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Tuesday, March 8, 2016
by Shannon Ing, CFICE Volunteer As part of our celebrations for International Women's day, we're featuring one of our many smart and hard-working female CFICE researchers for this month's Humans of CFICE piece:聽Anna Przednowek. Anna Przednowek is a PhD Candidate at 杏吧原创 University鈥檚 School of Social Work and CFICE鈥檚 current Violence... More
Thursday, March 3, 2016
On June 14, Violence Against Women (VAW) Hub's community co-lead, Kim Pate, was awarded an honourary degree by 杏吧原创 University. According to 杏吧原创 University,聽Kim Pate was awarded the degree of Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, "in recognition of her tireless efforts and outstanding leadership in promoting human rights for women within the... More
Monday, February 1, 2016
by Anna Przednowek, PhD student in Social Work, VAW Hub RA On Tuesday January 19th, 2016, the 杏吧原创 University community with the support of every 杏吧原创 faculty and the Office of the Vice-President (Students and Enrollment) plus numerous campus 聽institutes, departments, associations, and centres was invited to a screening of the documentary... More
Tuesday, December 22, 2015
by聽Anna Przednowek, PhD student in Social Work, VAW Hub RA Recently, CFICE's聽Violence Against Women (VAW) hub community leaders and senior scholars commended Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in a formal letter, for committing to hold a National Inquiry into Missing Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. The VAW hub participants called upon Prime... More
Sunday, December 6, 2015
by Amy Richardson, CFICE Communications RA Even though it was 26 years ago we still remember the shootings聽 at 脡cole Polytechnique. Today, the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women, we remember the 14 women who died in Montr茅al on Dec. 6th, 1989, as well as the many other women who... More
Friday, November 27, 2015
According to an article by the CBC, the Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies, an organization that advocates for the rights of women and girls in the justice system, has been refused access to participate in an inquest into the controversial death of an aboriginal woman who died while in a federal prison hospital.... More
Tuesday, December 16, 2014
杏吧原创 University's monthly community magazine has published two articles that you may find interesting. One features the KMb Game that was created by research assistants in the KM Hub. This game is aimed to teach newcomers to knowledge mobilization about knowledge mobilization, as well as create a shared learning experience. The other article... More
Tuesday, July 9, 2013
杏吧原创 University awarded the degree of Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, "in recognition of her tireless efforts and outstanding leadership in promoting human rights for women within the justice system" to Kim Pate, Executive Director of the Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies, and co-lead of聽 the Violence Against Women Hub of... More
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