Dear colleagues,

We just concluded today’s meeting. The agreement is to give us more time to review the ToRs (attached) and share any concerns or edits in the coming days so we can finalize the document.

If you wish to propose some initiatives to the group, please use the listserv (see email at the top). You can sign up for the listserv at: https://lists.umanitoba.ca/accounts/signup/?next=%2Fpostorius%2Flists%2Fhr-research-centres.lists.umanitoba.ca%2F

Updates to your website or institutional representatives can be shared with Shannonbrooke Murphy sbmurphy@stu.ca.

Enjoy spring!

 

 

Dear all,

Thank you to those who attended Wednesday’s CAHRI meeting. Participants included Anna Purkey, Adele Perry, Virginia Caputto, Christina Szurlej, Shannonbrooke Murphy, Erick Sullivan and me (HRREC/uOttawa).

Our last virtual meeting was in June 2022, so there were several aspects in the agenda, such as to review the purpose for CAHRI, type of desired collaborations, degree of formality for the organization (idea to create an affiliate or association under the Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences?), website and promotion, and the Canadian Human Rights Yearbook.

To tackle the first two points, we agreed to work on terms of reference. After going through notes from previous meetings since the creation of CAHRI and incorporating content from similar groups, I am happy to propose a draft (enclosed). The document contains information about how CAHRI was created and what we have done so far. It also goes through aspects of our operations. Please feel free to review and make comments. N.B. we intend to finalize the ToRs during our next meeting (see below).

Adele will send a reminder about the listserv (how to use it to share information), recognizing that this remains an appropriate way to share information among CAHRI members. Shannonbrooke’s Centre will continue to host our webpage, so please send her any updates that have to do with your representatives, websites or joint initiatives of interest.

We look forward to discussing about these and other aspects during our next meeting on May 14^th (invitation to follow).

Very best wishes,

 

Viviana

 

 

Viviana A. Fernandez

Directrice associée / Associate Director

Centre de recherche et d’enseignement sur les droits de la personne /

Human Rights Research and Education Centre

Université d’Ottawa / University of Ottawa

Bluesky: @vfernand1217.bsky.social

Le CREDP a célébré ses 40 ans (1981 – 2021) / HRREC celebrated its 40 years (1981 – 2021)

 

Vous pouvez aussi communiquer avec moi via Teams (uOttawa). | You can also contact me via Teams (uOttawa).