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2023
September
News, Updates, Publications
Welcome Back!
Dear Tubman members, community, and friends,
The Harriet Tubman Institute welcomes you back into the new academic year! We are excited to share upcoming events with you at the annual Open House (see details below). If you’re on the Keele Campus, feel free to stop by our open study spaces, or book the Study Room (YL 316) or Meeting Room (YL 332) on the third floor of York Lanes by sending a request to tubman@yorku.ca. Our Resource Room is also bookable through this form.
The Tubman space is open on weekdays from 8:30am-4:30pm EDT.
Tubman Events
The Harriet Tubman Institute’s Open House
Date: Thursday, September 14, 2023
Time: 12:00pm-2:00pm ET
Location: 314 York Lanes, York University
The Harriet Tubman Institute will be hosting its annual Open House to welcome back Tubman Members, community, and friends. All are welcome!
Fall Semester Tubman Talks: Seed Grant Recipients
Mark your calendars! This Fall Semester we will be hosting a very special series of Tubman Talks with the recipients of the Harriet Tubman Institute’s Seed Grant. These HTI scholars will share the projects they have been working on over the past couple of years.
Tubman Talks take place Thursdays from 2:30-4:00pm ET in hybrid format. Zoom registration links will be sent out on a weekly basis in these newsletters.
Read more about Tubman Talks here.
Upcoming York Events and News
Project to explore experiences of Syrian, Ethiopian refugees
The community-led, collaborative project will explore the complexities and challenges of racism faced by Syrian and Ethiopian refugees in Canada.
See the full YFile article here.
We Do It For The Culture: A Hip Hop 50 Event Series - Citizen Kane’s Spade: Toronto’s OG B-Boy
Date: September 22, 2023
Time: 6:30pm – 10:00pm EDT
Location: Music Room, Hart House, University of Toronto
On September 22, 2023, Roots Rhymes Collective in collaboration with The Urban at York University, Hart House at the University of Toronto, CIUT 89.5, and the Hip Hop Education Center invites you to:
“Citizen Kane’s Spade: Toronto’s OG B-Boy” as part of the inaugural event series "We Do It For The Culture: A Hip Hop 50 Event Series" - which celebrates 50 years of Hip Hop history across the globe.
On that evening, we honour the urban and cultural histories of Toronto Hip Hop culture through a retrospective of the three-plus decade career of Hip Hop artist Jeff ‘Spade’ Duke. Having mastered the Hip Hop artistic elements of graffiti (as Crazy Roc of the Graffiti Knights), breakdancing (as a dancer for Canada’s Queen of Hip Hop Michie Mee among others), emceeing (as the legendary emcee Spade of Citizen Kane), and music production at Treehouse Records (an independent music label he co-created and co-owns). To celebrate his legacy as an artist, innovator and entrepreneur, we will begin with a conversation moderated by Michele Geister - creator of MuchMusic’s RapCity - and commentary from K-Cut (of New York City rap group Main Source) and Mathematik (of Toronto rap group Down to Erf), and will close with a special screening of director Alison Duke’s “Raisin’ Kane: A Rapumentary” which highlights the journey of Citizen Kane to promote their sophomore album Deliverance.
To register, visit: https://www.rootsrhymescollective.com/spade-event
For more information about the entire event series, visit: www.rootsrhymescollective.com
Event Contact:
Francesca D'Amico-Cuthbert, PhD
Adjunct Professor, Urban Studies Program
Department of Social Science
Other Events & Opportunities
Princeton in Africa Nexus Program Application & Information Session
Information Session
Date: September 13, 2023
Time: 12:00-1:30pm EDT
Location: Zoom information will be sent upon registration
Application Deadline: Wednesday, October 25, 2023 at 11:59pm Eastern
- Princeton in Africa (PiAf) is a non-profit organization that offers yearlong paid post-graduate fellowship opportunities to graduates of US-accredited colleges & universities with a variety of organizations working across the African continent.
- The Nexus Program is for applicants who are citizens of an African country who are residing on the African continent and who are recent graduates or graduating seniors of a bachelor's, master's or PhD program at an African university.
The Princeton in Africa Nexus Program pairs 5 Nexus Fellows, who are citizens of African countries educated and resident on the African continent, with 5 Fellows educated at U.S. accredited institutions in the same fellowship host organizations on the African continent for a co-fellow exchange of skills, knowledge, leadership, and technical expertise. All Nexus applicants must be citizens of an African country who are residing on the African continent and who are recent graduates or graduating seniors of a bachelor's, master's or PhD program at an African university. The Nexus Program is an addition to PiAf’s signature fellowship program tailored for young leaders educated at U.S.-accredited institutions. Additional information regarding Nexus can be found here as well as in our FAQs.
Princeton in Africa will be holding their first info session for prospective applicants on Wednesday, September 13 from 12:00-1:30pm EST. The info session will be held on Zoom and a recording will be emailed to all who register. We will also be holding a Professional Sectors Alumni Panel and Black & African Alumni Panel, where prospective applicants will be able to hear from Princeton in Africa alumni about their fellowship experiences. Prospective applicants should email piafapp@princetoninafrica.org to join the email list and get updates about these events.
Prospective applicants can also connect with Princeton in Africa on Instagram (@princetoninafrica), Twitter (@PiAfinAction), Facebook, and LinkedIn.
HOW TO APPLY
Princeton in Africa’s application is now live! To access the application and find out more information about Princeton in Africa, please visit the “How to Apply” section of their website. The application deadline is Wednesday, October 25, 2023 at 11:59pm Eastern.
Simcoe Country Museum: Call for Speakers for Virtual Lecture Series
To celebrate Black History Month, the Simcoe County Museum will be organizing a virtual lecture series throughout February. The series will showcase notable Black Canadian historians hailing from both the local region and the entire country. Each lecture will explore various aspects of the rich history of Black individuals, not only from Simcoe County but also in broader contexts. Each talk, lasting up to 45 minutes, will be followed by a question and answer session.
Past presentations have covered an array of topics, including:
- The Sheffield Park Museum
- Boots on the Ground: Serving the Public Interest
- The Voice of the Fugitive: Henry Bibb and the Origins of Canada's Black Press
- Slavery and Emancipation in Canada
- Examining Different Perspectives
- Navigating Academic and Community Spaces
If you're interested in potentially becoming a speaker for this series, please get in touch with Meredith Patterson. You can reach out via email at Meredith.patterson@simcoe.ca or by phone at 705-728-3721.
News, Updates, Publications
New Publication by Tubman Member Zulfikar A. Hirji: "A Corpus of Illuminated Qurʾāns from Coastal East Africa", Journal of Islamic Manuscripts 14 (2023)
Abstract: This article examines a little-known corpus of illuminated Qurʾān manuscripts that were produced between ca. 1750–ca. 1850 in the Swahili city-states of Pate, Siyu, and Faza on Pate Island in the Lamu archipelago (Kenya). Now dispersed in collections in Kenya, Tanzania, Oman, the UK, and the USA, the manuscripts have many distinctive features: decorative frontispieces, sūra titles, basmalas, and division and prostration markers; locally developed Arabic script styles; colophons containing names of copyists and completion dates; endowment dedications; northern Italian-made paper; and, blind-stamped, leather covers. The list of known manuscripts presented in the appendix is aimed at encouraging the identification, digitization, and study of other manuscripts in the corpus. The study of their content, materiality, and contexts of production can advance scholarship on the histories of Islamic manuscript production in coastal East Africa and provide comparative material for manuscript studies in other regions of Eastern Africa and the Indian Ocean.
Tubman Fellow Collette Murray recognized by National Dance Education Organization (NDEO) for Outstanding Leadership in Justice, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Virtual Awards Ceremony: September 13th, 2023, 7pm ET
Collette Murray is a dance scholar in arts education, community arts engagement and Afrodiasporic dance vernacular. Collette centralizes dance education in teaching, mentorship, and advocacy of the Canadian African diasporic dance sector. Her multi-award recognitions are for advancing the importance of cultural arts and anti-racism work in dance in Ontario and for significant contributions to collaboratively work with culturally diverse communities and creating access to arts and culture in Toronto. With a background in West African, Caribbean folk, and stilt-walking/dance, Murray pursues a Ph.D. in Dance Studies at York University on the pedagogical training of Afrodiasporic dance educators. Murray holds a master’s in education, an Honours BA in Race, Ethnicity and Indigeneity from York University, and a Sociology BA from the University of Toronto. Miss Coco Murray is her mobile dance education business, and she is artistic director of Coco Collective, an intergenerational team offering culturally responsive dance programs and cultural arts education of African and Caribbean practices to schools, organizations, and communities. Murray leads as Board Chair of Dance Umbrella of Ontario, a National Council member of the Canadian Dance Assembly, and the Board of Directors for Arts Etobicoke to bring an equity and decolonizing lens for change.
Read more here.
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Tubman Events
The Harriet Tubman Institute’s Open House
Date: Thursday, September 14, 2023
Time: 12:00pm-2:00pm ET
Location: 314 York Lanes, York University
The Harriet Tubman Institute will be hosting its annual Open House to welcome back Tubman Members, community, and friends. All are welcome!
Fall Semester Tubman Talks: Seed Grant Recipients
Mark your calendars! This Fall Semester we will be hosting a very special series of Tubman Talks with the recipients of the Harriet Tubman Institute’s Seed Grant. These HTI scholars will share the projects they have been working on over the past couple of years.
Tubman Talks take place Thursdays from 2:30-4:00pm ET in hybrid format. Zoom registration links will be sent out on a weekly basis in these newsletters.
Read more about Tubman Talks here.
Upcoming York Events and News
We Do It For The Culture: A Hip Hop 50 Event Series - Citizen Kane’s Spade: Toronto’s OG B-Boy
Date: September 22, 2023
Time: 6:30pm – 10:00pm EDT
Location: Music Room, Hart House, University of Toronto
On September 22, 2023, Roots Rhymes Collective in collaboration with The Urban at York University, Hart House at the University of Toronto, CIUT 89.5, and the Hip Hop Education Center invites you to:
“Citizen Kane’s Spade: Toronto’s OG B-Boy” as part of the inaugural event series "We Do It For The Culture: A Hip Hop 50 Event Series" - which celebrates 50 years of Hip Hop history across the globe.
On that evening, we honour the urban and cultural histories of Toronto Hip Hop culture through a retrospective of the three-plus decade career of Hip Hop artist Jeff ‘Spade’ Duke. Having mastered the Hip Hop artistic elements of graffiti (as Crazy Roc of the Graffiti Knights), breakdancing (as a dancer for Canada’s Queen of Hip Hop Michie Mee among others), emceeing (as the legendary emcee Spade of Citizen Kane), and music production at Treehouse Records (an independent music label he co-created and co-owns). To celebrate his legacy as an artist, innovator and entrepreneur, we will begin with a conversation moderated by Michele Geister - creator of MuchMusic’s RapCity - and commentary from K-Cut (of New York City rap group Main Source) and Mathematik (of Toronto rap group Down to Erf), and will close with a special screening of director Alison Duke’s “Raisin’ Kane: A Rapumentary” which highlights the journey of Citizen Kane to promote their sophomore album Deliverance.
To register, visit: https://www.rootsrhymescollective.com/spade-event
For more information about the entire event series, visit: www.rootsrhymescollective.com
Event Contact:
Francesca D'Amico-Cuthbert, PhD
Adjunct Professor, Urban Studies Program
Department of Social Science
Other Events & Opportunities
Princeton in Africa Nexus Program Application & Information Session
Information Session
Date: September 13, 2023
Time: 12:00-1:30pm EDT
Location: Zoom information will be sent upon registration
Application Deadline: Wednesday, October 25, 2023 at 11:59pm Eastern
- Princeton in Africa (PiAf) is a non-profit organization that offers yearlong paid post-graduate fellowship opportunities to graduates of US-accredited colleges & universities with a variety of organizations working across the African continent.
- The Nexus Program is for applicants who are citizens of an African country who are residing on the African continent and who are recent graduates or graduating seniors of a bachelor's, master's or PhD program at an African university.
The Princeton in Africa Nexus Program pairs 5 Nexus Fellows, who are citizens of African countries educated and resident on the African continent, with 5 Fellows educated at U.S. accredited institutions in the same fellowship host organizations on the African continent for a co-fellow exchange of skills, knowledge, leadership, and technical expertise. All Nexus applicants must be citizens of an African country who are residing on the African continent and who are recent graduates or graduating seniors of a bachelor's, master's or PhD program at an African university. The Nexus Program is an addition to PiAf’s signature fellowship program tailored for young leaders educated at U.S.-accredited institutions. Additional information regarding Nexus can be found here as well as in our FAQs.
Princeton in Africa will be holding their first info session for prospective applicants on Wednesday, September 13 from 12:00-1:30pm EST. The info session will be held on Zoom and a recording will be emailed to all who register. We will also be holding a Professional Sectors Alumni Panel and Black & African Alumni Panel, where prospective applicants will be able to hear from Princeton in Africa alumni about their fellowship experiences. Prospective applicants should email piafapp@princetoninafrica.org to join the email list and get updates about these events.
Prospective applicants can also connect with Princeton in Africa on Instagram (@princetoninafrica), Twitter (@PiAfinAction), Facebook, and LinkedIn.
HOW TO APPLY
Princeton in Africa’s application is now live! To access the application and find out more information about Princeton in Africa, please visit the “How to Apply” section of their website. The application deadline is Wednesday, October 25, 2023 at 11:59pm Eastern.
August
July
News, Updates, Publications
Dr. Omosalewa Olawoye-Mann Selected as New Director for The Harriet Tubman Institute!
Please join us in congratulating and welcoming The Harriet Tubman Institute’s new Director, Dr. Omosalewa (Salewa) Olawoye-Mann!
Salewa is an Assistant Professor in the Business and Society Program of the Department of Social Science at York University. She has a PhD in Economics and Social Science Consortium (University of Missouri – Kansas City, 2016).
Her research focuses on heterodox approaches to sustainable economic development through natural resources, and monetary theory. She co-edited the book Monetary Policy and Central Banking: New Directions in Post-Keynesian Theory (2012).
With a long relationship and engagement with the Harriet Tubman Institute, Salewa served on the Executive Committee and led the Tubman Talks series.
Congratulations Salewa!
As HTI’s new Director starts her 5-year term, we also say goodbye to our outgoing directors, Dr. Gertrude Mianda and Deputy Director, Dr. Nathanael Ojong. Congratulations and well done on your hard work and commitment to The Harriet Tubman Institute!
Tubman Events
Check back in next week.
Upcoming York Events and News
Connected Minds Program Membership Call
We are excited to extend an invitation to Black & Indigenous scholars to register for membership in the Connected Minds Program, a transformative initiative that seeks to harness the power of emerging technologies to promote a healthy and just society.
Supported by the Canada First Research Excellence Fund (CFREF) and over 50 industry, hospital, and community partners, Connected Minds is poised to become a global hub of critical transdisciplinary scholarship. With a special focus on Black and Indigenous communities, our research teams and partners will work collaboratively to optimize the benefits and mitigate the risks associated with the integration of humans and intelligent machines.
In addition to the core 8 research centers, during our first phase of membership calls, we are welcoming regristration from both Black or Indigenous Scholars at YorkU and QueensU for membership in the Connected Minds Program. By joining us, you will have access to a range of benefits and opportunities outlined on our website.
To register for membership, please complete the online application form at the link here:
https://connectedminds.apps01.yorku.ca/machform/view.php?id=10958
The final due date for the initial membership call is September 1st, 2023.
The recording of the town hall that took place on June 28th is available here if you weren’t able to make it:
We look forward to welcoming you as a member of the Connected Minds Program and embarking on this transformative journey together.
Please send any questions to connectedmindsinfo@yorku.ca
Invitation to Participate in Research Study on the Experiences of Black Women in Academic Institutions
My name is Dara Dillon, and I am an undergraduate researcher at York University. I am conducting a study on the experiences of Black women in academic institutions, specifically focusing on the post-George Floyd era. The aim of this study is to gain insights into the challenges faced by Black women in academic settings, the strategies they employ to overcome these challenges, and the opportunities for positive change.
Your unique perspective as a Black woman working at York University is incredibly valuable for this study. I am reaching out to invite you to participate in this research and kindly ask you to share information about the study with your networks as well.
Participation in this study will involve a confidential interview, which can be conducted conveniently via Zoom or Microsoft Teams. The interview will be recorded for accuracy and will typically last between 45 to 60 minutes. Rest assured that all recordings will be kept strictly confidential, and your privacy will be respected. The recording will be transcribed, and participants will be emailed a copy of the findings at the end of the project.
To ensure that potential participants meet the criteria for this study, we kindly request that you complete a brief pre-screening form. Please click on the following link to access the form: https://forms.gle/zTcxtirEghKF14YB9. Once you have completed the pre-screening form, I will provide you with further information about the study, including the objectives, interview process, and the subsequent steps involved.
By taking part in this study, you will contribute to shedding light on the experiences of Black women in academic institutions and help drive efforts to improve the well-being of Black women in academia. Your insights and perspectives are vital in fostering positive change within our university community.
Thank you for your time and consideration. Your participation would be immensely appreciated and will contribute significantly to the advancement of knowledge and understanding in this crucial area. Should you have any questions or require additional clarification, please do not hesitate to reach out.
Wishing you all the best,
Dara Dillon
Undergraduate Researcher
York University
Conference: Arts of the Indian Ocean
Location: Toronto, Canada
Date: May 2-4, 2024
Conveners
Sarah Fee (Royal Ontario Museum) • Zulfikar Hirji (York University) • Ruba Kana’an (University ofToronto)
Keynote Speakers
Iftikhar Dadi (Cornell University) • Stephen Murphy (SOAS) • Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor (FictionAuthor, Kenya) • Samira Sheikh (Vanderbilt University)
Collaborators
Deepali Dewan (Royal Ontario Museum) • Kajri Jain (University of Toronto) • Pedro Machado(Indiana University) • Chantal Radimilahy (University of Antananarivo) • Fahmida Suleman (RoyalOntario Museum) • Nancy Um (Getty Research Institute) • Richard Vokes (University of WesternAustralia) • Aga Khan Museum • Centre for South Asian Critical Humanities (University of TorontoMississauga)
Conference Call for Papers
The ‘global turn’in academia bringsa renewed focuson the Indian Ocean and its diversehistories ofmobilities and interactions. The ocean’s unique climatic systems of seasonal monsoon winds andcurrents and its geographiccontours whose littoral shapes the shorelines of Africa, Asia, Australia, andAntarcticahave over millennia facilitated and sustained movements of human and non-humananimals, plants, minerals, things, and ideas.The historical formationof the Indian Ocean’s ecologies,mobilities, and economies have been regular subjects of scholarly enquiry and research, and thefocus of numerous publications, conferences, and workshops. By contrast, there has been limitedattention on the study of the Indian Ocean’s distinctive materialities and artistic expressions, bothpast and the present, and their roles in forging connections between the region’s peoples andgenerating new visual and expressive cultures. Additionally, scholarship on the Indian Ocean’smaterial and artistic worlds is often siloed by disciplinary approach, medium of production,periodization, ethnicity, religious affiliation,nationalism, or geographical demarcation.
Arts of the Indian Ocean will bring together knowledge producers from diverse backgrounds andscholarly arenas to present and discuss research and work on the materialities and artisticexpressions in the Indian Ocean world, across geographies — from eastern and southern Africa,through the Gulf and Red Sea to South and Southeast Asia and the south China Sea — as well asacross temporalities — from antiquityup until the present-day. The conference aims to gatheremerging and established researchers from the fields of archaeology, art history, history, architecture,museum studies, anthropology, visual studies, materialculture, and fashion studies, aswell as practicing artists from around the Indian Ocean region.
Arts of the Indian Ocean seeks to open up new questionson the multiple pasts, presents,and futures ofthe Indian Ocean throughthe examination of the creation,production, and circulation of materialculture in a wide range of forms includingthe visual arts, portable objects,manuscripts and maps,ships and navigational instruments, landscape, architecture, and the built environment, textilesanddress, photography and film, as well as the digital and plastic arts.
We welcome the submission of individual papers presenting case-based object studies as well as fullpanel proposals that engage in one or more of the followingtopics: production, materials, circulation,reception, transformation, connectivity, exchange, encounter, mobility, fluidity, transmediality,pilgrimage, ecology, faith and the spiritual, intimacy, materiality, heritage, imaginaries,(dis)placement, marginialities, resistance, violence, collecting and collections, decolonization,futurity, or the sensory.
The conference will be held in a hybrid format(virtual and in-person) to facilitate the participation ofcolleagues from around the world. The in-persongathering will be held in Toronto, Canada. Travelscholarships may be availablefor graduate students and colleagues working in the Indian Oceanregion.
Selected papers will be includedin an edited volume.
Submissions of Individual Paper Abstracts and Panel Proposals Individual Paper Submissions should include:
- Name, affiliation, and contact information
- Abstract of 200-300 words
- 1 to 2 images (related to proposed paper)
- 100-word author bio
Panel Proposal Submissions should include:
- Names, affiliations, and contact information of panel organizer and panelists
- Panel title and abstract of 100 words
- Abstract of 200-300 words for each paper
- 1 to 2 images (related to each proposed panel paper)
- 100-word bio for each panelist
Send all Submissions by email attachment in a single pdf to: ArtsOfTheIndianOcean@gmail.com
Deadline for Submissions: September 15, 2023
Notification of accepted Abstracts and Panel Proposals: October 5, 2023.
Send all inquiries to: ArtsOfTheIndianOcean@gmail.com
Contact Email: ArtsOfTheIndianOcean@gmail.com
Opportunity for incoming Master’s student interested in adaptive cycles, Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change, York University
Interested students should contact Glen Norcliffe, sending a short CV to gnorclif@yorku.ca.
The Velomobility for Disability project is seeking a domestic student who wishes to complete a master’s thesis and conduct fieldwork focused on the design, fabrication and trade of adaptive cycles used by persons with a disability. This opportunity is open to Canadian students or those with permanent residency in Canada.
The graduate student would conduct field work between 2024 and 2025 in North America, Western Europe and Indonesia accompanied by Dr Kruse (University of Graz, Austria), Professor Sugiono (University of Brawijaya, Indonesia), Dr Lintangsari (University of Brawijaya, Indonesia), and Professor Norcliffe (York University, principal investigator). All fieldwork expenses as well as a stipend will be provided. The student is expected to develop a thesis research topic based on this field research. Graduate students at York University have the opportunity to apply for other employment during the academic year, including as Teaching Assistants.
About the project
The three goals of this project are closely related. First, to uncover the source of new technologies used on adaptive cycles by persons with disability (PWD), with particular emphasis on the role of users in developing these devices. Second to investigate how such cycles are made, and customized for users. And third, to determine how users (and their immediate social network) choose one cycle design over another. The approach (based on fieldwork) is comparative of these activities in North America, Western Europe and Indonesia.
1. Many persons with a disability have to cope with an impairment that restricts their spatial mobility, including their access to schools and other places of learning, to jobs, to stores, sport and entertainment, and to socializing with family and friends. This research focuses on the case of adaptive cycles which, due to recent advances in design, have led to major technical improvements that offer one of the most promising avenues to improving mobility. Poorly understood, however, is the role of users, their family and friends, engineers, virtual information and trade magazines in the design, manufacture and distribution of adaptive cycles.
This study will compare the design and production in four advanced industrial countries—Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Netherlands—with their design and production in Indonesia. Being a country with incomes approximately one quarter of the Advanced Industrial Countries (AICs), Indonesia appears to have developed low-cost solutions using recycled materials, with adaptive cycles mostly customized to meet user needs and affordability. Interviews, public records and websites indicate that there are between 25 and 30 specialized makers of adaptive cycles in North America and Europe, whereas in Indonesia many tukang (artisans) are engaged in these activities on a very small scale.
2. How are these adaptive cycles made? The price attached to some of the most sophisticated devices (over $10,000) is not very different from that of a low-end car, and beyond the limited means of many PWD. Production runs in industrialized countries are very short, indeed many cycles are customized to meet a user’s specific needs. In Indonesia, in contrast, much lower cost structures and wages are found, and there is greater use of recycled bicycles and other materials to match the lower incomes of the average citizen. This raises the possibility of creating supply chains connecting low-cost parts makers in the global south with high-cost assembly in AICs.
3. How do users select adaptive cycles and how are they distributed? How does a user find out about alternate models and choose between them? Do they “test drive” an existing model, or negotiate with a maker for customized adaptations? Are markets local, or do niche cycles enter into international trade?
Trans-Atlantic Platform (T-AP) Call on Democracy, Governance and Trust
The Trans-Atlantic Platform (T-AP) and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) recently launched its fourth joint funding opportunity on Democracy, Governance and Trust. The call brings together research funding organizations from countries in South America, Africa, North America, and Europe, and will support international projects that contribute to our understanding of how democracy, governance, and trust play a role in tackling both short-term crises and long-term challenges. A summary is provided below.
Objectives are to:
- catalyze and support transnational research teams from countries on both sides of the Atlantic and beyond the North/South divide to advance key insights from Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) led research and interdisciplinary and trans-Atlantic research collaborations through strengthening existing partnerships and establishing new ones
- support outstanding, innovative, and interdisciplinary research proposals that contribute to the understanding of challenges and opportunities affecting democracy, governance, and trust, and/or test interventions or initiatives aimed at rebuilding democracy, governance and trust
- co-develop robust and resilient work programs with communities and key stakeholders, including local, regional, and international policy makers
- promote equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) through the composition of the research teams and the research environment, design, and implementation by, among others:
- integrating diversity-related considerations into the design of the project (e.g., use gender or other identities as factors of analysis, or involve research participants from diverse or disadvantaged groups);
- composing and recruiting diverse research teams;
- offering quality training and mentoring for young researchers from disadvantaged groups;
- ensuring research-related activities and decisions are conducted in inclusive ways.
For substantive objectives of the call please consult the DGT Call Scope (English)
DGT Call Scope (French).
The funding opportunity focuses on the following nine cross-cutting themes:
- Concepts, understandings, and models of democracy, governance and trust
- Education
- Media, information and communication
- Economies and economic systems
- Identities, discrimination, marginalization and inequalities
- Ecosystems and environments
- Epistemologies, knowledge and expertise
- History and culture
- Power, authority and conflict
Eligibility
This call is open to only international research projects that:
- comprise at least three eligible Co-Principal Investigators from at least three different T-AP participating countries from both sides of the Atlantic. (Research partners will receive funding from the national funding agency for their country)
- nominate one of the Co-Principal Investigators as the project’s lead Principal Investigator (PI)
Webinars
SSHRC will be holding two webinars for applicants and research administrators on this funding opportunity. The webinars will be held via Webex at the following dates and times:
| Webinar | Date | WebEx Link |
| Democracy, Governance and Trust (French) | August 23, 2023 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. | Meeting link: Trans-Atlantic Platform for Social Sciences and Humanities: Democracy, Governance and Trust |
| Democracy, Governance and Trust(English) | August 23, 2023 2:00 to 3:30 p.m. | Meeting link: Trans-Atlantic Platform for Social Sciences and Humanities: Democracy, Governance and Trust |
Value
Canadian applicants can request up to a maximum of $200,000 per proposal
Quebec applicants eligible to apply for SSHRC funding may also apply for a supplement from the FRQSC: Up to $75,000 (+ Indirect costs of research)
Duration
Up to 36 months
Deadlines
| Compulsory Intention to Submit due at agency | Friday, September 15, 2023 no later than midnight BRT – please use the NOI Form to submit your intent. IMPORTANT NOTE: The NOI must be submitted by the proposal’s Lead PI. For submission of the full proposal, the Lead PI and the themes selected in the NOI form must be maintained. |
| Full application due at ORS for full review | Monday, October 23, 2023 |
| Full application and fully signed ORS Checklist due at ORS for required review | by 9:00 am on Thursday, November 2, 2023 |
| Full application due at funding agencies | Monday, November 6, 2023 no later than midnight BRT via SAGe – please consult the DGT call instructions to apply. Note: Researchers applying for SSHRC funds must submit all supplementary SSHRC documents through the Convergence Portal by 9:00 am on November 6, 2023 for ORS to provide institutional approval and forward documents to SSHRC for peer review. |
Please contact your Faculty Research Office for information on their internal deadlines.
ORS is accepting electronic applications – the process is outlined here:
For more information on this Call, please consult the following links:
Other Events & Opportunities
Canada Council for the Arts - 2024 Molson Prize competition
The Canada Council for the Arts will soon be accepting nominations for the 2024 Molson Prize competition. A summary is provided below, and application materials will be available on the Council’s website. The is a pre-announcement; please consult the full announcement on the call website for any changes from previous rounds.
Objective
Molson Prizes are awarded annually to distinguished individuals to encourage continuing contributions to the cultural and intellectual heritage of Canada.
Nominees are assessed on:
- Merit (50%)
- Quality of their overall career achievements
- International stature, where appropriate
- Impact (50%)
- The scope of the candidate’s contributions to the cultural or intellectual heritage of Canada, taking into account the context of their artistic discipline or academic field of study
- Evidence of the candidate’s outstanding commitment, creativity and effort to share research and knowledge beyond the artistic or academic community
- The influence of the candidate and their work on enriching and evolving current thinking and practice in their area of expertise
- The candidate’s contributions towards a more equitable, diverse, and inclusive society
Two prizes are awarded each year, one in the arts and one in the social sciences and humanities.
Eligibility
Nominator
Candidates must be nominated by one nominator: either an individual or an organization. Anyone or any organization with an interest in, and capacity for, nominating appropriate individuals is eligible to do so.
Nominee
Candidates must be nominated for the award. To be nominated, candidates must have made a substantial and distinguished contribution over a significant period and still be active and productive in their career. They must be Canadian citizens or permanent residents of Canada, as defined by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada. They do not need to be residing in Canada. A person may only be nominated in one category for one competition.
Value
Each prize is in the amount of $50,000.
ORS Nomination Support
If you are planning to submit a nomination, please contact Sherri Kogan at skogan@yorku.ca to discuss how the SIRI team can support you. Review by the Major Awards Advisory Committee is available if nominees adhere to the deadlines below. SIRI will also support all institutional nominations.
Deadlines
| Drafts for MAAC Review | August 24, 2023 |
| Funder Deadline | October 1, 2023 |
For more details on this opportunity and to access the nomination form, please visit the following link:
https://canadacouncil.ca/funding/prizes/molson-prizes/guidelines-molson-prizes
IDRC-KIX: Knowledge and innovation for achieving gender equality and social inclusion at school
The International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and the Global Partnership for Education Knowledge and Innovation Exchange (KIX) are inviting proposal for applied research projects that will generate and mobilize evidence to contextualize and scale the impact of innovative approaches to strengthen gender-responsive and socially inclusive education and safe schooling experiences for all children, especially those facing multiple forms of gender inequalities and marginalization.
The call focuses on the creation of:
- Inclusive and gender-responsive curriculum, pedagogies and leadership, and
- Safe, inclusive and supportive schools for all.
The aim is to respond to these challenges by doing the following:
- Generating evidence about how to scale the impact of innovative approaches that address the challenges of gender equality and social inclusion at school.
- Strengthening the capacities of relevant stakeholders to use that knowledge and innovation.
- Mobilizing the evidence developed to improve policy and practice in education systems.
Eligibility
This funding opportunity is open to either individual organizations or consortia of up to three organizations working in Global Partnership for Education partner countries (see Annex A).
Funding
Value:
Single-country grants: $300K - $500K
Multi-country grants: $800K - $1.5M
Regional/global grants: up to $2.5M
Duration:
Single-country grants: up to 24 months
Multi-country grants: up to 36 months
Regional/global grants: up to 36 months
Deadlines:
| Activity | Date |
| Notify SIRI of intent to apply | As soon as possible, to ccorre@yorku.ca |
| First draft to SIRI for review | July 14, 2023 |
| Full application to SIRI for review | August 14, 2023 |
| Final application and signed ORS checklist to SIRI | August 24, 2023 |
| Agency deadline | August 28, 2023 |
Applicants are asked to please notify SIRI of intent to apply as soon as possible, by e-mail to ccorre@yorku.ca.
Detailed call information:
News, Updates, Publications
New dates for Dakar Conference: October 9-11, 2023
The Dakar ConferenceOrganizing Committee is happy to share that the conference will be postponed, not cancelled. The new date for the conference in Dakar will be from October 9thto 11th, 2023. The new venue will be at l’Institut Supérieur des Arts et des Cultures. The Organizing Committee is coordinating accommodation and will send out updates as soon as possible.
If you have not already, please confirm your attendance for the Dakar Conference through this Form.
Tubman Events
No Tubman events this week, check in next week for updates!
If you would like to book a room or host an event with or at Tubman, contact tubman@yorku.ca.
Upcoming York Events and News
Call for Abstracts: COVID-19 and Gendered and Sexual Violence on Campuses
Book editors: Dr. JJ Wright, Dr. Alexandra Zidenberg, and Dr. Emily Colpitts
Deadline for proposals: July 21st, 2023
Deadline for full draft: November 1st, 2023
Poster & Full call for abstracts are attached.
A “ shadow pandemic ” of gendered violence (GV) emerged during COVID-19 due to a rise in conditions that are known to hike rates of violence such as economic precarity, mental distress, and isolation. GV on college and university campuses already existed at some of the highest rates, and we invite chapter proposals for an Edited Collection that reflect upon how COVID-19 changed the appearance of GV on campus and reshaped the possibilities for survivors to seek refuge and justice. The book is currently under contract with Peter Lang to be published in 2024.
COVID-19 has also sparked conversation about avoiding a return to ‘ normal’ and the need to include frameworks from disability justice, racial justice, and abolitionist thought into our efforts to address GV. We encourage chapter proposals that explore the interconnectedness of different forms of systemic injustice that perpetuate GV, such as anti-Black and anti-Indigenous racism, homophobia, transphobia, ableism, sexism, and classism.
We welcome chapters that highlight the voices of administrators and frontline workers who are coming up with innovative solutions despite everdecreasing resources, as well as student activists who continue to protest and demand real solutions to injustice on their campuses. Through this Edited Collection we are interested in engaging with critical responses to the pandemic as part of the project to envision a more just future.
Dahdaleh Institute: Seminar – Can Post-Vaccination Sentiment Affect the Acceptance of Booster Jab? with Blessing Ogbuokiri
Date: Wednesday, July 26
Time: 1 p.m. ET
Location: Hybrid
Connected Minds Program Membership Call
We are excited to extend an invitation to Black & Indigenous scholars to register for membership in the Connected Minds Program, a transformative initiative that seeks to harness the power of emerging technologies to promote a healthy and just society.
Supported by the Canada First Research Excellence Fund (CFREF) and over 50 industry, hospital, and community partners, Connected Minds is poised to become a global hub of critical transdisciplinary scholarship. With a special focus on Black and Indigenous communities, our research teams and partners will work collaboratively to optimize the benefits and mitigate the risks associated with the integration of humans and intelligent machines.
In addition to the core 8 research centers, during our first phase of membership calls, we are welcoming regristration from both Black or Indigenous Scholars at YorkU and QueensU for membership in the Connected Minds Program. By joining us, you will have access to a range of benefits and opportunities outlined on our website.
To register for membership, please complete the online application form at the link here.
https://connectedminds.apps01.yorku.ca/machform/view.php?id=10958
The final due date for the initial membership call is September 1st, 2023.
The recording of the town hall that took place on June 28th is available here if you weren’t able to make it.
We look forward to welcoming you as a member of the Connected Minds Program and embarking on this transformative journey together.
Please send any questions to connectedmindsinfo@yorku.ca
Research Commons: York Research Chair Information Session
Date: July 19, 2023
Time: 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Location: Zoom (register here)
Please contact Andrew Castillo (drewcast@yorku.ca) with any questions about this event.
The Strategic and Institutional Research Initiatives (SIRI) unit is hosting a York Research Chairs (YRC) Information Session in conjunction with the launch of the 2023-24 competition. The YRC program mirrors and complements the Canada Research Chairs program and recognizes researchers who have demonstrated excellence in research and scholarship and have made, or are poised to make, substantial contributions to research leadership. Led by Dr. Mark Roseman, Director of SIRI, the session will provide an overview of the nomination process. It will also highlight changes to this year’s competition and provide guidance for developing an effective nomination package. While the session is designed primarily for administrators of the program at the Faculty level, interested applicants are welcome to attend. Please note Faculties will undertake their own internal nomination processes outside of the VPRI process.
Other Events & Opportunities
Call for Papers: Resistance to Slavery in Africa: Past and Present
Date: 23-24 October 2023
Location: SOAS / University of London
Deadline: TODAY July 17, 2023
Organisers: Marie Rodet, Lotte Pelckmans, Esteban Salas, Wayne Dooling
Please send an abstract of 300 words plus a short bio to
mr28@soas.ac.uk, pelckmans@hum.ku.dk, es34@soas.ac.uk, wd2@soas.ac.uk
by 17 July 2023.
Decisions will be communicated by 31 July 2023.
Abstracts can be sent in English, French or Portuguese.
Some funding might be available to support travel and accommodation for those who do not dispose over their own funding.
Download full call of papers here
The aim of the symposium is to re-explore the very idea and concept of resistance to slavery in a cross-regional comparative perspective. Debates about collective forms of resistance to slavery in Africa appear to have faded in the face of a focus on individual agency and everyday resistance. By depicting especially complex individualised trajectories of agency within the ‘kinship continuum’ (Miers & Kopytoff 1977), research has tended to lose sight of resistance and the fundamental oppressive and violent nature of slavery. We aim to highlight the complex relations between the individual and the collective in their response to the institution of slavery - whether as social system, form of labour, or mode of production.
Ghanaian Student Scholarship Program 2023 - Now Accepting Applications for Pass the Torch Collective
Organizer: Mary Ann Boateng
Email: pttcollective@gmail.com
Flyer attached
Hello,
My name is Mary Ann Boateng and I am part of a young group of Ghanaian professionals called Pass the Torch Collective that is looking to give back and uplift the community.
I am emailing to let you know about our scholarship program for Ontario-based Ghanaian Canadian students pursuing a college/university degree or diploma in Fall 2023.
The Ghanaian Student Scholarship Program is providing two awards of $1,500 to two successful applicants. To be eligible applicants must:
- Be 17 to 30 years of age
- Live in the Greater Toronto Area
- Have at least one parent of Ghanaian descent
- Be enrolled in a post-secondary diploma/degree program at a recognized Canadian institution
For more information and to apply, please visit our website at: passthetorchcollective.com
Follow us on Instagram: @pttcollective
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Pass The Torch Collective
www.passthetorchcollective.com
Call for Youth Participants: Holland-Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital
Deadline for participant recruitment: August 31, 2023
Holland-Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital is currently recruiting youth participants for one of its research studies, "Discrimination, ableism and racism hurt but inclusion can heal: 'Listening to the intersectional lived experiences of youth with disabilities and co-creating solutions'. This study focuses on understanding the diverse lived experience of youth with disabilities and particularly how disability intersects with race, ethnicity and/or gender. This study is for youth aged 15-29 years old who has a disability and identifies as belonging to a racial, ethnic or gender minority group. They should be able to communicate in English or with the help of an interpreter (can be provided by the study upon request). This study is funded by Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council and Holland Bloorview Kimel Family Opportunities Fund.
Read more here.
Posters attached.
Trans-Atlantic Platform (T-AP) Call on Democracy, Governance and Trust
The Trans-Atlantic Platform (T-AP) and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) recently launched its fourth joint funding opportunity on Democracy, Governance and Trust. The call brings together research funding organizations from countries in South America, Africa, North America, and Europe, and will support international projects that contribute to our understanding of how democracy, governance, and trust play a role in tackling both short-term crises and long-term challenges. A summary is provided below.
Objectives are to:
- catalyze and support transnational research teams from countries on both sides of the Atlantic and beyond the North/South divide to advance key insights from Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) led research and interdisciplinary and trans-Atlantic research collaborations through strengthening existing partnerships and establishing new ones
- support outstanding, innovative, and interdisciplinary research proposals that contribute to the understanding of challenges and opportunities affecting democracy, governance, and trust, and/or test interventions or initiatives aimed at rebuilding democracy, governance and trust
- co-develop robust and resilient work programs with communities and key stakeholders, including local, regional, and international policy makers
- promote equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) through the composition of the research teams and the research environment, design, and implementation by, among others:
- integrating diversity-related considerations into the design of the project (e.g., use gender or other identities as factors of analysis, or involve research participants from diverse or disadvantaged groups);
- composing and recruiting diverse research teams;
- offering quality training and mentoring for young researchers from disadvantaged groups;
- ensuring research-related activities and decisions are conducted in inclusive ways.
For substantive objectives of the call please consult the DGT Call Scope (English)
DGT Call Scope (French).
The funding opportunity focuses on the following nine cross-cutting themes:
- Concepts, understandings, and models of democracy, governance and trust
- Education
- Media, information and communication
- Economies and economic systems
- Identities, discrimination, marginalization and inequalities
- Ecosystems and environments
- Epistemologies, knowledge and expertise
- History and culture
- Power, authority and conflict
Eligibility
This call is open to only international research projects that:
- comprise at least three eligible Co-Principal Investigators from at least three different T-AP participating countries from both sides of the Atlantic. (Research partners will receive funding from the national funding agency for their country)
- nominate one of the Co-Principal Investigators as the project’s lead Principal Investigator (PI)
Webinars
SSHRC will be holding two webinars for applicants and research administrators on this funding opportunity. The webinars will be held via Webex at the following dates and times:
| Webinar | Date | WebEx Link |
| Democracy, Governance and Trust (French) | August 23, 2023 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. | Meeting link: Trans-Atlantic Platform for Social Sciences and Humanities: Democracy, Governance and Trust |
| Democracy, Governance and Trust(English) | August 23, 2023 2:00 to 3:30 p.m. | Meeting link: Trans-Atlantic Platform for Social Sciences and Humanities: Democracy, Governance and Trust |
Value
Canadian applicants can request up to a maximum of $200,000 per proposal
Quebec applicants eligible to apply for SSHRC funding may also apply for a supplement from the FRQSC: Up to $75,000 (+ Indirect costs of research)
Duration
Up to 36 months
Deadlines
| Compulsory Intention to Submit due at agency | Friday, September 15, 2023 no later than midnight BRT – please use the NOI Form to submit your intent. IMPORTANT NOTE: The NOI must be submitted by the proposal’s Lead PI. For submission of the full proposal, the Lead PI and the themes selected in the NOI form must be maintained. |
| Full application due at ORS for full review | Monday, October 23, 2023 |
| Full application and fully signed ORS Checklist due at ORS for required review | by 9:00 am on Thursday, November 2, 2023 |
| Full application due at funding agencies | Monday, November 6, 2023 no later than midnight BRT via SAGe – please consult the DGT call instructions to apply. Note: Researchers applying for SSHRC funds must submit all supplementary SSHRC documents through the Convergence Portal by 9:00 am on November 6, 2023 for ORS to provide institutional approval and forward documents to SSHRC for peer review. |
Please contact your Faculty Research Office for information on their internal deadlines.
ORS is accepting electronic applications – the process is outlined here:
For more information on this Call, please consult the following links:
News, Updates, Publications
New dates for Dakar Conference: October 9-11, 2023
The Dakar ConferenceOrganizing Committee is happy to share that the conference will be postponed, not cancelled. The new date for the conference in Dakar will befrom October 9thto 11th, 2023. The new venue will be at l’Institut Supérieur des Arts et des Cultures. The Organizing Committee is coordinating accommodation and will send out updates as soon as possible.
If you have not already, please confirm your attendance for the Dakar Conference through this Form.
Tubman Events
No Tubman events this week, check in next week for updates!
If you would like to book a room or host an event with or at Tubman, contact tubman@yorku.ca.
Upcoming York Events and News
AGYU Research Assistant Position for Graduate Student
Research Assistant, African and Caribbean Modern Art
Application deadline: Monday, August 14, 2023
Interview dates: Interviews to take place via zoom on August 24, 25, and 28
Position duration: September 5, 2023 – August 31, 2024 (end date flexible)
Weekly hourly commitment: 5 hrs
Hourly wage: $23.15
Art Gallery of York University (AGYU) is a socially minded not-for-profit contemporary art gallery that is a space for the creation and appreciation of art and culture. It is a supported Unit of York University within the President’s Division. We are externally funded as a public art gallery through the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council, the Toronto Arts Council. Since 1988, the AGYU has operated at the forefront of contemporary artistic, curatorial, and educational practices with a dedication to presenting international artists within local contexts and bringing Canadian artists into international conversations. We are known for providing sustained support to artists, curators, and writers through long-term engagement that often begins with hosting residencies that tend to lead to exhibitions, performances, lectures, and publications. Through our collections, exhibitions, and public programs the AGYU acts as a rich pedagogical resource for students and faculty, as well as Toronto’s contemporary artists and creative communities.
Position Summary:
The Art Gallery of York University (AGYU) invites an organized graduate student to apply to a research assistant role. This position will assist an AGYU curator with research, and administration for a grant project focused on the work of seminal Guyanese artist, anthropologist, and novelist Denis Williams (1923–1998). Across Williams' lifetime, his drawings and paintings took on an array of styles from figurative works imbued with social commentary to works focused on geometric abstraction. Furthermore, Williams lived and worked across three continents, developing a distinctly transnational artistic practice that unfurled in dialogue with numerous artists and cultural figures including Mozambican artist Malangatana Ngwenya (1936–2011), art historian Ulli Beier (1922–2011), and Sudanese painter Ibrahim El-Salahi (1930– ). This research project aims to examine the international significance of Williams practice through studying his illustrative works, their visual motifs, and their relationship to African and Caribbean literature.
The research assistant will assist the curator in organizing all aspects of the grant project which includes researching works of art through reviewing primary and secondary source literature, assisting with the coordination of the curator’s research trips, corresponding with conservators to organize a technical study of a selection of Williams works on paper, and planning and hosting a two-day scholarly convening.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Ability to independently conduct thorough, accurate, and historic research using primary and secondary resources
- Update working bibliography and source all related text
- Catalogue and fact-check artwork records, including exhibition and literature history
- Organize checklists of Williams work
- Correspond with individuals and organizations to locate artist works and relevant ephemera
- Meet with supervising curator on a regular basis to maintain ongoing communication regarding project progress
- Performs other related administrative duties as required
Qualifications:
- Demonstrated research interest and experience in one or more of the following areas: African art history, Caribbean art history, post-war modern art in Britain, drawings and works on paper, Caribbean literature
- Excellent written and verbal communication, strong email etiquette, and an ability to communicate with a wide range of individuals, including artist estates, private collectors, and institutions
- Highly organized; can easily record and keep track of research sources
- Competency with Microsoft Office
- Experience in various approaches to research from database research to visiting libraries and archives
Application process:
All applications should be emailed to mings@yorku.ca The email subject line should read “Research Assistant” followed by applicant’s last name.
All applications must include:
- resume or CV
- Short statement of interest sharing any relevant coursework and what the applicant hopes to gain from this research assistant position
- Writing sample (8 pages or less)
New Courses with Dr. Joe Pateman
Dear Students,
Are you looking for a 3.00 or 6.00 elective course this Fall/Winter term? Open Spaces are available in AP/POLS 4520 3.00 &AP/POLS 3565 6.00.
There are no prerequisite requirements. Please see attached poster and information below on the course director Dr. Joe Pateman and information on each course.
AP/POLS 3565 6.00 Racism and Colonialism
AP/POLS 4520 3.00 Nationalism, Communism and Imperialism
Please note: If you experience issues accessing the Registration & Enrolment Module (REM), please email lapspols@yorku.ca and we would be glad to assist.
Kindly include the following information when emailing us:
- Student number
- Full name
- Course Code and course section/tutorial # if applicable (i.e., AP/POLS 1000 section A – please do not include the catalogue number)
Connected Minds Program Membership Call
We are excited to extend an invitation to Black & Indigenous scholars to register for membership in the Connected Minds Program, a transformative initiative that seeks to harness the power of emerging technologies to promote a healthy and just society.
Supported by the Canada First Research Excellence Fund (CFREF) and over 50 industry, hospital, and community partners, Connected Minds is poised to become a global hub of critical transdisciplinary scholarship. With a special focus on Black and Indigenous communities, our research teams and partners will work collaboratively to optimize the benefits and mitigate the risks associated with the integration of humans and intelligent machines.
In addition to the core 8 research centers, during our first phase of membership calls, we are welcoming regristration from both Black or Indigenous Scholars at YorkU and QueensU for membership in the Connected Minds Program. By joining us, you will have access to a range of benefits and opportunities outlined on our website.
To register for membership, please complete the online application form at the link here.
https://connectedminds.apps01.yorku.ca/machform/view.php?id=10958
The final due date for the initial membership call is September 1st, 2023.
The recording of the town hall that took place on June 28th is available here if you weren’t able to make it.
We look forward to welcoming you as a member of the Connected Minds Program and embarking on this transformative journey together.
Please send any questions to connectedmindsinfo@yorku.ca
Other Events & Opportunities
Buxton 100th Homecoming
Homecoming in Buxton is a special time and for many an emotional experience, a reminder of the injustices endured and the struggles to overcome them. Our unique history has touched the lives of many African Canadians and Ameri- cans. Many courageous people made the perilous journey of the Underground Railroad to acquire freedom, an educa- tion, and build a future for themselves and their descendants.
This event was intended to draw those former residents who relocated to various parts of Canada and the United States for a return visit to this community. This is a formal invitation for you to attend the 100th Buxton Homecoming, for more information on what this event entails, please click here.
Get Involved:
- Volunteer
- Labour Day Parade
- The Black Vendor Market
- Labour Day Book Advertisements
Ghanaian Student Scholarship Program 2023 - Now Accepting Applications for Pass the Torch Collective
Organizer: Mary Ann Boateng
Email: pttcollective@gmail.com
Hello,
My name is Mary Ann Boateng and I am part of a young group of Ghanaian professionals called Pass the Torch Collective that is looking to give back and uplift the community.
I am emailing to let you know about our scholarship program for Ontario-based Ghanaian Canadian students pursuing a college/university degree or diploma in Fall 2023.
The Ghanaian Student Scholarship Program is providing two awards of $1,500 to two successful applicants. To be eligible applicants must:
- Be 17 to 30 years of age
- Live in the Greater Toronto Area
- Have at least one parent of Ghanaian descent
- Be enrolled in a post-secondary diploma/degree program at a recognized Canadian institution
For more information and to apply, please visit our website at: passthetorchcollective.com
Follow us on Instagram: @pttcollective
Call for Youth Participants: Holland-Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital
Deadline for participant recruitment: August 31, 2023
Holland-Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital is currently recruiting youth participants for one of its research studies, "Discrimination, ableism and racism hurt but inclusion can heal: 'Listening to the intersectional lived experiences of youth with disabilities and co-creating solutions'. This study focuses on understanding the diverse lived experience of youth with disabilities and particularly how disability intersects with race, ethnicity and/or gender. This study is for youth aged 15-29 years old who has a disability and identifies as belonging to a racial, ethnic or gender minority group. They should be able to communicate in English or with the help of an interpreter (can be provided by the study upon request). This study is funded by Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council and Holland Bloorview Kimel Family Opportunities Fund.
Read more here.
June
News, Updates, Publications
Congratulations and well done to everyone who presented and assisted with Congress 2023 at York University! 👏
Michaëlle Jean’s return to the Harriet Tubman Institute
Last Thursday, May 31st, Michaëlle Jean, the former Governor General of Canada, returned to The Harriet Tubman Institute after inaugurating it back in 2007. The Harriet Tubman Institute’s Executive Committee welcomed her to the Gathering Spaces for Black and Indigenous Scholars on the 3rd floor of York Lanes Keele Campus. We had an insightful discussion with the Director for the Centre for Indigenous Knowledges and Languages about the power of solidarity between Black and Indigenous communities across Canada. We are grateful to have had this opportunity!
Tubman Events
Dakar Conference Program is Available on our Website
Dates: June 26-29, 2023
Location: l’Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Senegal
Conference Program is now available! View it here.
The Harriet Tubman Institute is going to Dakar! The Conference will be hosted at l’Université Cheikh Anta Diop in Senegal. HTI extends a huge thank you to our supporters, York International, The Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research, the African Studies Program, and the Resource Centre for Public Sociology.
Dakar Conference Program
Upcoming York Events and News
Research Commons Upcoming Workshops
Dates: July 16, July 19 (details below)
Location: Zoom
A recording of the event will be sent to those who register beforehand.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Shana Shubs (re: SSHRC Partnership Development Grant Information Session) or Andrew Castillo (re: York Research Chair Information Session).
- SSHRC Partnership Development Grant Information Session (June 16, 2023 from 10:00 am - 12:00 pm)
The Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies Dean’s Office cordially invites you to the LA&PS annual information session on SSHRC Partnership Development Grants (PDG).
PDGs (maximum $200,000, duration 1-3 years, deadline November 15) provide support to teams/partnerships, led by a project director, to:
- develop research and/or related activities in the social sciences and humanities, including knowledge mobilization and the meaningful involvement of students and emerging scholars, by fostering new partnerships with existing and/or potential partners; or
- design and test new partnership approaches for research and/or related activities that may result in best practices or models that either can be adapted by others or have the potential to be scaled up to a regional, national or international level.
The session will feature an overview of the competition, guidance on strategies for developing competitive proposals, and a panel discussion with faculty members who have developed successful PDG applications. The session will also outline resources available from LA&PS and from across York to strengthen applications and support research plans.
Date: Friday, June 16, 2023
Time: 10 am – 12 noon
Place: Zoom (register here)
Please contact Shana Shubs (shanays@yorku.ca), LA&PS Grant Development Specialist, with any questions about this event.
- York Research Chair Information Session (July 19, 2023 from 10:00 am - 11:00 am)
The Strategic and Institutional Research Initiatives (SIRI) unit is hosting a York Research Chairs (YRC) Information Session in conjunction with the launch of the 2023-24 competition. The YRC program mirrors and complements the Canada Research Chairs program and recognizes researchers who have demonstrated excellence in research and scholarship and have made, or are poised to make, substantial contributions to research leadership.
Led by Dr. Mark Roseman, Director of SIRI, the session will provide an overview of the nomination process. It will also highlight changes to this year’s competition and provide guidance for developing an effective nomination package. While the session is designed primarily for administrators of the program at the Faculty level, interested applicants are welcome to attend. Please note Faculties will undertake their own internal nomination processes outside of the VPRI process.
Date: July 19, 2023
Time: 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Place: Zoom (register here)
Please contact Andrew Castillo (drewcast@yorku.ca) with any questions about this event.
Other Events & Opportunities
If you would like to share a recent publication, event, or other news through our weekly newsletter, please send an email to tubman@yorku.ca.
News, Updates, Publications
The Harriet Tubman Institute and the Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research are proud to announce that Dr. Denis Mukwege will receive an Honorary Doctor of Laws (LLD) from York University during Spring Convocation. This honorary LLD will be conferred on Friday, June 16, 2023 at 3pm EDT on York’s Keele Campus.
Read the full story here.
Tubman Events
Dakar Conference Cancellation
Dear friends and colleagues,
On behalf of Harriet Tubman Institute for Research on Africa and its Diasporas (Université York, Canada/York University, Canada), in collaboration with L'Institut Supérieur des Arts et des Cultures (Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Sénégal), we would like to inform you that the conference ('Africa and its Diasporas' Contributions to World Civilization/ Les contributions de l'Afrique et ses diasporas à la civilization du monde') which was scheduled from June 26-29, 2023 in Dakar, Senegal, has been canceled due to the political crisis in the country.
Given the recent surge in violent protests in Dakar, which damaged the UCAD campus where the conference was scheduled, the committee has regrettably canceled our conference to ensure participants' safety and security.
We encourage participants to provide the letter attached to airlines for flight reimbursements, as the current situation is beyond our control.
We sincerely regret any inconvenience caused by this unexpected circumstance. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Thank you for being so understanding.
On the behalf of the organizing committee,
Dr. Gertrude Mianda
Director, Harriet Tubman Institute /Directrice, Institut Harriet Tubman.
Upcoming York Events and News
OneWater ORU: "Water Security, Climate Change & Resilience: Sharing Experiences from the UN Water Conference with Our Community & Partners."
Date: Thursday, June 15th, 2023
Time: 10:00am EDT
Location: 280N York Lanes; 10AM
Register here.
During this event, we will be sharing our experiences from the recent UN Water Conference, held in March 2023 in New York. It will be a great opportunity to gain insights into the current challenges and innovative solutions in the field of water security, climate change, and resilience. We are excited to showcase our research in the water field and exchange valuable knowledge with our community and partners.
The event is organized by Sapna Sharma (Science), Marina Freire-Gormaly (Lassonde), and Sylvie Morin (Science) in collaboration with the OneWATER Institute, Women & Inclusivity in Sustainable Energy Research (WISER), and CIFAL York.
Should you have any questions or require further information, please do not hesitate to reach out to us at onewater@yorku.ca.
The Home, Identity and Belonging Research Cluster at the CFR invites you to
Women's Voices from Conflict Zones: Experiencing, Understanding, and Embodying Identity, Home, and Belonging in Diaspora & War Zones
Date: June 16, 2023
Time: 10:00am – 1:30pm EDT
Location: Online
Register here.
Other Events & Opportunities
Call for Youth Participants: Holland-Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital
Holland-Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital is currently recruiting youth participants for one of its research studies, "Discrimination, ableism and racism hurt but inclusion can heal: 'Listening to the intersectional lived experiences of youth with disabilities and co-creating solutions'. This study focuses on understanding the diverse lived experience of youth with disabilities and particularly how disability intersects with race, ethnicity and/or gender. This study is for youth aged 15-29 years old who has a disability and identifies as belonging to a racial, ethnic or gender minority group. They should be able to communicate in English or with the help of an interpreter (can be provided by the study upon request). This study is funded by Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council and Holland Bloorview Kimel Family Opportunities Fund.
Read more here.
Call for Papers: International Conference on Canadian, Chinese and African Sustainable Urbanization (ICCCASU)
Theme: Financing African Cities: Infrastructure, Land Management & Markets
CFP Deadline: July 16, 2023
Conference Date: December 10-17, 2023
Location: Nairobi, Kenya and Virtual
Contact: Co-president, Prof. Huhua Cao (caohuhua@uottawa.ca).
Call for Papers pdf attached.
We are pleased to introduce you to the International Conference on Canadian, Chinese and African Sustainable Urbanization (ICCCASU), which has been well established among UN-Habitat and several Canadian universities since 2015. As an international think-tank, ICCCASU brings together researchers, academics and representatives from government and industry for in-depth discussions on cities and urbanization to promote the dissemination and implementation of UN 2030 SDGs and the New Urban Agenda adopted in 2016. Moving beyond the traditional practices of North-South or South-South cooperation, ICCCASU fosters an international triangular dialogue among African countries, Canada and China, which together account for over 30% of the world’s urban population.
We have been consistently holding conferences every two years (Ottawa 2015; Yaoundé, Cameroon 2017; Chengdu, China 2019; Montreal 2021), and our next conference (ICCCASU5) is to take place December 10-17, 2023 in Nairobi, Kenya. This conference is titled Financing African Cities: Infrastructure, Land Management & Markets, as we address these challenges in search of innovative solutions and best practices to support a more sustainable, productive, and equitable urban future for Africa. Our current call for submissions is open until July 16, 2023 and we would like to invite your colleagues and students to participate in our conference in person or online.
Please find our attached call for contributions, ICCCASU development path, as well as May newsletter to learn more about us and our upcoming conference. You may also find more details at icccasu.org. We invite you to share this information within your networks as we believe this may be of interest to your institute/centre.
News, Updates, Publications
HTI Member Patrick Mbullo Owuor Recipient of The Wenner-Gren Grant Award!
Gr. CONF-918, Owuor, Patrick (York U.) "Hydrocolonialism: The politics and poetics of water infrastructure, the environment, and health," Workshop Grant, $20,000, approved on March 8, 2023.
This proposed two-day Hydrocolonialism workshop takes a multidisciplinary approach and brings together scholars from several disciplines to interrogate the nexus between water infrastructure projects, the environment, and health. Drawing from anthropological insights, the workshop will act as a disciplinary nexus connecting the fields of anthropology, climate change, health, and new media (visual anthropology). The purpose of this multidisciplinary approach is to cultivate greater involvement of decision-makers and the larger population. In addition, we aim to create broadly conceived advocacy tools to advocate for more equitable and sustainable infrastructure project outcomes.
Patrick is a biocultural anthropologist whose work focuses on the biological and environmental impacts of infrastructure. His work lies at the intersection between culture, biology, and the environment. Patrick’s dissertation project, Dams, and Displacements: Biosocial Impacts of the Thwake Multipurpose Dam Construction on Women in Makueni County, Kenya, examined the psychosocial, nutritional, and physical health impacts of dam construction on women in Makueni County, Kenya. Patrick has a long-standing commitment to collaborative and community-based participatory research, where he has been involved in numerous public health interventions seeking to address global health issues, including health disparities in contemporary marginalized populations and global health. Patrick is currently a Postdoctoral fellow at York University Canada, where his research focuses on the ethics of biobanking in clinical trials in East Africa.
Congratulations Patrick!
HTI Member Lorne Foster leads the Black Canadian National Survey
The Black Canadian National Survey, led by Professor Lorne Foster in partnership with the Canadian Race Relations Foundation, finds that Black Canadians see workplaces as the epicentre of racial discrimination and unfairness.
Lorne Foster is Professor, School of Public Policy & Administration (SPPA). He holds the York Research Chair in Black Canadian Studies & Human Rights (Tier 1). As the Director of the Institute for Social Research (ISR), Dr. Foster oversees the leading university-based survey research centre in Canada. He is past Academic Director, of the York Statistics Canada Research Data Centre (RDC); and the inaugural Chair, Race Inclusion and Supportive Environments (RISE). In his university service, he currently serves as the Chair of the Community Safety Council (CSC); and is a member of the President’s Advisory Committee on Human Rights (PACHR). Dr. Foster is also the Director of the Diversity & Human Rights Certificate (DHRC), which he established in partnership with the Human Resources Professional Association (HRPA). This initiative is the first academic-industry partnership sponsored by a regulatory organization.
Read the full YFile story here.
Tubman Events
Dakar Conference Cancellation
Dear friends and colleagues,
On behalf of Harriet Tubman Institute for Research on Africa and its Diasporas (Université York, Canada/York University, Canada), in collaboration with L'Institut Supérieur des Arts et des Cultures (Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Sénégal), we would like to inform you that the conference ('Africa and its Diasporas' Contributions to World Civilization/ Les contributions de l'Afrique et ses diasporas à la civilization du monde') which was scheduled from June 26-29, 2023 in Dakar, Senegal, has been canceled due to the political crisis in the country.
Given the recent surge in violent protests in Dakar, which damaged the UCAD campus where the conference was scheduled, the committee has regrettably canceled our conference to ensure participants' safety and security.
We encourage participants to provide the letter attached to airlines for flight reimbursements, as the current situation is beyond our control.
We sincerely regret any inconvenience caused by this unexpected circumstance. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Thank you for being so understanding.
On the behalf of the organizing committee,
Dr. Gertrude Mianda
Director, Harriet Tubman Institute /Directrice, Institut Harriet Tubman.
Upcoming York Events and News
Check in next week for upcoming York events and news!
Other Events & Opportunities
Call for Youth Participants: Holland-Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital
Holland-Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital is currently recruiting youth participants for one of its research studies, "Discrimination, ableism and racism hurt but inclusion can heal: 'Listening to the intersectional lived experiences of youth with disabilities and co-creating solutions'. This study focuses on understanding the diverse lived experience of youth with disabilities and particularly how disability intersects with race, ethnicity and/or gender. This study is for youth aged 15-29 years old who has a disability and identifies as belonging to a racial, ethnic or gender minority group. They should be able to communicate in English or with the help of an interpreter (can be provided by the study upon request). This study is funded by Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council and Holland Bloorview Kimel Family Opportunities Fund.
Read more here.
Posters attached.
Taste of Ghana
Date: October 20th - October 30th, 2023.
Location: North of Ghana and in a farm-stead and off-grid mini village in the Eastern village
Contact: Abena Offeh-Gyimah abenaoffeh@gmail.com
This is a special 10 day event that will take place in the breathtaking and stunning landscape in the North of Ghana and in a farm-stead and off-grid mini village in the Eastern village.
This event will highlight the art of natural food processing of the Guruni culture and of sub-tropical sustainable practices and hand-crafted delicacies. Accommodation will be provided in beautiful local vernacular homes with private rooms, built with mainly natural local resources, giving an incredibly natural and contemplating setting and environment.
From October 20th-25th, we will be in the northern part of Ghana, learning and being immersed in:
1. sorghum beverage making
2. Millet Maasa
3. Dawadawa
4. Koose (bean fritter)
5. Toubanni (steamed beans)
6. Kooko (fermented millet porridge)
7. Pottery (local bowl-making)
9. Market Visit and tour
10. Organic Farm, indigenous seeds, and MORE
Then from October 25th to October 30, we will be in the eastern region of Ghana, learning and being immersed in:
1. Herbal Medicine for Broken Bones, Malaria, Typhoid, FLu, and MORE
2. Cacao Bar/Ball from scratch handcrafted
3. Coconut Milk from scratch handcrafted
4. Peanut Butter from scratch handcrafted
5. Q & A and much more!
It is 10 days of informative, practical, and leisurely experience among a group of beautiful people eager to learn more about indigenous culture, nature, and the land.
https://www.asaase.net/event-details/taste-of-ghana-from-north-to-south-20th-30th-october
If you have any questions or comments, feel free to connect with Abena, or visit the link above for more information.
News, Updates, Publications
Denis Mukwege spurs grads to endeavour for peace
“An internationally recognized and decorated medical doctor, Mukwege began his career just as York’s Faculty of Health grads did, with endless potential, ambition and only a vague conception of what the future would hold. Mukwege spoke to the graduating class about the courage of the medical staff at his hospital in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the resilience of the patients who are treated there, and the challenges of the Congolese people who continue to endure violence on a daily basis.”
“In addition to the convocation ceremony at York’s Keele Campus, Mukwege attended a commemorative dinner at Glendon College, hosted by Principal Marco Fiola, Professor Gertrude Mianda and fellow Nobel Prize-winner Professor James Orbinski. The event also included 75 members of Toronto’s Congolese community.
The event marked many firsts for York University, being the first time that two Nobel Prize laureates had been hosted at Glendon College, and the first time that Toronto’s Congolese community had gathered there to welcome an esteemed countryman.”
Read the full YFile story here.
Tubman Events
No Tubman events this week, check in next week for updates!
If you would like to book a room or host an event with or at Tubman, contact tubman@yorku.ca.
Upcoming York Events and News
Research Commons: York Research Chair Information Session
Date: July 19, 2023
Time: 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Location: Zoom (register here)
Please contact Andrew Castillo (drewcast@yorku.ca) with any questions about this event.
The Strategic and Institutional Research Initiatives (SIRI) unit is hosting a York Research Chairs (YRC) Information Session in conjunction with the launch of the 2023-24 competition. The YRC program mirrors and complements the Canada Research Chairs program and recognizes researchers who have demonstrated excellence in research and scholarship and have made, or are poised to make, substantial contributions to research leadership. Led by Dr. Mark Roseman, Director of SIRI, the session will provide an overview of the nomination process. It will also highlight changes to this year’s competition and provide guidance for developing an effective nomination package. While the session is designed primarily for administrators of the program at the Faculty level, interested applicants are welcome to attend. Please note Faculties will undertake their own internal nomination processes outside of the VPRI process.
Other Events & Opportunities
Call for Papers: Resistance to Slavery in Africa: Past and Present
Date: 23-24 October 2023
Location: SOAS / University of London
Organisers: Marie Rodet, Lotte Pelckmans, Esteban Salas, Wayne Dooling
Please send an abstract of 300 words plus a short bio to
mr28@soas.ac.uk, pelckmans@hum.ku.dk, es34@soas.ac.uk, wd2@soas.ac.uk
by 17 July 2023.
Decisions will be communicated by 31 July 2023.
Abstracts can be sent in English, French or Portuguese.
Some funding might be available to support travel and accommodation for those who do not dispose over their own funding.
Download full call of papers here
The aim of the symposium is to re-explore the very idea and concept of resistance to slavery in a cross-regional comparative perspective. Debates about collective forms of resistance to slavery in Africa appear to have faded in the face of a focus on individual agency and everyday resistance. By depicting especially complex individualised trajectories of agency within the ‘kinship continuum’ (Miers & Kopytoff 1977), research has tended to lose sight of resistance and the fundamental oppressive and violent nature of slavery. We aim to highlight the complex relations between the individual and the collective in their response to the institution of slavery - whether as social system, form of labour, or mode of production.
Carleton University’s Institute of African Studies: Politics of Turbulent Waters: Reflections on Ecological, Environmental and Climate Crises in Africa
Date: Tuesday, June 27
Time: 11am EST
Location: DT 1723 Carleton University and Online
May
News, Updates, Publications
HTI Members at Congress
Emilie Jabouin – “Talking ‘Mental Health’: Black Men’s Suicides Alongside Mrs. Bradford’s House of Pleasure.”
Date: May 29, 10:30am - 12:00 ET
Location: Vanier College – VC 001
Dr. Ruth Murambadoro - Untold Stories of Doing Research in the Periphery: Reflections from the Global South
Date: May 30, 10:00am ET
Association: Canadian Association of African Studies
Location: Vanier College VC 104 (Hybrid)
Debbie Ebanks Schlums
May 30, 2023, 1:30-3:00pm ET - Building and Animating Archives to Give Voice to Communities: A Roundtable Discussion
May 31, 2023, 10:30am-12:00pm ET – Debbie Ebanks Schlums (York) and Adrian Kahgee (visual artist) – “Shtaataahaa! Raatid! Everything is already here! Archipelagic Mnidoo-Worlding with Odeimin Runners: From Turtle Island to the Caribbean.” *INSTALLATION*
Collette Murray - Un loc' de riddims in meh body
Date: May 30, 4:00pm ET
Association: Black Canadian Studies Association
Location: Founders College FC 109
Dr. Gertrude Mianda - (Études des femmes et de genre) : « Féminisme africain dans l’espace francophone et la perspective décoloniale »
Date: May 30, 2023
Time: 3:00 – 6:00pm ET
Location: York Hall A-100, Campus Glendon
Dr. Damilola Adebayo - Frederick William Dove and African Economic Thought in the Nineteenth and Early-Twentieth Centuries
Date: May 31, 1:00pm ET
Association: Canadian Association of African Studies
Location: Vanier College VC 115
Are you a Tubman member presenting at Congress 2023?
Please let the Tubman Coordinator, Rebecca, know! Send an email or fill out this form.
Complimentary Congress community passes for Black and Indigenous members
A special invitation is extended to community members who may not have attended Congress before to participate this spring. Organizers have put together a rich suite of open programs, including 4 Big Thinking lectures with Black and Indigenous speakers, 20 professional development workshops in Career Corner, and over 200 other open programs and exhibitions.
To attend open programs, you will need to register as a community attendee, but this year the cost of community passes will be waived at registration for Black and Indigenous community members. Community members are students, faculty, educators, friends, family, and members of the public who are only attending open programs. The link to register is available here: https://fhss.swoogo.com/23-registration-inscription/begin. Please make sure you select the correct registration type for complimentary registration if this applies to you.
A sample list of open programs you may be interested in is attached, as well as a list of exhibitions that will run throughout the week. This is only to give you a sense of the range. There are many more. You can find a complete list of open programs at Congress along with room locations and other details here: https://www.federationhss.ca/en/congress/congress-2023/events-calendar.
Tubman Events
Gathering Space for Black Scholars at HTI Throughout Congress
Stop by for some refreshments and a quiet space to study. We are open from 9:00am – 4:00pm daily.
Dakar Conference Program is Available on our Website
Dates: June 26-29, 2023
Location: l’Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Senegal
Conference Program is now available! View it here.
The Harriet Tubman Institute is going to Dakar! The Conference will be hosted at l’Université Cheikh Anta Diop in Senegal. HTI extends a huge thank you to our supporters, York International, The Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research, the African Studies Program, and the Resource Centre for Public Sociology.
Upcoming York Events and News
Reflecting on Transnational Employment Strain in a Global Health Pandemic: Migrant Farmworkers in Canada
Date: Monday, May 29, 2023
Time: 1:30-3:00pm ET
Location: Osgoode Hall 2001
Refreshments will be provided.
Indigenous Knowing and Climate Futures
Date: May 31st, 2023
Time: 3:00 – 5:00pm ET
Location: Tribute Communities Recital Hall, Accolade East Building, York University.
The event will feature two distinguished Indigenous researchers and communicators, Candis Callison (Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Journalism, Media, and Public Discourse at UBC) and Deborah McGregor (Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Environmental Justice at York), along with award-winning author and activist Naomi Klein (Professor of Climate Justice at UBC). They will discuss how Indigenous knowledge and ways of knowing can make the threat our planet faces from climate change, and ways of confronting it, matter to broader publics both inside and outside the university
A reception will follow outside the Hall, from 5-6:30pm.
There is also a zoom option for those unable to attend. To register click here. BUT IF AT ALL POSSIBLE, PLEASE DO PLAN TO ATTEND IN PERSON!
ALL ARE WELCOME!
We are looking to hire a Grant Writing Assistant as part of the Indigenous Climate Leadership and Self-Determined Futures project. The project is administered through the Centre for Indigenous Knowledges and Languages and supported by York University’s Catalyzing Interdisciplinary Research Cluster fund. The candidate would be supervised by Dr. Martha Stiegman, Associate Professor in EUC. The job description is attached.
Applicants must be a current YorkU undergraduate student and be eligible for the Workstudy program. Eligibility criteria can be found here: https://sfs.yorku.ca/work-study-programs
We are looking to hire ASAP.
CIKL: Hiring | Seed Sovereignty Gathering – Grant Writing Assistant
Good afternoon,
We are looking to hire a Grant Writing Assistant as part of the Indigenous Climate Leadership and Self-Determined Futures project. The project is administered through the Centre for Indigenous Knowledges and Languages and supported by York University’s Catalyzing Interdisciplinary Research Cluster fund. The candidate would be supervised by Dr. Martha Stiegman, Associate Professor in EUC.
Applicants must be a current YorkU undergraduate student and be eligible for the Workstudy program. Eligibility criteria can be found here: https://sfs.yorku.ca/work-study-programs
We are looking to hire ASAP.
Thank you!
Nathalie
Other Events & Opportunities
2023 CAAS CONFERENCE
The Canadian Association of African Studies (CAAS) will hold its 2023 conference as part of the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences from May 29-June 1, 2023 at York University in Toronto, Canada. Conference registration must be completed through the Congress 2023 portal. For more information on how to register, Congress registration fees and more, please visit the Congress 2023 website.
The CAAS Greeting table is located at Vanier College (VC) 114.
View the Program here.
News, Updates, Publications
Congress Presentations by HTI Members
Emilie Jabouin – “Talking ‘Mental Health’: Black Men’s Suicides Alongside Mrs. Bradford’s House of Pleasure.”
Date: May 29, 10:30am - 12:00 ET
Location: Vanier College – VC 001
Dr. Ruth Murambadoro - Untold Stories of Doing Research in the Periphery: Reflections from the Global South
Date: May 30, 10:00am ET
Association: Canadian Association of African Studies
Location: Vanier College VC 104 (Hybrid)
The terms ‘periphery’ and ‘margins’ have been interchangeably used in most scholarship on and about rural Africa to denote a space and locality that is less civilized than the “center”. Though considered underdeveloped, less modern, and innovative in comparison to urban settings, these normative depictions of the ‘periphery’ have proven problematic for critical scholars who challenge the bias of studying African societies from a Western gaze. In this paper, we draw from our experiences of performing participatory research with communities in rural South Africa, Kenya and Zimbabwe to provide new ways of thinking about the ‘periphery’ aside from the ‘core’. We borrow from Glückler et al’s (2022) relational definition of periphery as position as opposed to locality, to distinguish the positionality of the researcher and research community in shaping meanings derived from interactions within space. While the absence of amenities common in urban settings may make the ‘periphery’ a less desirable site for research and much is assumed about rural life in Africa, the paper highlights the complexities of conducting research with communities in the ‘periphery’ as well as opportunities. We conclude that doing research with peripheral communities requires building strong relationships, exercising compassion, mutual respect, and trust to ensure for a meaningful research process.
Collette Murray - Un loc' de riddims in meh body
Date: May 30, 4:00pm ET
Association: Black Canadian Studies Association
Location: Founders College FC 109
Drawing on her commissioned art exhibition in the 2023 Black and Free project, Murray unpacks “Un loc’ de riddims in meh body”, a visual movement journey amplifying how a dancing body in geopolitical spaces across the Afro-diaspora can exist, claim, and sustain nuances of being in dance practices. Using archive, lived experience, dance photography, and performance, Murray decolonizes the conversation on blackness and freedom with performance arts research of an Afrodescendant (Canadian-born) linking an excavated, transatlantic past to contemporary practice. Five new artworks connect to tradition, culturally significant practices, and intellectual discourse as ways a melaninated, dancing body liberates. What is centered are some West African music-dance systems and dance practices of Caribbean communities impacted by the British Slave trade that sustained and thrived in creative joy.
Dr. Damilola Adebayo - Frederick William Dove and African Economic Thought in the Nineteenth and Early-Twentieth Centuries
Date: May 31, 1:00pm ET
Association: Canadian Association of African Studies
Location: Vanier College VC 115
In March 1909, Frederick William Dove (1863-1948), a Sierra Leonean lawyer, politician, and businessman, wrote an article for the Nigerian Chronicle to make a case for privatizing the state-owned electricity station in Lagos. In his article, he argued, among other things, that the colonial government was apathetic about the poor state of energy supply in Lagos because it was not responsible to ‘shareholders’. Dove’s article is the first documented call by an African to privatize a public enterprise in colonial Africa.
This paper situates Dove’s ideas within a broader history of nineteenth and early-twentieth-century African economic thought. Scholars have analyzed the intellectual life of Western-educated “liberated Africans” (Africans rescued from slave ships by the British navy after the 1807 abolition) in Lagos. However, the emphasis has been on the racial, cultural, political, and literary ideas produced by this elite group. Not much is known about the economic dimensions of African intellectual history during this period. This is despite the fact that educated liberated Africans (and their descendants, including Dove) had been involved in economic activities (as lawyers, doctors, journalists, merchants, and farmers) and had organized protests against harsh colonial policies since the 1860s.
Through a critical study of Dove’s biography and ideas on electrification, this paper argues that late-nineteenth and early-twentieth-century Africans did not only react to colonial policies (as many scholars have argued) but also proposed alternative visions of economic development in their writings. An analysis of the similarities between Dove’s reasons for privatization in 1909 and ongoing debates on energy privatization in Nigeria also suggests that early-twentieth-century African economic ideas have present-day implications.
Are you a Tubman member presenting at Congress 2023?
Please let the Tubman Coordinator, Rebecca, know! Send an email or fill out this form.
Complimentary Congress community passes for Black and Indigenous members
A special invitation is extended to community members who may not have attended Congress before to participate this spring. Organizers have put together a rich suite of open programs, including 4 Big Thinking lectures with Black and Indigenous speakers, 20 professional development workshops in Career Corner, and over 200 other open programs and exhibitions.
To attend open programs, you will need to register as a community attendee, but this year the cost of community passes will be waived at registration for Black and Indigenous community members. Community members are students, faculty, educators, friends, family, and members of the public who are only attending open programs. The link to register is available here: https://fhss.swoogo.com/23-registration-inscription/begin. Please make sure you select the correct registration type for complimentary registration if this applies to you.
A sample list of open programs you may be interested in is attached, as well as a list of exhibitions that will run throughout the week. This is only to give you a sense of the range. There are many more. You can find a complete list of open programs at Congress along with room locations and other details here: https://www.federationhss.ca/en/congress/congress-2023/events-calendar.
Tubman Events
Dakar Conference Program is Now Available
Dates: June 26-29, 2023
Location: l’Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Senegal
Conference Program is now available! View it here.
The Harriet Tubman Institute is going to Dakar! The Conference will be hosted at l’Université Cheikh Anta Diop in Senegal. HTI extends a huge thank you to our supporters, York International, The Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research, the African Studies Program, and the Resource Centre for Public Sociology.
Upcoming York Events and News
Department of Politics: [Re]imagining A Gendered Political History of Zimbabwe, Dr. Ruth Murambadoro
Date: Tuesday, May 23, 2023
Time: 1:30pm – 3:00pm ET
Location: Zoom (virtual)
RSVP: https://yorku.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIqcOiqrTwiE9cdzNT6nW4MFYEGGqPhpUjH
Department of Politics: Race in International Political Economy: A Broad look at the Western Hemisphere, Dr. Tamanisha John
Date: Friday, May 26, 2023
Time: 12:30pm – 2:00pm ET
Location: Zoom (virtual)
RSVP: https://yorku.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwtdeCvqT0pHdYth9ZHW7RpYBCOTzF7HXiM
Reflecting on Transnational Employment Strain in a Global Health Pandemic: Migrant Farmworkers in Canada
Date: Monday, May 29, 2023
Time: 1:30-3:00pm ET
Location: Osgoode Hall 2001
Refreshments will be provided.
Other Events & Opportunities
Post-Doctoral Fellowship in African Cultural Studies
The Department of African Cultural Studies at UW-Madison in the United States seeks a postdoctoral fellow for the academic year 2023-2024 to pursue research in African Cultural Studies with a focus on francophone West Africa, the Maghreb, and/or the Caribbean.
Learn more here:
News, Updates, Publications
Are you a Tubman member presenting at Congress 2023?
Please let the Tubman Coordinator, Rebecca, know! Send an email or fill out this form.
Complimentary Congress community passes for Black and Indigenous members
A special invitation is extended to community members who may not have attended Congress before to participate this spring. Organizers have put together a rich suite of open programs, including 4 Big Thinking lectures with Black and Indigenous speakers, 20 professional development workshops in Career Corner, and over 200 other open programs and exhibitions.
To attend open programs, you will need to register as a community attendee, but this year the cost of community passes will be waived at registration for Black and Indigenous community members. Community members are students, faculty, educators, friends, family, and members of the public who are only attending open programs. The link to register is available here: https://fhss.swoogo.com/23-registration-inscription/begin. Please make sure you select the correct registration type for complimentary registration if this applies to you.
A sample list of open programs you may be interested in is attached, as well as a list of exhibitions that will run throughout the week. This is only to give you a sense of the range. There are many more. You can find a complete list of open programs at Congress along with room locations and other details here: https://www.federationhss.ca/en/congress/congress-2023/events-calendar.
Missed an event? Watch recorded events on our YouTube Channel(s)
The Harriet Tubman Institute’s YouTube Channel can be found here with most past events from the 2022-2023 academic year. There is a second YouTube account with recordings from previous years. We are trying our best to regain access to this account and amalgamate the videos! Thank you for your patience.
Tubman Events
Harriet Tubman Institute International Conference: Africa and its Diasporas’ Contributions to World Civilization
Dates: June 26-29, 2023
Location: l’Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Senegal
The Harriet Tubman Institute is going to Dakar! The Conference will be hosted at l’Université Cheikh Anta Diop in Senegal. HTI extends a huge thank you to our supporters, York International, The Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research, the African Studies Program, and the Resource Centre for Public Sociology.
Upcoming York Events and News
Latin American Studies at The University of Toronto and CERLAC present: Creative Resistance in Schools during the Pandemic: A View from the Peruvian Andes by Cristóbal Suárez Guerrero
Date: Tuesday, May 16, 2023
Time: 2:00-3:30 pm ET
Location: In-person: Jackman Humanities 318 – In Spanish, with interpretation to English. Register through Eventbrite.
Remotely: online via Zoom – In Spanish only. Register through Zoom.
About the Presentation:
This talk presents pedagogical innovation projects illustrating the creative and socially committed response of teachers in the Apurimac region of Peru upon the closure of schools during the C-19 pandemic. The closure, which lasted nearly two academic years, devastated formal education in the country. It also revealed a series of old and new problems in places like the Peruvian Andes. The initiatives presented in this talk, rather than applying a norm, a rule or an algorithm, have faced the complexity of their classrooms from their pedagogical praxis to offer an innovative response to the question: how to continue educating when poverty is endemic and a new pandemic hits a community already lacking resources? What can we learn from the teachers of Apurimac who are committed to educating their students despite old and new challenges?
About the Presenter:
Cristóbal Suárez-Guerrero (Mollebamba, Apurimac, Peru) is professor of Education and School Management at the University of Valencia and a member of the research group on cultural pedagogies (CREARI) at the same university. His research focuses on digital pedagogy, pedagogical innovation and cooperative learning, digital competence and culture in education, and digital humanities.
Special Umeme Flashpoint roundtable on the Crisis in Sudan
Date: Thursday, May 18, 2023
Time: 11am-1pm ET
Location: Dunton Tower 1723 (Hybris), Carleton University and Online
Register here: https://carleton-ca.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcocuCurTopGNHK--Fj5bEde4R4L0v77UdT#/registration
Since, the December 2018 Uprising, the Sudanese people have been struggling for freedom, peace, and justice, attempting to carry out a democratization process and transition to a civilian-led government. One of the major obstacles is the reform of the army and the merger of the different military groups into one national armed force.
While each party of the conflict bears full responsibility for the killing of innocent civilians, however, as scholars, this proxy war, at its core, forces us to reflect on the ongoing effects and legacies of (neo)colonialism and the challenges of decolonization in Africa. These reflections are not only on politics and international relations, but also on digital information as the Internet and social media are grounds for such conflicts, crises, and struggles.
Research Commons Upcoming Workshops
1. CIHR Project Grant - May 17, 2023 from 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm
2. SSHRC Insight Grant - May 24, 2023 from 2:30 - 4:00 pm
Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research and the City Institute: Governance of Urban Inequality During and After COVID-19
Date: Wed. May 24
Time: Noon ET
Reflecting on Transnational Employment Strain in a Global Health Pandemic: Migrant Farmworkers in Canada
Date: Monday, May 29, 2023
Time: 1:30-3:00pm ET
Location: Osgoode Hall 2001
Refreshments will be provided.
This book launch and panel brings together migrant justice academics to discuss the intersections of health and well-being, employment conditions, security of presence/citizenship status, and transnational labour migration in the context of the global health pandemic, as discussed in Transnational Employment Strain in a Global Health Pandemic: Migrant Farmworkers in Canada (2023). Taking this book as a starting point, and offering critical reflections on its findings, presenters will explore the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on migrant workers, addressing the effects of COVID-19 and government interventions to curb its transmission. Building on their respective fieldwork in Quebec, Ontario, Atlantic Canada, and British Columbia, panelists will cover such topics as social isolation and confinement, housing, care, and public health with attention to dynamics in both rural and urban spaces.
Chair:
Luin Goldring (York University)
Panelists:
Susana Caxaj (University of Western Ontario)
Jill Hanley (McGill University)
Adam Perry (St. Francis Xavier University)
Eloy Rivas-Sanchez (Athabasca University)
Book Authors:
Leah F. Vosko (York University)
Tanya Basok (University of Windsor)
Cynthia Spring (York University)
Co-Sponsors:
Canadian Association for Work and Labour Studies
Global Labour Research Centre
Centre for Research on Latin America and the Caribbean (CERLAC)
Other Events & Opportunities
Post-Doctoral Fellowship in African Cultural Studies
The Department of African Cultural Studies at UW-Madison in the United States seeks a postdoctoral fellow for the academic year 2023-2024 to pursue research in African Cultural Studies with a focus on francophone West Africa, the Maghreb, and/or the Caribbean.
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