December 2017 - UM-Humanities - University of Manitoba Mailing Lists

Merry, Happy, Jolly, and Safe Everything
by U Of M Institute For The Humanities 21 Dec '17

21 Dec '17

[cid:2d4267f6-f809-48fd-9fea-dfb949ce5db4] Paul Jenkins, PhD Program Developer/Coordinator & Assistant to the Director Institute for the Humanities & Instructor, Dept. of History University of Manitoba 407 Tier Building 204 474 9599 umih(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:umih@ad.umanitoba.ca> umanitoba.ca/institutes/humanities<http://umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/departments/humanities>

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Uber and Winnipeg
by U Of M Institute For The Humanities 12 Dec '17

12 Dec '17

Dear Friends of the hUManities, As many of you already know, Winnipeg's City Council is set to vote on new vehicle-for-hire regulations tomorrow. Please join us on Thursday for a public panel discussion of how this will impact the culture of work, public safety, and the future of transportation in Winnipeg. Please see below for details. All welcome. [cid:8acfd03f-fa27-4ebb-b87c-249f205e92b4] Paul Jenkins, PhD Program Developer/Coordinator & Assistant to the Director Institute for the Humanities & Instructor, Dept. of History University of Manitoba 407 Tier Building 204 474 9599 umih(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:umih@ad.umanitoba.ca> umanitoba.ca/institutes/humanities<http://umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/departments/humanities>

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Humanities holiday rundown
by U Of M Institute For The Humanities 06 Dec '17

06 Dec '17

Dear Friends of the Humanities, Here is your holiday run-down of events. For more details, please see attached. Sunday 10 December & Thursday 14 December 8:30-5:30 at the Inn at the Forks Write-on-Site for Arts Graduate Students/Upper-level undergraduates Katelyn Dykstra, PhD Candidate in the Department of English, Film, and Theatre, has, with the help of the Faculty of Arts Endowment Fund, organized two full-day Write-on-Sites for graduate students and upper-level undergraduates in Arts to help them reach their writing goals at the end of this term. The dates for these mini-retreats are as above. Breakfast and lunch will be provided. Please inform interested students to email k.dykstra(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:k.dykstra@umanitoba.ca> ASAP. They must have signed up by this coming Thursday, December 7th. Space is limited. Monday 11 December 5:15 pm, The Canadian Museum for Human Rights Juan Cole, Richard P. Mitchell Collegiate Professor of History, University of Michigan, “Being Young, Being Arab, in an Age of Revolutions: Arab Youth Politics Since the 2011 Uprisings” Thursday 14 December 2:00 pm, 409 Tier Building Panel Discussion, “Ubering the City: Understanding the Changes to Transportation in Winnipeg” Panelists include: Joe Kornelsen - Public transit advocate Lea Baturin - Former member of the Winnipeg Taxicab Board Paul Moist - Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives David Camfield - Associate Professor of Labour Studies & Sociology Adolf Ng - Director, University of Manitoba Transport Institute Scott McFadyen - Spokesperson for the Winnipeg Community Taxi Coalition Sheri Gibbings, Wilfrid Laurier University What to know more, follow us on Facebook and our blog: https://www.facebook.com/UMIHumanities/ https://umhumanities.wordpress.com Paul Jenkins, PhD Program Developer/Coordinator & Assistant to the Director Institute for the Humanities & Instructor, Dept. of History University of Manitoba 407 Tier Building 204 474 9599 umih(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:umih@ad.umanitoba.ca> umanitoba.ca/institutes/humanities<http://umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/departments/humanities>

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