Upcoming UMIH Events & Opportunities:
Write-on-line
Monday and Thursday morning Write-On-Sites have been re-rebranded to Write-ON-LINES. Write-on-sites have gone virtual to prioritize public health and safety while still maintaining our sense of connection during these isolating times. Virtual write-on-sites will continue every Monday and Thursday from 9 am to 12 pm. Everyone is welcome to write together, apart. Please email Serenity at: joo@cc.umanitoba.ca for the Zoom invite.
Talking SMAAC: A night of poetry, song, and abolition Curious about prison abolition? The UMIH is proud to support this upcoming fundraiser for the Prairie Province Prisoner Support Fund. Organized by a brand-spanking-new collective, SMAAC -- Saskatchewan Manitoba Alberta Abolition Collective. Hosted by Winnipeg's own, Issa Kixen!
https://www.facebook.com/events/670102233840192/
Other Events & Opportunities:
Faculty of Arts COVID-19 UM Student Emergency Fund
Thanks to the generous donations of our faculty members and the Dean's Office, the Faculty of Arts COVID-19 UM Student Emergency Fund was launched May 12, 2020.
This fund, in the form of a bursary, provides financial support to Arts undergraduate and graduate students directly impacted by the COVID-19 crisis. The one-time, direct-deposit funds are available to full-time or part-time students registered in the 2019/20 academic year.
Visit the webpagehttps://umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/awards/emergency-fund.html for information on funding amounts, pre-screening criteria and access to the application form.
UM Libraries Online Workshops Workshops for June and July will begin next week. Please share freely with researchers and grad students, as you are able. http://bit.ly/onlineworkshopseries
The Manitoba Law Journal Calls for Submissions: Two Editions
Edition #1
In honour of the Retirement of Professor DeLloyd J. Guth, this edition will also feature a special section on the Guth Legal History Lecture Series. The scope of this issue focuses on the law and the legal profession, emphasizing histories of major developments in Manitoba law and its Bar, as well as the rapid evolution of legal practice here in the province. Generally, all submissions pertaining to the developments and progression of Manitoba’s legal history are welcomed.
Edition #2
Underneath the Golden Boy is an annual special issue of the Manitoba Law Journal that addresses issues of legislation, democratic and parliamentary reform and public policy.
Please visit our website http://themanitobalawjournal.comhttp://themanitobalawjournal.com/ to find information about our mission, standards and accomplishments, and to read our past publications. We have welcomed contributions from many disciplines, including at the University of Manitoba, and from scholars at various stages including graduate-level students. Submissions fewer than 10,000 words are generally preferred, Chicago Manual of Style for humanities generally and the McGill Guide to Uniform Legal Citation for law papers. We consider submissions on a rolling basis, but will aim to publish for this year’s issue contributions received by June 19. Submissions are accepted in English or French, and are open to Arts academics, PhD students, graduate students.
Supporting community For those of us lucky and privileged to have stable income right now and are looking to support community, here are some local initiatives to consider supporting:
--Prairie Province Prisoner Support Fund, organized by a new, Indigenous-led, anti-colonial prison abolition collective, Free Lands Free Peoples: https://ca.gofundme.com/f/prairie-province-prisoner-support-fund
--Sex Workers of Winnipeg Action Coalition (SWWAC): https://www.gofundme.com/f/swwac-covid19-relief-fund
--Queer and Trans People of Colour (Winnipeg): qpoc204@gmail.com (Insta: @qpocwinnipeg) --Black Space Winnipeg https://www.blackspacewpg.ca/ --Bar None Winnipeg: https://barnonewpg.org/ --Winnipeg Police Cause Harm: wpgpolicecauseharm@gmail.commailto:%0dwpgpolicecauseharm@gmail.com%0d (Insta: @wpgpoliceharm)
Black-led initiatives in the U.S. and Canada: --Black Lives Matter (Toronto): https://blacklivesmatter.ca/ --Black Visions Collective (Minneapolis): https://www.blackvisionsmn.org/ --Reclaim the Block (Minneapolis): https://www.reclaimtheblock.org/home --The Action Network, Louisville Community Bail Fund (Louisville, Kentucky): https://actionnetwork.org/fundraising/louisville-community-bail-fund/ --Black Table Arts – http://www.blacktablearts.com/
With the university closure, UMIH is maintaining regular office hours from home, Monday-Friday, 8:30am - 4:30pm. Please send an email if you have any questions. Or if you have an idea for humanities-related programming and you want some help getting it off the ground. The UMIH voicemail is also being checked regularly if you prefer to call.
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