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Friday, November 4, 2022

Transforming Disability Knowledge, Research and Activism Final Report now available!

We are pleased to announce that Dr. Xuan Thuy Nguyen released the final report of Transforming Disability Knowledge, Research and Activism(TDKRA) project聽and the聽Decolonial Disability Studies Collective聽(DDSC) at 杏吧原创 University. This聽4-year聽project aimed to address the gap in knowledge about聽the situation of women and girls with... More

Friday, November 4, 2022

Dr. Leila Angod is a co-PI for a new initiative on Pedagogies of Community Engagement

Dr. Angod and her colleagues, Rub茅n Gaztambide-Fernandez (Principal Investigator), Casey聽Burkholder, Jessica K. Bleuer, Francisco聽 Ibanez-Carrasco, Stuart聽Poyntz, Rai D. Reece, Alison Nicole Crockford, Leila Angod, Ruth聽Wilson, Sarah聽Switzer, Ishbel M.K. Munro have received a prestigious grant from the Spencer Foundation for a new research... More

Monday, October 17, 2022

Youth Conference 2022

Join Amnesty International UK for their Youth Conference 2022. Date: 4th November 2022 Time: 10:00am 鈥� 4:30pm Location: London, Amnesty HQ Theme: Freedom to express yourself Meet other youth activists from across the country and gain knowledge, practical skills and confidence to take action on human rights in the UK and around the world.... More

Friday, October 14, 2022

Community-Engaged Learning: Creating Pathways to Opening Doors

Community-Engaged Learning: Creating Pathways to Opening Doors October 19, 2022聽at 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM Location: Virtual Audience: Alumni,聽Anyone,聽杏吧原创 Community,聽Current Students,聽Faculty,聽Staff The Committee for Community Engaged Pedagogy (CCEP) is organizing two virtual panel events on Oct. 18th and 19th. Each event will take place... More

Wednesday, October 5, 2022

Gerison and Francine Lansdown 2022-23 Prizes for Undergraduate and Graduate Student Essays

The Landon Pearson Centre for the Study of Childhood and Children鈥檚 Rights at 杏吧原创 University invites applications for the 2022-23 Gerison and Francine Lansdown Undergraduate and Graduate Student Essay Prizes in Children鈥檚 Rights ($500 each)聽 Students studying Children鈥檚 Rights are invited to submit an essay for consideration. Prize... More

Wednesday, October 5, 2022

Landon Pearson Centre Undergraduate and Graduate Student Awards – Deadline October 31, 2022

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS Deadline: October 31, 2022 2022-23 Dr. Joy Calkin Student Bursaries Landon Pearson Resource Centre for the Study of Childhood and Children鈥檚 Rights The Landon Pearson Resource Centre for the Study of Childhood and Children鈥檚 Rights at 杏吧原创 University invites applications for the 2022-23 Dr. Joy Calkin student... More

Friday, September 23, 2022

Virtual Event: THE FUTURE IS DISABLED by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha | Women & Children First – womenandchildrenfirst.com

Join Women & Children First and Access Living for a virtual event celebrating The Future Is Disabled: Prophecies, Love Notes and Mourning Songs by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha.For this event, Leah will be joined by Moya Bailey & Akemi Nishida.. This event will be hosted on Zoom Webinar with ASL and CART provided.... More

Friday, September 23, 2022

FASS Healthy Cities Series 2022-23 featuring Dr. Leila Angod and Dr. Julie Garlen as moderator

鈥淏ack to School in the City鈥澛爌anelists Sherwyn Solomon (Principal at Le Phare Elementary School in Ottawa), Dr. Maria Rogers (Psychology), and Dr. Leila Angod (Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies: Childhood and Youth Studies) will offer insights into some of the challenges that Ottawa students may face as we move into a new... More

Thursday, September 22, 2022

Dr. Paul Mkandawire, recipient of Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR) grant

Congratulations to Dr. Paul Mkandawire (principal investigator) and Drs. Leila Angod and Evelyn Mayanja (co-investigators) who won a prestigious Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR) grant (September 2022) for a project titled 聽'Engaging Black women to address HIV/AIDS in Ontario'. The project is grounded in critical population health and... More

Thursday, September 22, 2022

Dr. Julia Sinclair-Palm & Westley Partington co-present at the People’s Names: Identities & Equalities symposium

Dr. Julia Sinclair-Palm聽& Westley Partington co-presented a paper titled 鈥淔inding Joy in a Name: Trans youths鈥� experiences of names & naming practices,鈥� at the People's Names: Identities & Equalities聽symposium in September 2022 under the auspices of the People's Names Research... More

Thursday, September 22, 2022

Co-authored article by Dr. Julia Sinclair-Palm and Kit Chokly (M.A. Communications) in the Journal of LGBT Youth

Co-authored article by Dr. Julia Sinclair Palm and Kit Chokly titled 鈥� 鈥業t鈥檚 a giant faux pas鈥�: exploring young trans people鈥檚 beliefs about deadnaming and the term deadname,鈥� Journal of LGBT Youth (May 2022). Here鈥檚 the link to the article: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/19361653.2022.2076182... More

Wednesday, September 21, 2022

Teacher’s College/Grad School bound? Join Julia Sinclair-Palm for advice on how to apply

Are you interested in Teacher鈥檚 College and/or Graduate school? Join Dr. Julia Sinclair-Palm to discuss how to construct a strong application. No pre-registration required. Here鈥檚 the zoom information for the event: September 26th, 6 to 7:30pm https://carleton-ca.zoom.us/j/96787127316... More

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