CAMPUS NOTES

Women's campus safety initiatives:
call for proposals
The Women's Safety Standing Committee of the York University Security Advisory Council invites proposals for educational projects and activities to promote the safety of women and trans people on campus.

Applications are encouraged from recognized student organizations, but applications from other non-affiliated individuals will also be considered. Wherever possible, individuals with a proposal idea should seek out a recognized student organization to sponsor their project.

Accepted projects will receive funding through the women's campus safety grant provided by the province of Ontario through the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities.

The criteria for selection is as follows:

• Proposals for projects that will promote safety by addressing oppression, sexual harassment and/or violence affecting trans-identified and women-identified people on York University (Keele campus and/or Glendon campus) are encouraged.
• Priority will be given to new initiatives that address safety on campus which operate from an anti-oppression framework.
• Initiatives must be completed and summary reports submitted by June 28, 2006.
• Submissions from or on behalf of the following at risk campus populations are especially encouraged: trans persons, women/trans people with disabilities, shift workers, women/trans people in non-traditional studies, lesbians, bisexual women, queer-identified women, two-spirited women, women of colour, aboriginal women, questioning women, asexual women, international students and continuing education students.
• Proposed projects should address the specific concerns of any or all of the above mentioned identity groups.
• Salary costs are not eligible for funding.

Fill out the application form, available by clicking here, and attach the appropriate information. All proposals will be reviewed and adjudicated by the Women's Safety Standing Committee of the York University Security Advisory Council. Send hard copies to Christine Grossutti, room 325 Student Centre, Keele campus.

Electronic applications should be sent to gsawomen@yorku.ca.

Thanks-for-Giving food drive and art show
York’s Centre for Student, Community & Leadership Development (SCLD) is supporting a student-driven Thanks-for-Giving food drive and art show this week. The intention is to raise awareness about hunger both on- and off-campus through visual images while also collecting food for those in need.

Donation collection boxes have been placed throughout the Keele campus. Members of the York community are encouraged to make a donation of dried or canned food. Baby food, formula and canned, protein-rich food such as tuna are especially important. The project is a collaboration between Winters College, York Federation of Students and SCLD. All donations will be sent to the North York Harvest Food Bank and York's own "Food 4 Thought" on-campus food bank.

The drive began yesterday and runs to Friday, Oct. 14. Running in conjunction with the food drive is an art show in the Eleanor Winters Art Gallery, room 123 Winters College. The venue is a student-run gallery which is dedicated to exhibiting the works of students and student groups.

Faculty of Graduate Studies puts out call
for Teaching Award nominations
The Faculty of Graduate Studies’ Teaching Award is bestowed annually on a member of the Faculty who has displayed sustained excellence and enthusiasm in teaching at the graduate level at York University.

The award recognizes teaching and supervisory excellence. Other elements taken into consideration include scholarly, professional or teaching development, initiatives in the graduate program, and curriculum development. The nominator may be any member of the Faculty of Graduate Studies, including faculty, graduate students or staff.

Nominations must reach the FGS Council Office (283 York Lanes) by Nov. 15. For more information on how to submit a nomination, call Gary Jarvis, associate dean of the Faculty of Graduate Studies, at ext. 66957, or M. Michael Schiff, assistant secretary of council, at ext. 22264. Click here for the full nomination criteria and submission process.