Category Archives: Opportunities

CFP [Due – May 1]: Global Garveyism

Posted on February 27, 2015 by Rachel Hirsch

Global Garveyism: Diasporic Aspirations and Utopian Dreams Edited by Ronald J. Stephens and Adam Ewing Call for Manuscripts Established by Marcus Garvey with the assistance of Amy Ashwood in Jamaica in 1914, the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities … Continue reading →

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CFP [Due – March 13]: Memory, Trauma, Truth, Engagement Project

Posted on February 27, 2015 by Rachel Hirsch

Call for Presentations The Testimony: Memory, Trauma, Truth, Engagement Project (2nd Global Meeting) Saturday 11th July – Monday 13th July 2015 Mansfield College, Oxford, United Kingdom The meeting seeks to examine, assess and explore the multiple uses and contexts in … Continue reading →

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CFP [Due – May 15]: Canadian Woman Studies Special Issue

Posted on February 27, 2015 by Rachel Hirsch

Canadian Woman Studies/les cahiers de la femme Call for Papers: Women in the Social and Environmental Justice Winter/Spring 2015 This special issue of Canadian Woman Studies’ (CWS/cf) will focus on the social and environmental crises which threaten the preservation of … Continue reading →

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CFP [Due – July 15]: Canadian Woman Studies Special Double Issue

Posted on February 27, 2015 by Rachel Hirsch

Canadian Woman Studies/les cahiers de la femme Call for Papers: Women’s Human Rights Fall/Winter 2015 This special double issue of Canadian Woman Studies’ (CWS/cf) will focus on feminist women’s human rights theory and activism as a visionary framework for movement-building … Continue reading →

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CFP [Due – March 30]: Critical Pan-Americanisms (CALACS 2015)

Posted on February 27, 2015 by Rachel Hirsch

THE CANADIAN ASSOCIATION OF LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN STUDIES (CALACS), THE FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF COSTA RICA and THE LATIN AMERICAN SOCIAL SCIENCES INSTITUTE (FLACSO) PRESENT: CALACS 2015: Critical Pan-Americanisms — Solidarities, Resistances, Territories To be … Continue reading →

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CFP [Due – May 31]: Toronto Youth Food Policy Journal

Posted on February 27, 2015 by Rachel Hirsch

Submission Guidelines Academic Journal Are you a student, activist, independent writer or journalist who has written an in-depth research piece and want the chance to publish it in a legitimate peer-reviewed journal? We have come to answer your prayers. We … Continue reading →

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Call for participants: Celebrity activism

Posted on February 27, 2015 by Rachel Hirsch

Are you interested in media coverage of social justice issues? You are invited to participate in a focus group interview about media, activism, and celebrity for a research project that is currently being conducted in the Niagara Region. The purpose … Continue reading →

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SJRI Sponsored CFP [Due – April 1]: Consuming Intimacies Symposium

Posted on February 19, 2015 by Rachel Hirsch

The Social Justice Research Institute of Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada, announces a call for papers and artistic contributions for an upcoming symposium (October 15–16, 2015) Consuming Intimacies: Bodies, Labour, Care, and Social Justice Intimacy, as a concept and … Continue reading →

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Pursuing Social Justice | Toni Pickard

Posted on February 13, 2015 by Rachel Hirsch

Pursuing social justice in a BIG way: Basic income guarantees are transformative by Toni Pickard, Co-founder Kingston Action Group for a Basic Income Guarantee A Basic Income Guarantee (BIG) is a minimum income adequate to pay for life’s necessities: food, shelter, heat, … Continue reading →

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SJRI Post-doctoral Fellow Position for 2015-2016

Posted on February 11, 2015 by mcallaghan

The Canada Research Chair in Social Justice, in collaboration with the Social Justice Research Institute (SJRI) of Brock University, invites applicants for a one-year post-doctoral fellowship, renewable for up to two years contingent upon the candidate’s successful application for external … Continue reading →

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