship in this field, with our university’s world-class resources and the natural laboratory of the multicultural city of Toronto. We encourage the submission of scholarship and artistic media (including papers, videos, performances, and installations) on themes including, but not limited to: - (re)imagining diaspora and transnationalism - indigeneity and political borders - asylum, internally displaced persons, and refugees - the economics of transnational movement - language, identity, hybridity, and multiculturalism - literary, visual, and performing arts - health, the body, gender and sexuality in the diaspora - religion and spirituality across borders - environmental practices and concerns - international education and the transnational child - crime and criminality - nostalgia, authenticity, tradition and the stability/mobility of culturePlease send a one-page C.V. and an abstract of no more than 250 words totransnationalfutures@gmail.comby November 26, 2010.For more information, visit our website athttp://groups.chass.utoronto.ca/transnationalfutures/

Greenbelts: A guide to setting up and running multifunctional peri-urban spaces

Fri, 25 Mar 2011 09:00:00 EST

The City Institute at York University (CITY) presents: CITYTALKSMarco AmatiLecturer and Program Director of Environmental Planning, Department of Environment and Geography, Macquarie University, Sydney "Greenbelts: A guide to setting up and running multifunctional peri-urban spaces"Marco is a lecturer and director of the environmental planning program at the Graduate School of the Environment, Macquarie University, Sydney. He completed his PhD on the London green belt at the University of Tsukuba and is the author of several publications on this subject including the edited book Urban green belts in the twenty-first century (Ashgate). More recently he and Laura Taylor edited a special issue on the future of the greenbelt policy for the journal Planning Practice and Research. 10:30am to 12:00 pm626 York Research Tower Everyone is welcome.

uVic event: CANEUEL – “Working Together" – Community-Based Research with Indigenous Communities LANGUAGE: Saving Indigenous Languages

Tue, 22 Mar 2011 09:00:00 EST

12:00-2:00 pm at the UVic's - First Peoples' House - Ceremonial Hall Come and hear about the state of indigenous languages and how University of Victoria partners and the WSANEC (Saanich) peoples are working together to advance the Sencoten Language Project. Presenters: Dr. Lorna Williams (Lil'wat) Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Knowledge and Learning; Onawa McIvor {Swampy Cree) Director of Indigenous Education and Community Members (TBA)

uVic event: The CBR/CER Workshop Series: Leadership through the Arts: A Hands-On Workshop in Arts-based Research, Education and Community Development

Wed, 16 Mar 2011 09:00:00 EST

12:30 PM -2:00 PM, HHB 128 Facilitators: Catherine Etmanski and Val Cortes, Leadership Studies (Details TBA)

uVic event: Community Green Mapping - Charting a Sustainable Future!

Wed, 16 Mar 2011 09:00:00 EST

3-5pm, Bob Wright Centre - B 150 (Ocean, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Building) Around the world communities are mapping and creating a sustainable future. Hear the founder and leader of the global Green Map system -Wendy Brawer from New York - share stories from this broad social and environmental movement. Learn about UVIC, the Common Ground Mapping Project and the local community's efforts to create community mapping and planning projects involving citizens from all walks of life. For more info see www.greenmap.org or www.mapping.uvic.ca

Engaging Hearts and Minds Conference

Fri, 11 Mar 2011 09:00:00 EST

Centennial College Institute for Global Citizenship and Equity Deadline for Submissions: September 30th 2010 The conference titled "Engaging Hearts and Minds - Equity, Social Justice and Global Citizenship in Action" will look at activities, trends, issues and possibilities in the field. Proposals are invited from academics, researchers, graduate students, community and civic organizations, practitioners, community activists, policy makers and postsecondary institutions. Panels or roundtables must be focused on one of these areas: Culture Gender and Identity Study Abroad and International Education Critical Democratic Perspectives Globalization and Global Citizenship Youth Engagement and Youth Empowerment Inclusive Education Indigenous Knowledge Presentation Formats: Research Paper- Formal presentation of a research paper that advances knowledge on equity, social justice and global citizenship Panel Presentation- A group of papers on similar themes or research issues. (Papers submitted for the research paper presentations and the panel presentations can also be submitted for review for inclusion in the Institute's online academic journal) Workshop- An interactive session on an issue or research Team Presentation- A presentation involving a variety of stakeholders (faculty, staff, students, community organizations or funders) Poster Presentation- Community organizations, institutions and individuals may also present posters of their work as it relates to equity, social justice and global citizenship. Proposal Submission: An abstract of a maximum of 300 - 500 words should be sent to the Institute for Global Citizenship and Equity atigce@centennialcollege.ca. Deadline for submissions is September 30th, 2010. Presenters will be notified by December 17th, 2010 if their proposal has be accepted for the conference. Journal Publication: Presenters are encouraged to submit their papers for review and inclusion in the Institute's journal called The Journal of Global Citizenship and Equity Education. Final drafts of the papers should be submitted to the Institute by April 30th, 2011.

Oil: Slick Suits and Sinister Scenarios

Thu, 10 Mar 2011 09:00:00 EST

School of Administrative Studies SymposiumOil shocks are not just at the pumps. Experts agree that there are unprecedented risks for which Canada has not effectively prepared. The potential for catastrophes on the scale of BP's offshore Deep Water Horizon rig are not limited to the Gulf of Mexico. Canada pursues an aggressive agenda of exploration and offshore production and our oil-sands, shale-gas reserves and refining industries all pose unmatched hazards to our health and economy: hazards that have not been fully considered. Hear from leading researchers in Risk, Disaster Management, Ethics and the Environment who can provide insights into the murky world of oil, and propose options to better prepare for the effects of potential disasters. | Noon - 2pm | Atkinson Building Room 109 SpeakersProf. Ali Asgary Associate Professor Disaster and Emergency Management School of Administrative Studies, Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies Prof. Gail Fraser Associate Professor Faculty of Environmental Studies Prof. Mark S. Schwartz Associate Professor, Law, Governance & Ethics School of Administrative Studies, Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies Moderated by Prof. Joanne Jones Assistant Professor Management School of Administrative Studies, Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies Get full bios and more information at www.yorku.ca/laps/sas/oilFor more information, call 416 736 2100 ext.20091 or email tarawlo@yorku.ca

Call for papers - Resistance and Rebuilding: Exploring Indigenous Challenges Past and Present/ Résistance et reconstruction: une exploration des enjeux autochtones passes et présents

Wed, 09 Mar 2011 09:00:00 EST

*Graduate Students Workshop in Indigenous Studies University of Ottawa, March 9, 2011, DMS 3105* *Colloque étudiant sur la recherche autochtone, Université d´Ottawa, 9mars 2011* Le Forum d´études et de recherches autochtones de l´Université d´Ottawa vous invite à soumettre une proposition de présentation pour la troisième édition de son colloque multidisciplinaire étudiant sur la recherche autochtone. L´objectif du colloque est de permettre aux étudiants aux cycles supérieurs en provenance de diverses disciplines dont les recherches touchent à des enjeux liées aux peuples autochtones de présenter leurs projets et d´échanger sur leurs approches méthodologiques et théoriques. *Projets de communication: *Les étudiants à la maitrise et au doctorat souhaitant présenter leur projet, un chapitre de leur thèse ou encore les conclusions de celle-ci, sont invités à soumettre une proposition. La nature des communications et la discussion entourant celles-ci varieront selon l´avancement du projet. Les sujets abordés seront également variés afin de refléter la diversité de la recherche sur les questions autochtones. Pour plus d´information, afin de soumettre un projet, ou encore afin de s´inscrire à titre d´observateur, veuillez contacter Sarah Wiebe à l´adresse suivante : fera@uottawa.ca. Les projets de communication doivent inclure votre nom et département d´attache, un court résumé décrivant votre projet. Les propositions doivent nous parvenir d´ici* le 30 janvier 2011. * *Graduate Students Workshop in Indigenous Studies University of Ottawa, March 9, 2011, DMS 3105* The Forum for Aboriginal Studies and Research of the University of Ottawa invites submission for the third edition of its multidisciplinary Graduate Students Workshop on Indigenous Studies, to be held at the University of Ottawa, March 9, 2011. The objective of the workshop is to provide graduate students from various disciplines and whose research addresses theory, methodology, or themes related to the study of Aboriginal issues, a forum to meet and exchange on their respective projects. *Paper proposal: *Masters and Doctoral students in the process of defining their thesis proposal, currently writing, or who have recently completed their research are invited to submit a communication proposal. The topics of the presentations should ideally reflect the diversity of perspectives in the study of Aboriginal issues. For more information, to submit a paper, or to register as a participant, please send your information to fera@uottawa.ca no later than *January 30, 2011. *Each proposal should include your name and department of affiliation, a title and a 250-500 word abstract describing your topic and the stage of your research. *Visit our website or send us an email at **fera@uottawa.ca* * for more details* http://www.sciencessociales.uottawa.ca/fera/eng/index.asp*Visitez notre site web ou envoyez-nous un message à **fera@uottawa.ca* *pour en savoir plus http://www.sciencessociales.uottawa.ca/fera/fra/index.asp

Call for Presenters - “Restoring Indigenous Women’s Knowledges and Ways of Knowing in Our Homelands” 10th Indigenous Women’s Symposium 2011

Fri, 04 Mar 2011 09:00:00 EST

Location: Trent University, Peterborough, Ont.Indigenous women on Turtle Island have always engaged with the philosophies and practices of neighbouring Nations both near and far away. In homelands that are also known as "Canada," Indigenous women have been dynamically engaged with Nations from all over the world; however, the most profound and transformative change has been with European English and French Nations. Engagement with these Nations—by choice, force or fate—has led to women's alienation and distancing from our landscapes, kinship ties, languages, ceremonies; it has led to alienations from all our relations in Creation and the knowledges that are generated from these relationships. Through colonialism, Indigenous women's knowledges and relationships with the land and waterscapes in their homelands has been purposefully left out of or misrepresented in the correspondence, journals, reports, and documentation that European explorers, settlers, and colonialists created. The subsequent histories created by their descendants were also inaccurate. The result has been that the knowledges that contemporary settler societies (such as Canada, the US, Australia, etc.) have of Indigenous women is misinformed or informed by stereotypes. A growing body of literature and women’s political action has begun to disrupt these misconceptions. This symposium will highlight Indigenous women’s knowledge through presentations by women and our allies that celebrate various realities and experiences. It will showcase the many durable and creative ways Indigenous women have restored and are restoring their knowledges within their homelands. This year’s Keynote Speaker will be Manulani Meyer. She is the fifth daughter of Emma Aluli and Harry Meyer. She is from a large family with roots in Wailuku, Kohala, Hilo and Kailua. Manu earned her doctorate from Harvard researching Hawaiian ways of knowing. Manu is dedicated to transforming ideas of intelligence, research, and science to better address the needs and honour the unique contributions of Indigenous peoples. We welcome presenters of all genders and nations, recognizing the necessity of balance of all things. A diverse community is a healthy community and a strong nation. Presentations can be on any topic related to, but not limited to, areas of health, justice, parenting, languages, education, culture, performance and arts, lands and the environment, spirituality, and identity. Storytellers, language speakers, singers, dancers, panel and poster presentations and formal academic papers are just a few examples of contributions we look forward to hosting and sharing this year. Presentations may also be historical or contemporary in nature. Your submission should include; a brief proposal (one page) of what you would like to share and how it fits within the theme. Please include a title for your presentation or workshop, indicate if there is a limit on the number of participants, and what technology will be required. Also include a 50 word summary of your session for our website and a short biography (approx 50 words), that includes your community and nation.*Please be aware that we cannot provide funding for travel or lodging. All submissions must be received by January 30, 2010 via trentwomenssymposium@gmail.comFor more information or queries, please visit our website athttp://trentu.ca/academic/nativestudies/womenssymposium.htm

Welfare Reform and Social Reproduction in New York and Toronto

Fri, 04 Mar 2011 09:00:00 EST

The City Institute at York University (CITY) is pleased to presentThe City SeminarAn interdisciplinary series of presentations and discussions on urban landscapes, past and present. Simon Black PhD Candidate, Department of Political Science York University "Welfare Reform and Social Reproduction in New York and Toronto" Simon's research employs a feminist political economy lens to examine how state and civil society groups respond to, manage, and/or mediate crisis tendencies in social reproduction resulting from the neoliberal restructuring of welfare in two urban political economies - Toronto and New York. He is also interested in the theory and practice of community unionism, and organized labour's changing relation to the city and urban governance. 12:30 to 2:00 pm305 York Lanes Everyone is welcome.

Call for Papers - Women’s Perspectives on Student Development Conference

Thu, 03 Mar 2011 09:00:00 EST

Location: Toronto, Ontario Deadline for Abstracts: *November 1st, 2010* (New Deadline) If you have not already, The Centre for the Study of Students in Postsecondary Education (CSS) at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE/University of Toronto) would like to invite you to submit an abstract and register to attend our Women’s Perspectives on Student Development Conference. Submissions and Registration can be completed at: **http://ocs.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/css/wpsd Submissions for poster and concurrent sessions are encouraged from all participants within and outside of institutions such as faculty, students, staff, foundations, government, research organizations, non-profits, etc... Conference Sub-Themes Include: -Student Engagement (Social, Emotional, Academic, Co-Curricular) -Student Experience (Teaching and Learning, Peer Relationships, Diversity, Gender, Retention, Time-to-Graduation, Debt Load, Mobility) -Student Affairs (Student Services, Registrar, Advising, Specialized Programming) -Inclusion (Programming, Accommodation, Identification) Keynote Speakers: *Dr. Janice Stein (March 4th, 2011), the Belzberg Professor of Conflict Management in the Department of Political Science and the Director of the Munk School for Global Affairs at the University of Toronto. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and an Honorary Foreign Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. *Dr. Carmel McNaught (March 5th, 2010), Director and Professor of Learning Enhancement in the Centre for Learning Enhancement and Research (CLEAR) at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Since the early 1970s, Carmel has worked in higher education in Australasia and southern Africa in the fields of chemistry, science education, second language learning, equity in education, eLearning, and higher education curriculum and policy matters.

U of Guelph event: Using Evidence to Inform Policy - A Collaborative Workshop

Thu, 03 Mar 2011 09:00:00 EST

8:00 am - 4:30 pmThe Arboretum, University of Guelph, OntarioYou are invited to attend a one day session on evidence-informed policy as part of the Public Health Agency of Canada’s (Guelph) Knowledge Translation Learning Series. The day will feature an international policy expert from the UK and is being hosted by the Public Health Agency of Canada and its partners from the University of Guelph, the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (Agri-Food and Rural Link), Environment Canada, and Health Canada’s Science Policy Directorate. Louise Shaxson, Director of the Delta Partnership, UK will lead an engaging lecture in the morning to: · examine what is meant by ‘evidence-informed policymaking’; · outline basic principles for thinking about evidence and policy; and · describe specific tools and techniques that have worked well in the UK. In the afternoon she will lead participants in an interactive Knowledge Café session. Perspectives on evidence-informed policymaking will also be shared by the host agencies. About Louise: Louise Shaxson is a Director of the international management consultancy company Delta Partnership and has worked as researcher, research manager and consultant for the past 20 years; alongside political scientists, science policy specialists, strategists, horizon scanners, researchers, research communicators, programme managers, knowledge managers and policy makers at all levels in the UK and overseas. Her work has focused on evidence-informed policy and strategy and she has helped design departmental evidence strategies, assessed the policy relevance of the evidence base for high-level policy goals, developed methods to assess the impact of knowledge brokers, and facilitated the development of provincial medium-term sector strategies. She has published widely on evidence-related issues in reports, book chapters and journals. We look forward to sharing the day with you! For directions to the Arboretum, please visit the following link: http://www.uoguelph.ca/arboretum/ArbOverview/Directions.htm If you will be attending, please fill out the the short survey at the following link by noon on February 25th: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/CHCRBLD The information collected from this survey will help us focus the workshop according to the preferences and needs of participants. Attached you will find an agenda for the day. Please RSVP by February 25, 2011 to Elmer Mascarenhas at elmer.mascarenhas@phac-aspc.gc.ca

uVic event: The CBR/CER Workshop Series: Learning From Experience: Bringing the Real World into the Classroom

Wed, 02 Mar 2011 09:00:00 EST

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, HHB 128 One of the driving principles of the Gustavson School of Business is the value of integrating real world experience into the classroom. This takes many forms - including mandatory co-op for undergrads and business experience for graduate students, case-based learning, international exchange, volunteerism, and student-community mentoring. The panel will provide an opportunity to interact to explore these approaches, as well as to discover how members of the audience are bringing experience into their own classrooms. Presenters: Jennifer Gill is the Experiential Learning Officer for the undergraduate program at the Gustavson School of Susiness. Chris Graham is a Senior Instructor in finance and accounting. Dr. Rebecca Grant is an Associate Professor who joined the University in 1993, teaching courses in information technology and e-business at the undergraduate and MBA level.

Living in the High-rise Flats and Model of Urban Life: Perspectives of Dhaka City, Bangladesh

Wed, 02 Mar 2011 09:00:00 EST

2:30pm to 4:30pm | 626 York Research TowerWith a growing population and land within city limits exhausted, Dhaka, Bangladesh is on the verge of a change in its urban character – vertical growth is overtaking horizontal expansion. The construction of high-rise buildings is on the rise and with this change comes new forms of social affiliation and a new dimension in urban life. Dr. Akbar Hussain’s presentation will explore his research into this new urban life, with a focus on the social relations and culture of community living among high-rise apartments dwellers in Dhaka. He will also consider the pattern of high-rise apartments, family distribution as well as the experiences of living in the flats in local and global contexts. Akbar Hussain is an Anthropologist with 15 years of teaching and research experience. Currently he is teaching at Jahangirnagar University in Bangladesh. He obtained his PhD and MA in Anthropology from the University of Tsukuba, Japan. He conducted a post-doctoral research work under the fellowship of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS). He conducted fieldwork among the island communities in Bangladesh and fishing communities in Japan. Dr. Hussain taught courses at the College of International Studies, and the Graduate School of Area Studies, the University of Tsukuba, for many years. He is the author of a book and published numerous articles in journals. He was the Chair of the Department of Anthropology at Jahangirnagar University from 2007 to 2010. His research interests include the environment, health and culture, human rights and legal issues, and migration and diaspora studies. He is affiliated as Research Associate at York Centre for Asian Research (YCAR)This event is presented by the York Centre for Asian Research and the City Institute at York University (CITY). For more information, email ycar@yorku.ca or visit www.yorku.ca/ycar or http://www.yorku.ca/city/Home/.

Partnership Practices: Working with Community, Industry and Government

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 09:00:00 EST

Join us on March 1st for a showcase of partnership practices at the University of Guelph. As industry, community, government and university researchers work together in various ways to address complex issues, the need to learn from examples of successful partnership structures,processes, and outcomes, as well as examine challenges and outcomes of complex research collaborations is evident. Please plan on attending this event and meeting with others who work in partnership or fund partnerships and collaborative work. Topics to be included are: partnership skill capacities; elements of a strong partnership with government, university, industry or community focus. The posters presented at the event will highlight the impacts, practices and experiences of research partnerships. Submissions due: Friday January 21st, 2011 Date of Event: March 1, 2011 9am-2pm Location: Quebec Street Mall, Guelph, OntarioThe Call for Posters can be found here.

York University Policy and Research Day

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 09:00:00 EST

You are warmly invited to take part in the York University Climate Change Policy & Research Day.The goal of this event is to profile some of the climate change related work being done at the municipal and regional level, have a discussion on the existing research gaps and needs, and explore opportunities for collaboration between local policy makers and York researchers. Presenters from the City of Toronto; the Regions of York, Durham, and Peel; Toronto and Region Conservation Authority; and the Weather Water Gateway project will be joined by a panel of York faculty members with research expertise and interest in climate change related topics. This event will also allow graduate students to hear from policymakers about potential career paths and speak to them directly about the Climate Change summer internships being offered by York’s Knowledge Mobilization Unit. To get full details about the Knowledge Mobilization for Climate Change Internship competition, please go to this link. Time: 8:30am-3:00pm Location: Harry Crowe Room, 109 Atkinson York University For full details of scheduled activities, please see the event agenda by accessing the following link. Seating is limited. Please register for your ticket by going to the following Eventbrite link. Breakfast and lunch will be served.This event is generously supported by funds from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.

U of Guelph event: Partnership Practices: Working with Community, Industry and Government

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 09:00:00 EST

Join us on March 1st for a showcase of partnership practices with the University of Guelph at the Quebec Street Mall in Guelph, Ontario. As industry, community, government and university researchers work together in various ways to address complex issues, the need to learn from examples of successful partnership structures, processes, and outcomes, as well as examine challenges and outcomes of complex research collaborations is evident. Please plan on attending this event and meeting with others who work in partnership or fund partnerships and collaborative work. There will be poster displays of faculty, student posters and local and international work represented 9:00am -2:00pm Official Opening at 10:30am Displays at Quebec Street Mall in Downtown Guelph, Ontario. Event Website: www.csahs.uoguelph.ca/ppsHosts and SponsorsThis event is hosted by the Institute for Community Engaged Scholarship (ICES), the Business Development Office (BDO) and Co-operators Centre for Business and Social Entrepreneurship (CBASE) at the University of Guelph. It is supported by the Agri-Food and Rural Link KTT program.

International Biennial Conference

Wed, 16 Feb 2011 09:00:00 EST

Australian Association for Caribbean Studies Location: Newcastle, NSW, AustraliaThe ninth biennial conference of the Australian Association for Caribbean Studies (AACS) will be held in Newcastle, 16-18th February 2011. The theme for the conference is: Caribbean Narratives of Race, Place and MigrationKeynote Speaker: Professor Karen Fog Olwig, University of Copenhagen, Denmark *Paper proposals that do not fit the conference theme are welcome* Proposals for papers of approx. 200 words should be sent to Dr Karina Smith at karina.smith@vu.edu.au to arrive no later than October 31st, 2010. Postgraduate Bursaries The Australian Association for Caribbean Studies is pleased to offer a limited number of bursaries to assist students travelling to its biennial conference in 2011. For the Newcastle conference, the Association is able to offer three bursaries, one of $1,000 and two of $200 each. Applicants should be postgraduate students registered at Australian or overseas universities who have not been awarded their degrees at the time of the conference. Students travelling from overseas will be the preferred applicants for the $1000 bursary. Applications should be received by the President, Dr Anne Hickling-Hudson (a.hudson@qut.edu.au), by 15th December 2010. Decisions will be announced shortly after that date. For further information regarding the conference, including venue, registration, accommodation and travel arrangements, please visit the AACS’s website: http://sites.google.com/site/austassoccaribstudies/or contact Dr Rhona Hammond (rhona.hammond@gmail.com) or Dr Karina Smith (karina.smith@vu.edu.au)

uVic event: The CBR/CER Workshop Series: Social Determinants of Health/ Mapping Our Way to Healthy Communities

Wed, 16 Feb 2011 09:00:00 EST

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, HHB 128Prominent health and environmental issues, such as food security, disease, and climate change increasingly engage the public and policy makers' attention. At UVic, the Office of Community-Based Research and faculty within the Geography Department have taken an active role in exploring some of these health and sustainability-related issues through the use of mapping as a primary tool for knowledge mobilization and community engagement. Come and find out what they have been up to! Presenters: Dr.Aleck Ostry is a Professor in Geography, Canada Research Chair, and the Michael Smith foundation for Health Research (MSFHR) Scholar. Dr. Peter Keller is a professor in Geography and the Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences. His research and teaching focus on geographic information. Maeve Lydon is the Associate Director of UVic's Office of Community Based Research. Ken Josephson cartographer and graphic artist in UVic's Faculty of Social Sciences/Department of Geography. Ken Cooley, Associate University Librarian at UVic.

uVic event: Homelessness or Homefullness? Creating a Blueprint for Canada's Future

Wed, 16 Feb 2011 09:00:00 EST

Location: MacClaurin Building A144 - UVlc (David Lam Auditorium) 7-9pm. Come to this presentation by Michael Shapcott, Director, Affordable Housing and Social Innovation at the Wellesley Institute in Toronto (www.wellesleyinstitute.ca). He is one of Canada's leading community-based housing and homelessness experts and he will share his work working with Canadian cities, communities and First Nations and at the global level with the UN and OECD in support of sustainable housing for all Canadians. Local community, business, political, academic, aboriginal and academics will share their experience and insights in connecting our local work to this national-level followed by Q and A. Partners for Shapcott's visit include: University of Victoria's OCBR & Faculty of Human and Social Development, VanCity, Greater Victoria Coalition to End Homelessness, Greater Victoria Chamber of Commerce, Downtown Victoria Business Association, United Way of Greater Victoria, City of Victoria and Community Council.

Immigrant Families and Domestic Violence by Sepali Gurunge

Thu, 10 Feb 2011 09:00:00 EST

Date: THURSDAY, FEB 10TH, 12:30 pm –2:00 pm, LOCATION: 519 YRT Sepali Gurunge is Associate Professor, CIHR New Investigator in the Cockwell School of Nursing at Ryerson University. Her teaching interests include women’s health, mental health, diversity and equity issues, global health, and qualitative research methods. Her research program focuses on immigrant women’s health. In particular, she examines violence against immigrant women, demonstrating how diverse factors contribute to intimate partner violence within immigrant families. To understand the pre-migration experience, Guruge has done extensive research in Ethiopia and Sri Lanka. She is currently part of a community-based research project on violence against women in nine countries.

KM in the AM: Measuring Happiness at a Neighbourhood Level

Tue, 08 Feb 2011 09:00:00 EST

You are warmly invited to attend a morning discussion on the topic of Neighbourhood Happiness. This event has been organized by the Knowledge Mobilization (KMb) Unit at York University and the York Region Community Foundation, both of which are partnering on the Living in York Region project. KM in the AM is a series of issue based forums linking the university and community/government agencies to enhance research, the graduate student experience and knowledge mobilization. There will be brief panel presentations by university researchers and community leaders, followed by ample time for questions, discussion, and networking. The Living in York Region project is seeking to develop a made-in-York Region reliable baseline understanding of residents and communities’ well-being across a series of civic, economic, environmental and social indicators. The project is designed to give a voice to residents to help generate solutions to key issues affecting local communities and neighbourhoods. Confirmed Panelists: Barbara Rahder, Dean, Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University Antonella Talotta, Sales Representative, Sutton GroupGord Flett, Associate Dean Research, Faculty of Health, York University Naila Butt, Executive Director, Social Services NetworkDate: Tuesday, February 8 Time: 9:00 am to 11:30 am Breakfast will be served at 8:45 Location: Markham Convergence Centre 7271 Warden Ave, Markham MapSpace is limited. Kindly RSVP to Krista Jensen at kejensen@yorku.ca or 416-736-2100 ext 88847 to confirm your attendance.

Call for Performances - Performing Back: Contemporary Theoretical and Practical Implications for the Post-Colonial Stage

Fri, 04 Feb 2011 09:00:00 EST

"Performing Back: Contemporary Theoretical and PracticalImplications for the Post-Colonial Stage” University of Toronto Deadline: Sept. 20th 2010 This year, the 2011 Festival of Original Theatre is specifically interested in involving the Toronto theatre and performance community within this festival’s activity. We are eager for this festival to reflect the diversity of the city, and the artists who live here. Artists interested in submitting performances that broadly address the themes of marginality, race, migration, hegemony, agency, etc., are invited to submit their proposals to the 2011 F.O.O.T. Performance committee. We are looking for: - Staged readings of new works by emerging and established playwrights (not exceeding 45 mins). - Innovative Performance Projects. - Workshop Productions - Re-mounts of productions that directly address our themes.Artists whose work reflects a mandated concern with diversity are encouraged to apply. Submission Guidelines: For artists interested in submission, please employ the following guidelines: 1. A Project Description – the type of performance you are planning for this project, and how participation in FOOT 2011 will benefit the development of this project (1 Page max). 2. Artistic Statement – What you want to accomplish with this project and its relationship to postcolonialism (ie, the themes of migration, hybridity, race, hegemony, etc.). We are not looking for sophisticated theoretical abstracts on this connection. We wish for the artists merely to display that their work relates to the larger themes of the conference, and contributes a perspective. If your work addresses a tangential theme that you still insist is relevant for consideration, please explain (1 page max). 3. Script or Working Document. Companies/artists that are interested in the presentation of re-mounts, workshop productions, or staged readings are encouraged to submit a writing proposal. Artists who are interested in the showcasing of performance work should provide a template of what the performance will entail (5 page max). 4. Bios of participants. Please direct submissions as well as any questions and concerns to Festival Director, Dalbir Singh atfoot.graddrama@utoronto.ca. Submissions for Performances are DUESEPTEMBER 20th, 2010.

"Managing Ethno-Cultural Diversity: What is Québec Interculturalism?"

Thu, 03 Feb 2011 09:00:00 EST

Date & Time: February 3, 2011 (2-4pm) Location: Campbell Conference Facility, Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto. Professor Bouchard is well known for his work on the "Consultation Commission on Accommodation Practices Related to Cultural Differences" (often referred to as the "Taylor-Bouchard Commission") initiated by Quebec premier Jean Charest in 2007. His research covers social, demographic and cultural history and human genetics. He is a Fellow of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research and currently the holder of the Canada Research Chair in Comparative Study of Collective Imaginaries. Please be sure to attend this rare opportunity to hear Professor Bouchard's lecture. For more details visit the "Events" page on our website: www.utoronto.ca/ethnicstudies Open to all. A small reception will follow the lecture.

Secret Trial 5, Sophie Harkat and the Human Impact of Canada's Anti-Terror Laws

Thu, 03 Feb 2011 09:00:00 EST

Date: February 3, 2011, 6:30pm - 8:30pm Location: 103, Fitzgerald Building, UofT, 150 College Street http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=136733899724898http://toronto.nooneisillegal.org/node/556The Secret Trial 5 is a new crowdfunded documentary, currently in production, that examines the human impact of Canada’s “war on terror”; specifically the use of security certificates, a tool that allows for indefinite detention, with no charges, and secret evidence. Over the last decade, 5 Muslim men, Hassan Almrei, Adil Charkaoui, Mohamed Harkat, Mahmoud Jaballah and Mohammad Mahjoub have been held under security certificates in Canada. They’ve spent between 2 and 7 years in prison each. None of them has been charged with a crime. Though Adil Charkaoui and Hasan Almrei's certificates have been quashed, Mohamed Harkat's security certificate was ruled "reasonable" on December 9, 2010. On Jan 21, 2011, Immigration Enforcement served him with a deportation notice that his lawyers have vowed to fight all the way to the Supreme Court of Canada if necessary. The Justice for Harkat Campaign is calling for individuals and organizations to sign the statement atwww.harkatstatement.com(and below). Sophie Harkat, Mohamed Harkat's wife and and organizer with the Justice for Harkat Campaign will be speaking at the event. The evening will include a free screening of The Good Son, director Amar Wala’s short film about the Jaballah family, followed by a discussion with the filmmakers about their new documentary. This film will be crowdfunded, meaning anyone, anywhere can become a part of the project by donating to the production, and helping spread awareness. Supported by: Ontario Public Interest Research Group - UofT Immigration and Legal Committee of the Law Union of Ontario Council of Canadians Toronto Action for Social Change Campaign to Stop Secret trials in Canada! Immigration Legal Committee (Law Union of Ontario & No One Is Illegal - Toronto) To endorse the event, please emailnooneisillegal@riseup.net

Knowing Bodies: A Visual and Poetic Inquiry into Gender, Dress, and the Professoriate with Fiona Blaikie, PhD

Tue, 01 Feb 2011 09:00:00 EST

Date: Tues, February 1, 2011, 6:30—8:30pm Location: (CWSE), Room 2-214, 252 Bloor St. West, Toronto Free Through artworks and poetry, meanings of scholarship and visual identity are revealed in this visual and poetic inquiry into scholarly clothing as re/presented and lived through the clothed, disciplined, and/or transgressing bodies of scholars. The theoretic basis of this study is in the area of arts-informed research, social theory of the body, and social theory of clothing as expressed through gendered clothing choices. Fiona Blaikie, PhD, is a Professor of Curriculum Studies and Visual Art Education and is internationally recognized for her work in arts education, with numerous publications and conference presentations, including her recent book Canadian Art/Works: A Resource for Primary, Junior, Intermediate and Senior Teachers. Her current research focuses on social theory of the body and clothing. Her artwork has been exhibited internationally and is held in collections around the world, including the Bronfman Foundation, and she has earned multiple awards and honours, including the Canadian Society for Education through Art Affiliate Award (Ontario). cwse@utoronto.ca for information

Trans Fund Deadline January 31, 2011... Gender Queer? Intersex? Transgender? Gender Variant? Transsexual?

Mon, 31 Jan 2011 09:00:00 EST

CUPE 3903 has a fund available to members from the broadest diversity of gender identifications and orientations, including but not limited to gender queer, gender variant, intersex, transgender, and transsexual. Current CUPE 3903 members are encouraged to apply to the fund for non-surgical body modification items as well as any related necessities and surgeries. Please see the application form for possible items covered. The Trans Fund will be administered three times a year (May 31, Sept. 30, Jan. 31) except in emergency situations where members can apply to the committee on an on going basis. Members can draw on this fund to an annual maximum of $5000 and a lifetime maximum of $15,000. Priority will be given to first time applicants. DEADLINE, January 31, 2011 Provided applicants were members at the time expenses were incurred, applications for past expenses will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Members whose previous claims were adjudicated by Ways and Means will also be reconsidered. If the total expense of a members claim has not been met, they can reapply in subsequent years. How to Apply: Application forms can be downloaded from the 3903 website: http://3903.cupe.ca/ Click on 'Trans Fund Committee' under 'Benefits and Funds' or go here: http://3903.cupe.ca/benefits-funds/transfund Email: 3903TransFund@gmail.com

Opportunities - Annual Women's Health Scholars Awards, 2011-12/ Recherche en santé des femmes, 2011-12

Mon, 31 Jan 2011 09:00:00 EST

Deadline: January 31, 2011 Funded by the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, a Scholar Awards Program in Women's Health has been established to ensure that Ontario attracts and retains pre-eminent women's health scholars. The community of women's health scholars fostered by this Awards program will excel, according to internationally accepted standards of scientific excellence, in the creation of new knowledge about women's health and its translation into improved health for women, more effective health services and products for women, and a strengthened heath care system. For 2011-12, one award will be made at the Postdoctoral levels: Postdoctoral Awards - $40,000 plus $5,000 research allowance For additional information please click on the appropriate heading below. NOTE: IN ORDER NOT TO LOSE ANY COMPLETED INFORMATION IN YOUR APPLICATION, PLEASE ENSURE THAT YOU SAVE THE APPLICATION FORM TO YOUR COMPUTER BEFORE OPENING ANY OTHER LINKS BELOW. Financé par le ministère de la Santé et des Soins de longue durée de l’Ontario, le Programme de bourses d’études et de recherche en santé des femmes a été mis sur pied pour permettre à l’Ontario d’attirer et de retenir des chercheurs prééminents dans le domaine de la santé des femmes. Les chercheurs que ce programme saura intéresser doivent exceller, conformément aux normes d’excellence scientifique acceptées à l’échelle internationale, dans la création de nouvelles connaissances sur la santé des femmes et l’application de ces connaissances à l’amélioration de la santé des femmes, à la prestation plus efficace de services et de produits de santé pour les femmes et au renforcement du système de santé. En 2011-2012, une bourse de recherche sera attribuée au niveau des études postdoctorales: Bourse d’études et de recherche au niveau postdoctoral – 40 000 $ plus une allocation de recherche de 5 000 $ Pour de plus amples renseignements, cliquer sur l’en-tête approprié ci-dessous. NOTA : DE FAÇON À NE PERDRE AUCUN DES RENSEIGNEMENTS DÉJÀ FOURNIS DANS VOTRE FORMULAIRE DE CANDIDATURE, ASSUREZ-VOUS DE SAUVEGARDER CE DOCUMENT DANS VOTRE ORDINATEUR AVANT D’OUVRIR L’UN QUELCONQUE DES LIENS CI-DESSOUS. For more information contact OCGS. http://ocgs.cou.on.ca/_bin/home/womensHealth.cfm

Solidarity, Resistance, Change: Building the Working Class Movement

Sat, 29 Jan 2011 09:00:00 EST

Location: Ryerson Student Centre - Oakham House, 63 Gould Street, Toronto The Labour Committee of the Greater Toronto Workers Assembly (GTWA) is organizing a conference where activists can come together to talk about the attacks on the working-class in every dimension of our lives, reframe the public discussion and launch a united activist network of workers from all sectors, unions and precarious workers, new immigrants and non-unionized workers to mobilize a new kind of working class movement. The conference is a chance to come together to build the fight-back we’ve all been waiting for, but which will never happen unless we make it happen. We need a new kind of fighting working-class movement – a movement that builds across workplaces, communities and unions and the non-unionized majority of the working-class. This conference will be a space to:* Explore strategies, share resources and build capacity for resistance and mobilizing to win within our unions, workplaces and our communities* Discuss challenges within the existing labour movement and how to take back these spaces for working class struggles* Hear from key note speakers who will share their insights into the global economic situation and how to build a fighting working class movement that is needed to challenge capitalism* Develop an action plan for participants and the GTWA that will build the strategies and foundation that is necessary to win working class struggles for unionized, precarious, migrant, immigrant, unemployed and/or underemployed workers Bring your hopes and ideas – as well as all those workers, neighbours, activist, and friends that you regularly interact with who are equally fed-up, frustrated and are hungry for a new beginning. If not now, when? Dates: Saturday, January 29, 7-9pm: Features an opening panel and discussion on the state of resistance today and Sunday January 30, 10am-6pm: Offers a keynote speaker, workshops, small group discussion and a large forum to discuss collective action. Registration Begins: Wednesday, December 22nd on-line – Early registration will help to ensure workshop choices can be met. For more information, to register and check agenda, go to: www.workersassembly.ca Registration Cost to be paid at conference – sliding scale with suggested rates – $20 waged, $10 unwaged/student or pwyc.

Nourish your mind – Feminist Fridays at Osgoode (we also serve snacks)

Fri, 28 Jan 2011 09:00:00 EST

Date: 28 January 2011, 2:00 - 4:00 Location: Senate Chamber, Ross N940 Chair: Sonia Lawrence Visiting Professor Ana Gomes, Regulatory Challenges in Domestic Work: The Case of Brazil Visiting Professor Elizabeth Shilton, Gender and Pension Reform Commentary: Professor Kerry Rittich, University of Toronto Law/Women’s Studies Other Events, New Books, News, Commentaryhttp://ifls.osgoode.yorku.ca

Prostitution: Abolition? Regulation? Decriminalization? View from the Latin American and Global Front Lines

Fri, 28 Jan 2011 09:00:00 EST

Date: February 28th, 2011, 7pm, FreeLocation: Ignatieff Theatre, 15 Devonshire Place, Toronto Reception to follow at the OISE Library, 252 Bloor St. West with Teresa Ulloa Ziaurriz Presented by the Centre for Women’s Studies in Education, with support from the International Development Research Centre http://www.oise.utoronto.ca/cwse/Dame_Nita_Barrow_Distinguished_Scholar_Visitorship/index.htmlTheresa Ulloa Ziáurriz is the Latin American and Caribbean Region Director of the Coalition Against Trafficking in Women. She is an inspirational lawyer and activist from Mexico City who has worked for decades against all forms of violence against women nationally (including the murders of women in Juarez) and internationally, more recently with a focus on prostitution. Her diverse professional experience has included legal representation of women relating to sexual and reproductive rights, grassroots community organizing for the empowerment of women and representations to the United Nations on the topic of violence against women in prostitution and war. The Dame Nita Barrow Distinguished Visitorship was established in 1997 by the Centre for Women's Studies in Education and the Department of Adult Education and Counselling Psychology (AECP) at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE/UT) to provide an opportunity for a woman from the Global South or Eastern/Central Europe, who has played a leadership role in autonomous women's organizing for transformative change, to spend time in residence at CWSE, to teach a course as part of the Adult Education and Community Development graduate program, and to give a university-wide lecture. Visitors bring their international reputation and their diverse knowledge to educate and inspire the OISE and Toronto communities. We are pleased that Teresa Ulloa Ziaurriz has accepted our invitation to be the Thirteenth Dame Nita Barrow Distinguished Visitor. Her extensive Latin American and international activist, organizing, policy and legal experience in challenging the sex industry and supporting the women involved, will bring a powerful and important feminist lens to highly contentious issues we are facing urgently in Canada today. Challenges by civil libertarians in Ontario and British Columbia to Canada's criminal laws on prostitution, pimping, and bawdy houses are forcing government, feminists, and civil society to reexamine the state's long-standing approaches to prostitution and the sex industry. The success of the Ontario challenge at trial, and the pending appeal, have caused intense debate, which is sure to intensify as the British Columbia case heads to the courts. The issues raised are revealing deep divisions of philosophy, values and ethics. Teresa’s passionate engagement with and broad knowledge of the issues on all these levels will be of particular significance and interest at this time.

R.F. Harney Program in Ethnic, Immigration and Pluralism Studies 4th Annual Ethnic and Pluralism Studies Graduate Research Conference

Thu, 27 Jan 2011 09:00:00 EST

Location: Munk School of Global Affairs Room 108N, University of Toronto, 1 Devonshire PlaceDeadline for Submission: Monday November 22, 2010 The Harney Program in Ethnic, Immigration and Pluralism Studies is sponsoring a graduate student conference to showcase current and recent research by graduate students at the University of Toronto and other universities. Topics will be in any area related to the mandate of the Ethnic and Pluralism Studies Program, including ethnic and race relations, international migration and immigration, cultural and linguistic communities, inter-group dynamics, nationalist movements, aboriginal affairs, and human rights. Participation of all graduate student research is welcomed; participation by students at various stages of doctoral research is especially encouraged. The conference is primarily intended to provide an opportunity for graduate students to meet and to discuss issues in ethnicity. It will also give valuable feedback to those seeking publication of their research. Course papers will be considered, along with works in progress and ongoing work by former students. The event is intended to be participatory rather than exclusionary. Submit your proposal to ethnic.studies@utoronto.ca 1) By E-MAIL with the title 'Proposal for 4th Graduate Research Conference' 2) include the following information a. Your full name b. Affiliation (university, graduate department or unit, Master's or Doctoral degree) c. Title of your paper: this can be a working title, and you may make (minor) changes subsequently d. Keywords: give us TWO keywords that best describe your paper and could become the title of the thematic session your paper will be placed in. e. Indicate specific times you may not be available on January 27 or 28.We will TRY to accommodate scheduling requests. f. Abstract of paper: your abstract should be specific enough to give us a good idea of the final paper. The length should be up to 300 words. 3) You can also download the PROPOSAL FORM from our website (http://www.utoronto.ca/ethnicstudies/recentevents.html#studentconference4) You will be notified on the acceptance of your proposal by Friday November 26. Full papers must be submitted by Monday January 10, 2011. Questions? Contact the Program Administrator (Momo Kano Podolsky) at ethnic.studies@utoronto.ca.

The Centre for Feminist Research Presents: Jackie Orr Body Animations (Or, Lullaby for Fallujah) A Performance and Public Talk

Thu, 27 Jan 2011 09:00:00 EST

Date: Thursday January 27, 2:40-4:30 Location: 519 York Research Tower Even as the Iraqi dead, uncounted, and the flag-draped U.S. military coffins, undocumented, pile up at the feet of Progress; even as Walter Benjamin’s angel of history weeps in the storm of debris blowing from the future—tens of thousands of spectators line up for the most recent exhibition of Body Worlds™, a display of plastinated corpses designed by the German technoscientist Gunther von Hagens. Intelligible, in part, as a spectacular symptom of surplus value produced via biocapitalist trade routes in ‘unclaimed’ corpses, Body Worlds™ can also be situated within traumatized economies of militarized perception where even dead bodies are not safe from the victor’s…re-animation. In this performative lecture, I mix digital media, sound, and social science scholarship into a sustained meditation on the possibilities of intimately public forms of mourning and re-memory, in the face of an ongoing aestheticization of war which Benjamin, over 70 years ago, located at the heart of fascist spectacle. How to think through and beyond the lively, value-added theaters of death performed by Body Worlds™, installing thought at the very site of unburied corpses as they animate the psychic landscapes of popular cultures, and systematic, sanctioned military massacres? Taking trauma as both a cultural content and a powerful methodo-logic for composing post-disciplinary knowledges, I pursue performance as a traumatized technique for conjuring the almost unspeakable complexity, and political and psychic confusion, of the current moment, our present. Visual material includes digital samplings of War of the Worlds (Spielberg 2005), and web-archived images from the U.S. siege on Fallujah, Iraq. Jackie Orr is an associate professor of sociology at Syracuse University. She teaches and writes in the fields of cultural politics, contemporary and feminist theory, and critical technoscience studies. Her book, Panic Diaries: A Genealogy of Panic Disorder (2006) examines the entanglements of bodies, pills, power, computers, war, and social scientific discourses in the cultural constructions of psychic dis-ease. For the past two decades, she has experimented with 'performance sociology' and multi-media collage as techniques for exploring public memories and insurgent knowledges.

Labour under fire, intersections of pregnancy and illegality in Tel Aviv

Thu, 27 Jan 2011 09:00:00 EST

Date: THURSDAY, JAN 27TH, 12:30 pm –2:00 pm, LOCATION: 519 YRT Maya Shapiro is a doctoral student in the department of anthropology at York University. She has worked as an activist, advocate, translator and researcher with seasonal agricultural workers and live-in caregivers in Ontario and British Columbia and with undocumented migrants in Toronto and Tel Aviv. Current interests include pregnancy and motherhood under conditions of illegality and the struggle for citizenship rights for migrant workers and their children in Israel.

Words of Resistance: Open Mic Too Asian? Too Black? Too Muslim? Too ---? How about too angry? Too loud? Too radical?

Thu, 27 Jan 2011 09:00:00 EST

DATE: Thursday January 27, 2011 , 6-8PM LOCATION: The Centre for Women and Trans People at UofT, 563 Spadina Ave. Room 100 (North Borden Building). We are wheelchair accessible through Bancroft Avenue Open mic night around themes of stereotypes and media representation. Inspired by the recent Maclean’s “Too Asian” article and responses. How have stereotypes affected your life? The first Words of Resistance of 2011 invites you to detail your struggle to reclaim representation. Be your own media for the evening: turn your representation-related struggles into words, songs, poetry or slam poetry, spoken word, satire, dramatic performance, monologue, or storytelling. All are welcome to attend this event! Refreshments provided. Want to perform? Want ideas? Suggested topics to think about & perform your piece on: How have stereotypes shaped the ways you think about yourself? How do media representations impact your work life? Your daily life? How have you and members of your community fought back against these stereotypes? What have you learned about media and mass representation in the process of struggling to represent yourself? What would you say to the media if you had the opportunity to say anything? What would you say to other consumers of mass media if you had the opportunity to say anything? How can we change the media? If you had funding, how would you portray yourself/the groups you represent? Had enough of... ...too welfare-dependent…too butch...to queer...too successful…too exclusive...too promiscuous…too marginalized…too victimized…too drunk…too conflict-ridden…too greedy…too miserly…too competitive…too violent…too oppressive…too oppressed…too disease-ridden…too conniving…too inscrutable…too loud…too quiet…too conforming…too aggressive…too passive…too poor…too sexual…too asexual…too masculine…too feminine…too traditional…too political? ...not fluent in English enough…not integrated enough…not social enough…not fun enough…not easy-going enough…? Tell it like it is at Words of Resistance! Share your thoughts, feelings and experiences. Resist and reclaim the way you’re represented!

Film Screening & Discussion Panel: Inside Disaster Haiti (Nadine Pequeneza, Dir.)

Wed, 26 Jan 2011 09:00:00 EST

DATE: Wednesday, January 26th, 6:30 p.m.LOCATION: East Common Room, Hart House, King's College Circle Inside Disaster follows international Red Cross disaster relief teams as they mount the largest single-country response in the organization's history. The film will be followed by a panel featuring the film maker, a Red Cross relief worker and the honorary consul for Haiti in Ontario. Join us in a discussion about the filmmaking, humanitarianism and international response to the January 12th earthquke in Haiti. Panelist Bios Nadine Pequeneza - As an experienced filmmaker, Nadine negotiated to follow the Red Cross relief efforts in the next major global disaster. She and her team found themselves in Haiti (48 hours) after the earthquake. Eric Pierre - Serving as Honorary Consul of Haiti in Toronto since 1995. He has founded several Haitian organiztions in Toronto and the President of Perspective Entreaide Humanitaire.Red Cross relief worker. Immediately following the earthquake in Haiti the Red Cross sent hundreds of relief workers to Haiti. Learn about the experience first hand from one of those relief workers.

KM in the AM: Food Security

Tue, 25 Jan 2011 09:00:00 EST

Food Security At YRFN we recognize that food security or insecurity, is about income and access to healthy food. For that reason we endeavour to work in the community in a number of different ways to address injustice and income inequity and create opportunities for all residents to be able to access healthy food.Joan Stonehocker, Executive Director, York Region Food Network You are warmly invited to attend a morning discussion on the topic of Food Security. This event has been organized by the Knowledge Mobilization (KMb) Unit at York University, which operates in partnership with the United Way of York Region. KM in the AM is a series of issue based forums linking the university and community/government agencies to enhance research, the graduate student experience and knowledge mobilization. There will be brief presentations by a university researcher and a community agency representative, followed by ample time for questions, discussion, and networking. Confirmed Speakers:Rod MacRae, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University Joan Stonehocker, Executive Director, York Region Food Network Date: Tuesday, January 25 Time: 10:00 am to 12:30 pm Lunch will be served at 11:30. Location: York Regional Food Network Office 510 Penrose St, Newmarket, L3Y 1A2 MapSpace is limited. Kindly RSVP to Krista Jensen at kejensen@yorku.ca or 416-736-2100 ext 88847 to confirm your attendance.

Social Justice and Human Rights

Wed, 12 Jan 2011 09:00:00 EST

1 - 3pm | Room 280N York LanesPanelists: Chancellor Roy McMurtryOpening Remarks: Social Justice in CanadaPanel Chair and Discussant Rights to Mobility and CitizenshipProfessor Robert LathamPolitical ScienceDirector, Centre for International and Security Studies Social movements, globalization and policingProfessor Lesley WoodSociology Gender, Genocide, and Jewish MemoryProfessor Sara HorowitzHumanities | Languages, Literatures & LinguisticsDirector, Israel and Golda Koschitzky Centre for Jewish Studies All welcomeRSVP: rirons@yorku.ca 416 736 2100 ext 33584

Call for Papers - Adolescent Girls’ Sexualities and the Media: Edited Volume

Sat, 01 Jan 2011 09:00:00 EST

Abstract Submission Deadline: January 1, 2010.We are soliciting essays and original research submissions to be included in “Adolescent Girls’ Sexualities and the Media.” The proposed anthology will focus on how adolescent girls’ sexualities are presented in the media and how girls and others (e.g., parents, sexual/romantic partners) interpret and make meaning of these representations. We want to know how girls and others respond to, work with, and even resist prevailing media representations of girls’ sexualities. We endorse a broad conception of sexualities that goes beyond sexual risk taking behaviors and consequences (e.g., teen pregnancy, STIs), but also considers a wide array of sexual behaviors and expressions not commonly seen in the sexualities literature (e.g., masturbation). We recognize the importance of socio-cultural, historical, and contemporary contexts as they relate to media representations of girls’ sexualities and strongly encourage submissions that take unique contextual factors into account. We also strongly believe that continued effort should be directed at presenting the voices of “other girls” whose voices are often ignored. Submissions that consider the perspectives of racial/ethnic minority girls, lesbian and bisexual girls, and girls from non-U.S. settings are especially welcome. We are open to a variety of theoretical and methodological perspectives and invite submissions from the arts, the humanities, and the social sciences. Media types to be examined can include both traditional media (e.g., movies, magazines, music videos) and new media (e.g., social networking). Examples of Submissions Topics Include: What ideological messages regarding sexuality are conveyed in current girls' serial literature, such as Nancy Drew, Hermione Granger, Bella Swan, etc.? How do girls respond to these depictions? How do adolescent girls represent themselves on popular media sites such as Facebook and MySpace? How do these representations coincide with traditional depictions of girls in the media? Do these influences vary depending upon their specific background (e.g.,race/ethnicity, class, sexual orientation)? How are adults influenced by these depictions of girls in the media in terms of their attitudes toward girls? Co-Editors are Katie Harper, Yasmina Katsulis, Vera Lopez, and Georganne Scheiner. Abstract SubmissionsWe are accepting abstracts of no more than 500 words for consideration in the edited volume. If you have inquiries, please contact Yasmina Katsulis (yasmina.katsulis@asu.edu) or Vera Lopez (vera.lopez@asu.edu), Arizona State University

Canada’s R&D Partnership Conference

Sun, 05 Dec 2010 09:00:00 EST

INNOVATION 2010 Canada’s R&D Partnership Conference • December 5-7Westin Hotel, Ottawa, Ont. Innovation2010 – Canada’s R&D Partnership Conference will address the future of competitiveness and innovation in Canada’s economy. Emphasizing collaboration, strategy, creativity and internationalization, and aimed at stimulating real-world, practical ideas and solutions, at Innovation 2010, you will: Help shape how Canada’s world-renowned research excellence can become the next generation of products and services to benefit Canadians and Canadian industry Develop new partnerships and collaborations Network with key players from Canada’s industry, research and commercialization sectors. This unique joint forum is being presented by a partnership between ACCT Canada, Federal Partners in Technology Transfer (FPTT) and the Networks of Centres of Excellence (NCE).

Naeem Inayatullah: How to Ignore the Holism of a Critical Political Economy

Fri, 03 Dec 2010 09:00:00 EST

1:30 - 3:3-30 pmSouth Ross 674 (Verney Room) Naeem Inayatullah is Associate Professor of Politics at Ithaca College. He is the editor of Autobiographical International Relations (2011), co-author of Savage Economics: Wealth, Poverty, and the Temporal Walls of Capitalism (2010) and International Relations and the Problem of Difference (2004), and co-editor of Interrogating Imperialism: Conversations on Gender, Race, and War (2006). This Event has been generously supported by Centre for Feminist Research, Trans-Border Feminist Collective, School of Women’s Studies, Associate Dean of Research, York Centre for Asian Research, York Centre for International and Security Studies, Graduate Program Department of Political Science, Distinguished Research Professor, Senior Research Chair Leo Panitch.

The City Seminar

Fri, 03 Dec 2010 09:00:00 EST

12:30 to 2:00 pm305 York LanesAn interdisciplinary series of presentations and discussions on urban landscapes, past and present. Sébastien DarchenFaculty of Environmental Studies York University "The Creative-City Approach and the Production of Urban Designscapes: A Comparison of Redevelopment Processes in Toronto and Vancouver” Sébastien Darchen holds a PhD in Urban Studies (INRS-UCS, Montreal) and he has been a postdoctoral fellow at the Canada Research Chair of the Socio-Organizational Challenges of the Knowledge Economy in Montreal (Teluq-UQÀM). His current research focuses on urban revitalization initiatives in Canadian downtowns. He studies the influence of the creative-city paradigm on planning processes in the case of flagship regeneration projects (e.g., the redevelopment of the Toronto Entertainment District). Everyone is welcome.

Fact and Fiction: Forms of Writing

Thu, 02 Dec 2010 09:00:00 EST

Presented by The Centre for Feminist Research and Department of Political ScienceSorayya Khan and Naeem Inayatullah Graduate Writing Workshop11:30-1:30 p.m Sorayya Knan is the author of the novels Five Queen’s Road (2009) and Noor (2003). She is the recipient of a Fullbright award and a winner of the Malahat Review Novella Prize. Her work is published in severalliterary journals and anthologies. Naeem Inayatullah is Associate Professor of Politics at Ithaca College. He is the editor of Autobiographical International Relations (2011), co-author of Savage Economics: Wealth, Poverty, and the Temporal Walls of Capitalism (2010) and International Relations and the Problem of Difference (2004), and co-editor of Interrogating Imperialism: Conversations on Gender, Race, and War (2006). Location: TBA

Sorayya Khan: A Reading from the Novels Noor and Five Queen's Road

Thu, 02 Dec 2010 09:00:00 EST

Time: 3:30-5:30 pmLocation: South Ross 674 (verney Room)Sorayya Knan is the author of the novels Five Queen’s Road (2009) and Noor (2003). She is the recipient of a Fullbright award and a winner of the Malahat Review Novella Prize. Her work is published in severalliterary journals and anthologies. This Event has been generously supported by Centre for Feminist Research, Trans-Border Feminist Collective, School of Women’s Studies, Associate Dean of Research, York Centre for Asian Research, York Centre for International and Security Studies, Graduate Program Department of Political Science, Distinguished Research Professor, Senior Research Chair Leo Panitch.

Expectedly mobile? Korean entrepreneurship and immigrant generations

Wed, 01 Dec 2010 09:00:00 EST

WEDNESDAY, DEC 1ST, 12:30 pm –2:00 pm, LOCATION: 280N York Lanes Generation Professor Ann H. Kim, Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at York University, an affiliate of CERIS-The Ontario Metropolis Centre and a Faculty Associate of the York Centre for Asian Research. Her research is largely motivated by questions related to the immigrant and ethnic integration process and the factors that contribute to differing paths of integration. She has developed an expanding program of research on Korean immigrants and is currently working on a co-edited volume on the topic.

How Much Is Enough? Testing your blood sugar in type 2 diabetes

Wed, 01 Dec 2010 09:00:00 EST

CAFÉ SCIENTIFIQUE – TORONTO 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. (Doors open at 6:30 p.m.) Renaissance Toronto Downtown Hotel, Northern Lights Room One Blue Jays Way, Toronto (directions) Cost: FREE RSVP: events@cadth.ca or (613) 226-4969 ext. 1247 Web: www.cadth.ca/cafeLight refreshments will be served. This is a non-accredited learning event, but attendees may wish to include it in their professional learning portfolio, similar to other non-accredited learning activities completed.

Research to Policy

Tue, 30 Nov 2010 09:00:00 EST

Research can inform policy which can then inform research which can then… you get the idea. But how does this happen in practice? Join a chat between Ben Levin (OISE) and Janet Mason (ADM Planning & Research Cabinet Office) on research to policy inside and outside the Ontario Public Service and how we might bridge the two. Time: 4:30-6:00 pmLocation: Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, 5th floor, room 5180, 252 Bloor Street West, Toronto AGENDA 4:30-4:40 - Welcome and introductions 4:40-5:00 - Setting the stage Ben Levin Janet Mason 5:00-5:20 - Conversation between Ben and Janet 5:20-5:40 - Audience questions for Ben and Janet 5:40-6:00 - CoP networking Register on line for this free event http://researchtopolicy.eventbrite.com/

How Much Is Enough? Testing your blood sugar in type 2 diabetes

Tue, 30 Nov 2010 09:00:00 EST

CAFÉ SCIENTIFIQUE – OTTAWA 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. (Doors open at 6:30 p.m.) St. Elias Centre 750 Ridgewood Avenue, Ottawa Cost: FREE (free parking and directions) RSVP: events@cadth.ca or (613) 226-4969 ext. 1247 Web: www.cadth.ca/cafeLight refreshments will be served. This is a non-accredited learning event, but attendees may wish to include it in their professional learning portfolio, similar to other non-accredited learning activities completed.

The Sea is History: A Conversation with Derek Walcott

Tue, 23 Nov 2010 09:00:00 EST

Date: Tuesday, November 23, 2010 - 7pm Location: Hart House TheatreHart House Theatre website Tickets are FREE, general admission. Maximum of 4 tickets per person. A ticket is required to attend this event. Derek Walcott was born in St. Lucia in 1930 and was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1992. The Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library at Robarts is home to the Derek Walcott Papers and the archives of the Trinidad Theatre Workshop, which was founded by Walcott. Walcott will speak to Professor Christian Campbell of the Department of English about his life and work.

Join Us for Israel Through Chinese Eyes

Tue, 23 Nov 2010 09:00:00 EST

Israel and Golda Koschitzky Centre for Jewish Studiesat York UniversityCelebrate:Education. Culture. Community.Professor Xu Xin School of Religious Studies, Nanjing University, China November 21, 2010, 3:30pmExecutive Learning Centre, Schulich School of Business, Rm W136 – Free parking Di rector of the Glazer Institute for Jewish Studies at Nanjing University, Xu Xin is th e recipient of an honorary doctorate from Bar Ilan University in Israel and the only Professor of Jewish Studies in China. Th e event is co -s ponsored by York University's Israel and Golda Koschitzky Centre for Jewish Studies, Centre for Asian Research and Department of Humanities. For further information:www.yorku.ca/cjscjs@yorku.ca416-736-5823

Social Media: Outreach Visibility and Viability

Thu, 18 Nov 2010 09:00:00 EST

Speakers: Tim Hudson—on videos and podcasts, and other Web 2.0 applications David Doorey— on blogs. He is also a frequent media commentator on labour law and industrial relations issues. Diane Zorn—Podcast Thursday, November 18, 2010 at 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. 280N YL We will be exploring alternative media possibilities such as video stories made available on Web 2.0, and blogs and podcasts. Thank you so much. All best wishes, Kay

Employment and Maternity Protection: Understanding Poor Coverage of Beneficial Legislation through Content Analysis of Some Judgments in India

Thu, 11 Nov 2010 09:00:00 EST

Speaker: Dr. Padmini Swaminathan, Professor, Madras Institute of DevelopmentStudies, India and Shastri Indo-Canadian Visiting LecturerDate: 11th November 2010 at 2.30 p.m.Location: 305 Founders CollegeThe above paper has done a content analysis of some judgments relating tothe Maternity Benefit Act, 1961 in India. The larger questions that this paperraises are the following: how does one understand 'bad, poor or nill'implementation of existing laws; how do employers/bureaucracy rendereligible women workers ineligible; what implications does this study havefor feminist politics of bringing in more and better legislation to addressissues of gender justice.

Diabetes: Perspectives for Action

Thu, 11 Nov 2010 09:00:00 EST

COMMUNITY FORUM on DIABETES – All welcome !Presented by: In partnership with: Learn what resources are available to you here in your community and help build a plan of action Diabetes imposes a tremendous burden on individuals and society in terms of illness, suffering, early death, and the cost of health care. Join in the community discussion about the epidemic of diabetes in our neighbourhood. Learn about the risk factors and develop a community action plan for prevention and improved health for people living with diabetes. A panel of educators, researchers and health professionals, moderated by Dr. Lesley Beagrie, Associate Dean, Faculty of Health York University, will share strategies and inform you of community resources. Panelists are from the Black Creek Community Health Centre, Toronto District School Board and York University. Thursday, November 11, 20106:00pm - 8:00pm Westview Centennial Secondary School 755 Oakdale Rd, Toronto, M3N 1W7 Please register for this free event before November 5, 2010 by filling out the online form at www.hlln.ca/community-forum or by Phone: 416 - 736 - 2100 ext: 22170 Translation will be available at the forum in the following languages - Italian, Spanish and Punjabi

The City Seminar

Fri, 05 Nov 2010 09:00:00 EST

The City Institute at York University (CITY) presents: The City Seminar An interdisciplinary series of presentations and discussions on urban landscapes, past and present. Harvey LowSocial Development Finance & Administration Division, City of Toronto “Applied Social Researchin Municipal Government: Conflicts betweenTheory & Practice” With a degree in Urban & Regional Planning, Harvey Low has over 20 years experience as a social sciences researcher. His early experience included working directly in the community with community-based social service agencies as front-line staff. He is currently Acting Manager of the City's Social Research & Analysis Unit within the Social Development Finance & Administration Division. Harvey has worked on a number of key social policy initiatives including the 25-in-5 Network for Poverty Reduction, the City’s Strong Neighbourhoods Strategy, and Community Safety Plan. He was also on the team that developed Toronto’s 211 human services telephone information system. Harvey has presented at many conferences on subjects ranging from neighbourhood poverty, to social research statistical methods. Friday November 5th, 2010 12:30-2:00 pm 142 HNES Building York UniversityEveryone is welcome.

Reloaded: Asian Women in Hollywood and Beyond, 1986-2010

Thu, 04 Nov 2010 09:00:00 EST

Lecture by Elaine Kim Date: November 4, 2010, 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM Location: 208N - Seminar Room, North House, Munk School of Global Affairs 1 Devonshire Place Register online at: http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?eventid=9454Elaine H. Kim is Professor and head of Asian American Studies and former Chair of the Comparative Ethnic Studies Department at UC Berkeley, where she also served as Associate Dean of the Graduate Division, Faculty Assistant for the Status of Women, and Assistant Dean in the College of Letters and Science. She wrote Asian American Literature: An Introduction to the Writings and Their Social Context (1982) and is co-author of Writing Self, Writing Nation: A Collection of Essays on DICTEE by Theresa Hak Kyung Cha (1994) and Fresh Talk/Daring Gazes: Conversations on Asian American Art (2003). She co-edited East To America: Korean American Life Stories (1996), Making More Waves: New Writing By Asian American Women (1997), Dangerous Women: Gender and Korean Nationalism, (1998), and Echoes Upon Echoes: New Korean American Writing (2003). She is associate producer of Slaying the Dragon: Asian Women in U.S. Television and Film (1988), co-producer of Sa-i-gu: From Korean Women's Perspectives (1993), and executive producer of Labor Women: Asian American Women Labor Organizers (2003). She served as President of the Association and is co-founder of Asian Women United of California, the Korean Community Center of the East Bay, and Asian Immigrant Women Advocates in Oakland, California. She has been awarded a Fulbright Fellowship, a Rockefeller Fellowship, an Honorary Doctorate in Humane Letters at the University of Massachusetts Boston, and an Honorary Doctorate of Laws at the University of Notre Dame.

Varpu Lindström Lecture

Thu, 04 Nov 2010 09:00:00 EST

Delivered by Megan Leslie – Federal Member of Parliament (Halifax) Date: Thursday November 4, 2010 at 7PM Location: University Of Toronto, St. Michael’s College, Charbonnel Lounge, Elmsley Hall, 81 St Mary St., TorontoMegan Leslie will speak on Defiant Sister: A Post-Immigration Story. The lecture will be moderated by Prof Pekka Sinervo, former Dean of Arts and Science at the University of Toronto. Megan was raised in Kirkland Lake, Ontario and educated at York University and Dalhousie. She was elected to Parliament in 2008 and voted best rookie MP by her colleagues in the House. She grew up in a strong Finnish household with her grandparents and her mother, who migrated to Canada in the 1950’s. Vox Finlandia will present a short performance prior to the lecture.

Economic and social integration of the immigrant second generation in Canada

Wed, 03 Nov 2010 09:00:00 EST

12:30 pm –2:00pm, LOCATION: 519 YRT GenerationProfessor Jeffrey Reitz, R. F. Harney Professor of Ethnic, Immigration and Pluralism Studies Program, University of Toronto. Dr. Reitz has written extensively about immigrant integration in Canada and other countries and continues to examine the employment experiences of immigrant and ethnic populations. His current focus is on how the emergence of the new knowledge-based economies of Canada, the US, and Australia is affecting trends in immigrant employment success and experiences over time, including the second generation. Jeff is also continuing his research on the impact of diversity on national cohesion, using the 2002 Ethnic Diversity Survey.

After the Fire: Jane Rule's Queer Ecologies

Wed, 03 Nov 2010 09:00:00 EST

Catriona Mortimer-Sandilands Date: Wednesday, November 3, 4-6pm Location: Wilson Hall 2053, 20 Willcocks, New College Catriona Sandilands is Canada Research Chair in Sustainability and Culture in the Faculty of Environmental Studies at York Universities . She teaches in the areas of environmental cultural studies and environmental literatures with a particular interest in the dynamics of gender, sexuality, nation, and place, including ongoing reseach projects on the cultural history of Canada’s national parks, on the intersections between sexual and environmental histories and politics. She is editor of Queer Ecologies: Sex, Nature, Politics, Desire (2010) and The Elusive Land: Women and the Canadian Environment (2005) and author of The Good Natured Feminist: Ecofeminism and the Quest for Democracy (1999)

Borders and Human Rights

Tue, 02 Nov 2010 09:00:00 EST

TUESDAY, NOV 2ND, 12:30pm— 2:00pm, LOCATION: 626 YRT Borders and human rights Paula Banerjee specialises in diplomatic history and has worked on American foreign policy in South Asia at the University of Cincinnati where she was the recipient of the prestigious Taft Fellowship. She has been working on themes related to borders in South Asia and has published extensively in journals on issues such as histories of borders and women in conflict situations. She has also worked on women’s interventions for peace in South Asia both as a researcher and an activist. She has co-authored a book on Women in Society and Politics of France. Paula received the Women in Security, Conflict Management and Peace (WISCOMP) Fellow of Peace Award in 2001-2002 for her work on women in grass-root peacemaking in South Asia. She is the recipient of a number of international and national awards and grants. She recently coordinated a United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees project on Practices of Refugee Rehabilitation and Care in India. Currently she is teaching at the Department of South and Southeast Asian Studies, University of Calcutta. She is also a member of Calcutta Research Group, a body of young and socially committed researchers. Title: Circles of Insecurity: Women in Bengal-Bangladesh-Myanmar Border

Laboring On: Testimony, Theory & Transgressions of Black Mothering in Academia

Mon, 01 Nov 2010 09:00:00 EST

Editors:Sekile Nzinga-Johnson & Karen Craddock Pub Date: 2012/2013Deadline for abstracts Nov 1, 2010This book aims to interrogate the intersectingforms of oppression that are experienced by Black female faculty and scholarswho "labor" and "mother" within the academy. The context in whichBlack female academics occupy is an important starting point to consider given thelongstanding history of the patriarchal, raciallybiased, and anti-family environment of academia. Post civil rights and womenrights colleges and universities continue to be sites of struggle andresistance for African American women despite higher education achievements. This anthology will offer a particularly nuanced discussion on the emergentliterature on parenting and work that explores academic institutions thatlargelymark black women's bodiesas deviant and pathological. We encourage submissions that explore variousconstructions of "mothering" and "being mothered" which contribute tothe experiences of Black women academics. For the purposes of this book we havebroadened ourconceptualization of "mothering" to include care work. Thus "mothering" mayinclude the expectations or practice of providing formal and informal support tostudents of color and/or students that are alienated within the academy, aswell as the mentoring of junior faculty, faculty of color, female faculty,caregiving/parenting faculty, and those outside the academy. The term "labor"theoreticallyextends thisvolume to include the voices of Black academic women who often occupy thelowest echelons of the academic class structure. We also invite contributionsthat encompass the strains between work and home/community life for Blackacademic mothers. The goal ofthis volume is to further the discussion of work and family from a critical and interdisciplinary lens that illuminates the complex realities of Black womenwho mother and labor within the academy. Suggested topics may include but are not limited to: Academic climate; Research & policy onAfrican American mothering in the academy; Resistance to marginalization withinthe academy; Work-life strains; Embodying multiple marginalities in theacademy; Intersectionality; Constructionsof black mothering/motherhood; Explorations of variousconstructions of "mothering" and "being mothered"; Parallels andconfounds of mothering and mentoring; Genderroles and responsibilities; Black mothers and the "maternal wall"; Analysis ofBlack mothers in the academy as laborers; Embodiment; Identity; Black maternaltheory and activism; Black mother- academics, stress and health; Experiences ofadjunct and part time professors; Students as academic mothers; Tenure andpromotion; Early, mid & late career mothering decisions; Single parenting;Dual careers; Black foster and adoptive mother academics; Black women scholarsas intellectual mothers; Black grandmothers as academics; Black mothering andlaboring in different academic settings; Teaching Black Motherhood; Pedagogy;Bias avoidance/choosing not to parent as an academic; Black mother-academicsand community; Black academic mothers "having it all"; Biographies; Narrativesand Autobiographies. Submission guidelines: Abstracts should be 250 words. Please alsoinclude a brief biography (50 words). Accepted papers of 4000-5000 words (15-20pages) will be due June 1, 2011 andshould conform to the Modern Language Association style. Please send submissions directly to:Sekile Nzinga-Johnsonsnzinga3@naz.edu andKaren T.Craddockkcrad@brandeis.edu

LGBT Equity in EducationWorkshop

Tue, 26 Oct 2010 09:00:00 EST

DATE:October 26 2010, 9:30 am - 2:30 pm LOCATION: York University Research Tower, YRT 626 (wheelchair accessible)As part of its commitment to promoting social justice and democratic citizenship, the York University Faculty Association Community Projects Committee, in collaboration with the Queer Caucus, is sponsoring the LGBT Equity in Education Workshop. The focus will be on the educational system as a site of struggle for LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender/Transsexual) equity. The workshop will seek to increase awareness about school climates and the experiences of LGBT populations. Speakers include activists, high school and university educators, and students. This event is open to everyone. The workshop and lunch are free; but space being limited, pre-registration is required. To register, email: yufa@yorku.ca by Tuesday October 19. Please include your name, affiliation/occupation (i.e. student, teacher, etc), and contact information. You will receive a confirmation email and directions to the workshop when your registration is received. Panel 1: LGBT Equity in Secondary Education: The TDSB Experience Shane Camastro, graduate of the Triangle Program, LGBT student activistTim McCaskell, researcher, writer, and activist Alvin McIntyre, teacher, William Lyon Mackenzie Collegiate Institute Panel 2: LGBT Equity in Post-Secondary Education Sheila Cavanagh, Professor, Gender and Sexuality Studies, York Doreen Fumia, Professor, Sociology, Ryerson Casey Oraa, Sexuality Studies Major, LGBT student activist For more information on the workshop or about the YUFA Community Projects Committee Lorna Erwin (lerwin@yorku.ca).

Scholarship and Policy Development: Thinking about the Pressing Challenges of Our Times

Mon, 25 Oct 2010 09:00:00 EST

Date: Oct. 25, 2010, 2-4 p.m. Location: Senate Chamber Barbara Cameron (Moderator) Speakers: Thaddeus Hwong "Stephen Harper's Yellow Brick Road: Policy Lessons Learnt from Delivering Personal Social Benefits through the Income Tax System in Canada" Miriam Smith "New Theoretical Directions in Comparative Policy Studies" Thomas Klassen "Speaking Unpleasant Truths: The Case of Retirement Age Policy" Amber Gazso ""Policy Matters across Generations: Relationships of Social Support and Family Ties in Diverse Families"

Call for Papers - Neither Strange Nor Familiar: Contemporary Approaches to Hybridity

Fri, 22 Oct 2010 09:00:00 EST

"Neither Strange Nor Familiar: Contemporary Approaches to Hybridity” Deadline: Sept. 15th 2010 As real or imagined social constructs, identities are continuously contested. Involved in a relentless process of becoming, they negotiate between arrays of connections—local, regional, national, global, while crossing racial, ethnic, class, technological and gender lines. How fluid are they? Should they be construed as rigid phenomena or rather as being continuously reimagined, revisioned and reinterpreted? Are they flexible and dynamic? Can they fuse or coexist in multiple forms? As they move through a cultural matrix of meanings, how do they mediate between the familiar and the strange, between the local and the global, between assimilation and differentiation, between the real and the virtual? In what visible and invisible ways do they transform to reflect or distort the reality of the world, both past and present? This conference will provide an interdisciplinary venue where historians, anthropologists, ethicists of science and technology, political scientists, literary geographers, sociologists, and many others, can exchange their diverse understandings of and approaches to hybridity. The conference will stimulate epistemological and methodological discussions, while identifying the future directions in this evolving field. We welcome proposals for papers from scholars working across a range of fields (including literature, history, politics, cultural studies, etc.). The keynote speaker,Professor Stephan Palmiéof the University of Chicago, one of the foremost experts in the field, will open the conference with a discussion on the uses and abuses of the notion of hybridity. Established scholars and graduate students are encouraged to submit proposals for individual papers (250 words & one page CV), full panels/round table discussions (500 words & one-page CVs of all participants). Please include name, affiliation, email address, postal address, phone number and A/V requirements (if any).Please submit proposals tohybridity@chass.utoronto.ca. The deadline for submissions is 15 September, 2010.

Lecture by Stephan Palmié, University of Chicago

Fri, 22 Oct 2010 09:00:00 EST

Date: Friday, October 22nd, 2010 at 6:30 PMLocation: Sidney Smith Hall, 100 St. George Street (room TBA)This lecture will open the interdisciplinary conference “Neither Strange nor Familiar: Contemporary Approaches to Hybridity” (http://groups.chass.utoronto.ca/hybridity/). Stephan Palmié is a Professor of Anthropology and of Social Sciences. He conducts ethnographic and historical research on Afro-Caribbean cultures, with an emphasis on Afro-Cuban religious formations and their relations to the history and cultures of a wider Atlantic world. His other interests include practices of historical representation and knowledge production, systems of slavery and unfree labor, constructions of race and ethnicity, conceptions of embodiment and moral personhood, medical anthropology, and the anthropology of food and cuisine. Dr. Palmié’s recent publications include Wizards and Scientists: Explorations in Afro-Cuban Modernity and Tradition (2002); “Intangible Cultural Property, Semiotic Ideology, and the Vagaries of Ethnoculinary Recognition” (2009) in African Arts. 42(4): 54-61; “Slavery, Historicism, and the Poverty of Memorialization” in S. Radstone & B. Schwartz, eds., Memory: History, Theories, Debates (2010); “Ekpe/Abakuá in Middle Passage: Time, Space, and Units of Analysis in African American Historical Anthropology” in A. Apter & L. Derby (eds.) Activating the Past: Historical Memory in the Black Atlantic (2010). To attend the talk and/or the conference, please register at Munk School event registration page http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?eventid=9481. Conference co-sponsored by the Centre for Diaspora and Transnational Studies

The New and the Now: Globalization and the Politics of the Déjà Vu

Fri, 22 Oct 2010 09:00:00 EST

Date: October 22, 2010, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM Location: Vivian and David Campbell Conference Facility, Munk School of Global Affairs, 1 Devonshire Place The Asian Institute is proud to present a lecture by Arjun Appadurai (Goddard Professor of Media, Culture and Communication at New York University). Please register online for this event at: http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?eventid=9112*Mothers and the Economy: The Economics of Mothering Conference* Dates: October 21st - 23rd, 2010 Location: Oakham House, Ryerson University (63 Gould St,Toronto)We are pleased to announce that Marilyn Waring and Martha Albertson Fineman willbe Keynote Speakers at our October conference. Marilyn Waring, Auckland University of Technology, author of If Women Counted: ANewFeminist Economics - "The Human Rights and Unpaid Care Interface" will speakFriday, October 22, 2010: 8:00pm - TICKETS: $25 Martha Albertson Fineman, Emory University, author of The Autonomy Myth: A Theoryof Dependency - "Motherhood and Entitlement will speak Thursday, October 21:7:30pm.TICKETS: $35 (*this ticket price includes the reception/book launch precedingthe keynote address - beginning at 5:15pm). Tickets may be purchased online through our website (paypal option):http://www.motherhoodinitiative.orgOR by mailwith cheque payable to "MIRCI" TICKETS FOR THE 2 KEYNOTE ADDRESSES ARE VERY LIMITED SO WE ASK THAT YOUORDER TICKETS EARLY IF YOU PLAN TO ATTEND. Day rates, student, and full conference rates are available if you wish toattend the larger conference. Please see our website for the full conference program, attendee registrationform, and individual ticket sales for both keynotes:http://www.motherhoodinitiative.org

Organizing In Crisis: Anti-capitalist Dilemmas and Priorities*

Fri, 22 Oct 2010 09:00:00 EST

with Nick Dyer-Witheford Date: Friday, October 22, 2010 - 7pm Location: Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, 252 Bloor Street W. Room 5250The anti-globalization moment of the 1990s and early years of the 21st century was a tumultuous time of change and radical action in anti-capitalist movements. New political configurations sprouted, with destructured organizing models – horizontal and non-hierarchical with a penchant for affinity over authority, autonomy and heterogeneity over order and homogeneity. This movement reached a fever pitch quickly, and just as quickly seemed to dissipate after the fall of the World Trade Centres in New York City. What was the anti-globalization moment, and how does it compare to today’s moment of economic crisis? What are today's anti-capitalist movements and how are they configured? How do these movements promote or impede an anti-capitalist future? Nick Dyer-Witheford will examine the anti-globalization movement, the current economic crisis, and anti-capitalist concepts and strategies to provide fodder for current movements. Nick Dyer-Witheford is Associate Professor and the Associate Dean of the Faculty of Information and Media Studies at the University of Western Ontario. His areas of research are broad and always radical. He is influenced by the tradition of Autonomist Marxism and has made many contributions to this field. While his main role is currently to think about and theorize on behalf of radical social movements, he has been active in labour and anti-racist struggles, which he continues to support.

Mothers and the Economy: The Economics of Mothering Conference

Thu, 21 Oct 2010 09:00:00 EST

Location: Oakham House, Ryerson University (63 Gould Street,Toronto) We are pleased to announce that Marilyn Waring and Martha Albertson Fineman willbe Keynote Speakers at our October conference. Marilyn Waring, Auckland University of Technology, author of If Women Counted: ANewFeminist Economics - "The Human Rights and Unpaid Care Interface" will speakFriday, October 22, 2010: 8:00pm - TICKETS: $25 Martha Albertson Fineman, Emory University, author of The Autonomy Myth: A Theoryof Dependency - "Motherhood and Entitlement will speak Thursday, October 21:7:30pm.TICKETS: $35 (*this ticket price includes the reception/book launch precedingthe keynote address - beginning at 5:15pm). Tickets may be purchased online through our website (paypal option):http://www.motherhoodinitiative.orgOR by mailwith cheque payable to "MIRCI" TICKETS FOR THE 2 KEYNOTE ADDRESSES ARE VERY LIMITED SO WE ASK THAT YOUORDER TICKETS EARLY IF YOU PLAN TO ATTEND. Day rates, student, and full conference rates are available if you wish toattend the larger conference. Please see our website for the full conference program, attendee registrationform, and individual ticket sales for both keynotes:http://www.motherhoodinitiative.org

Mothers and the Economy: The Economics of Mothering Conference

Thu, 21 Oct 2010 09:00:00 EST

Location: Oakham House, Ryerson University (63 Gould St,Toronto)We are pleased to announce that Marilyn Waring and Martha Albertson Fineman willbe Keynote Speakers at our October conference. Marilyn Waring, Auckland University of Technology, author of If Women Counted: ANewFeminist Economics - "The Human Rights and Unpaid Care Interface" will speakFriday, October 22, 2010: 8:00pm - TICKETS: $25 Martha Albertson Fineman, Emory University, author of The Autonomy Myth: A Theoryof Dependency - "Motherhood and Entitlement will speak Thursday, October 21:7:30pm.TICKETS: $35 (*this ticket price includes the reception/book launch precedingthe keynote address - beginning at 5:15pm). Tickets may be purchased online through our website (paypal option):http://www.motherhoodinitiative.orgOR by mailwith cheque payable to "MIRCI" TICKETS FOR THE 2 KEYNOTE ADDRESSES ARE VERY LIMITED SO WE ASK THAT YOUORDER TICKETS EARLY IF YOU PLAN TO ATTEND. Day rates, student, and full conference rates are available if you wish toattend the larger conference. Please see our website for the full conference program, attendee registrationform, and individual ticket sales for both keynotes:http://www.motherhoodinitiative.org

Quality of Education in Immigration Source Countries: Ramifications for Canada's Labour Market

Thu, 21 Oct 2010 09:00:00 EST

Date & time: Thursday October 21, 2010, 2-4pm Location: Room 208N, Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto (1 Devonshire Place) Arthur Sweetman (Professor of Economics and inaugural Ontario Research Chair in Health Human Resources, McMaster University). This event is open to all, and will be followed by a small reception. For more details on this and other events in the Harney Lecture Series, please visit the "Events" page on our website (www.utoronto.ca/ethnicstudies) Lecture by Stephan Palmié, University of Chicago Date: Friday, October 22nd, 2010 at 6:30 PM Location: Sidney Smith Hall, 100 St. George Street (room TBA) This lecture will open the interdisciplinary conference “Neither Strange nor Familiar: Contemporary Approaches to Hybridity” (http://groups.chass.utoronto.ca/hybridity/). Stephan Palmié is a Professor of Anthropology and of Social Sciences. He conducts ethnographic and historical research on Afro-Caribbean cultures, with an emphasis on Afro-Cuban religious formations and their relations to the history and cultures of a wider Atlantic world. To attend the talk and/or the conference, please register at Munk School event registration page http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?eventid=9481. Conference co-sponsored by the Centre for Diaspora and Transnational Studies

Special Workshop on Knowledge Translation and Brokering

Wed, 20 Oct 2010 09:00:00 EST

Special Workshop on Knowledge Translation and Brokering, October 20, 2010 A knowledge exchange and networking event organized by Environment Canada's Science and Technology Liaison, ResearchImpact, the Canadian Water Network, and collaborating partners York University, Canadian Health Services Research Foundation and the British High Commission Ottawa under the auspices of the Canadian Science Policy Conference. The workshop offers: The first multi-sectoral event of its kind in Canada A dynamic and interactive forum for networking and exploring ways to strengthen science-policy linkages Keynote address by Andrew Campbell, internationally recognized leader in knowledge translation and brokering Focussed discussion, skills and capacity building sessions, and a panel with Canada's leading experts and practitioners Emphasis on engagement and learning Opportunity to develop knowledge, exchange best practices, and contribute to an active and growing knowledge translation and brokering community The workshop is for participants from a broad range of sectors including government, academia, industry and other areas who work at the science-policy interface, operate as knowledge brokers and/or translators, or seek to develop contacts and greater awareness in this emerging field. To learn more about this event contact Sheila Allan, S&T@ec.gc.ca, Environment Canada. Join the conversation! Twitter users - Follow information on the KTKB workshop through the @ResearchImpact feed (http://twitter.com/researchimpact), and participate in conversation about the workshop using the hashtag #KTKB2010. Event Host Hosting Partners Collaborating Partners

Imagining An(O)ther world: Women’s narratives, internationalism and resistance in the artwork

Wed, 20 Oct 2010 09:00:00 EST

A Public Lecture With Roshini Kempadoo Date: October 20th 2010, 4:00 – 6:00 p.m. Location: Jackman Humanities Building, Room 100A (170 St. George Street, Corner of St. George and Bloor) Refreshments provided Roshini Kempadoo is a London based Photographer, Media Artist, and Reader in Media Practice at the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of East London. Her research and artwork re-interprets and re-imagines contemporary and historical experiences of the everyday. She explores the link between British and Caribbean culture through the use of photographs, digital media, and networked environments. Recent exhibitions include: /Staging Citizenship: Cultural Rights in the Americas /(2009) 7th/ /Encuentro, Museo de Artes, National University of Colombia, Bogotá; /Liminal: A question of position/ (2009) Rivington Place, London; /Art & Emancipation In Jamaica: Isaac Mendes Belisario And His Worlds/, (2007) Yale Center for British Art, USA; and the retrospective exhibition /Roshini Kempadoo work:/ /1990 – 2004/, (2004) Pitzhanger Manor and Gallery, London. Recent publications include: ‘Interpolating screen bytes: Critical commentary in multimedia artworks.’ 2010/ Journal of Media Practice,/11(1); and ‘Back Routes: historical articulation in multimedia production,’ in Alan Grossman and Áine O'Brien (eds.) 2007 /Projecting Migration: Transcultural Documentary Practice/. CWSE & WIAprojects present a series of art events featuring the work of Lezli Rubin-Kunda.

Elizabeth Povinelli: The Space of Otherwise, the Hope of Critical Theory

Tue, 19 Oct 2010 09:00:00 EST

Date: Tuesday, October 19, 2010, 5pm Location: Founders College 305, Senior Common Room Professor Povinelli’s talk draws on her work in indigenous Australia and the queer US to address those moments in the life of alternative social projects when they are neither something or/and nothing. Since the mid 1960s, immanent critique has sought to conceptualize the source and space of “new possibilities of life” independent of philosophical notions of transcendental consciousness. But a critical set of anthropological questions emerges in this ontotheoretical spacing: How do new forms of social life maintain this force of existing in specific social spacings of life? How do they endure the effort it takes to persevere? And how, in answering these questions, do new political and ethical concerns emerge? Professor Bonita Lawrence (Equity Studies), Professor Lesley Wood (Sociology), and Elysée Nouvet (Anthropology) will respond briefly to the talk before discussion is opened to the public. For further information, please contact Carlota McAllister, carlota@yorku.ca. *Imagining An(O)ther world: Women’s narratives, internationalism and resistance in the artwork* A Public Lecture With Roshini Kempadoo Date: October 20th 2010, 4:00 – 6:00 p.m. Location: Jackman Humanities Building, Room 100A (170 St. George Street, Corner of St. George and Bloor) Refreshments provided Roshini Kempadoo is a London based Photographer, Media Artist, and Reader in Media Practice at the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of East London. Her research and artwork re-interprets and re-imagines contemporary and historical experiences of the everyday. She explores the link between British and Caribbean culture through the use of photographs, digital media, and networked environments. Recent exhibitions include: /Staging Citizenship: Cultural Rights in the Americas /(2009) 7th/ /Encuentro, Museo de Artes, National University of Colombia, Bogotá; /Liminal: A question of position/ (2009) Rivington Place, London; /Art & Emancipation In Jamaica: Isaac Mendes Belisario And His Worlds/, (2007) Yale Center for British Art, USA; and the retrospective exhibition /Roshini Kempadoo work:/ /1990 – 2004/, (2004) Pitzhanger Manor and Gallery, London. Recent publications include: ‘Interpolating screen bytes: Critical commentary in multimedia artworks.’ 2010/ Journal of Media Practice,/11(1); and ‘Back Routes: historical articulation in multimedia production,’ in Alan Grossman and Áine O'Brien (eds.) 2007 /Projecting Migration: Transcultural Documentary Practice/.

Seminar: Canada, Canadian Business and the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention

Mon, 18 Oct 2010 09:00:00 EST

Date: Monday, October 18Time: 11:30 am - 1:00 pm Location: Room N 109, Schulich School of Business, York University, 4700 Keele St., Toronto, ON (map)Please REGISTER on theright hand sideof this page Program: 11:30 - 11:35 Welcome and Introduction: Wesley Cragg, Canadian Business Ethics Research Network 11:35 - 12:05 Dr. Alex Conte, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development 12:05 - 12:30 Panel: Bronwyn Best, TI-Canada; Ed Waitzer, Hennick Centre for Business & Law; Student (TBD) 12:30 - 12:50 Plenary discussion and commentary 12:50 - 12:55 Closing comments by Dr. Alex Conte 12:55 - 13:00 Thank you to participants - Corey Wideman & Yana Davis, SSB Business and Policy Association Special Guest:Dr. Alex Conte, Senior Legal Adviser in the Anti-Corruption Division Directorate for Financial and Enterprise Affairs Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development Alex Conte is a Senior Legal Expert in the Anti-Corruption Division, within the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. He holds a PhD in law, with a specialisation in counter-terrorism and human rights. Prior to joining the Anti-Corruption Division, Alex was a tenured professor at the University of Southampton in England, teaching international law, human rights, and specialized sub-topics. Since 2007, Alex has been closely involved in the monitoring and follow-up of the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions. He coordinates the OECD’s anti-corruption work concerning the candidature of countries to accession to OECD membership. He has most recently led and participated in the peer-review evaluations of Israel and Finland. He also managed the Division’s work to establish a third round of peer evaluation, known as Phase 3, which was launched at the beginning of 2010. Sponsors Canadian Business Ethics Research Network (CBERN) Hennick Centre for Business and Law Schulich School of Business Centre of Excellence in Responsible Business Schulich Business and Policy Association (Schulich Undergraduate Student Organization) Transparency International Canada

The Centre for Feminist Research Presents: State of Play: Photography, Multimedia and Memory with Roshini Kempadoo

Mon, 18 Oct 2010 09:00:00 EST

Date: Monday, October 18, 2010, 2:30-4:30 Location: Nat Taylor Cinema, Ross N102 Roshini Kempadoo introduces her art practice of photography and multimedia artworks including / Amendments / (2007) a re-imaging of Caribbean diasporic history. She explores the way in which photographs and digital art may be considered counter-narratives to the multiple and instant tendencies to digitise and commodify memory. Roshini Kempadoo is a London based Photographer, Media Artist, and Reader in Media Practice at the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of East London. Her research and artwork re-interprets and re-imagines contemporary and historical experiences of the everyday. She explores the link between British and Caribbean culture through the use of photographs, digital media, and networked environments. Roshini has degrees in Visual Communications, Photographic Studies and was awarded her PhD from Goldsmiths College, University of London, 2008. www.roshinikempadoo.com The generous support of the following is gratefully acknowledged: The Centre for Feminist Research; The Centre for Research on Latin America and the Caribbean; Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies, Community Arts Practice, Faculty of Environmental Studies, Faculty of Fine Arts.

Love Letters to Feminism

Fri, 15 Oct 2010 09:00:00 EST

Deadline: 15 October, 2010 We want to know what kind of relationship you have with feminism: Are you in a long-term relationship? Is it unrequited love? A love triangle? Do you have a crush on feminism? Perhaps you are having a lovers’ quarrel? Create art and write the words that explore your personal relationship with feminism. Submissions to the exhibition should include: An artwork/letter that has a maximum size of 8.5x11 inches. Your name, mailing address, email address, and a short bio on a separate page. Maximum 3 works per person. *Please include the appropriate extra postage inside your envelope if you want your work returnedWork will be exhibited at WIAprojects Symposium, Performing Feminist Culture, at the Ontario College of Art and Design in November 2010, and will join the Love Letters Collection for future and online exhibitions (unless you indicate otherwise). Mail your love notes to: Love Letters to Feminism c/o Carolyn Jervis PO Box 4846 Edmonton, AB, Canada T6E 5G7 For more information, email loveletterstofeminism@gmail.com, or visit loveletterstofeminism.blogspot.com. Edmonton-based art activist, writer, curator, and educator Carolyn Jervis has combined her love for art, activism, and feminism to create the art show Love Letters to Feminism, which has been exhibited across the country. This show has previously been featured at the Women's Studies Program Gallery, University of Alberta in Edmonton, and at the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences at Concordia University in Montreal. The show brings together mail art from artists, writers, and feminists from across the country, and from ex-patriots as far away as Turkey. The letters together show how each participant negotiates and navigates her or his own relationship with feminism, reflecting on how it is an ‘ism’ for everyone, defying a singular definition in favor of being a useful tool transformable based on specific needs and desires. One artist reflects upon why she still needs feminism because of the continuing wage gap between men and women. Another looks more personally to how feminism was a support after an experience of sexual assault. What is consistent through the unique voice in each letter is the overwhelming message that a relationship with feminism is important and necessary in their lives. The exhibition opens up the opportunity for audience members to become participants and either share their own experiences with feminism or be in correspondence with a letter in the gallery. Letters, envelopes, pens, and pencil crayons, not to mention pink heart-shaped pads of sticky notes, invite visitors to the space to become more than viewers and write their own love letters. And evidence of that participation is clear – Love Letters to Feminism continues to grow and dialogues develop with each exhibition. We want to know what kind of relationship you have with feminism: Are you in a long-term relationship? Is it unrequited love? A love triangle? Do you have a crush on feminism? Perhaps you are having a lovers’ quarrel? Create art and write the words that explore your personal relationship with feminism. Submissions to the exhibition should include: An artwork/letter that has a maximum size of 8.5x11 inches. Your name, mailing address, email address, and a short bio on a separate page. Maximum 3 works per person. *Please include the appropriate extra postage inside your envelope if you want your work returnedWork will be exhibited at WIAprojects Symposium, Performing Feminist Culture, at the Ontario College of Art and Design in November 2010, and will join the Love Letters Collection for future and online exhibitions (unless you indicate otherwise). Mail your love notes to: Love Letters to Feminism c/o Carolyn Jervis PO Box 4846 Edmonton, AB, Canada T6E 5G7 For more information, email loveletterstofeminism@gmail.com, or visit loveletterstofeminism.blogspot.com. Edmonton-based art activist, writer, curator, and educator Carolyn Jervis has combined her love for art, activism, and feminism to create the art show Love Letters to Feminism, which has been exhibited across the country. This show has previously been featured at the Women's Studies Program Gallery, University of Alberta in Edmonton, and at the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences at Concordia University in Montreal. The show brings together mail art from artists, writers, and feminists from across the country, and from ex-patriots as far away as Turkey. The letters together show how each participant negotiates and navigates her or his own relationship with feminism, reflecting on how it is an ‘ism’ for everyone, defying a singular definition in favor of being a useful tool transformable based on specific needs and desires. One artist reflects upon why she still needs feminism because of the continuing wage gap between men and women. Another looks more personally to how feminism was a support after an experience of sexual assault. What is consistent through the unique voice in each letter is the overwhelming message that a relationship with feminism is important and necessary in their lives. The exhibition opens up the opportunity for audience members to become participants and either share their own experiences with feminism or be in correspondence with a letter in the gallery. Letters, envelopes, pens, and pencil crayons, not to mention pink heart-shaped pads of sticky notes, invite visitors to the space to become more than viewers and write their own love letters. And evidence of that participation is clear – Love Letters to Feminism continues to grow and dialogues develop with each exhibition.

Forced Marriage in Conﬂict Situations International Workshop

Fri, 15 Oct 2010 09:00:00 EST

Location: 305 York Lanes, York UniversityBringing together historians of slavery and women's human rights scholars, this unique workshop will explore the phenomenon of forced marriage / enslavement in comparative and historical perspective. Speakers will explore the merits of prosecuting those responsible for forced marriage under the heading of sexual slavery, forced marriage, or enslavement. They will also explore the historical antecedents of servile marriage and enslavement of women. The workshop is generously supported by the Nathanson Centre, Ofﬁce of the Provost, Vice-President Research and Innovation, Dean of the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies, and The Harriet Tubman Institute for Research on the Global Migrations of African Peoples, York University If you are interested in attending RSVP to Kathy Mirzaei, kmirzaei@yorku.caFurther information about this program can be found at www.yorku.ca/tubman

The Havana Cigar goes Caribbean: Political Idealism, Migration and Commodity Production, 1870-2010

Fri, 15 Oct 2010 09:00:00 EST

Date: Friday, October 15, 2-4pm Location: 100 St. George St., SS2098Seminar by Jean Stubbs - Assoc. Fellow, Institute for the Study of the Americas, University of London, UK Publications include Afro-Cuban Voices: On Race and Identity in Contemporary Cuba (2000), AFROCUBA: An Anthology of Cuban Writing on Race, Politics and Culture (1993); Tobacco on the Periphery: A Case Study in Cuban Labour History, l860-1958 (l985). For information contact Melanie Newton (melanie.newton@utoronto.ca) or Cynthia Wright (Cynthia.wright@utoronto.ca) *Contagious Feeling, Collective Forgetting:The Affective Archive of Second Wave Feminist Media Activism in Canada* With Dr. Marusya Bociurkiw Date: October 18, 2010, 7—9pm Location: CWSE, 252 Bloor St W, Room 2-213In the years 1972 to 1990, across Canada and around the world, feminist media collectives proliferated. Dozens of documentaries and television series were produced, in a vibrant era of political and social change. This lecture will tell the story of feminists, cameras, and cablevision in a largely undocumented time in Canada when broadcasting, media art, and community activism merged. This presentation looks back at the affects of this era and creates a dialogue about the historic visual artifacts and current digital platforms for feminist and media activism. Archival photos, interviews, and video clips are included. Media artist, author, and assistant professor of media theory in The School of Radio & Television Arts, Ryerson University. cwse@utoronto.ca for information

"The Personal is Political: Being Muslim in India Today"

Thu, 14 Oct 2010 09:00:00 EST

Date: October 14th 2010, 11:00-2:00pmLocation: Conference Room, 5th Floor YRTJoin filmmakers Films Samina Mishra and Ambarien Qadar for a special viewing and discussion of their films.Qadar and Mishra are graduates of the prestigious AJK Mass Communication Research Centre (MCRC), which offers India’s sole masters program in film and video production . Founded by A.J. Kidwai and Canadians James and Margaret Beveridge,with support from York University's, Department of Film and the Canadian International DevelopmentAgency (CIDA), the MCRC is housed at Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI), a secular Muslim university.Films:Qadar’s Who Can Speak of Men (2005) examines the lives of women in the area who refuse femininity, including a seven-year transgender child. Going against the external stereotypes of the victimized Muslim Women, the film also challenges its community to rethink ideas about of gender and sexuality.Samina Mishra’s great-grandfather, Dr. Zakir Hussain, was the first Muslim president of India and a founder of Jamia Millia Islamia. The House on Gulmohar Avenue (2007) is a meditation on Muslim identity in India taking as its starting point the home Dr. Hussain built on lush grounds next to the university. Mishra uses her family story to comment on religion and secularism, and on the thorny issue of class.The generous support of the following is gratefully acknowledged: The Noor Chair of Islamic Studies, Department of Humanities; Department of Film; Faculty of Fine Arts; Sexuality Studies; Department of Social and Political Thought; South Asian Studies

Centre for Feminist Research presents: "The Personal is Political: Being Muslim in India Today"

Thu, 14 Oct 2010 09:00:00 EST

Date: October 14th 2010, 11:00-2:00pm Location: Conference Room, 5th Floor YRTJoin filmmakers Films Samina Mishra and Ambarien Qadar for a special viewing and discussion of their films. Qadar and Mishra are graduates of the prestigious AJK Mass Communication Research Centre (MCRC), which offers India’s sole masters program in film and video production . Founded by A.J. Kidwai and Canadians James and Margaret Beveridge,with support from York University's, Department of Film and the Canadian International DevelopmentAgency (CIDA), the MCRC is housed at Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI), a secular Muslim university. Films: Qadar’s Who Can Speak of Men (2005) examines the lives of women in the area who refuse femininity, including a seven-year transgender child. Going against the external stereotypes of the victimized Muslim Women, the film also challenges its community to rethink ideas about of gender and sexuality. Samina Mishra’s great-grandfather, Dr. Zakir Hussain, was the first Muslim president of India and a founder of Jamia Millia Islamia. The House on Gulmohar Avenue (2007) is a meditation on Muslim identity in India taking as its starting point the home Dr. Hussain built on lush grounds next to the university. Mishra uses her family story to comment on religion and secularism, and on the thorny issue of class. The generous support of the following is gratefully acknowledged: The Noor Chair of Islamic Studies, Department of Humanities; Department of Film; Faculty of Fine Arts; Sexuality Studies; Department of Social and Political Thought; South Asian Studies

The Comparative Politics of Inclusion: Indigenous Reservations and Gender Parity in Bolivia

Fri, 08 Oct 2010 09:00:00 EST

Date: Friday, October 8, 2-4PM Location: Sidney Smith Hall, Room 3130 Speaker: Mala Htun (New School for Social Research)Co-sponsored by the Department of Political Science and the Women and Gender Studies Institute. *THE G20 SUMMIT: FENCING-OFF CIVIL LIBERTIES* A paneled discussion with Nathalie DesRosiers and Judy Rebick Date: October 7, 2010, 3pm-6pm Location: Hart House, Music Room THIS IS A FREE EVENT! WORKSHOP: We're offering a workshop for 20 students taking place from 12-2PM on Oct 7, for those who are interested in joining our speakers in narrowing the issues. Lunch will be provided. Please RVSP for the workshop with vanessa.purdy@utoronto.ca. The purpose of this event is to bring current and past students together to engage in a discussion of activism and civil-liberty infringement in retrospect of this spring's G20 Summit demonstrations held in Toronto, and to examine the ethical, legal and societal responses to the debate. It's a great opportunity for you to meet with prominent thinkers, as well as your fellow students! We are proudly co-sponsoring this event with the Centre for Ethics at the University of Toronto. You may also visit: Http://utethicssocietyandlaw.wordpress.com andhttp://www.ethics.utoronto.ca

Disability Studies and Psychoanalysis: Time for the Couch or Culture

Fri, 08 Oct 2010 09:00:00 EST

Date: Friday, October 8, 3:30pm - 5:30pm Location: OISE Library, Main Floor, 252 Bloor St West SPEAKER: Dan Goodley Dan Goodley is Professor of Psychology and Social Change, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK Co-sponsored by The Department of Sociology & Equity Studies of the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education *Getting Beyond History: The Controversial Legacy of Marija Gimbutas* Date: Wednesday, October 13, 12:00—2:00pm Location: CWSE, Room 2-227, 252 Bloor Street West, Toronto Screening of Signs Out of Time & Discussion with Carol Ann WilliamsSigns Out of Time is a documentary produced by Donna Read and Starhawk, and narrated by Olympia Dukakis. The film traces the life and work of the archaeologist Maria Gimbutas, whose theories of a prehistoric age of the Goddess challenge traditional views on archaeology and history. She postulated that matrifocal societies existed for centuries in undefended, unmilitarized urban settlements. The hour-long documentary uses interviews, archival footage to explore Gimbutas’ work and the surrounding controversy. A discussion focusing on Gimbutas' legacy will follow the film. Email cwse@utoronto.ca for more information.

Confronting Impunity: Women's Struggles for Justice, Historical Memory, and Reparation in Guatemala

Thu, 07 Oct 2010 09:00:00 EST

Time: 3pm - 5.30pm Location: 280N York Lanes, York University The Gender and Reparations Project, in association with the Centre for Research on Latin America and the Caribbean (CERLAC), the Centre for Feminist Research (CFR) and the Graduate Program in Women's Studies, present a panel discussion: "Confronting Impunity: Women's Struggles for Justice, Historical Memory, and Reparation in Guatemala". This panel brings together psychologists, lawyers, sociologists and feminist activist researchers who are engaged in struggles for justice and reparation in postwar Guatemala alongside women survivors of sexual violence during the armed conflict. Panelists will analyze initiatives to combat gendered impunity and create historical memory, including a three-year study of women's oral histories of experiences of sexual violence in the war, a precedent-setting court case, and a Tribunal of Conscience, within a transnational feminist agenda for reparation and gender justice.

Place, Home and the World in the Caribbean Women's Writing

Wed, 06 Oct 2010 09:00:00 EST

The Centre for Feminist Research and CERLAC present:Place, home and the world in Caribbean women's writing: Aida Bahr and Olive Senior in Conversation. Wednesday, October 6 from 2:30-4:30 pm. HNES 140 (Reception follows)Olive Senior and Aida Bahr are leading women writers in English and Spanish respectively. Both women explore issues of identity, gender, place and culture in the Caribbean and beyond.Aida Bahr is one of Cuba’s most distinguished women writers and winner of the Carpentier Prize for Literature (2007), Cuba's highest literary award for Ofelias. She is author of 12 books - fiction, essays and screenplays. Bahr’s voice is Latina, Caribbean and feminist in its approach to sexuality, identity, gender, and coming of age in Cuba.Olive Senior is a poet, fiction writer, journalist and editor, and one of Jamaica and Canada's most acclaimed authors. She is winner of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for her short story collection "Summer Lightning" and a finalist for the Governor General's Literary Award for her poetry collection "Over the Roofs of the World". Among Senior’s favourite themes are the inter-relationship of nature and culture the Caribbean, the endurance of non-western cultures in the region and its diaspora and a robust and ironic critique of colonial legacies of racism and social hierarchy in the present. Aida Bahr will also lead a special seminar for graduate students entitled"The politics of language and women's writing in contemporary Cuba"on Tuesday Oct 5 at 12:30pmat the Centre for Feminist Research and the York Research Tower.To register for this event please email mbeck@yorku.caThe generous support of the following is gratefully acknowledged:Faculty of Environmental Studies; Community Arts Practice Certificate of the Faculties of Environmental Studies and Fine Arts; Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies; the Department of Social and Political Thought; Latin American and Caribbean Studies; Women's Studies. You have receieved this email as part of the Centre for Feminist Research mailing list. This is a low traffic list with specially chosen events and annoucements. You may leave the list at any time by sending a "SIGNOFF CFRLIST" command to LISTSERV@YORKU.CA

The City Seminar

Fri, 01 Oct 2010 09:00:00 EST

The City Institute at York University (CITY) presents: The City Seminar An interdisciplinary series of presentations and discussions on urban landscapes, past and present. Richard HarrisSchool of Geography and Earth Sciences McMaster University "Meaningful Types in a World of Suburbs" Richard Harris is an urban historical geographer at McMaster University, Canada. He has written about segregation, housing and housing policy, planning, and suburban development in North America and the British colonies. His most-recently published book is Creeping Conformity. How Canada Became Suburban, 1900-1960 (Toronto, 2004). With support from the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation he has recently completed a book manuscript, The Rise of Home Improvement, 1914-1960. He is currently researching the social geography of Bombay and Calcutta, c.1900, and is part of the SSHRC-funded research project "Global Suburbanisms", based at the City Institute. His talk is based on a forthcoming paper, and chapter from a projected book, World of Suburbs. In 2010 he was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. Friday October 1, 2010 12:30-2:00 pm 305 York Lanes York UniversityEveryone is welcome.

Webinar by Imagine Canada

Fri, 01 Oct 2010 09:00:00 EST

Dear Colleagues, Charities and non-profits are constantly seeking ways to better understand the issues, challenges and opportunities facing the communities they serve. An important way to build that knowledge and to use it effectively is to partner with universities working on similar issues in communities across the country. The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), which is the main granting agency for social research in Canada, has been encouraging these linkages for a number of years now. Recently the Council has undertaken a renewal of its program architecture to better support research in Canada. Some of the changes that are being made will enhance and facilitate better connections and partnerships between post-secondary institutions, charities and nonprofits.SSHRC is seeking feedback and advice from the charitable and non-profit sector as the changes are implemented. This webinar will allow you to hear about the new developments that may affect your work, to ask questions about the various programmes and to provide advice on future developments.The webinar is scheduled for October 1st, from 12:30 to 1:30 EDT, and will be presented in both official languages. Have a look at the linked message from SSHRC’s President, Dr. Chad Gaffield, for additional context for the discussion. To participate, simply e-mail: membership@imaginecanada.ca with the subject line: 'register for Imagine Canada webinar with SSHRC'.Sincerely, Marcel Lauzière President & CEO

Journal of Gender Studies (Feminisms, Sex and the Body)

Fri, 01 Oct 2010 09:00:00 EST

Deadline: October 1st 2010 The Editors ofJournal of Gender Studieswelcome contributions for the forthcoming special issue "Feminisms, Sex and the Body," from a range of (inter-/cross-) disciplinary backgrounds, including literature, popular culture, media, the social sciences, medicine and law. Feminisms’ positions on issues related to sex and the body have undergone significant changes in recent decades. The embracing of female desire and bodily pleasures during the second wave has diverged into what may be considered an excessive divide between aggressive sexuality on the one hand and self-conscious attempts to deny the body on the other. In the age of fluid gender roles, ‘feminist’ pornography, designer bodies and post-human as well as neo-Darwinian approaches to procreation, this special issue seeks to address the new relationships between feminist thought (historical and contemporary), sexuality and the body. Through this, it also intends to explore and fill the gaps contemporary feminisms have left in the theorising of such relationships. Potential topics include, but are by no means limited to: • Sex and text; body and/as text • Feminisms and visual art/media (i.e. film, photography, painting, etc.) • Feminisms and fashion • Homosexuality and same-sex desire • Celibacy, abstinence and virginity as feminist statements • Sculpted bodies (i.e. women athletes, plastic surgery, etc.) Contributions should be between 5,000 and 7,000 words in length. Please send submissions tojgs@lincoln.ac.ukby1st October 2010marked clearly as ‘FSB Special Issue’. Submission instructions are available on the journal website:http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/journal.asp?issn=0958-9236&linktype=44

Fellowship in the Social Sciences and Humanities

Fri, 01 Oct 2010 09:00:00 EST

Woodrow Wilson International Center for ScholarsFellowships 2011-2012Deadline: October 1st 2010 The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars is announcing theopening of its 2011-2012 Fellowship competition. The Center awardsapproximately 20-25 academic year residential fellowships to individualsfrom any country with outstanding project proposals on national and/orinternational issues. Topics and scholarship should relate to key publicpolicy challenges or provide the historical and/or cultural framework toilluminate policy issues of contemporary importance. Applicants must holda doctorate or have equivalent professional experience. Fellows are provided stipends (which include round trip travel), privateoffices, loan privileges with the Library of Congress, part-time researchassistants, and Windows based personal computers. For more information and application guidelines please contact the Centerat: Tel: 202-691-4170; Fax: 202-691-4001; E mail:fellowships@wilsoncenter.org You can apply online or download the application from the Centers websiteathttp://www.wilsoncenter.org/fellowships. Application deadline: October1, 2010.

TRANS(per)FORMING Nina Arsenault: Body of Work, Body of Art

Thu, 30 Sep 2010 09:00:00 EST

Deadline: Sept. 30th 2010 Transgendered Canadian performance artist Nina Arsenault has been characterized as cyborg, intellectual, and artist. After sixty plastic surgeries to feminize and beautify her originally male body, Arsenault has become an icon for a new queer generation. Her stage plays, electronic presence through videos disseminated online, website, blog, social networking presentation sites, her print media writing, and her celebrity/nightclub appearances as well as writings about her life and work alternately objectify and subjectify her: she is both artist and work of art. Rejecting the binary of real versus fake and dedicated to exploring authenticity, Arsenault’s work continues to examine the relationship of the omnipresent female self within the newly constructed female body, while critics, theorists and documentarians continue to engage in an examination of the artist as art.TRANS(per)FORMING Nina Arsenault: Body of Work, Body of Art, to be published by Intellect Books Ltd, UK in 2012 will be edited by Judith Rudakoff. Included will be academic essays, critical response papers, popular media articles, Arsenault’s writing and colour photographs. Submissions from the perspective of theatre, video, feminist theory, queer theory, gender studies, sexual diversity studies, performance studies, cultural studies, media studies, celebrity studies or any related areas are invited in the form of academic essays, critical response papers or popular media articles on topics which may include (but are not limited to): ·Longing and Belonging: Authenticity versus Realness ·Queer aesthetics: the art object as beautiful, erotic, satirical, subversive, comic, tragic, blashphemous and grotesque. ·Superstar reproduction: Nina Arsenault and the manufacturing of celebrity ·Double vision: The masculine gaze in the art of Nina Arsenault's femininity. ·Transgressing acceptable trans-narratives: return to normative society or failed tragic queen ·The artist as art ·The intersections of vocal training and dramaturgy in the solo theatrical artist ·Arsenault's self-portraiture in the digital age of self-representation and self-dissemination ·The democratization of social networking and the sexually discriminated artist: Arsenault’sFacebooksite as installation. ·Palatable empathies: Narratives of Nina Arsenault's transformation on television and in the theatre ·Titillation, ornamentation and the ritualized body: The art of geisha vs. the transsexual gay nightlife hostess ·Mythology vs pathology: a crossroads for the queer artist? ·Chasing the Real from inside the labyrinth of postmodern deconstructivism(s) ·Blasphemous iconography: creating art that complicates the world instead of trying to save it. ·Heretic transmissions: Nina Arsenault and the politics of the right and the left Please direct all proposals and queries to Judith Rudakoff, Editor atinfoninabook@gmail.comon or before September 30 2010. Essays, papers and articles selected for publication (subject to final peer review) must be received on or before February 1 2011. For academic essays selected for publication, reading copies ofSilicone DiariesorI Was Barbiewill be made available for consultation. Proposals of up to 500 words (academic essays) and up to 250 words (critical response papers or popular media articles) should be accompanied by a brief biographical statement (in Microsoft Word .docor.rtf format) and covering email note should include your name, any affiliation, preferred email contact information. Academic essays should be between 3000-5000 words and critical response papers and popular media articles should be between 500-1500 words. Prospective contributors may consider source material such as but not exclusive to: ·The Silicone Diaries, stage play ·I Was Barbie, stage play ·“Glamour Crack”, series of videos produced by Nina Arsenaulthttp://www.youtube.com/user/venusmachina ·Video representation of Nina Arsenault on YouTubehttp://www.youtube.com/user/ninaarsenault ·Nina Arsenault’s website and blog:www.ninaarsenault.com ·T Girlcolumns forFabMagazine(archived electronically athttp://www.fabmagazine.com/archive.html) ·Publicity Archive (up to December 2009), housed in Clara Thomas Special Collections and Archives, Scott Library, York University, Toronto, Ontario. (File TPC 220) ·Club/party hosting, celebrity appearances as Nina Arsenault ·Appearances as fictional characters (Barbie at L'Oreal Fashion Week 2009 in Toronto, Jessica Rabbit) ·Television appearances in Canada (includingThe Jon Dore Show(Comedy Network),Kink(Showcase),Train 48(Global),Fashion TelevisionandSex Matters(CITY) )

Job Posting: Research Project Manager for Comparative Perspectives Database on Gender, Work, and Labour Market Insecurity

Thu, 30 Sep 2010 09:00:00 EST

Deadline: September 30th 2010 The Canada Research Chair in The Political Economy of Gender and Work at York University, Toronto, invites applications for the position of research database manager for the Comparative Perspectives Database on Gender, Work, and Labour Market Insecurity (CPD). The Gender and Work Database (www.genderwork.ca) is a multi-disciplinary web-based research andteaching tool housed at York University. The CPD project manager position combines research, administrative/management and technical elements, focusing on the development of a new database on comparative perspectives on gender, work, and labour market insecurity. Applications are invited from individuals holding a postgraduate degree in a Social Sciences discipline or a related field with a working knowledge of social andlabour statistics and survey instruments used by national and international statisticalagencies, such as Statistics Canada, the Australian Bureau of Labour Statistics,EUROSTAT, and the ILO. The successful candidate should have experience with statistics, database-driven websites and data management, strong organizational skills, project management experience and knowledge of comparative interdisciplinary research on gender and work. The position will provide numerous opportunities for creativity and advancement. Technical requirements include facility with: •Database use and design •Web design, particularly issues of usability, browser compatibility, andaccessibility, as well as basic HTML and CSS skills •SPSS and comparable statistical software packages such asSAS or R (required) •Open-source software concepts • Content management interfaces • Experience with Beyond 20/20 software would be a definite asset •General issues of network architecture and security •Able and willing to learn new software or computer skills as required; comfortable with self-instruction in new skills The CPD project manager will report to Professor Leah F. Vosko, Principle Investigator, and work in conjunction with the CPD Advisory Committee, composed of Faculty and staff from York University and personnel from Statistics Canada. Duration: Approximately 9 months (full-time), with the possibility of extension, subject to budgetary approval. Location: York University, Toronto, Canada Salary: Commensurate with candidate’s qualifications and skills. Please send applications (including CV, cover letter, and the names of three professional references) and any inquiries to: rsrchjbs@yorku.ca Applications to be reviewed beginning: September 15, 2010 Deadline close:September 30, 2010 Start date: Immediate.

EthicsCentre CA Luncheon Event: Jim McArdle, EDC: “Ethics in the Financial Sector at Home & Abroad"

Tue, 28 Sep 2010 09:00:00 EST

Date and Time: Sep 28 2010 12:00 PM – Sep 28 2010 1:30 PM Location: Toronto, ON Description Date: Tuesday, September 28, 2010 Time: 12:00 PM Location: The Albany Club, 91 King Street East, Toronto, ON Information: www.ethicscentre.ca or (416) 368-7525 or lmarsh@ethicscentre.caEthicsCentre CA Presents: Jim McArdle, Senior Vice-President, Corporate Secretariat and Legal Services, Export Development Canada: “Ethics in the Financial Sector: At Home and Abroad” With the recent economic crisis, the ethics of the financial sector have been called into question. In Canada, this has an additional layer of complexity when we examine how the financial sector supports Canadian companies operating abroad and how those companies conduct themselves. At present, there is a generalized call for a higher ethical standard of conduct in business. But what does that look like at home, abroad and for the financial sector? Register on the Centre’s web site at www.ethicscentre.ca or contact the Centre by phone: (416) 368-7525 or e-mail: lmarsh@ethicscentre.ca, noting any special dietary requirements.

Realms of Knowing

Mon, 27 Sep 2010 09:00:00 EST

Location: CWSE, second floor of OISE, 252 Bloor Street West An exhibition of book-based works by Lezli Rubin-Kunda Curated by Pam Patterson & Leena Raudvee Curatorial assistant Sevan Injejikian Lezli Rubin-Kunda is a multidisciplinary Canadian/Israeli artist, whose performance-based site works in Israel, Canada, and Europe explore live actions and intimate connections to spaces and materials. Her performance videos have been widely shown at festivals and symposiums. www.lezlirubinkunda.com

DISORIENTATION 2010

Fri, 24 Sep 2010 09:00:00 EST

Location:York University (Student Centre Bldg - 4700 Keele St., Toronto) WORKSHOPS, FILMS, SILKSCREENING, CONCERTS & CABARETS! ALL WELCOME | ALL EVENTS FREE & ACCESSIBLE | CHILDCARE AVAILABLE DisOrientation is a radically different, politically progressive, series ofevents that will offer all students access and insight into the excitingpolitical and social justice spheres that exist at York University. By bringing together a wide range of campus groups and services, we aretrying to draw the links between the many different kinds of political,environmental and social justice based activism that exists on campus. SOME OF THIS YEAR'S HIGHLIGHTS: Disentangling the G20 Clusterf#@k Bike Repair DIY Workshop Anti-Oppression Training BDS Campaign workshop Film screenings Social Justice Fair First Nations Solidarity Event Fat Phobia workshop No One is Illegal Panel + Film Organizing 101 OCAP/Anti-poverty Discussion Cabaret! ... and so much more! Check the OPIRG-York site for full schedule + details:www.opirgyork.ca/disorientation2010 RSVP at the Facebook Event:http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=129317877114144#!/event.php?eid=129317877114144&ref=ts

Connections 5 Exhibit

Fri, 24 Sep 2010 09:00:00 EST

By Pam Patterson Location: VMAC Gallery, 401 Richmond, Suite 440, Fourth floor Dates: September 24th -October 24th 2010 Hours: Tuesday-Friday, 11am—5pm, Saturday 12pm—4pm, free entranceA juried art exhibit free to the public, featuring some of the finest visual artists with disabilities from across Canada.Pam Patterson is an Associate Scholar at the CWSE and the Director of WIAprojects.WIAprojects is also working with Equity & Diversity and Art Faculties at OCAD and XPACE Cultural Centre to present.

ACCT 2010 Directors Forum

Sun, 19 Sep 2010 09:00:00 EST

ACCT 2010 Directors ForumSeptember 19-21, 2010, Halifax, NS Halifax Marriott Harbourfronthttp://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/yhzmc-halifax-marriott-harbourfront/Register nowDownload the Preliminary AgendaOur 2010 Director’s Forum is to be held at the Halifax Marriott Harbourfront Hotel, Halifax, Nova Scotia, September 19-21. This is an invitation-only event. The theme of the 2010 Director’s Forum is: ECONOMIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL IMPERATIVES: CANADIAN UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES ENGAGING WITH INDUSTRY FOR ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY BENEFIT. We have designed a dynamic program with panels and participatory sessions that are on current topics and relevant to our positions and institutions. For instance we will have sessions such as ‘The future of Innovation Networks’ to ‘Industry Collaborations – What Works and What Doesn’t Work’. In addition to our Directors we will be joined on September 20 by a number of key Atlantic Canada industry CEOs and senior executives from Funding and Regional Development Agencies. Your presence and participation is important. This is the annual occasion for all of us to meet, exchange, reflect, learn, improve and determine how best to move forward in an era where the focus is clearly on industry engagement. We really need you to attend, but In the event that you are unable to join us, you may propose to designate a senior representative to attend on your behalf. We ask that you submit your designee’s name, role and outline of their responsibilities to \n caroline.schweppe@acctcanada.caThis e-mail address is being protected from spambots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it for review and approval by the organizing committee. Once approval has been given, we will be please to issue a personal invitation to your designate. The agenda is currently being finalized and will be posted to our website www.acctcanada.ca very shortly, together with hotel, transportation and registration information. ACCT Canada has arranged a special conference rate of $179.00 plus applicable taxes. This rate is available only to bookings made before August 19, 2010. To make your reservation please click here to go directly to online reservations: http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/YHZMC?groupCode=ACCACCA&app=resvlink&fromDate=9/19/10&toDate=9/22/10Should you have any questions, please contact David Shindler, or a committee member (names and contact coordinates below) for further information. We look forward to seeing you in Halifax. Yours sincerely, David Shindler, Ph.D. Chair, 2010 ACCT Canada Directors Forum Member of the Board - ACCT Canada Executive Director, Springboard Atlantic Members of the Organizing Committee: David Shindler (Chair), Springboard Atlantic, \n dshindler@springboardatlantic.caThis e-mail address is being protected from spambots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Terry Donaghue. Mount Sinai Hospital, \n DONAGHUE@lunenfeld.caThis e-mail address is being protected from spambots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Janet Scholz, ACCT Canada, \n janet.scholz@acctcanada.caThis e-mail address is being protected from spambots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Sophie Theriault, University of Prince Edward Island, \n stheriault@upei.caThis e-mail address is being protected from spambots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Sylvain Poirier, New Brunswick Community College, \n sylvain.poirrier@gnb.caThis e-mail address is being protected from spambots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Thierry Bourgeois, Université Laval, \n thierry.bourgeois@vrr.ulaval.caThis e-mail address is being protected from spambots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Glen Schuler, University of Saskatchewan, \n glen.schuler@usask.caThis e-mail address is being protected from spambots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Loreen Keddy, Springboard Atlantic, \n lkeddy@springboardatlantic.caThis e-mail address is being protected from spambots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Register now

Ethics at the Business-Health Care Interface Conference, Toronto

Fri, 17 Sep 2010 09:00:00 EST

Date: September 17-19, 2010 Location: York University, 4700 Keele Street, Toronto, ON [map]Information: http://www.cbern.ca/dialogue/events/224.htmlThis workshop will mark the culmination of a SSHRC funded research project entitled "Ethics at the healthcare/business interface". The summary of the proposal and the detailed project description can be found at: www.cbern.ca/research/projects/healthcare/healthandbusiness.html

Purging Gay and Lesbian Teachers: State Homophobia in Cold War America

Fri, 17 Sep 2010 09:00:00 EST

By Karen L. Graves Professor of Education and Women's Studies DenisonUniversity, USA PUBLIC LECTURE, followed by Q&A and refreshments Date: Friday, September 17, 2010 Time: 2pm - 4 pm Location: OISE/UT, Room 12-199,250 Bloor Street West The lecture will be based on Dr. Graves' recent book, And They WereWonderful Teachers (Illinois, 2009), a history of state oppression of gayand lesbian citizens during the Cold War and the dynamic set of responses itignited. Focusing on Florida's purge of gay and lesbian teachers from 1956to 1965, the book explores how the Florida Legislative InvestigationCommittee, investigated and discharged dozens of teachers on the basis ofsexuality. Dr. Graves details how teachers were targeted, interrogated, and stripped oftheir professional credentials, and examines the extent to which theseteachers resisted the invasion of their personal lives. She contrasts theexperience of three groups--civil rights activists, gay and lesbianteachers, and University of South Florida personnel--called before thecommittee, and looks at the range of response and resistance to theinvestigations. Based on archival research conducted on a recently openedseries of Investigation Committee records, this work highlights theimportance of sexuality in American and education history and argues thatFlorida's attempt to govern sexuality in schools implies that educators aredistinctly positioned to transform dominant ideology in American society. Event Sponsors: OISE Office of Associate Dean of Research and GraduateStudies, Department of Sociology and Equity Studies in Education, Departmentof Theory and Policy Studies, Centre for Urban Schooling, Bonham Centre forSexual Diversity Studies, and Centre for the Study of the United States For more information, contact Roland Sintos Coloma by email atroland.coloma@utoronto.ca or by phone at (416) 978-0462.

WORKSHOP: Producing and Negotiating Precarious Migratory Status in Canada

Thu, 16 Sep 2010 09:00:00 EST

Location: International Conference Center, 5th Floor, York Research Tower, York UniversityDate: September 16 2010Time: 9am - 5:30pmFree and open to the public. The goal of the Workshop is to discuss the production, negotiation and implications of precarious status in the Canadian context, to contribute to and inform Canadian and international debates on immigration, citizenship, social inclusion, and rights. The workshop will use the following format: invited discussants will provide comments on the papers, authors will respond briefly, and then the floor will open for discussion. The papers are written by authors in a number of disciplines, and include empirical case studies from several arenas (e.g. education, health, work, etc.), policy analyses, and conceptual discussions. The authors analyze the production of precarious status in Canada from various legal locations, including temporary workers, failed refugee claimants, and non-status; address the everyday experiences of living with various forms of precarious status; and examine institutional negotiations of access to services and resources by and for precarious status migrants, as well as social movement and other organizing around these issues. Please RSVP to migrationconf@gmail.com with your name and institutionalaffiliation by Sept. 14 The preliminary program and papers can be accessed here:http://www.yorku.ca/raps1/events/index.html%20

INANNA Publications invites you to the launch of "In the Key of Red," Poems by Eva Tihanyi

Thu, 16 Sep 2010 09:00:00 EST

Time: 6pm - 8pmLocation: Grano's Restaurant, 2035 Yonge Street (south of Eglinton), Toronto. Refreshments will be served. Passion. This is the word at the heart of "In the Key of Red," Eva Tihyani's sixth poetry collection. Tihanyi writes of love not only from the personal perspectives of daughter, mother, friend, and lover, but also of a human being celebrating the world. Sometimes tender, sometimes searing, the one thing all of these poems do is sing.

Criminal Law Theory: 2010 Conference

Fri, 10 Sep 2010 09:00:00 EST

Rethinking Criminal Law Theory: New Canadian Perspectives in the Philosophy of Domestic, Transnational, and International Criminal LawLocation: Osgoode Professional Development (OPD), 1 Dundas Street West, Suite 2602 Toronto, ON, M5G 1Z3Click here for a map and directionsCONFERENCE THEMEThe philosophy of criminal law is at a turning point in Canada. The adoption of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms has given the Supreme Court of Canada unprecedented latitude to engage with principles of moral, political, and legal philosophy when elaborating its criminal law jurisprudence. Be it in the context of discussions about the constitutionalization of various aspects of moral innocence, the harm principle, the rule of law, the availability of legal rights to corporate entities, the justification of state punishment, or the nature of crimes with international dimensions, the works of philosophers like John Stuart Mill, Immanuel Kant, Jeremy Bentham, Hans Kelsen, H.L.A. Hart, Joel Feinberg, Joseph Raz, and George P. Fletcher are already given significant attention. An appraisal of such works in light of Canada s distinctive problems and opportunities is overdue. Canadian law schools and philosophy departments have sought to keep up with this development by hiring, in recent years, a number of criminal law theorists able to participate in philosophical debate and contribute to its healthy development. The result has been a significant deepening of Canadian scholarship in the philosophy of criminal law, both in relation to Charter-related issues and broader problematiques, since the time that the Law Commissions last explored these fundamental issues. Criminal law theory is nowwell andalive in Canada and, thus, no longer to be associated exclusively with the older British, German, or American traditions.This Canadian momentum is not only being felt in respect of the study of domestic criminal law. Because of Canada s leadership in international criminal law, both at the level of the International Criminal Court and of specific war crimes tribunals, Canadian legal theorists have also begun to turn their attention to international criminal law per se, building on their domestic expertise. Transnational issues that exceed the jurisdictional sphere of international criminal law have also started to capture the attention our theorists.The time has come to capitalize on this rapidly developing expertise and bring together leading Canadian theorists of domestic and international criminal law for a conference on Rethinking Criminal Law Theory: New Canadian Perspectives in the Philosophy of Domestic, Transnational, and International Criminal Law. The papers presented at the conference will be published asan edited collection(F. Tanguay-Renaud & J. Stribopoulos, eds., Hart Publishing, 2011)and constitute whatis hoped will become an enduring contribution to worldwide theorizing about criminal law.Click here for more information and to see the full conference programREGISTRATION INFORMATIONRegistration Fee: $160 (Regular admission) / $90 (Students)**The registration fee gives access to conference proceedings and covers lunch on Friday, 10 September and Saturday, 11 September.To register, please email nathansoncentre@osgoode.yorku.ca.****Given that places are limited,registrants are requested to briefly explain their motivation for wanting to attend the conference.For any further queries, please contact the conference organizers: Prof. Francois Tanguay-Renaud (ftanguay-renaud@osgoode.yorku.ca) and Prof. James Stribopoulos (jstribopoulos@osgoode.yorku.ca).

KT Canada Summer Institute Application Deadline June 1, 2010

Mon, 16 Aug 2010 09:00:00 EST

Greetings! The deadline for applications to the KT Canada Summer Institute (Aug 16-18, 2010, Calgary, AB) is fast approaching (June 1st). This year's theme is "Developing KT Interventions". The summer institute will be a mixture of small group work and plenary sessions and will also include 2 poster sessions. This year's speakers include: Jeremy Grimshaw - Theory Driven KT Interventions Ann McKibbon - Developing Informatics Based KT Interventions Mathieu Ouimet - Developing KT Interventions for Policy Makers Dawn Stacey - Patient Decision Aids For more information and to download the application form, please go to our website.

TIEDI will be hosting a day of events on June 23rd, 2010 at York University

Wed, 23 Jun 2010 09:00:00 EST

In the morning, a forum will discuss existing TIEDI research and identify appropriate dissemination strategies (beyond existing analytical reports). The forum will also explore future data needs among partner organizations and the role that TIEDI can play over the coming year. We therefore particular encourage Executive Directors to attend this session. In the afternoon, there will be concurrent sessions: one a workshop to identify partner organizations' data mapping needs; the other a training session in accessing Statistics Canada data online, focusing on Census data. These events are all free. We welcome new and existing community partners. For more information on the program, please consult: www.yorku.ca/tiedi/events.htmlTo register, please contact Maryse Lemoine at mlemoine@yorku.ca by June 18, 2010, confirming whether you will be attending : ___ Exchange Forum (9:30 - 12:00 a.m.) ___ Lunch ___ Workshop on mapping immigration and labour data (1:00 - 3:00 p.m.) - Spaces are limited, please register early. ___ Training session on how to find Census data on the Statistics Canada website (1:00 - 4:00 p.m.) - Spaces are limited, please register early. A registration form is also available at www.yorku.ca/tiedi/doc/EF2010registration.doc

Labour Activism and Migrant Rights: Countering Neoliberal Labour-Market Regulation... From the Bottom Up?

Fri, 11 Jun 2010 09:00:00 EST

Friday June 11th, 2010A Public Lecture and Panel DiscussionByDr Nik TheodoreUniversity of Illinois at ChicagoLABOUR ACTIVISM AND MIGRANT RIGHTS:COUNTERING NEOLIBERAL LABOUR-MARKET REGULATION... FROM THE BOTTOM UP?Discussants: Leah Vosko, Mark Thomas, Steven Tufts (York University)Nik Theodore is a leading scholar, activist and commentator on US labour markets and urban neoliberalism. Dr Theodore is Director of the Center for Urban Economic Development at the University of Illinois, Chicago.His research agenda is focused on problems of socioeconomic inequality arising from the restructuring of urban economies. Grounded in community development practice, his research seeks to combine primary data collection and analysis, policy assessment and evaluation, and theory-building to illuminate the complex (and often contradictory) processes that give rise to economic hardship in urban communities. His recent research projects include studies of: conditions in low-wage labor markets; community-based responses to violations of basic labor standards; the informal economy; and global social policy. In this lecture, he will address attempts to mobilize against contingent labour conditions, affecting immigrant in particular, in the United States. The lecture will be followed by a panel discussion featuring three York experts on labour market regulation and labour organization:Dr Leah Vosko (Canada Research Chair in Feminist Political Economy)Dr Steven Tufts (Associate Professor of Geography)Dr Mark Thomas (Associate Professor of Sociology)This lecture is being presented as part of the International Political Economy and Ecology Summer School at York University (sponsored by the Faculty of Environmental Studies, and the Departments of Political Science and Geography). It is also sponsored by the Toronto Immigrant Employment Data Initiative (TIEDI) at York University.The lecture will be followed by a reception.Venue: York Research Tower, Room 519, York University, Keele Campus.Time: 2pm - 4pm, Friday June 11th 2010.This is a public event and all are welcome to attend.

A Panel on the State of Canadian Research on Work, Employment, and Climate Change

Mon, 07 Jun 2010 09:00:00 EST

_______________________________________________ WHAT DO WE KNOW? WHAT DO WE NEED TO KNOW? A Panel on the State of Canadian Research on Work, Employment and Climate Change Monday, June 7, 2010 | 6:00-8:00PM | Schulich Executive Learning Centre Private Dining Room Cocktail reception to follow RSVPby June 1, 2010 to Sabreena Delhon: delhon@yorku.caSPEAKERS: Carla Lipsig-Mummé York University Overview: Canadian Research and International Perspectives John Calvert and Marjorie Griffin Cohen Simon Fraser University The Energy Sector Steve Tufts York University The Tourism Sector Geoff Bickerton Canadian Union of Postal Workers The Postal Services Sector John Holmes Queens University

Canadian Knowledge Commons

Wed, 02 Jun 2010 09:00:00 EST

Advancing A Canadian Knowledge Commons I A National SummitA National Summit will be held on June 2, 2010 in Montreal (coincident with the 2010 Congress of the Federation of the Humanities and Social Sciences). Dialogues and practices of a knowledge commons have recently attracted increased interest and visibility in academic, government, not-for-profit, philanthropic and private sector settings. Leaders, such as yourself, from within these sectors and practices are invited to attend and participate in a day focused upon deepening this conversation, developing a working strategy document, and a five year plan for activities. This event is organized by Community-Based Research Canada, the Canadian Alliance for Community Service -Learning, Community-Campus Partnerships for Health, and Social Innovation Generation at the University of Waterloo, on behalf of numerous engaged universities, colleges, private and not-far-profit organizations, and government agencies across Canada. The Summit on June 2, 2010 will catalyze conversation, connection and strategy development for action. It will include a panel address, presentations by two outstanding examples of high impact initiatives, themed round table discussions on potential areas for action, and opportunities to contribute to a strategic action plan. Who should attend? The Summit aims to draw a diverse group of participants from not-for-profit organizations, post-secondary institutions, business, government and philanthropy who are interested in shaping a Canadian Knowledge Commons and moving it forward. See the agenda below, check out the website for more details or click here to RSVP.Agenda

2010 CARWH/ACRST

Fri, 28 May 2010 09:00:00 EST

Worker Health in a Changing World of WorkToronto, May 28-29, 2010 Student symposium May 27, 2010 The next conference of the Canadian Association for Research on Work and Health (CARWH) will be held in Toronto on May 28-29, 2010, hosted by the Institute for Work & Health. The theme for the conference is, “Worker Health in a Changing World of Work.” As in previous years, stakeholders and researchers from a wide variety of disciplines will discuss research findings and exchange ideas about research in this field and its application to policy and practice to improve the health and safety of Canadian workers. Opening the conference this year will be: Katherine Lippel, Canada Research Chair in Occupational Health and Safety Law, University of Ottawa who will address Invisibility of the health consequences of precarious employment. Kristan Aronson, Professor, Community Health and Epidemiology, Queen’s University who will address Research challenges: work at night and cancer risk. Hear what Roberta Ellis, V.P. at WorkSafe BC says about the CARWH Conference: “WorkSafeBC is committed to a research program that advances the strategic goals of our organization. We value the partnerships we have formed with other jurisdictions and have been sending delegates to CARWH conferences from its inception in 2001. Delegates – and ours are no exception – benefit from information and evidence that stimulates new ideas about injury and disease prevention, effective return to work, and how to improve the services we offer to workers and employers”.The Call for Abstracts has been issued and all abstracts must be submitted online by January 15, 2010 at http://carwh2010.iwh.on.ca/. Registration and payment will be open online in mid January 2010. Accommodation information will also be available. We look forward to seeing you there! Cam Mustard, President and Senior Scientist, IWH and Ellen MacEachen, President, CARWH La santé des travailleurs dans un monde du travail en mutationInformation complémentaire sur le Congrès de l’Association canadienne de la recherche en santé au travail À Toronto, les 28 et 29 mai 2010 Un symposium pour les étudiants soit le 27 mai Le prochain congrès biennal de l’Association canadienne de recherche en santé au travail (ACRST) se tiendra à Toronto les 28 et 29 mai 2010. Organisé par l’Institut de recherche sur le travail et la santé, le thème du congrès est « La santé des travailleurs dans un milieu de travail changeant ». Les partenaires et les chercheurs œuvrant dans des disciplines variées discuteront des résultats de la recherche effectuée dans le domaine de la santé au travail et échangeront leurs idées à ce sujet. Ils discuteront également de l’application pratique et politique de la recherche en vue d’améliorer la santé des travailleurs canadiens. Le congrès débutera par les conférenciers suivants : Katherine Lippel, Chaire de recherche du Canada – Loi en matière de santé et de sécurité au travail, Université d’Ottawa, qui traitera de l’Invisibilité des conséquences de la santé en milieu de travail précaire. Kristan Aronson, Professeure, Santé communautaire et épidémiologie, Université Queen’s, dont l’exposé portera sur les Défis de la recherche : travail de nuit et risque de cancer. Voici un commentaire de Roberta Ellis, vice-présidente de WorkSafe BC à propos du congrès de l’ACRST : « WorkSafeBC s’est engagée dans un programme de recherche qui contribue à la concrétisation des objectifs stratégiques de notre organisme. Les partenariats que nous avons formés avec les autres intervenants revêtent beaucoup d’importance à nos yeux, et nous avons délégué des représentants aux congrès de l’ACRST depuis sa création en 2001. Ces délégués, et les nôtres n’y font pas exception, reçoivent de l’information et des données probantes qui nous incitent à innover en matière de prévention des accidents et de la maladie, d’efficacité du rendement au travail et d’amélioration des services que nous offrons aux travailleurs et aux employeurs. » L’appel de conférences est lancé; toutes les conférences doivent être soumises en ligne au plus tard le 15 janvier 2010 à l’adresse http://carwh2010.iwh.on.ca/L’inscription générale et le mode de paiement seront accessibles en ligne à compter de la mi-janvier 2010. Vous y trouverez également de l’information sur l’hébergement. Au plaisir de vous accueillir au congrès! Cam Mustard, Président ITS et Ellen MacEachen, Présidente ACRST

Mental Health Camp Toronto

Fri, 28 May 2010 09:00:00 EST

Mental Health Camp Toronto (MHCTO) is on Friday May 28th at the Bram and Bluma Appel Salon, at the Toronto Reference Library. The goal for MHCTO is to ignite conversations about mental health, social media and technology. It is an unconference where the agenda is based on attendees interests and follows in the tradition of HealthCamps (http://barcamp.org/HealthCamp). Come join in the conversation. Check out http://mentalhealthcampTO.org for more information and to register.

PREVNet's 5th Annual Conference Public Day

Fri, 28 May 2010 09:00:00 EST

Join us at McMaster University in Hamilton, for this year's conference "Healthy Relationships, Healthy Development, Healthy Communities"Registration to commence mid-March.For more information, please visit www.prevnet.ca

CBERN 3rd Annual Conference

Thu, 27 May 2010 09:00:00 EST

Hotel Espresso (formerly Days Inn Hotel) 1005 Guy Street, Montréal, QC (map)Tel: 514.938.4611 or Toll Free: 1.877.468.3550 Conference Registration: http://cbern.sharpschool.com/cbern_events/cbern2010/Planning is now well under way for CBERN's 3rd Annual Conference which this year will be held in Montréal in conjunction with the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences. Following is a brief outline of events and topics. About CBERNConference Program Thursday, May 27 - PhD Cluster Workshop and Advisory Board Meeting A day long PhD research workshop is planned for Thursday, May 27. Fred Bird, a key participant in CBERN and a leading business ethics and CSR research scholar, and Charles Sampford, (Director, Institute for Ethics, Governance and Law, a joint initiative of the UN University, Griffith University, Queensland University of Technology, Convenor or the ARC Governance Research Network, and President, International Institute for Public Ethics) will be special guests and PhD workshop participants. The CBERN Advisory Board will join PhD cluster participants for dinner and will meet following dinner. Friday, May 28: CBERN Theme Day Our Theme Day theme will be "Human Rights, Resource Extraction and Aboriginal Economic Development". The day will begin with an exploration of emerging international perspectives on business and human rights led by Charles Sampford. We have invited John McKay, author of Bill C-300, to participate in a discussion of the ethical responsibilities of Canadian mining companies engaged in resource extraction in developing countries. A panel chaired by Jim Cooney will begin the task of identifying where research is required to support current efforts to advance Canadian CSR initiatives particularly in the resource sector. The focus of discussion in the afternoon will shift to an interactive discussion of relations in Canada between mining firms and Aboriginal communities, and the challenges facing Aboriginal communities pursuing mining-based economic development using tools such as Impact and Benefit Agreements. The discussion will revolve around themes identified in our CURA project proposal and current developments around Schefferville, Quebec, an area of CBERN research activity, involving the Naskapi Nation of Kawawachikamach. Saturday May 29: CBERN's Annual Meeting As in the past, Saturday morning will be devoted to a discussion of research activities in which CBERN is currently engaged. Much of the afternoon will focus on CBERN policy issues, exciting website developments and a business agenda. Sunday May 30: Research Project Planning We have reserved Sunday morning (and afternoon if needed) for on-going planning and research project idea development. Details will be forthcoming at a later date. Register HereAs in the past, CBERN will cover basic travel costs associated for eligible participants to attend the Annual Conference. Registration and reimbursement policies are available at http://cbern.sharpschool.com/cbern_events/cbern2010/

The CBR Skills Building: Vancouver Island Workshops- North Island College

Thu, 20 May 2010 09:00:00 EST

Everyone Is Welcome!The CBR Skills Building: Vancouver Island WorkshopsSpring 2010 SeriesTHREE SEPARATE DATES AT THREE DIFFERENT CAMPUSESMay 6th at Vancouver Island University, May 13th at University of Victoria, May 20th at North Island CollegeResearchers, First Nations, faculty, students, community, government, businesses and the general public are all welcome to attend these workshops held on three Vancouver Island campuses. Come ready to share and learn new CBR skills, tools and approaches for working with campuses and communities for a healthy and sustainable future. Be part of this exciting Vancouver Island, Canadian and global movement! Pre-Registration is Required - Workshops are Free, but space is Limited so first-come, first-serve! Lunch is provided Who to Contact to Register: For May 6th at VIU Sarah Fletcher: Sarah.Fletcher@viu.ca or call 250 818-0471 Register by May 3rd For May 13th at UVIC Penny Murray: ocbrreg@uvic.ca or call 250 744-9304 Register by May 10th For May 20th at NIC Penny Murray: ocbrreg@uvic.ca or call 250 744-9304 Register by May 17th Vancouver Island University – Arbutus Room 9:30am – 3:30pmThursday, May 6th – 9:30 Start Overview: Dr. Jennifer Mullett – VIU Community-Based Research Institute / Sarah Fletcher VIU Evaluation Methods: Dr. Jerry Hinbest from VIU Grant Writing for CBR Projects: Dr. Jenny Horn from VIU University of Victoria – Commons Building 9:30am – 3:30pm Thursday May 13th – 9:30 Start Overview: Dr. Budd Hall and Maeve Lydon, Office of Community-Based Research at UVIC CBR by and with First Nations: Dr. Lorna Williams, UVic Community-University Partnerships and Proposal Writing: Linda Geggie and Tricia Roche, OCBR Capacity Project CBR Coordinators North Island College – Courtenay 11am – 4pm Thursday, May 20th - 11 am Start Overview: Dr. John Belshaw, North Island College AVP Education and Research CBR for Indigenous Food Systems: Tom Child, Researcher with the Vancouver Island and Coastal Communities Indigenous Food Network www.indigenousfoodsystems.orgAfternoon activities for all three Workshops:Capturing and Sharing Knowledge - Using Accessible Innovative Tools Community Mapping – Re-Presenting Knowledge about Place and People using Creative and Open-Source Mapping Processes and Map Products www.mapping.uvic.ca with Ken Josephson, UVIC Geography and Common Ground Network Cartographer Digital Story Catching – Capturing the Story and Getting the Word Out with Christopher Bowers, teacher and community developer www.conversationworks.ca. Learn Interview and dissemination/ distribution techniques using high touch and high tech tools The workshops are sponsored by the Office of Community Based Research at UVIC, the Community-Based Research Institute at VIU and the B.C. Healthy Living Alliance. All of the presenters are part of the Vancouver Island Community Research Alliance (VICRA) which includes all five Island campuses – UVic and VIU with Camosun College, North Island College and Royal Roads University. Funding support is through the B.C. Healthy Living Alliance and the Vancouver Foundation-sponsored and OCBR-led CBR Capacity Building Project.http://www.web.uvic.ca/~ccharlie/CBR%20Skills%20Building%20Workshops%202010.pdf

The CBR Skills Building: Vancouver Island Workshops- University of Victoria

Thu, 13 May 2010 09:00:00 EST

Community-Campus Partnerships for Health (CCPH) Conference

Wed, 12 May 2010 09:00:00 EST

Creating the Future We Want to Be: Transformation through PartnershipsWhenMay 12-May 15, 2010Where Portland, Oregon WhatThe conference, "Creating the Future We Want to Be: Transformation through Partnerships" promises to be CCPH's best yet as hundreds of community and campus partners convene for 4 days of skill-building, networking and agenda-setting! Whether you are new to community-based participatory research, service-learning or community-campus partnerships and looking for basics to get started, or you've been involved for years and seeking more advanced knowledge and connections, this is one conference you will not want to miss! We invite you to share your knowledge, wisdom and experience by submitting one or more proposals to present at the conference.Proposals for skill-building workshops, arts-based discussion sessions and posters are being sought for these conference sub-themes: *Journeys of transformation *Sustaining partnerships and the outcomes they achieve *Building capacity *Innovative and promising partnership practices *Community-based participatory research as a tool for social justice *Advancing health equity *Interprofessional, interdisciplinary and/or intersectoral collaborations *Youth and student leadership Download the call for proposals at http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/conf10-cfp.htmlWe're also thrilled to announce our opening keynote speaker, a community health leader who truly embodies the theme of the conference. Elder Atum Azzahir is Executive Director of the Powderhorn Phillips Cultural Wellness Center in Minneapolis, which works to "unleash the power of citizens to heal themselves and build community." Visit these websites to learn about her work and partnerships: http://www.ppcwc.org, http://www.rwjf.org/reports/npreports/chlpAzzahir.htm and http://www1.umn.edu/umnnews/Faculty_Staff_Comm/Office_for_Public_Engagement/Engagement_party.html. We look forward to reviewing your proposal and seeing you at the CCPH conference in Portland next May! Bobby Gottlieb, Chair, CCPH Board of Directors Sarena Seifer, Founding Executive Director, CCPH Contact Sarena Seifer, Founding Executive Director, CCPH sarena@u.washington.eduLinkswww.ccph.info****************************************************************************** Community-Campus Partnerships for Health promotes health (broadly defined) through partnerships between communities and higher educational institutions. Become a member today at www.ccph.infoExchange mailing list Exchange@ktecop.cahttp://ktecop.ca/mailman/listinfo/exchange_ktecop.ca

CAURA Annual Conference

Sun, 09 May 2010 09:00:00 EST

Calgary Hyatt Regency700 Centre Street SECalgaryCAURA would like to welcome you to Calgary, Alberta for our 39th Annual Conference. Calgary is well-known as a destination for winter sports and ecotourism with a number of major mountain resorts near the city and metropolitan area. Our Executive Committee has put together a program with a theme "Partnerships Work" that we hope you will gain valuable insight and have networking opportunities towards your professional and personal development.The preliminary program for the 2010 CAURA conference is now available. Please click here to view details. A copy of the final program will be included in the registration package provided to each participant upon registration at the conference.ResearchImpact will be leading a session on Monday, May 10 titled "Support for Faculty-based Knowledge Mobilization"Organizer: David Phipps, York University Speakers: David Yetman, Memorial University Dominique Robitaille, Université du Québec à Montréal Michael Johnny, York University Fiona Haynes, University of Saskatchewan Joaquin Trapero, University of Victoria Knowledge Mobilization is an emerging tool kit for research services. Similar to our technology transfer offices and UILOs knowledge mobilization can assist in the development and execution of partnership strategies that support large scale policy and practice relevant grant applications (mainly, but not exclusively from the social sciences and humanities). This session will feature videos of knowledge mobilization projects housed at Memorial, UQAM, York, U Saskatchewan and UVic. The videos will present the faculty perspective and the panel members will present the research and KM support service perspective.

Nutrition and Diabetes KM in the AM

Wed, 05 May 2010 09:00:00 EST

The YorkU KM Unit will be hosting a KM of the AM event on Wednesday, May 5th. The topic of the afternoon will focus on nutrition and diabetes, with brief presentations by researchers and community leaders, followed by ample time for questions, discussion, and networking.Confirmed Speakers:Mazen Hamadeh, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Health, School of Kinesiology & Health ScienceJesse Solomon, MSc Candidate, School of Kinesiology and Health ScienceInvited Speakers:Southlake Regional Health Centre, Diabetes Education CentreDate: Wednesday, May 5, 2010Time: 8:30 to 11:00 am. Full Breakfast will be served.Location: Southlake Regional Health Centre, Medical Arts Building,Conference Room B and C, 6th Floor, 581 Davis Drive, Newmarket, ON, L3Y 2P9MapSpace is limited. Kindly RSVP kejensen@yorku.ca to confirm your attendance

Town Hall Meeting with Dr. Chad Gaffield

Tue, 04 May 2010 09:00:00 EST

Stan Shapson, Vice-President Research & Innovation inivtes you to attend a Town Hall Meeting with Dr. Chad Gaffield President, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of CanadaTime: 2:00 to 3:30pmLocation: Manulife Lecture Hall, W132, Schulich School of Business, Keele Campus, York University#42 on the Keele Campus MapPlease R.S.V.P. by April 26, 2010 to Barbara Burrowes at 416-736-5296 barbb@yorku.ca

Risk & Accountability Symposium at York

Fri, 30 Apr 2010 09:00:00 EST

What do accountants, disaster specialists and health care professionals have in common? More than you think. Each of these occupations struggle daily with the challenge of having to evaluate and manage risk. Join us on Friday, April 30 from 8:30 am to 4:00 pm for a timely symposium at York University on Risk and Accountability.Learn how risk intersects across these occupations and other fields; consider how accountability influences different risk management processes; and get valuable insight into how to better manage your organizations’ response to risk through discussions with seasoned professionals, practitioners and academics.The main questions our symposium will explore include:How does accountability influence different risk management processes? In what ways are decision makers’ values and ideals incorporated into risk management?You’ll have the opportunity toEngage in a dialogue between academics and practitioners on topics including financial risk, disaster and environmental risk and patient risk. Exchange knowledge and experience on managing and responding to risk through break out sessions and roundtable discussions with practitioners, academics, alumni, students and other key stakeholders. Be inspired by two plenary sessions that will challenge you to rethink the ways in which you manage risk. Keynote SessionPersonal Longevity Risk: Will We Outlive Our Money?Moshe A. Milevsky, Associate Professor, Schulich School of BusinessIn this presentation Professor Milevsky will discuss how (i.) increasing human longevity, (ii.) declining pension coverage in Canada and (iii.) stressful financial markets around the world are creating a new and unique type of risk; recently coined "the lifetime ruin probability."Plenary sessions:Managing risk and staying accountable to stakeholdersAntoinette Bazoc, Vice-President, Human Resources and Legal Affairs, Canada Lands Corporation The Financial Crisis, Early Warning Systems Howard Adelman, Professor Emeritus, York University Concurrent Panel Sessions:Computer Tape: Accountants Dream of Taking RisksBe Afraid - Be Very Afraid: Risk Perspectives on the Environment, Society and CatastropheRisks in Patient Health Care: Complexity is the Easy PartFor additional information on the symposium and specific sessions please visit the website. RSVP your attendance to misaac@yorku.ca.We hope to see you there. Joanne Jones, Conference ChairPaul Evans, DirectorSchool of Administrative StudiesContact Information416-736-5210misaac@yorku.cawww.yorku.ca/laps/sas

2010 Ian P. Howard Lecture Series in Vision Science

Thu, 29 Apr 2010 09:00:00 EST

Color, Curvature, and Cortical ConnectionsCentre for Vision Research, York UniversityPresenter: Steven Zucker, Departments of Computer Science & Electrical Engineering - Yale UniversityTime: 2:00 pmLocation: Robert McEwen Auditorium - Room W141,Seymour Schulich Building#42 on the Keele Campus MapA wine and cheese reception will follow the lecture.For further information please check out: cvr.yorku.ca/meetings/IPH/ or contact Teresa Manini: manini@cvr.yorku.ca

2010 Clinical Practice Guidelines Institute

Sat, 24 Apr 2010 09:00:00 EST

2010 CPGI Clinical Practice Guidlines InstituteA participatory workshop designed to enhance the skills of clinicians engaged in evidence-based guideline development. Developed through a partnership of the Guidelines Advisory Committee at the Centre for Effective Practice, McMaster University, the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology and the Department of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation at the University of Toronto.Location: Department of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of TorontoAre you currently involved in developing evidence-based clinical practice guidelines in Canada? Are you interested in learning more about the factors that influence guideline quality? Is your organization trying to improve its process of guideline development?The CPGI is intended for those individuals and organizations currently engaged in developing evidence‐based clinical practice guidelines in Canada who wish to expand their knowledge of guideline development methods and standards and link with others involved in the process of guideline development.Join us for a 2 day participatory workshop designed to close the knowledge‐to‐practice gap by equipping clinicians with the capacity and skills needed to produce, share, promote and evaluate evidence‐based guidelines. Participants will share issues they have encountered in guideline development, receive brief targeted teaching and actively participate in a mock guideline development exercise guided by Canadian faculty experienced in guideline research, teaching and development.Registration opens January 2010.For more information, visit www.effectivepractice.org/CPGI.

ORION Summit 2010

Mon, 12 Apr 2010 09:00:00 EST

The 2010 ORION Summit will take place on April 12 and 13 at MaRS Collaboration Centre in downtown Toronto. According to the official release about the summit from ORION, this event is an ideal opportunity to network and meet the people and institutions at the forefront of new and advanced technologies, making a difference in science, research, and advanced teaching and learning.Researchers, educators, innovators, entrepreneurs and business and government leaders from across Ontario and throughout Canada come together at the summit to explore and showcase new and exciting developments in the following areas:advanced and collaboration technologiesdigital and interactive mediagreen technologies supporting innovation and researchhigh performance computingadvanced networked services and applicationssocial and professional networking for research and educationtechnology advancements and new and exciting network capabilities For more information, please click here to see the event poster or visit the ORION Summit web site.

The City Institute at York University (CITY) presents: The City Seminar

Fri, 09 Apr 2010 09:00:00 EST

An interdisciplinary series of presentations and discussions on urban landscapes, past and present. "The Vast Suburbs of Cairo: Slums, Desert Studios and Tarnished Dreamlands" Presenter: Karl Schmid, Anthropology, York UniversityKarl Schmid is a contract faculty member in the Department of Anthropology at York University. He has conducted research in Egypt on inequality and spatial control, included ethnographic, corporate, and archival analyses of tourism development, as well as the respatializations of the city of Luxor by the Egyptian government, World Bank, UNESCO, and the UNDP. He has published on methodologies of enclave-based ethnography and tourist imaginaries involved in the control of public space. His new research projects include grasping the diversity of suburban Cairo and the relationships between its highly segregated areas, and the potential social and cultural implications of peak oil and an energy transition within the Greater Toronto Area.Time: 12:30-2:00 pm Location: 142 HNES Building, York University#31 on the Keele Campus MapEveryone is welcome.

KT Canada Seminar Series

Thu, 08 Apr 2010 09:00:00 EST

Lost in Translation: How I found the way Dr. Ian Graham 1200-1300 ESTSt Michael's Hospital193 Yonge St. Map8th Floor Conference Room 8-003To access front door, buzz #3931 (Christine Marquez) Download: Poster (.pdf, 88KB)Download: Evaluation Form (Word .doc, 37KB)

Suburbia in Transition: Infrastructure and Planning in the In-Between City

Thu, 25 Mar 2010 09:00:00 EST

The City Institute at York University (CITY) presents a lunchtime panel featuring presentations by researchers from York University and urban planning professionals.When: 12:30 to 2:00 pmWhere: 7th Floor Lounge, York Research Tower, York University#95 on the Keele Campus MapPlease RSVP to city@york.ca by Monday March 22, 2010. Refreshments will be served. Everyone is welcome.

Nathanson Centre Legal Philosophy Between State and Transnationalism Workshop Series, Session 7 of 2009-2010

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:00:00 EST

Proportionality in Self-Defense and War Speaker: Prof. Jeff McMahan (Rutgers) Respondent: Prof. François Tanguay-Renaud (Osgoode) and Prof. Craig Scott (Osgoode) Speaker: Prof. Cecile Fabre (Univ. of Edinburgh) Location and Time: Room 036, Health, Nursing and Environmental Studies Building, 2:30-4:30 pmClick here for the 2009-2010 Website for this Series.For any queries, please contact the series co-organisers François Tanguay-Renaud (ftanguay-renaud@osgoode.yorku.ca) and Michael Giudice (giudice@yorku.ca).

The 2010 ‘Or ‘Emet Lecture

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:00:00 EST

Professor Jeff McMahan (Rutgers University) Location and Time: Room TBA, Time TBA Title:TBAFor more information, visit the Nathanson Centre upcoming events calendar here.

Leonard Wolinsky Lectures on Jewish Life and Education

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 09:00:00 EST

Environmental Challenges in Contemporary Jewish Perspective with Martin Yaffe, Hava Tirosh-Samuelson & Jeremy BensteinProfessor Martin D. Yaffe, University of North Texas, “Can a Jew Be a Skeptical Environmentalist?”Professor Hava Tirosh-Samuelson, Arizona State University, “Nature and Renewal in Modern, Jewish Thought”Dr. Jeremy Benstein, Heschel Center for Environmental, Learning and Leadership, “Jewish Legal Teachings on Environmental Issues”Time: 2:00Location: Robert R. McEwen Auditorium, Executive Learning Centre, Schulich School of Business, York University#94 on the Keele Campus MapFree and open to the publicThe Wolinsky Lectures are sponsored by the Israel and Golda Koschitzky Centre for Jewish Studies, the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, and the Faculty of Education.For further information: www.yorku.ca/cjs, 416-736-5823 or cjs@yorku.ca

York University Faculty of Education Annual Research Forum

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 09:00:00 EST

This year with speakers: Ron Owston, Jen Jenson, and Chloe Brushwood Rose. Wine and Cheese to follow talksTime: 2:00 to 4:00 Location: 280N York Lanes, York University #24 on the Keele Campus Map

'Women’s Perspectives on Student Development Conference

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 09:00:00 EST

Location: Toronto, Ontario Deadline for Abstracts: *November 1st, 2010* (New Deadline)! If you have not already, The Centre for the Study of Students in Postsecondary Education (CSS) at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE/University of Toronto) would like to invite you to submit an abstract and register to attend our Women’s Perspectives on Student Development Conference. Submissions and Registration can be completed at: **http://ocs.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/css/wpsd Submissions for poster and concurrent sessions are encouraged from all participants within and outside of institutions such as faculty, students, staff, foundations, government, research organizations, non-profits, etc... Conference Sub-Themes Include: -Student Engagement (Social, Emotional, Academic, Co-Curricular) -Student Experience (Teaching and Learning, Peer Relationships, Diversity, Gender, Retention, Time-to-Graduation, Debt Load, Mobility) -Student Affairs (Student Services, Registrar, Advising, Specialized Programming) -Inclusion (Programming, Accommodation, Identification) Keynote Speakers: *Dr. Janice Stein (March 4th, 2011), the Belzberg Professor of Conflict Management in the Department of Political Science and the Director of the Munk School for Global Affairs at the University of Toronto. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and an Honorary Foreign Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. *Dr. Carmel McNaught (March 5th, 2010), Director and Professor of Learning Enhancement in the Centre for Learning Enhancement and Research (CLEAR) at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Since the early 1970s, Carmel has worked in higher education in Australasia and southern Africa in the fields of chemistry, science education, second language learning, equity in education, eLearning, and higher education curriculum and policy matters.

YorkU KM Expo 2010

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 09:00:00 EST

Join us on Tuesday, March 2, 2010, when York University s KM Unit will be hosting their third annual KM Expo at Le Parc in Richmond Hill.The theme of the YorkU KM Expo 2010 is Bridging Cultural Boundaries: Push, Pull and Co-Production of Knowledge and we will explore the unique cultural boundaries that exist between university researchers, graduate students and their non-academic research collaborators from community organizations and government agencies. Featuring plenary, breakout, unconference and networking sessions, the KM Expo will explore how the push, pull and co-production methods of KM partnerships help universities and their partners become boundary organizations *.Date: Tuesday, March 2Time: 8:00 am to 5:30 pmLocation: Le Parc Conference and Banquet Centre, 8432 Leslie St (Highway 7 and Leslie), Richmond Hill Map to Location There is no cost to attend the Expo but space is limited. See below for the day's agenda (to be confirmed).Register early! RSVP to kejensen@yorku.ca or register online.* Boundary organization: an organization that sits at the boundary of and spans the cultures of research and action & of science and politics.

YorkU Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies RESEARCH Workshop on Commercialization

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 09:00:00 EST

Purpose: An expert presentation on commercialization of intellectual property arising from LA&PS research. The focus will be on patents and technology transfer and services offered through the Office of the Vice-President Research & Innovation.Presenter: Dr. David Phipps, Director, Research Services & Knowledge Exchange, Office of Research ServicesTime: 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.Location: 280 A York Lanes, York University#24 on the Keele Campus MapPlease RSVP to Lorraine Myrie (lmyrie@yorku.ca) or ext 22464.__________________________________________________________________________________________________The Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies (LA&PS) Research Office in the Office of the Dean supports and promotes faculty research at LA&PS. The Research Office provides information about research opportunities and supports faculty through the development of research grant proposals. The Office promotes LA&PS research by facilitating internal and external communication about LA&PS research interests, activities and accomplishments. The Office also provides research-related administrative assistance, including assistance with the financial administration of research funds. LA&PS faculty members are encouraged to contact the Research Office to discuss their research program, funding opportunities or any other research-related matters.

Canadian Business Ethics Research Network Business and Human Rights Symposium, Toronto

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 09:00:00 EST

Date: February 25 - 28, 2010 Location: Schulich School of Business, York University, 4700 Keele St., Toronto, ON [map]Information:www.cbern.ca/about/bhrs/ or abarber@cbern.caThis event is designed to draw Canadian academics, who are engaged in research on business and human rights from a variety of disciplines, into dialogue with each other and with non-academics actively engaged with human rights issues in what is becoming a dominant theme in the field of business ethics. The event will be limited to twenty-five active participants and will include five leading international scholars with active research interests in the field. REGISTRATION FOR THE EVENT IS NOW CLOSED

York Region School-Community Forum

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 09:00:00 EST

Over the past few years, collaboration and integration at the local level, driven by both local needs and provincial policy directives, have resulted in many changes in the school-community relationship.Are we getting it right? Are we taking advantage of all the opportunities? Do we have shared frameworks? Are our efforts having impact?For all those interested in discussing these and other pressing questions at a School-Community Forum, the time and location details are included below.An open-space process and agenda are being developed by the YRDSB’s Community Engagement Working Group in conjunction with the York Catholic District School Board, York Region Planning Forum on Children, Youth and Families, the York Region Social Planning Council, the Alliance to End Homelessness and others. More details will be circulated soon.Thanks to the Region of York for providing the space!Please contact Scott Milne (scott.milne@yrdsb.edu.on.ca) or Susan Taylor Simpson (susan@proactideas.ca) for further information.Date and Time: Wednesday, February 24th (Lunch: Noon to 1:00PM/Forum 1:00PM to 4:00PM)Location: Region of York Offices at 62 Bayview, Newmarket (Just North of Davis Drive on the West side)

ABEL Leadership Symposium

Fri, 19 Feb 2010 09:00:00 EST

Mobilizing 21st Century Teaching and LearningYork University, TEL Building8:30am – 4:00pmDescription:This leadership symposium prepares leaders to design strategies for system change that embraces the needs of the 21st century learner and the role that technology plays in supporting effective instructional practice. The symposium will be of interest to Directors of Education, Superintendents, Principals, Faculty, Curriculum Consultants and Leadership Development and Curriculum Consulting Staff.At this one-day session leaders will:Engage in meaningful conversation with thought leaders and colleaguesGain appreciation for the effective use of technology for teaching and learning from teacher-practitioners, principals and studentsExperience 21st century tools and learning strategies first-hand as participants in the symposiumBegin to design and develop system plans that mobilize 21st century teaching and learningLearn how the proven ABEL program and its sister project Learning Connections supports teams of teachers and leaders to work together to build instructional capacity for the effective use of technology for learning.Register here. For more information, please contact the Program Office at 416.736.2100 ext. 20020 or abelinfo@yorku.ca.

Nathanson Centre Legal Philosophy Between State and Transnationalism Workshop Series, Session 6 of 2009-2010

Fri, 19 Feb 2010 09:00:00 EST

Asymmetrical WarfareSpeaker: Prof. Cecile Fabre (Univ. of Edinburgh) Respondent:Prof. Idil Boran (York Philosophy) Location and Time: Room 036, Health, Nursing and Environmental Studies Building, 2:30-4:30 pmClick here for the 2009-2010 Website for this Series.For any queries, please contact the series co-organisers François Tanguay-Renaud (ftanguay-renaud@osgoode.yorku.ca) and Michael Giudice (giudice@yorku.ca).

St. James Town Resident Action Group Community Report Back

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 09:00:00 EST

The St. James Town Resident Action Group and the Wellesley Institute would like to invite you to come and hear about the work that we have been doing to try and turn the research we all did into action for a better neighbourhood. Date: Thursday, February 18thTime: 7:00 pm Location: Wellesley Community Centre, Room B2. Food will be served at 7:00 and we will hear from the members of the St. James Town Action Group about what they have been doing over the last several months. This has been an exciting time for the group. The Photo Voice project was displayed at City Hall and we had a chance to meet with Councillor Pam McConnell and about 20 staff from the city. We have been working with some of these staff and with other members of the community on issues like bicycle parking, recycling and community gardens. We will be talking about what we have done and what we think we can do in the future to make St. James Town a healthy neighbourhood. We want to hear from you about your ideas and whether you can help out with this important work. Please RSVP to Brian Eng at the Wellesley Institute (416) 972-1010 extension 230, so we can plan for food. Learn more about the St. James Town Initiative at http://sjtinitiative.com/g

2010 Ian P. Howard Lecture Series in Vision Science

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 09:00:00 EST

Functionally Specific Regions in the Human Brain:Evidence from fMRICentre for Vision Research, York UniversityPresenter: Nancy Kanwisher McGovern Institute for Brian Research - Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyTime: 2:00 pmLocation: Robert McEwen Auditorium - Room W141,Seymour Schulich Building#42 on the Keele Campus MapA wine and cheese reception will follow the lecture.For further information please check out: cvr.yorku.ca/meetings/IPH/ or contact Teresa Manini: manini@cvr.yorku.ca

York Univesity Faculty of Eduation Research Speaker Series

Thu, 11 Feb 2010 09:00:00 EST

(Tentative) Title: Researching and building community in education: a panel discussion on community work and research and schooling Speakers: Sandra Schecter, John Ippolito, Don Dippo Time: 2:00 to 4:00 Location: Renaissance Room, Vanier College, York University#56 on the Keele Campus Map

Art and Suburbs: Revisiting the Leona Drive Project

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 09:00:00 EST

Canada Research Chair and Associate Professor Janine Marchessault from the Film dept. will be hosting a panel discussion and film presentation on the Leona Drive project. Participating artists have been invited to reflect on the impact and significance of this exhibit. It will be an important opportunity to discuss the role that artists play within our civic communities. This presentation is part of the 2009-2010 Faculty Hour series spotlighting research underway in the Faculty of Fine Arts at York University. Admission is free and all are welcome.Time: 10:30 to 12:00Location: 214 Joan & Martin Goldfarb Centre for Fine Arts, York University#36 on the Keele Campus Map For information about this event: http://www.yorku.ca/finearts/events/?Event=18819&Month=2&Year=2010&Detail=Y

MITACS Step and Graduate Professional Skills Workshop

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:00:00 EST

Practice Your Presentation Skills ILunch will be served and limited travel funding is still available.Would like to let you know about interactive, hands-on, one-day workshops we are offering students at the graduate level and postdoctoral fellows. Please encourage your fellow students to register!Registration is open to all graduate students and post-doctoral fellows.Please note: you must enter valid credit card information to complete your registration. This information will be captured only, and if you do not cancel within the designated cancellation period, OR you do not attend the workshop, you will be charged the $50.00 deposit fee. You have 7 calendar days prior to the workshop to cancel without being penalized.Time: 8:30 to 4:30 (Registration 8:00 sharp!)Location: University of Toronto, Mississauga Campus, Communication, Culture and Technology (CCT) Building, Room CCT3000 MapRegister here!For a more detailed workshop description, please visit our web site at www.mitacs.ca***Limited funding is available for travel and accommodation for participants coming from other universities or the other two U of T campuses. For information on registration, please contact Joshua Dobbs, Events Coordinator at jdobbs@mitacs.ca. For information on the MITACS Skills Training and Entrepreneurship Program or to apply for travel & accommodation funding please contact Lena Hussain, Program Coordinator at lhussain@mitacs.ca. Please note: you MUST first register, then request travel funding, only those registered for a workshop are eligible for travel funding!

MITACS Step and Graduate Professional Skills Workshop

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:00:00 EST

Effective NetworkingLunch will be served and limited travel funding is still available.Would like to let you know about interactive, hands-on, one-day workshops we are offering students at the graduate level and postdoctoral fellows. Please encourage your fellow students to register!Registration is open to all graduate students and post-doctoral fellows.Please note: you must enter valid credit card information to complete your registration. This information will be captured only, and if you do not cancel within the designated cancellation period, OR you do not attend the workshop, you will be charged the $50.00 deposit fee. You have 7 calendar days prior to the workshop to cancel without being penalized.Time: 9:00 to 4:30 (Registration 8:30 sharp!)Location: University of Toronto, Scarborough Campus, UTSC Student Centre, SL232 MapRegister here!For a more detailed workshop description, please visit our web site at www.mitacs.ca***Limited funding is available for travel and accommodation for participants coming from other universities or the other two U of T campuses. For information on registration, please contact Joshua Dobbs, Events Coordinator at jdobbs@mitacs.ca. For information on the MITACS Skills Training and Entrepreneurship Program or to apply for travel & accommodation funding please contact Lena Hussain, Program Coordinator at lhussain@mitacs.ca. Please note: you MUST first register, then request travel funding, only those registered for a workshop are eligible for travel funding!

The City Institute at York University (CITY) present:The City Seminar

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 09:00:00 EST

An interdisciplinary series of presentations and discussions on urban landscapes, past and present. "Plotting Change: The Politics of Growing Environmental Consciousness in Toronto's Community Gardens" Adriana PrematDepartment of Anthropology, University of Western OntarioTime: 12:30-2:00 pm Location: 305 York LanesAdriana Premat has conducted research on the practice of urban agriculture since 1997. The bulk of her research has been focused on Havana, Cuba, where she approached the practice of urban agriculture as a window into broader societal changes, investigating among other things the implementation of sustainable agricultural technologies; shifting land-tenure patterns and access to food; and the redefinition of state-citizen relations in a context of restructuring economies and transnational governmentality. She has recently shifted her geographical focus and has completed a preliminary study in the city of Toronto, Canada, where she investigated the connections between urban agriculture and an environmentally-inspired agenda that attempts to re-define urbanites’ relationship to food and to “nature”. She is currently Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Western Ontario in London, Canada. Her research on urban agriculture, the privatization of public space, environmental practices and the state in Cuba has been published in City and Society (2009) and the European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies/Revista Europea de Estudios Latinoamericans y del Caribe (2003).Everyone is welcome.

Climate Science Workshop: Regional Climate Modelling Capacity in Ontario

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 09:00:00 EST

In light of Ontario’s urgent need to secure, develop and apply regionally strategic climate data, perspectives and approaches, and the provincial government’s need to respond to the recent Expert Panel Report on Climate Adaptation, York University and Toronto and Region Conservation Authority are hosting Climate Science Workshop: Regional Modelling Capacity in Ontario. Along with producing an inventory of climate science and research and modelling, the Climate Science Workshop will: identify sectors where the science of climate modelling is most advanced and where it is constrained or where there are gaps; look at opportunities for collaboration and cooperation to harness the pools of disparate research in more effective and coordinated ways; and explore tools for understanding the impact of modelling outputs and research in order to better bridge the climate science community with decision-makers and practitioners. Who this workshop is intended for:Climate scientists and modellers and other researchers from academia, government, the private and NGO sectors interested in physically-based regional climate modelling, the development of models, and outputs and uses. In addition, users of physically-based regional modelling outputs and related impact research such as: decision makers and practitioners from provincial and federal governments and municipalities, along with the private sector and NGOs. The need to better understand climate science capacity in Ontario: Although there are specific pools of research and expertise scattered throughout the province’s universities as well as in governments and the private sector, there is no current up-to-date inventory of the province’s climate science capacity – in particular of climate science and research focused at the regional scale. In their report to the Minister of the Environment, the Expert Panel on Climate Adaptation emphasized the need for the government to enhance its capacity “in the areas of climate science and computer simulations of future climate and its impacts” so that “government ministries are consistent and fully informed in their choice and application of climate modelling”.The report goes on to say, “that it is not clear what new regional modelling capacity might be needed and what can be provided with existing capacity”. This workshop aims to answer these questions and to explore opportunities for collaboration. I am pleased to invite you to attend the Climate Science Workshop: Regional Modelling Capacity in Ontario and I look forward to your participation. Regards, Michael Siu Associate Vice-President Research, York University Please use this link to register early for a workshophttp://events.signup4.com/climateworkshopFriday February 5th, 2010 Registration 8:00 am Workshop 8:45 to 4:30 pm Toronto and Region Conservation Authority Black Creek Pioneer Village 1000 Murray Ross Parkway Toronto, Ontario M3J 2P3 For more information please contact: 1-416-661-6600 x 6300 Please use this link to register early for a workshop http://events.signup4.com/climateworkshopWorkshop objectives: To delineate tools, techniques and resource requirements (scientific, computing and human) for the state of the art of physically-based regional climate modelling (RCM) To inventory current RCM and related impact and adaptation research, including individual and organizational research fociTo assess the ability to carry-out RCM by identifying strengths and gapsTo identify potential opportunities for collaboration Organized by York University and hosted by Toronto and Region Conservation Authority

Nathanson Centre Legal Philosophy Between State and Transnationalism Workshop Series, Session 5 of 2009-2010

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 09:00:00 EST

Is Modern Religious Liberty Sufficient for the Islamic Legal Maqsad (‘Ultimate Objective’) of Hifz al-din (‘Preserving Religion’)?Speaker: Prof. Andrew March (Yale) Respondent: Prof. Mohamad Al-Hakim (York) Location and Time: Room 036, Health, Nursing and Environmental Studies Building, 2:30-4:30 pmClick here for the 2009-2010 Website for this Series.For any queries, please contact the series co-organisers François Tanguay-Renaud (ftanguay-renaud@osgoode.yorku.ca) and Michael Giudice (giudice@yorku.ca).

RESEARCH MATTERS: Associate Dean of Research Speakers Series

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 09:00:00 EST

Research on ChinaTime: 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.Location: 280N York Lanes, York University#24 on Keele Campus MapPurpose: Monthly showcase of LA&PS Research Introduction: Dean Martin Singer Professor Barbara Crow, Associate Dean of Research Panel Chair: Professor Joshua Fogel, Canada Research Chair in Modern Chinese History, History Panel Presentations: Professor Joshua Fogel Canada Research Chair in Modern Chinese History, History “The Afterlife of a Material Object: The Mysterious Gold Seal of 57 C.E.” Professor Lee Li, Administrative Studies Chinese firms' competitive advantage in the world market Professor David Lumsden, Chair and Undergraduate Program Director, Anthropology Researching in a Chinese Municipality: Chongqing Professor Bernie Frolic, Political Science and Director, Asian Business & Management Program Canadian Relations with China since 1970 Please RSVP to Lorraine Myrie (lmyrie@yorku.ca, x22464) to allow us to prepare appropriately.

Institute for Feminist Legal Studies: Feminist Fridays

Fri, 22 Jan 2010 09:00:00 EST

Institute for Feminist Legal Studies, Osgoode Hall Law SchoolAn important program activity for the Institute is the seminar series, “Feminist Fridays.” In addition to faculty and students at Osgoode, the Institute welcomes faculty and graduate students from other departments at York University and beyond to attend and participate in these seminars, and to be part of the informal conversation in the receptions following them. Location: Room 207, Osgoode Hall Law School #32 on Keele Campus MapChair: Lisa Philipps, Associate Dean Research, Grad Studies and Institutional Relations, Osgoode Presenters: Joan Gilmour, Osgoode, “Legal, Ethical and Clinical Issues in Pediatric Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine: How Not to Get Lost in Translation”Sonia Lawrence, Osgoode, “Race and Education: ‘Racing’ Schools?” Bita Amani, Faculty of Law, Queen’s University, “Current Issues in IP for Women” Comment: Patricia Hughes, Executive Director, Law Commission of Ontario

The York Centre for International and Security Studies Event

Fri, 22 Jan 2010 09:00:00 EST

Arms Control, International Security and the Atlantic Alliance in the 21st CenturyTime: 5.30-6.30pm Location: Lecture Room 106, Accolade West Building, York University (Keele Campus)#93 on the Keele Campus MapSpeaker: Mr Ted Whiteside, Secretary of the North Atlantic Council, and Director of the NATO Ministerial and Summit Task Force in Brussels The theory and practice of Arms Control was one of the central pillars of the global security apparatus in the second half of the Twentieth Century.Since the end of the Cold War, policymakers at the international and national level involved with Arms Control issues have faced the challenges of adapting to a multi-polar international stage and the emergence of new patterns of proliferation and weapons development both at the strategic level, in terms of nuclear weapons, and the tactical level of small arms. This discussion will examine the response from policy-makers, both civilian and military, to the new realities of Arms Control and examine these issues in the context of the broader international security environment facing the countries of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).There will be an opportunity for the audience to exchange views and ask questions of the speaker, both in terms of Arms Control issues and NATO’s response to the challenges of weapons proliferation and other NATO issues. Ted Whiteside, a graduate of York University and the Université de Montréal, is currently Secretary of the North Atlantic Council, and Director of the NATO Ministerial and Summit Task Force in Brussels. Before taking up his current duties as Secretary of the Council, he was Director of the NATO WMD Centre. AgendaFriday 22nd January 2010 0900-0930: Coffee 0930-1000: Welcome and Introduction 1000-1200 : Panel IAn Arms Control Paradigm for the 21st CenturyKeith Krause, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies A Strategic Concept for Regulation of Arms Possession and Proliferation (SCRAP)Dan Plesch, SOAS (by video conference 1500 GMT) The Revolution in Military AffairsJames Der Derian, Watson Institute, Brown University Chair and Commentator: Mark Salter, University of Ottawa 1200-1300: Lunch 1300-1445: Panel IISmall Arms Control as a Transmission Belt of Imperial RelationsAnna Stavrianakis, Department of International Relations, University of Sussex (by video conference 18.00-19.45 GMT) Human Security and the Control of ArmsTaylor Owen, Oxford University (by video conference 18.00-19.45 GMT) Economy, Security and the Regulation of the Arms TradeNeil Cooper, Department of Peace Studies, University of Bradford Chair and Commentator: Sue Willett 1445-1500: Coffee 1500-1700: Panel IIINanotechnology Jim Whitman, University of Bradford Re-reading France’s Action directe: The Impact of Suicide Terrorism on Conventional TerrorismMichael Dartnell, Laurentian University at Georgian College From Arms Control to Denuclearization David Mutimer, Centre for International and Security Studies, York University Space and Missile Defences Columba Peoples, University of Bristol Reviewer and Commentator: James Keeley, University of Calgary 1730 - 1830:Keynote Address Arms Control, International Security and the Atlantic Alliance in the 21st Century Ted Whiteside, Secretary of the North Atlantic Council, and Director of the NATO Ministerial and Summit Task Force in Brussels Lecture Theatre 106, Accolade West, York University 1900: Reception and Dinner (Schulich Private Dining Room)Saturday 23rd January 2010 0830: Coffee 0845 - 1030: Panel IV Brandishing Tomahawks: Making and Unmaking the Sovereign Subject of Arms Control J. Marshall Beier, McMaster University On Stewardship and Sustainability: Intersecting Discourses of Arms Control and the Environment Samantha Arnold, University of Winnipeg Critical Geography and the Control of Arms Simon Dalby, Carleton University Chair and Commentator: Aaron Karp, Old Dominion University 1030 – 1045: Coffee 1045-1230: Panel V Postwar Security Promotion: From DDR to SSR Robert Muggah, Small Arms Survey (via video link from Rio de Janeiro 1345-1530) Controlling the Shadow Trade Mike Bourne, Queens University Belfast Arms Control and Gun Control Wendy Cukier, Ryerson University Chair and Commentator: Regina Karp, Old Dominion University 1230 - 1330: Lunch 1330-1445: Panel VI The Obama Administration and Arms Control Joanna Spear, George Washington University Humanitarian Organisations and Arms ControlRitu Mathur, York University The NATO Strategic Review and Nuclear Weapons: An Official’s View Ted Whiteside Chair and Commentator: Owen Greene, University of Bradford 1445 – 1500: Coffee 1500 - 1700: Roundtable: The Way Forward The workshop will conclude with a focused discussion of the International Network on Arms Control. In particular, the roundtable will consider the possibility of an International Network on Arms Control (INAC) – a global network of scholars and practitioners – together with a consideration of how to disseminate the results of the workshop best to those we seek to include in the INAC.

The Third Annual Tsai Lecture on Transnational Crime

Thu, 21 Jan 2010 09:00:00 EST

Professor Jean-Paul Brodeur (Université de Montréal) Title:TBA Time and Room: TBAFor more information, visit the Nathanson Centre upcoming events calendar here.

York Research Town Hall Meeting

Tue, 19 Jan 2010 09:00:00 EST

Featuring CIHR President Alain Beaudet 11am- 12:30pm in the Manulife Lecture Hall, W132, Schulich School of BusinessYork University#42 on Keele Campus Map

EDI focused symposium - sponsored by the Toronto Region Professional Network Centre (PNC)

Wed, 13 Jan 2010 09:00:00 EST

Time: 8:30am-3:30pmLocation: Premier Ballroom and Convention Centre9019 Leslie StreetRichmond Hill, ON L4B 4A3(905) 709-1759MapDescription:On January 13, 2010, an EDI-focused symposium (sponsored by the Toronto Region Professional Network Centre) is being held at the Premier Ballroom and Convention Centre in Richmond Hill. The symposium will feature sessions by Clyde Hertzman and Charles Pascal. Registration information is not yet available, but will follow.The Early Development Instrument is a developmental checklist for kindergarten teachers. It's designed to measure a child's developmental readiness as they start school."Developmental readiness" is not simply academic readiness. It includes a child's physical health and well-being, emotional maturity, social competence, communication and general knowledge, language, and cognitive development, all of which contribute to a child's success in the classroom.The ABEL Program Office will be creating a web space specifically to stream the EDI-focused symposium, which will officially launch in the coming months. For more information, please contact the Program Office at 416.736.2100 ext. 20020 or abelinfo@yorku.ca.

Scientist Knowledge Translation Training Workshop

Mon, 11 Jan 2010 09:00:00 EST

Scientist Knowledge Translation Training Workshop©Melanie Barwick, PhD, CPsych and Donna Lockett, PhD WHEN: Monday January 11th and Tuesday January 12th 2010 WHERE: 525 University Avenue, 7th Floor Boardroom, Toronto, Ontario (One block south of the Hospital for Sick Children, SE corner University and Elm) MAPTIME: 8:30am to 4:30pm COST: $400 (includes lunches, manuals, materials) REGISTRATION: http://guest.cvent.com/i.aspx?5S,M3,17204c05-c934-4744-b547-1172a62baebbMaximum 25 participants NOTE: To organize training for your organization at your site, please contact melanie.barwick@sickkids.ca For greater detail on this workshop, visit: www.melaniebarwick.com/training.php and click where it says “Please click here to get more information about this workshop. “

Nathanson Centre Legal Philosophy Between State and Transnationalism Workshop Series, Session 4 of 2009-2010

Wed, 06 Jan 2010 09:00:00 EST

The Evolving State and the Future of Global TradeSpeakers: Dennis Patterson (European University Institute)Respondent: Ruth Buchanan (Osgoode)Location and Time: Room 001, Health, Nursing and Environmental Studies Building, 2:30-4:30 pmClick here for the 2009-2010 Website for this Series.For any queries, please contact the series co-organisers François Tanguay-Renaud (ftanguay-renaud@osgoode.yorku.ca) and Michael Giudice (giudice@yorku.ca).

Ontario KTE CoP Winter Dinner

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:00:00 EST

The Ontario KTE CoP group will be having a winter dinner for it's members.In association with our annual Winter Solstice meeting there will be an exploration of Arts-Based Knowledge Translation; ethnodrama is an innovative KT strategy that uses theatrical performances based on research findings to disseminate research results to a variety of audiences. We have invited Dr. Katherine Boydell to present her arts-based KT work. Dr. Boydell has developed an original dance based on qualitative interviews with adolescents who have experienced first episode psychosis. We will view the DVD of the original dance performance and original music score, and Dr. Boydell will be on hand to describe the process of development, subsequent performances of the piece in Toronto high schools via CIHR KT funding, and to share her knowledge on Arts-Based KT with the COP.Fee: pay your own dinner (~$30 plus drinks) WhereTo be announcedContactSave your spot: RSVP to Melanie Barwick melanie.barwick@sickkids.ca

Youth Engagement KM in the PM

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 09:00:00 EST

The YorkU KM Unit will be hosting a KM of the PM event on Wednesday, December 2nd. The topic of the morning will focus on Youthengagement, with brief presentations by researchers and community leaders, followed by ample time for questions, discussion, and networking. This event has been organized by the Knowledge Mobilization (KM) Unit at York University, which operates in partnership with the Human Services Planning Coalition of York Region and the York Region District School Board.KM in the AM is a series of issue-based forums linking the university and community/government agencies to enhance research, the graduate student experience and knowledge mobilization. There will be brief presentations by researchers and community leaders followed by ample time for questions, discussion, and networking.Confirmed Panelists:Gordon Flett, Faculty of Health, Associate Dean of Research, Canada Research Chair (Personality and Health)Sandra Cunning, Clinical Director, Research and Evaluation, Kinark Child and Family ServicesJoanne McQuiggan, Executive Director, Thrive! The Canadian Centre for Positive Youth DevelopmentInvited Panelists:Ontario Ministry of Child and Youth Services, to speak about their recent document - Realizing Potential: Our Children, Our Youth, Our Future: Ontario Ministry of Children and Youth Services Strategic Framework 2008-2012.Mobilizing Minds, Youth-friendly mental health resources and decision aids that will assist young adults and those who support them make informed choices about mental health treatment options.Date: Wednesday, December 2, 2009Time: 1:30 to 4:00 pm. Coffee and light refreshments will be served.Location: York Research Tower, 5th Floor, Board of Governors RoomSpace is limited. Kindly RSVP kejensen@yorku.ca to confirm your attendance.

Canadian Business Ethics Research Network Pacific Region Hub: Business Ethics Mapping Project & Workshop, Vancouver

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:00:00 EST

Date: November 20, 2009 Location: The Atrium, BCIT Downtown Campus, 555 Seymour St., Vancouver, BC [map]Information: http://www.cbern.ca/dialogue/events/225.htmlThis 4-month project aims to identify, characterize and link with the research groups who are actively engaged or interested in supporting research related to Business Ethics, (Corporate Social Responsibility) in B.C. and the Yukon. This will be useful not only to identify group/(individual) activity and interests in natural resources development ethics (mining, fisheries, forestry, agriculture, energy sectors) but also in other domains. These groups are at the scale of individuals, organizations or established networks/centers, Corporations or their representative Associations, as well as government, aboriginal, academic and NGO organizations. The results of the survey will be discussed at a workshop at the Atrium, BCIT downtown campus, 555 Seymour Street, Vancouver, November 20, 2009.This workshop is conveniently scheduled after a one-day MSBC meeting on mining and sustainability at the same location and the CIM Annual Student Dinner (November 19, 2009).

National Brokers Meeting

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:00:00 EST

The KM Unit at York University will be leading this closed conversation between knowledge brokers at several Canadian Universities.

York Central Hospital's 1st Knowledge Exchange Symposium on Patient Safety

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:00:00 EST

12:00pm to 4:00pm Learn how evidence-based practice transforms patient safety by visiting our knowledge booths. All Physicans, staff, volunteers, patients, families and our external partners are invited to attend. Berwick Family Auditorium York Central Hospital10 Trench StreetRichmond Hill, Ontario

Research Matters

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:00:00 EST

The October RESEARCH MATTERS: Associate Dean of Research Speakers Series will feature a panel on “Pandemic Planning: The Case of H1N1”When1:30-3:30 pmWhereN926 Ross, York UniversityWhatSpeakers: Professor David Etkin, Graduate Program Director, Disaster and Emergency Management, Administrative StudiesDr. Khondoker Hassan, M.D., MADEM Program, Disaster and Emergency ManagementDr. Lilia Malin-Dubins, M.D., MADEM Program, Disaster and Emergency ManagementPatricia Yang, Emergency Management Ontario, MADEM Program, Disaster and Emergency ManagementContact Peter Taylorpat@yorku.caPhone: 416-736-2100

KM Peer to Peer Network, Toronto

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:00:00 EST

When11:00-1:30 pmWhereRoom 305, York Lanes, York UniversityWhatWe will be bringing together a growing number of researchers and staff at YorkU who have knowledge mobilization responsibilities within their portfolio. The objective of this informal network is to learn from one another and develop a professional network to help us do our KM work more effectively. Lunch will be provided.If you are a student, staff member or researcher at YorkU working in knowledge mobilization and would like to be a part of the KM Peer to Peer Network, please contact Krista Jensen, Knowledge Mobilization Officer at kejensen@yorku.ca.

SSHRC KIS/Cluster Meeting

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 09:00:00 EST

SSHRC will be hosting the third annual workshop for the Knowledge Impact in Society (KIS) Program in Ottawa.The overall goals for the event: For KIS and Clusters teams: to facilitate interactive panels on the results of the knowledge mobilization projects funded. For SSHRC: to benefit from participants’ input regarding the optimal role Council can play in supporting knowledge mobilization.This is a closed event for KIS grant holders.

York Homelessness Research Network Meeting

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 09:00:00 EST

When1:00-3:00WhereConference room, 5th Floor, Research Tower, York UniversityWhatThis year, each meeting will begin with a scholarly presentation by one of the YHRN members. For this year’s first meeting, we are delighted to announce that R. Harris Ali (Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University) will be presenting a paper titled: "Tuberculosis and the Politics of Homeless Mobility in Toronto".

Stockholm University Delegation, Toronto

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 09:00:00 EST

The KM Unit at York University will be hosting a delegation from Stockholm University to learn more about successful practice in KM and KT. Staff, faculty, students and non-academic collaborators have been invited to share their experiences in KT with a diverse group of researchers and administrators from Sweden. This is a closed meeting but look for an account of the day on our blog soon.

KTE CoP Workshop- What's the Point of 2.0?, Toronto

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 09:00:00 EST

Join the Ontario Knowledge Transfer and Exchange Community of Practice (KTECOP) for a half-day workshop to explore the impact of social media (wikis, blogs, twitter, RSS, etc.) on knowledge transfer and exchange.Monday, October 5, 2009 1:00-5:30 pm Gerstein Science Information Centre 9 King's College Circle, University of Toronto [map]This event is free of charge, but space is limited. Please register online on the KTE COP web site.Draft Agenda1:00 Welcome and Overview of the Day1:15 Journey through Social Media-A hands-on session withAlan Lepofsky, Director of Marketing at SocialText, followed by a Q and A2:15 O3 Collaboration- A hands-on introduction to social networking platform O3 Collaboration, with Gary Hilson, Projects + Alliances Consultant at Ontario Research and Innovation Optical Network (ORION), and Krista Jensen, Knowledge Mobilization Officer, York University 3:15 Break (snacks) 3:30 Case Study- Brent MacKinnon, Social Media Tools4:00 Discussion: How does social media fit with KTE theory? Facilitator: Peter Levesque, Director, Knowledge Mobilization Works4:45 Using the KTECOP Website- Scott Mitchell, Director of Knowledge Transfer, CMHA Ontario5:30 Closing Remarks- Dee Kramer, Associate Director, Networks & KTE, CRE-MSD, University of Waterloo

Federal Partners in Technology Transfer 2009 National Meeting

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 09:00:00 EST

David Phipps of ResearchImpact will be presenting at the Federal Partners in Technology Transfer (FPTT) 2009 National Meeting on June 18 at the Crown Plaza Hotel in Ottawa. For more details and to register, please visit the FPTT web site.
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Knowledge Transfer and Exchange Community of Practice

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 09:00:00 EST

ResearchImpact will be presenting at the upcoming Ontario Knowledge Transfer and Exchange Community of Practice meetingDate: Thursday, June 11th, 2009Time: 2:00 to 5:00 pmPlace: Institute for Work & Health,481 University Avenue, Suite 800, Toronto
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York Community Data Sharing Symposium II

Thu, 04 Jun 2009 09:00:00 EST

The KM Unit at York University is pleased to be co-hosting the second York Community Data Sharing Symposium being held on Thursday, June 4 from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm.York Community Data Sharing Symposium IIThe second in a series of sessions highlighting the power of data to strengthen the capacity of York Region's human service agencies.How an Electronic Commons Can Help Us Tackle Poverty in York RegionThursday, June 4, 2009 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.mMorning SessionHow the emergence of the electronic commons will help agencies and organizations share data and information? How can new ways of information-sharing change the way people talk to each other? How to use the web to create more options for mobilizing action among and within communities? Afternoon SessionHow can we transfer our knowledge to interactive discussions about efforts to address poverty in York Region? How can we use new information-sharing tools to change the ways we collectively tackle poverty in York Region?Guest Speakers, Panellists and Interactive Group DiscussionAt the end of the day, you will have a better understanding of new and upcoming web-based social networking technologies and how they can be used to share information and knowledge to better serve the needs of children, youth and families in York Region.Four locations linked by York University's ABEL broadband network:Main Site: Georgina Trade Training Inc., 5209 Baseline Road, SuttonSatellite Site: YRDSB Centre for Leadership & Learning, 300 Harry Walker Parkway South, NewmarketSatellite Site: Kinark Child and Family Services, 500 Hood Rd., MarkhamSatellite Site: York University, 2001 Technology Enhanced Learning Building, 4700 Keele St., TorontoOn-line Registration: www.yrdsb.edu.on.caRegistration $35.00 (lunch included) A limited number of remote connections with a reduced fee will be provided; please contact: Stephen Resnick, Stephen.rensink@yrdsb.edu.on for further information.For information on registration, the day s agenda and more, please contact: Scott Milne, Field Researcher, YRDSB scott.milne@yrdsb.on.ca

ResearchImpact at CAURA 2009

Sun, 24 May 2009 09:00:00 EST

ResearchImpact will be presenting at the 38th Annual Canadian Association of University Research Administrators (CAURA) Conference 2009 being held at the Westin Hotel in Ottawa.Knowledge Mobilization as an Evolving Role for University ResearchSunday, May 24 3:15-5:00Organizer:David Phipps, York UniversitySpeakers:Craig McNaughton, SSHRCDavid Yetman, Memorial University of Newfoundland and LabradorMichael Johnny, York UniversityFiona Haynes, University of SaskatchewanLaura Milne, University of VictoriaIncreasingly funding programs require our faculty to work with non-academic stakeholders and develop knowledge mobilization strategies (i.e. CIHR PHSI, SSHRC CURA, SSHRC Clusters etc.). Our technology transfer offices help our faculty develop commercialization strategies for NSERC I2I and CIHR PoP but who will help them develop applications with a KM component – you, in all your free time? What does a KM Unit do? How can the KM Unit support faculty and students? How do you manage the expectations of faculty and research partners? Do funding agencies even care? In an interactive format (no talking heads!) university based knowledge brokers will share their KM tools and their KM stories.Click here to view the full CAURA Program.Back

ResearchImpact at Congress 2009

Sat, 23 May 2009 09:00:00 EST

Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences is the largest multidisciplinary academic gathering in Canada, attracting delegates from Canada and around the world. This year Congress will be held in Ottawa at Carleton University. Visit ResearchImpact at our booth in the Bookfair located beside the Registration area in the Fieldhouse on the Carleton University campus.Back

Opportunity to Publish with Lorimer

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Lorimer is a Toronto-based publishing house that publishes books on social justice topics. Many of our titles act as introductions to particular subjects (e.g.,Family Violence, Women and Work, The Charter, Canada's Courts, Gay Marriage, etc.). Our books are typically written by academic authors, but are geared to the general public and to first- and second-year university students. You can learn more about our publishing program by going tohttp://www.lorimer.caWriters who are just starting their academic careers or are anxious to get a book on their c.v. quickly will find Lorimer a good publisher to work with. We make decisions much faster than university presses and pay writers an advance and royalties, which is not always the case at university presses. In many instances, we can also recommend writers for grants.We will carefully consider all proposals that meet our publishing mandate. Please submit a cover letter, outline, writing sample, and c.v. to Diane Young, Editorial Director, atdiane.young@lorimer.ca

Call for OPIRG York Working Groups

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The Ontario Public Interest Research Group at York (OPIRG-York) is lookingfor new working groups for 2010-2011!! OPIRG-York is a volunteer-driven, non-profit organization based at YorkUniversity. Fundamental to our operation are working groups. These workinggroups organize autonomously around various issues of social justice andenvironmental action. Some examples of current and former working groupsinclude: Students against Israeli apartheid (SAIA York), Fair Tradecoalition, York G20 Legal Defense committee, No One is Illegal studentnetwork (NOII), Students Together Against Detentions and Deportations(STADD), York Animal Rights Group, Students in Solidarity with Haiti, Offthe Grid, Prison Books Access Project and No Sweat. What Can OPIRG do for working groups?: All working groups are allocated a budget for projects and events theywish to have. These might include a speaker series, movie nights,handbooks, and zines. In addition to a budget each working group also hasaccess to OPIRG’s many resources: - phone, photocopier, fax machine - a radical resource library - computers with internet access - meeting space at the OPIRG office at the Student Centre (4700 Keele St, rm. C449) - anti-oppression, consensus decision making and facilitation skillstrainings are provided to all members of working groups for free! This is in addition to the help of OPIRG staff, board members andvolunteers for project support, visioning and outreach etc. APPLICATION PROCESS: To be considered for Working Group status please fill out the applicationform found online atwww.opirgyork.ca. This formallows the Working Group to concisely outline its goals and the way inwhich it embodies a particular issue. Once reviewed by the OPIRG Yorkboard of directors, the contact person will be notified of approval. If you have any questions about applying to become a working group and/orwhat the benefits of becoming a working group are please contact us at416-736-5724 oraruna@opirgyork.ca We are also in the office (C449, the Student Centre, York Univeristy, 4700Keele.) from 11am-6pm from Monday to Thursday. So please feel free to stopby anytime!

Call for participants for research project

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Are you currently pursuing undergraduate studies (in any discipline) at a Canadian University? Do you live in or around the Greater Toronto Area? Do you identify as a person of colour (Black, South Asian, East Asian, African Canadian, Middle Eastern, Indo-Canadian, non-white, mixed race, racialized)? Are ideas of race and racism important in your life? Are you Canadian born and if not, did you spend the majority of your childhood being educated in Canada? If you answered yes toallof the above questions, I want to talk with you! My name is Gulzar and I am currently a PhD student at the University of Toronto, conducting research on how students of colour at the undergraduate university level experience and think about racism in their lives. I am interested in talking to a wide range of individuals who may or may not be formally involved in activist work. Even if you have never formally participated in any kind of anti-racist or social justice work, I want to talk with you. If you do consider yourself an activist, I also want your valuable insights. Your activism might focus anti-racism but also include a wide range of social justice or equity concerns such as gender equity, anti-homophobia, class justice, anti-globalization work, disability rights, anti-war organizing and Aboriginal sovereignty. Your estimated participation time will be 1-2 hours. Conversation topics will include: the ways in which racism has affected your life in the university and beyond; your complex responses to racism; how racism relates to other forms of oppression; your own changing ideas of racism. If you are interested or want more information, please contact me immediately atgulzar.charania@utoronto.ca, so we can talk further about your participation in this project. All interviews will be held in September and October, 2010, in the Toronto area. Please forward widely. Thank you for your interest and support!

CWSE Annual Women's Human Rights Education Institutes2011 Now Taking Applications!

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Are you a women’s human rights defender? Do you want to increase your knowledge of women’s human rights? Do you want to use the UN system to support your activism, or train others on the principles of human rights? Do you want to better understand the impact of globalization on the realization of women’s human rights? Join other international activists, scholars, community workers, NGO representatives, lawyers, and educators at the Women’s Human Rights Education Institutes 2011. www.learnwhr.org The Women’s Human Rights Education Institutes is happy to announce that we are now open for applications for the 6-week “Women’s Human Rights Education Institute” with feminist jurist and activist Alda Facio, running from May 2 – June 10, 2011. We are also accepting applications for the 1-week “CEDAW for Change” module offered in collaboration with IWRAW-AP Malaysia, held from May 16—20, 2011. Don’t miss this incredible chance to learn about the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) and how to integrate it into your work and activism. Details follow, or visit our website at the address given above. DETAILS: 2011 Women’s Human Rights Education Institutes: WOMEN’S HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION INSTITUTE (WHRI): BUILDING A PEACEFUL WORLD IN AN ERA OF GLOBALIZATION SIX WEEK INSTITUTE May 2 – June 10, 2011 Directed by: Alda Facio, LLP with Debby Danard, PhD candidate; Mary Eberts LLB, LSM, LLM; Angela Lytle, MEd; Angela Miles, PhD; Martha Morgan, JD Centre for Women’s Studies in Education (CWSE), Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto (OISE/UT) Offered in Association with Fundación Justicia y Género, Costa Rica And WOMEN’S RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS! CEDAW for Change ONE WEEK INSTITUTE May 16-20, 2011 Directed by Alda Facio, LLP and Martha Morgan, JD Centre for Women’s Studies in Education (CWSE), Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto (OISE/UT) Offered in Association with IWRAW-AP Synopsis follows---for full information and the online application form, see our website at: www.learnwhr.org For inquiries, contact WHRI Executive Director Angela Lytle at info@learnwhr.org ____________________ Women’s Human Rights: Building a Peaceful World in an Era of Globalization 6 Week Institute Facilitators: Alda Facio with Debby Danard, Mary Eberts, Angela Lytle, Angela Miles, Martha Morgan, Mary Eberts Offered in Partnership with Fundación Justicia y Género, Costa Rica May 2 – June 10, 2011 Limited to TWENTY Canadian and international participants, so apply early to ensure consideration. Preliminary application deadline for full consideration is January 31, 2011. Applications will be considered on a rolling basis until the institute is full. Discounts on tuition may be available for unwaged/student/majority world applicants, as well as for multiple participants from one organization. This unique educational institute brings feminist perspectives and an activist orientation to the inextricably related issues of peace, human rights and life-sustaining development. Participants will develop a practical understanding of the UN Human Rights system and how to apply a women’s human rights framework to a multiplicity of issues. The six-week WHRI brings together a balance of academic/theoretical inquiry and engaged, activist praxis. Human rights, peace, and emerging alternatives to globalization are examined both as interconnected elements of a socially just and sustainable world and as alternative ways of knowing, acting, being, and interacting. Women’s human rights are both the subject and the guiding framework of the institute. This is reflected in the teaching principles and methodology. The WHRI aims to create a safe, supportive, and celebratory space that allows for collective sharing and knowledge-building alongside skills training. Classes are participatory, incorporate a broad variety of readings, videos, and activities, and in an effort to promote integration and well-being, participants are offered gentle yoga classes twice a week. All instructors have extensive activist experience at local, national and international levels and are known for their theoretical, academic and policy contributions in these areas. To maximize each individual’s learning opportunity, participants are limited to TWENTY and come from all regions of the world, many with a great deal of experience in the field of women’s human rights. CEDAW For Change -1 Week Intensive Institute Facilitators: Alda Facio and Martha Morgan, with Angela Lytle Offered in Partnership with International Women’s Human Rights Action Watch-Asia Pacific (IWRAW-AP) May 16 – 20, 2011 Applications ongoing, but a deposit is required by April 16th, 2011, to ensure a space. We will continue to allow enrolment until we reach capacity. International applicants should apply before March 20, 2011, to ensure full assistance with visa procedures. Discounts on tuition are available for unwaged/student/majority world applicants, as well as for multiple participants from one organization. The CEDAW for Change module within the six-week WHRI is open for additional enrollment as a one-week intensive for those who cannot attend the full course. One-week participants will join the six-week programme participants in this one-week module designed to cultivate a better understanding of the principles of non discrimination and equality as enshrined in CEDAW (Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women) and each State’s obligation to respect, protect and fulfill women’s human rights. Participants will be helped to frame whatever issues they are working on within a human right’s framework from a gender perspective. This session stresses the multiplicity of forms of discrimination women from diverse situations experience. During the week we will learn through activities focused around identity and interconnectedness, the complex nature of discrimination, the impact of culture and religion on women’s rights, and activism against discrimination. We will examine case studies that have come before the CEDAW committee and will explore ways in which CEDAW can be used to support local and national level activism through the submission of Shadow Reports by NGOs and through the CEDAW Optional Protocol. For full details and the online application form, see our website at: www.learnwhr.org . For inquiries, contact us at: info@learnwhr.org

Opportunities - CERIS - The Ontario Metropolis Centre is accepting proposals for research grants for the 2011-2012 fiscal year.

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CERIS - The Ontario Metropolis Centre, established in March of 1996, is one of five Canadian research centres under the Metropolis project, an international network for comparative research and public policy development on migration, diversity, and immigrant integration in cities in Canada and around the world. Proposals should focus on policy-relevant research questions associated with the six Domains of CERIS research activity: - Citizenship and Social, Cultural and Civic Integration - Economic and Labour Market Integration - Family, Children and Youth - Justice, Policing, and Security - Welcoming Communities: Building Capacity in Regions, Cities, and Neighbourhoods - Health and Well-being CERIS funds three types of research projects: a) synthesis of research findings from the literature; b) studies based on new empirical data (qualitative and/or quantitative); c) secondary data analysis. Successful projects will be funded for up to 18 months for a maximum of $20,000. Further information and the application form are available on the CERIS website: http://ceris.metropolis.net/frameset_e.html Applications to CERIS must be signed by the Office of Research Services. Please submit the full proposal, signed by the applicant and the head of the administering unit to Christine Kwan in Research Services by Tuesday, January 25, 2011, accompanied by a completed RIS form with all necessary signatures and any documentation required to support your eligibility to hold research funding at the University of Toronto. The blank RIS form is available at http://www.research.utoronto.ca/funding/pdf/ris_blue.pdf Please note that the sponsor's deadline is 4 pm, Friday, January 28, 2011 -proposals must be RECEIVED by this time at the CERIS main office: Dr. Judith K. Bernhard c/o Yuko Sorano, CERIS Coordinator 8th Floor, York Research Tower 4700 Keele Street Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 For information, please contact me at c.kwan@utoronto.ca or 416-946-0246 or visit our website at:http://www.research.utoronto.ca/for-researchers-administrators/funding-sourc es/funding-opps/?showopp=755

Call for papers - "Post-racial Imaginaries" darkmatter Journal

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Special Issue (November 2011)Increasing reference to the notion of 'post-race' is suggestive of an emergent discursive framework in critical approaches to race and racism. 'Post-race', 'post-racial', 'post-black', and associated ideas, are being mobilized in various theoretical, cultural and political discourses to describe new racial formations. Post-race requires us to question in new ways the precepts of race thinking, positing the end of race as a point with which to think racial futures. The imprecise nature of much 'post-' talk means there has yet to be a rigorous assessment of the significance of post-race and its cognate terms, beyond simple endorsement or dismissal. This special issue of darkmatter Journal is interested in delineating the contours of the 'post-racial' turn by asking: what is the post-racial? What are the conditions of its emergence? What assumptions and claims does it make about the logics of racism? What critical and political work is the term doing? What does the ‘post’ in post-race mean? How is racism theorized in post-race? What is the relationship between colonial history and the post-racial? When and where is the post-racial? Who claims post-raciality? Given the multiple registers of post-race talk, these fundamental questions might be addressed in relation to: * The shifts from race to ethnicity, cultural difference and multiculturalism; * The ontology and epistemology of race; * Obama and the politics of anti-racism; * Utopia and the end of racism; * Modernity, history, nation and racial memory; * After whiteness; * Feminism, sexual politics and multiraciality; * Neoliberalism, Marxism and class politics; * Globalism, Orientalism, anti/post/de-colonialism; * Post-black aesthetics, popular culture and politics; * Digitalization, bio-technologies, genetic engineering and racial mutations Submissions: between 1,500 - 8,000 words are welcome, as are alternative formats such as commentaries, reviews, audio, visual and digital contributions. Please email a 400 - 500 word abstract to: submit@darkmatter101.orgPlease note: submissions to darkmatter are now subject to external peer review. If your contribution is intended for the less formal (and non-peer reviewed) ?commons? section, indicate this on your submission. Deadline for Abstracts: 1st Feb 2011Deadline for Articles: 1st Aug 2011 Publication date: Nov 2011 Contact: darkmatter Journal Email: editors@darkmatter101.orgWeb: http://www.darkmatter101.org

Call for papers - Demeter Press is seeking submissions for an edited collection on Mothering and Literacies

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Editor: Amanda Richey Publication Date: 2012/2013 Deadline for abstracts: April 15, 2011 This collection will explore the connections between mothering/motherhood and literacy as it is broadly defined. Literacy, in this case, encompasses reading/writing literacy as well as multimodal, "new"/digital, and contested multiliteracies that are socio-culturally situated and contextually defined. Mothers are often the object of cultural and popular discourses on family literacy, as well as targets in international campaigns to increase literacy learning. There has been little scholarly attention paid to how mothers in diverse socio-cultural contexts *do* literacy, as well as how "new" digital literacies have been mediated or challenged by mothers and motherhood. By critically examining the connections between mothers and literacies, this collection will open up a new area of inquiry. We especially encourage submissions that interrogate popular discourses about mothering and literacy in and out of educational contexts. Also welcome in this volume are alternative or new definitions of literacy/literacies across a diverse array of community contexts and disciplinary areas. *Suggested topics may include but are not limited to:* Motherhood studies' and New Literacy Studies; family literacy; race, class, ethnicity and mothering; Motherwork; Adrienne Rich and literacy; being mothered in school; intersectionality, constructions of mothering/motherhood as literate practice, as social activism, as a set of literacies; reading/literacy education; teen pregnancy and school experience; literacy narratives; pedagogical practices in prek-16 (and beyond); adult education pedagogy; Paulo Freire and motherhood/parenthood; mothers and fathers "doing" literacy; mothering as literacy; motherhood and poetry, blogging, fiction, nonfiction, essay-writing, mommyblogging; the "new momism;" parenting as literacy, autoethnography of mothering and literacy learning/teaching; multiliteracies; language learning and mothering; homework literacies; cyber-literacies; health literacies and reproductive technologies; literacy/motherhood journey; narrative & autobiographical accounts of literacy; mothering in educational contexts; "other" mothers in education; gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgender mothering and literacy; reading and writing though/about pregnancy, birth, motherhood, adoption; photojournalism/photo-documentation as literacy; Facebook as a "new literacy" for mothers/mothering; bicultural/bilingual family literacy; international mothering; women's literacy initiatives in international development; family literacy discourses; "teach the parent, reach the child," and popular literacy advice; discourse analysis of literacy advice/texts/campaigns; quilting/sewing/cooking as literacy; oral literacy, storytelling and motherhood; feminist literacy; popular cultural and the maternal; homeschooling literacy and family practices; mothers, religion, and literacy; mothering in the academy; mothering as literacy assessment; grieving literacies; deconstructing literacy; critical literacy in education and beyond; educational policy, motherhood, and literacy *Submission Guidelines: Abstract submissions should be 250 words. Please also include a brief biography (50 words). *Deadline for abstracts is April 15th, 2011* Please send submissions directly to Amanda Richey at amandarichey73@gmail.com Accepted papers of 4000-5000 words (15-20 pages) will be due November 1st, 2011 and should conform to MLA style.

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