News and events

  • CHYS 4th Year Honours Poster Fair

    Tuesday, March 08, 2022 | By

    CHYS 4th year Honours
    Virtual Poster Fair 2022

    Monday, March 14th
    from 6 pm to 7:15 pm – Via MS Teams

    Students in their 4th year Honours CHYS OR CHYS BA/BEd will be presenting on their research and sharing their experiences through either an Individual Thesis OR Applied Research Project.

    If you are a CHYS or CHYS BA/BEd Major see announcement on the CHYS Major Sakai site. Here is the URL for this event via MS Teams at URL: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3a1cS5hlgMghxwWTpwkZpoO3shfyj-LduedTZek8cqfx01%40thread.tacv2/1646326152314?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%2276ae1115-1efc-4af2-a536-e2b2443af1a0%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22a28fb34d-dd79-4aaf-8cc4-c6f971e0f34c%22%7d

    For more information please contact Chelsea Jones at cjones@brocku.ca

  • Dr. Casey Mecija – November 23, 2021

    Monday, November 08, 2021 | By

    CHYS Colloquium Series

    Presentation Title: Filipinx Childhoods in the Diaspora and Music as Aesthetic Experience 

    Casey Mecija is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication and Media Studies at York University and holds a PhD from the University of Toronto. Her current research theorizes sounds made in and beyond Filipinx diaspora to make an argument about a “queer sound” that permeates diasporic sensibilities. Her work suggests that media production enables diasporic people, particularly children and youth, to create forms of belonging that defy racialized ascriptions born from racism, colonialism, and their gendered dimensions. She is also a musician and filmmaker, whose work has received a number of accolades and has been presented internationally.

  • Nov. 16 CHYS Panel – International Education Week

    Monday, November 08, 2021 | By

    Challenge. Growth. Journey. – Navigating family life in Canada as an international student

    This event is featured in 2021 Brock International Education Week, focusing on the experience of international students accompanied by their families in Canada. This panel discussion will bring together scholars at the Department of Child and Youth Studies and international students, and focus their attention on the experience of navigating family life in Canada while studying and working hard. This Panel is a collaborative effort of the Department of Child and Youth Studies (CHYS) International Committee and Brock International Services. To learn more about this event, please click here.

    Eventbrite link

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  • Open Letter on Residential Schools

    Wednesday, June 16, 2021 | By

    An open letter on Residential Schools from the Department of Child and Youth Studies.

    Click here to read.

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  • PhD Defence – Natalie Spadafora – Tuesday, June 1 at 11:00

    Friday, May 28, 2021 | By

    Natalie Spadafora, PhD candidate, Child and Youth Studies, will defend her dissertation “Talking during class, packing up books and name calling: Is it really that big a deal? An exploration of classroom incivility” on Tuesday, June 1 at 11:00 a.m. via video conference.

    The examination committee includes Brian Roy, Chair; Tony Volk, Supervisor; Danielle S. Molnar and Heather Chalmers, Advisory Committee; Christina Rinaldi, External Examiner (University of Alberta); Michael Savage, Internal External Examiner.

  • Exploring Careers in Child and Youth Studies Event

    Wednesday, October 23, 2019 | By

    Exploring Careers in Child and Youth Studies Event
    Are you interested in working with children and youth? The CHYS Department, in partnership with Co-op, Career & Experiential Education, are holding an “Exploring Careers in … Child and Youth Studies” event
    When? Monday, November 4th from 5 pm to 7 pm (Student registration will occur from 4:45 pm to 5 pm)
    Where? Pond Inlet – see link to Brock Interactive Map at https://brocku.ca/blogs/campus-map/
    What? Round table discussions with industry experts/employers, graduate students and alumni

    Gain insights into: Career paths/options, Industry trends, Strategies for securing a job.
    All interested Brock University students are invited to join us for this event. Registration is required and limited. Please register through careerzone.brocku.ca > Campus Career > Events

  • CHYS HIGHLIGHTS

    Monday, October 21, 2019 | By

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  • Oct. 11 – Guest speaker Dr. Min Zhou

    Monday, October 07, 2019 | By

    Dr. Min Zhou, Professor of Sociology and Asian American Studies, Walter and Shirley Wang Endowed Chair in US-China Relations and Communications, Director of Asia Pacific Center, University of California, Los Angeles will be at Brock University on Friday, October 11 from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. to speak on Immigrant Selectivity, Cultural Formation, and the Asian American Achievement Paradox.

    Click on the link below for more information.

    Guest Speaker Dr. Min Zhou

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  • CHYS Meet & Greet

    Monday, October 07, 2019 | By

    CHYS Meet & Greet – hosted by the CHYS Association
    Come out to meet CHYS Faculty, Staff and Students. Free Food at this event.
    When? Tuesday, October 22nd from 12 pm to 2 pm
    Where? Skybar Lounge (Isaac’s)

  • Brock grad and Guernsey native applies transdisciplinarity in law career

    Wednesday, September 04, 2019 | By

    Emma Alderton (BA ’17) came from Guernsey to study at Brock University on a Brock Guernsey Undergraduate Scholarship. Coincidentally, soon after her arrival, the statue of a more famous Guernsey Island native was erected on the campus of the university that bears his name.

    Major-General Sir Isaac Brock now resides in bronze in front of the main entrance to the University. Alderton returned to Guernsey in 2017, translating the lessons and experience gained as a Brock University student into a career in law.

    As a Child and Youth Studies (CHYS) major, she was introduced to the notion of transdisciplinarity – “the inclusion of perspectives and knowledge from all disciplines including Indigenous ways of knowing” – by Professor Richard Mitchell who also co-supervised her honours thesis.

    With her curiosity piqued, Alderton was inspired to learn more about the University’s namesake and the significance of his statue for the University and the community. Her research resulted in what Mitchell calls “a critical rendering of that statue with regard to our ongoing lack of acknowledgement of First Nations participants at Queenston.”

    A transdisciplinary lens considers contexts of history, culture and politics, elements that he says are “typically left out of western, modern scientific methodologies and metrics due to fallacious claims of objectivity.”

    As described in the Guiding Values of Brock University’s strategic plan, transdisciplinary research is one element contributing to the “unique student experience” that “positively transforms our students’ abilities, understanding and impact on the world.”

    Alderton’s student experience was indeed transformative. She graduated from Brock with new knowledge and new perspectives. For one thing, she veered from her original career choice.

    She had planned to work with young people in prison. However, she says, “after taking some legal courses, first in the CHYS department and then further in other departments, I realized that I actually really enjoyed law.”

    Upon graduation, she successfully applied to law school in the U.K.

    Alderton was interested to learn of Brock’s new Law Plus program which is open to students in any program at Brock, is designed for students who are interested in pursuing any career in the legal field. She calls it “a great opportunity for students to get an introduction to the legal world without feeling the pressure of having to pursue a career in law.”

    In addition to practical skills, she hopes the program can open students’ eyes to the many and varied opportunities available for them to qualify as lawyers, whether in Canada or abroad.

    Brock’s Law Plus program includes workshops on effective communication, team building and leadership skills, computer training, presentation skills and time and stress management workshops. For more information, including admission requirements, expected outcomes, visit the Co-op, Career and Experiential Education website.

    Alderton acknowledges that Mitchell’s teachings about transdisciplinarity continue to resonate in her professional life. “The concepts and principles Richard discussed surrounding culture, history and politics are not just relevant to young people,” she says. “They play a vital role in any sort of communication.”

    Throughout her professional experience, she has found “the concepts he taught about interacting with children and youth are also a vital part of building positive client relations.”

    “I think the bottom line is that everyone has a history and a culture that we do not necessarily understand,” she says.

    Alderton says her Brock experience taught her that “it is okay to ask questions and it is okay to make mistakes (as long as you learn from them). And that, even when a task seems extremely overwhelming, there is always a way to break it down and work through it.”

    Echoing the sentiment of Sir Isaac Brock’s famous “Surgite!” (Latin for “push on”), she says one of the most valuable ways Brock prepared her to study law was to instill “the determination and patience to sit and figure something out” even when her first thought is “I can’t do this!”

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