{"id":47105,"date":"2017-10-11T15:30:13","date_gmt":"2017-10-11T19:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=47105"},"modified":"2017-10-11T15:30:13","modified_gmt":"2017-10-11T19:30:13","slug":"brock-conference-to-explore-concepts-of-youth-and-childhood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2017\/10\/brock-conference-to-explore-concepts-of-youth-and-childhood\/","title":{"rendered":"Brock conference to explore concepts of youth and childhood"},"content":{"rendered":"

A conference at Brock University this week will bring together child and youth studies experts from across North America.<\/p>\n

Conceptualizing Childhood and Youth<\/a> <\/em>is a three-day conference starting Thursday, Oct. 12 that will allow researchers, graduate students and community members to learn from each other and highlight some of the work being done in the transdisciplinary field.<\/p>\n

The conference is expected to draw more than 100 people to Brock\u2019s Sean O\u2019Sullivan Lecture Hall. The event is hosted by the University\u2019s Department of Child and Youth Studies and will include public lectures on topics such as childhood and play, life transitions for indigenous students, expressions of diverse youth in documentary film and the complex and challenging environment that today\u2019s children stand to inherit.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe connections being built by this conference stretch across research with, on and about\u00a0young people from a variety of perspectives,\u201d said Shauna Pomerantz, Graduate Program Director in Child and Youth Studies and a member of the conference planning committee.<\/p>\n

Presenters from several departments at Brock will join colleagues from universities across Canada, the U.S. and Europe at the conference funded by a grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In addition to the public talks, the conference features research paper sessions, networking opportunities and graduate student workshops on a wide array of topics.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have a large group of graduate students who have volunteered their time and energy at the conference, and many of them are presenting papers,\u201d Pomerantz said. \u201cWe have a really special synergy between graduate students and faculty in our department, and the conference will help to deepen that connection and create conversations and debates that will continue long after the conference is over.\u201d<\/p>\n

Conceptualizing Childhood and Youth Public Talks: <\/strong><\/p>\n

Thursday, Oct. 12<\/strong><\/p>\n