ARCYP Program at 2012 Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences

February 22, 2012

Congress 2012 of the Humanities and Social Sciences CROSSROADS: SCHOLARSHIP FOR AN UNCERTAIN WORLD
Wilfrid Laurier University and University of Waterloo
Waterloo, Ontario
May 26 – June 2, 2012

Association for Research in Cultures of Young People Program
May 28 – 29, 2012

MONDAY, MAY 28, 2012
1:30 – 2:45 p.m. / Room: TBA
Project Groundings: A Transnational Approach to Art and Youth Identity Development in conjunction with SSHRC-funded Project Groundings and Toronto’s Nia Centre for the Arts
Chair: Naila Keleta-Mae (U of Waterloo)

Emerging Artists from Nia Centre for the Arts articulate their life stories through spoken word, theatre, and photography, exploring the complex ways in which Afrodiasporic identity is textured, disrupted, and devalued by everyday occurrences of violence. How might art address systemic violence in African Jamaican and African Canadian lives?

Open to all Congress delegates; admission free

TUESDAY, MAY 29, 2012
9:00 – 10:15 a.m. / Room: TBA

2012 David Almond Fellowships for Research in Children’s Literature

February 9, 2012

Newcastle University’s School of English Literature, Language and Linguistics and Seven Stories, the national centre for children’s books proudly announce the creation of David Almond Fellowships. The awards recognise both David Almond’s contribution to children’s literature and his connections with these partner institutions: he is a patron of Seven Stories and an honorary graduate of Newcastle University.

Mavis Reimer at Panel Discussion for Chris Reid: I like to believe I am telling the truth

January 30, 2012

Mavis Reimer will be participating in the panel discussion for Chris Reid: I like to believe I am telling the truth, a double-sited exhibition co-presented by Gallery 1C03 and the Oseredok Ukrainian Cultural and Educational Centre.

This panel discussion has been organized to complement Chris Reid’s current exhibition, I like to believe I am telling the truth, at Gallery 1C03 and Oseredok Ukrainian Cultural and Educational Centre. The exhibition includes large-scale pastel drawings, quirky re-interpretations of Ukrainian Easter eggs and multi-media sculptural installations that incorporate recycled and found objects. Through these diverse media, Reid invents lush visual narratives containing a sundry cast of characters – from folkloric symbols of her Ukrainian heritage and her husband’s African heritage such as Baba Yaga buildings and Anansi the spider to idiosyncratic anthropomorphic cats, dolls, bunnies and bread – that play out their actions in surreal prairie landscapes and unsettling domestic environments.

The exhibition runs from February 9 to April 14, 2012, and the panel discussion takes place in Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall on Thursday, March 22 at 7:00PM.

Invitation to Contribute to International Child Research Ethics Project

January 9, 2012

This is an invitation to contribute to an important international initiative aimed at improving understandings and practice in relation to ethical research with children and young people. This work, under way for the past two years, will culminate in an International Charter and Ethics Guidelines.

By way of brief background, Childwatch International convened a meeting at the University of London in July 2011 to discuss ethical issues and approaches to research with/on/for children and young people. This was attended by leading international child and youth researchers and managers in the fields of ethics philosophy, policy and practice. Participants at this meeting reviewed work previously undertaken by Childwatch International that included findings from an international survey exploring ethical issues in research with children in different international contexts and a comprehensive international literature review identifying key developments in this area (see: http://www.childwatch.uio.no/projects/project-of-the-month/2010/research-ethics). The meeting agreed that while the importance of ethical research with children and young people is now widely accepted, the tension between universally agreed principles and situationally applied practice needs considerably more thought.

Jeunesse Editor Catherine Tosenberger at MLA’s Chat With An Editor

December 21, 2011

On Monday January 7, Jeunesse editor, Dr. Catherine Tosenberger will be participating in the "Chat with an Editor" session at the MLA Convention in Seattle. Dr. Tosenberger will be on from 11:00AM to 12:00PM.

For the past ten years, in an effort to help younger scholars submitting their work to journals, the Council of Editors of Learned Journals, an Allied Organization of MLA, has sponsored "Chat with an Editor" at the MLA Convention.