Category Archives: News

Honouring Memories: CUPE 4207 and Tecumseh Centre Heart Gardens | Brock News

Heart gardens honour those lost to residential schools Sherri Vansickle and her students went on a planting spree recently. Vansickle, a lecturer in the Tecumseh Centre for Aboriginal Research and Education, her two classes, and members of the Canadian Union … Continue reading

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Joe Norris awarded for innovative and inclusive research approaches | Brock News

Trio of awards for dramatic arts professor It has been a busy spring for Joe Norris. In the midst of packing up his office to transfer to the new Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts, the dramatic … Continue reading

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Gyllian Raby and and Pablo Felices receive top prizes for “Commotion” | Brock News

Brock-led arts documentary captures top prizes in international film competition When young people are given the chance to tell their own stories in their own ways, amazing things can happen. They produce plays that are both entertaining and informative. They … Continue reading

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SJRI Affiliates Engage with Dress Code Protests | Waterloo Record and CBC News

Teens’ push against dress codes could be a sign of social shift, expert says Waterloo Region Record By Michelle McQuigge TORONTO — Students may have been rebelling against school-imposed dress codes for decades, but observers say the fact that those … Continue reading

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CUPE 4207 and Tecumseh Centre Heart Gardens [May 31-June 6]

Honouring Memories: The Heart Garden The Heart Garden decorations around our campus are to honour the children lost to the Indian Residential School System and their families. The Honouring Memories: Planting Dreams project is an initiative with the First Nations Child and … Continue reading

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SSHRC Announcement: Updates to Insight Program

Updates for the Insight Grants (IG) October 2015 competition: 1.    Elimination of the Notice of Intent (NOI) 2.    Submission of IG applications through the Research portal 3.    CCV required for applicants and co-applicants 4.    No CV required for collaborators 5.    New participant module 6.    Creation of … Continue reading

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Love Animals? Support Poverty Eradication and Humane Jobs | Huffington Post

Kendra Coulter, Brock Labour Studies Violence against animals is horrific wherever it occurs. Yet much of it is normalized and hidden from public view on factory farms, in slaughterhouses, in the wildlife trade, in cosmetics testing facilities. Most animals are … Continue reading

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SJRI affiliate to speak at province-wide research symposium | Brock News

The Ontario Council on University Research has selected Jennifer Rowsell, Canada Research Chair in Multiliteracies, to participate in the upcoming Ontario and Canada Research Chairs Symposium, to be held in Toronto April 1-2. Rowsell, professor in the Department of Teacher … Continue reading

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Important Information from SJRI’s Acting Director | David Butz

Hello SJRI-affiliated faculty, I’m writing in my capacity as Acting SJRI Director to provide some important information regarding the following: SJRI Annual General Meeting (May 7th) Application for SJRI affiliation (April 20th) Call for SJRI Faculty Steering Committee members (April … Continue reading

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SJRI Grant Recipient Launches Niagara Labour History Project | Brock News

Larry Savage has teamed up with History Professor Tami Friedman to create the Twitter-based Niagara Labour History Project as a way of communicating and celebrating that history. It’s a series of Tweets based on a chronological timetable of key events, … Continue reading

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