Monthly Archives: July 2014

Call for hosts: CFBU (Brock Radio) seeks environment and sustainability programming

What is the opportunity? CFBU (Brock Radio) is recruiting hosts for shows on environment, sustainability, or possibly other topics (e.g., global justice, social and animal movements, labour studies). See the schedule for a taste of what Brock Radio has to … Continue reading

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Call for community projects: Leadership Niagara seeks collaborators

What is the opportunity? Are you involved with a Niagara-based non-profit organization or community group? Could this group benefit from additional support from a team of 4-6 skilled professionals? Does your group have an item in your strategic plan that … Continue reading

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SJRI affiliate receives CRISS grant for joint film project

Dr. Lauren Corman recently received a grant from the Council for Research in the Social Sciences (CRISS) to collaborate with filmmaker Karol Orzechowski. Together they will be producing a film documenting the intersections between animal advocacy and other social justice issues. Karol … Continue reading

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Demonstration [July 25]: Gaza Solidarity

Dr. Ebru Ustundag, Associate Professor, Department of Geography at Brock University welcomes you to attend a demonstration this Friday, July 25 at 2:30 pm. The demonstration will be located in front of MP Rick Dykstra’s office at 61 Geneva Street … Continue reading

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Studies in Social Justice finds a new home with SJRI

Studies in Social Justice has a new home! Since 2007 Studies in Social Justice has been managed and published by the Centre for Studies in Social Justice at the University of Windsor. Following the Centre’s recent closure, the journal’s operations … Continue reading

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Conference [Sept 20, Vancouver]: Diaspora, Sustainability and Development

Diaspora, Sustainability and Development: Meeting at the Nexus September 20, 2014 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. SFU’s Segal Graduate School of Business, 500 Granville Street, Vancouver, BC

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CRISS grants awarded to SJRI affiliates

Brock’s Council for Research in the Social Sciences (CRISS) advances research and scholarship through the administration of small research grants awarded to faculty members through a peer-­reviewed, transparent process. Congratulations to the most recent CRISS award winners!  SJRI affiliates who received … Continue reading

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Atkinson Decent Work Fund [NOI Due Sept 17]

The Atkinson Decent Work Fund aims to promote social and economic justice in Ontario by creating work, wealth and wellbeing for people and communities cut off from the well-traveled routes to prosperity. It’s about removing roadblocks, building bridges and taking … Continue reading

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Call for proposals: CSPI/Women’s Press

CSPI/Women’s Press 425 Adelaide Street West, Suite 200 Toronto, ON Telephone: 416 929 2774 Fax: 416 929 1926 Canadian Scholars’ Press & Women’s Press warmly invite proposals from affiliated members of the Social Justice Research Institute. We are specifically seeking … Continue reading

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Researchers learn grant-writing tips in latest ORS workshop | Brock News

Robert Porter, who is director of Research Development at the University of Tennessee, conducted a workshop at Brock June 11, 2014 focusing on creating winning research proposals. He began by contrasting academic writing – the “world of ideas” – with … Continue reading

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