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Statement by the Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences
Letter to the Black Canadian Studies Association http://www.ideas-idees.ca/sites/default/files/sites/default/uploads/congress/congress2019/bcsa_letter_-_june_5_2019.pdf
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2019 Annual Conference Events of the CSA-SCS
Musqueam Nation Community and Cultural Centre Tour Tuesday, June 4 from 9:00am – 1:00pm Open to delegates, their friends, and family $30 per person includes coach bus transportation (from UBC to the cultural centre) and tour Learn more and book … Continue reading
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Paul E. Lovejoy: W. E. B. Du Bois Lecture Series
Paul E. Lovejoy: W. E. B. Du Bois Lecture Series Paul E. Lovejoy, Distinguished Research Professor and Canada Research Chair in African Diaspora History at York University Equiano’s World – Beyond Slavery and Abolition Apr. 16, 4pm: Vassa and Slavery: … Continue reading
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Call for a New Editor for the Canadian Review of Sociology/Revue canadienne de sociologie.
CRSEditorCall2019
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August 1 Marked as Emancipation Day
The Beginning of Black History Month: February was first recognized in Canada as Black History month in 1996. Rosemary Sadlier was instrumental in getting February recognized as Black History Month in Canada. Now she’s collecting signatures to have August 1st marked … Continue reading
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Honouring Agnes Calliste: Innovative Critical Race and Intersectional Perspectives in Canadian Sociology
When: November 23, 2018 from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM Where: 270 Residence Commons, Carleton University, Ottawa. Who: Anyone, but space is limited. RSVP required. *Continental breakfast and lunch included. No cost. The symposium will honour the scholarship of Dr. … Continue reading
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Book Launch: Racial Profiling And Human Rights In Canada: The New Legal Landscape by Professors Lorne Foster and Les Jacobs
New book examines racial profiling and human rights in Canada Racial Profiling and Human Rights in Canada The New Legal Landscape, Edited by Lorne Foster, Lesley A, Jacobs, Bobby Siu and Shaheen Azmi
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In Memory of Dr. Agnes Miranda Calliste, 1944 – 2018
My dear sister, It is with a wounded and broken heart that I pen these words to your departed soul. An intellectual giant has fallen and all through the deep forest the unmistaken sound of the fall can be heard. Death has robbed us … Continue reading
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In Memoriam: Dr. Agnes Calliste
Sep 4 2018 Dr. Calliste taught at St. Francis Xavier University (Nova Scotia) for several decades where she pioneered courses on the sociology of race and gender. Dr. L. Lynda Harling Stalker, Chair and Associate Professor, Sociology at St. Francis Xavier University … Continue reading
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The Centre for Integrative Anti-Racism Studies (CIARS) CALL FOR PAPERS
2018 Decolonizing Conference – Call for Abstracts[1] 11th Annual Decolonization Conference of the Centre for Integrative Anti-Racism Studies November 8 -10, 2018, OISE, University of Toronto CIARS is pleased to announce that it is holding its XI Decolonizing Conference for … Continue reading
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