Dear
Friends of the hUManities,
Join us for an event-filled week this week! We can't wait to see you all at these events.
UMIH and UM Press are pleased
to present two launches for books exploring the Indigenous Experience
Tuesday,
January 28, 2:30 pm
Cross Common Room,
St. John’s College (92 Dysart Road)
This event
features Warren Cariou, who directs the Centre for Creative Writing and Oral Culture, teaches in the Department of English, Theatre, Film and Media, and makes art.
Join us
for art, music, and bannock/jam!
Settler City Limits:
Indigenous Resurgence and Colonial Violence in the Urban Prairie West
Friday,
January 31, 2:00 - 4:00 pm
409 Tier
Building
Featuring editors Heather Dorries, Robert Henry, David Hugill, and Tyler McCreary as well as special guest, Sarah Cooper.
More information
can be found here!
The Research Cluster on Power and Resistance in Latin America Presents
Privatizing Risk: The Case of Colombia's Health Sector
Speakers: Beda Suárez
Aguilar (Executive Director) and Harold Gómez Vargas (Legal Representative) from Anas Wayuu, Colombia
Wednesday, January 29, 2020
2:30 - 4:30 pm
303 Tier Building
More information can be found here.
Two Stitches, Hers Then Mine: Experiences Working with the Manitoba Museum Ethnographic Collection
Katherine Boyer (School of Art)
Thursday, January 30, 2020
2:30 - 3:30 pm
409 Tier Building
For more information, click here.
We're hosting Write On Sites every Monday and Thursday from 9
am - 12 pm in 409
Tier. Drop in to work on your writing projects in a community environment.
For
more information, click here.
For
an overview of our upcoming programming for Winter term, check out our events at a glance poster here!
UMIH
Supported Events:
The
Impact of Creative Expression Workshops on Resilient 2SLGBTQ Communities
Drop
In Workshops
Sunshine
House, 646 Logan Ave.
For
more information, click here.
2020
Annual pAGES & EFTSA Colloquium: Human, Animal, Liminal
Friday,
January 31, 2020
10:00
am - 4:30 pm
Cross
Common Room, St. John's College
For
more information, click
here.
Other
Opportunities and events:
Two Lectures by Michael Lynk, Special Rapporteur to the UN Human Rights Council on the situation of human rights in the occupied Palestinian Territory.
The Endless Occupation: Law, Justice and Accountability
in Palestine and Israel
Tuesday, January 28, 2020
1:00 - 2:30 pm
408 Tier Building
The Vanishing Horizon: The ABCs of Human Rights in the Occupation of Palestine
Tuesday, January 28, 2020
7:00 - 9:00 pm
Harrow United Church, 955 Mulvey Ave.
Lectures sponsored by the Department of Political Studies and Geopolitical Economy Research Group, University of Manitoba, the Israel-Palestine Law Symposium, Independent Jewish Voices
Winnipeg, the Winnipeg Peace Alliance,
Mennonite Church Manitoba Working Group on Palestine and Israel
and
Mennonite Central Committee Manitoba
The
Ethics Centre is hosting a public forum on the issues facing Winnipeg: poverty, crime, and the renewal of the inner city.
Panelists:
Kathleem Buddle (UM Anthropology) and Molly McCracken (Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives)
Thursday,
January 30, 2020
1:00
- 2:20 pm
307
Tier Building
Free
and everyone welcome! Please come to offer your thoughts on these important issues.
Graduate
Research Awards for Disarmament, Arms Control and Non-Proliferation 2019-2020
Offered by The
Simons Foundation Canada and the International
Security Research and Outreach Programme (ISROP) of Global
Affairs Canada (GAC) with a primary objective to enhance Canadian graduate level
scholarship on disarmament, arms control and non-proliferation issues.
A
total of four awards of CAD $5,000 are
available to Canadian Master’s and/or Doctoral candidates to support the independent research and writing of an academic paper responding to a specific Non-Proliferation, Arms Control and Disarmament (NACD) topic. Awards also include domestic travel support
to Ottawa where successful candidates will present their completed papers during a special event at Global Affairs Canada Headquarters in March 2020.
Deadline
for applications: Monday, 3 February 2020
For
more information, click here.
The
Decolonizing Lens Presents: nîpawistamåsowin We Will Stand Up
Thursday,
February 6, 2020
at the WAG
Doors: 6:30 pm, film and discussion: 7:00 pm
Discussion with fimmaker Tasha Hubbard and lawyer Jessica Saunders
Free for all to attend and free snacks provided!
UM
Black Alliance (UBA) presents two events for Black History Month in
February:
Where
we live now: Black liberation struggles and the university as white property, led by Dr. Delia Douglas, anti-racism practice
lead, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences.
Wednesday
February 5, 2020
9:00
a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Marshall
McLuhan Hall (UMSU University Centre)
On February
26, Dr. Cary Miller, native studies department head, along with Valerie Williams, equity, diversity and inclusion facilitator,
will be facilitating a conversation titled, Where Do We Go From Here.
The discussion will include suggestions for continuing the work of anti-racism; exploring the successes and challenges of implementing the strategies; and defining individual and collective follow-up actions.
Date: Wednesday
February 26, 2020
Time: 9:00
a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
Location: Room
141, Education Building
Participants
are strongly encouraged to attend Dr. Robin DiAngelo’s presentation, “White
Fragility” on February 6 or read her book before attending this conversation.
UM Black Alliance (UBA) has
been formed to coordinate and promote Black History Month events; address challenges and continue to honour and remember the important history, people and experiences of Black communities in February and throughout the year.