Articles from:January 2015

  • Spanish Program now offers certificates, outreach and international courses

    Thursday, January 29, 2015 | By

    Study in Buenos Aires, Argentina – Spring/Summer 2015
    Language courses from beginner to advanced available.
    SPAN 2V90: Em/bodying Trauma and Memory through Testimony
    (2 weeks at Brock + 2 weeks at the University of Buenos Aires)
    Examination of Argentine testimonial genre in late 20th to 21st century focusing on physical and psychological embodiments of trauma and memory.
    Students are expected to pay their own expenses.
    Contact: [email protected]

    Study in Canada – Spring/Summer 2015
    Community outreach and internship
    SPAN 3F80: Im/migrant and Community Outreach Internship
    (at Brock University)
    Promotes community engagement as a medium for linguistic fluency and cultural understanding of the Hispanic im/migrant experience. Students will be placed with community organizations and agencies. Provides students with career-oriented volunteer experience at participating sites.
    Contact: [email protected], [email protected]

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  • Professor Joe Norris receives the 2015 Tom Barone Award for Distinguished Contributions to Arts Based Educational Research

    Tuesday, January 27, 2015 | By

    Professor Joe Norris of the Department of Dramatic Arts is recipient of the 2015 Tom Barone Award for Distinguished Contributions to Arts Based Educational Research. Offered by the Arts Based Educational Research (ABER) Special Interest Group for the American Educational Research Association (AERA), this triennial award recognizes artist/scholars for distinguished research, professional practice, and service that advances the public understanding of arts based educational research. The award is presented to an individual whose professional career has significantly advanced the field of arts-based educational research through extraordinary and significant leadership, research, teaching, professional practice, and/or service. The award established in 2012, is named in honor of Tom Barone, the first Chair of the ABER SIG whose dedication to the development of the field and community of arts based educational researchers is exemplary. Tom Barone was also the first recipient of this award in 2012.

    The criteria upon which the award was based are:
    • Outstanding accomplishments in the area of arts-based educational research.
    • Existence of a body of work over 10 years or more or evidence that the research has significantly influenced the field.
    • Service to the ABER research community (reviewer, editorial boards, conference organizing)
    • Evidence of contributions to the growth of new ABER researchers (teaching, mentoring, co-authorship) and contributions to the growth of new ABER researchers (teaching, mentoring, co-authorship).

    Professor Norris teaches DART 1F95 Drama in Education and Applied Theatre I, DART 3F93 Social Issues Theatre for Community Engagement and other foundational courses for students interested in pursuing studies in Drama in Educationn and Applied Theatre.  His company ‘Mirror Theatre’ regularly presents in the Brock and regional communities.  Professor Norris publishes his material at his website www.joenorrisplaybuilding.ca

    When announcing the award, Rita Irwin, Chair of 2015 Tom Barone Award Committee, wrote "It goes without saying that you have provided many distinguished contributions over 25 years and are abundantly meritorious for this award. We all look forward to celebrating this achievement with you at AERA." Professor Norris will receive the award at the April 2015 AGM of the American Educational Research Association in Chicago.  The Department congratulates Professor Norris!

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  • The passing of the late Poet, Terrance Cox

    Monday, January 19, 2015 | By

    We are very saddened to learn of the passing of our dear colleague and friend, the late poet Terrance Cox.

    Terrance taught for almost thirty years in Music and Dramatic Arts and helmed the first year course DART 1F93 for many, many years. Though he had not been well for a few years and was no longer teaching for the Department and the University we have always kept a very big place in our hearts for him.

    Our colleague Gyllian Raby remembers that "Terrance was special and his larger than life persona was a gift. I feel a big Terrance shaped hole in the air of St. Catharines."
     
    We are sharing our memories here. Please share with us. 

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  • Visa Instructor screens new video in Matheson Learning Commons.

    Thursday, January 01, 2015 | By

    Visual Arts Instructor Arnold McBay will be screening a video (his first such work) titled Presencia 2 on the Digital Art Wall of the Matheson Learning Commons in the James A. Gibson Library between February 2 to March 27. Click HERE to see a working clip or read more information about this work. This video is an addendum/response to his work featured in a two-person exhibition at the Grimsby Public Art Gallery with Visual Arts Associate Professor and Chair Duncan MacDonald that will be on view February 7 through March 22, 2015.

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