Dear
Friends of the hUManities,
Join
us this week for Write On Sites on Monday and Thursday morning, and two lectures coming up next week!
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!
Next Week:
Indigeneity and Horror in Recent Canadian Cinema
Murray Leeder (UMIH)
Thursday, February 13, 2020
2:30 - 3:30 pm
409 Tier Building
For more information, click
here.
Disability and History: A Roundtable Discussion
Join moderator Allen Mankewich and four disability researchers for a conversation on the why and how of disability history.
Speakers: Dr. Christopher Crocker (University of Iceland, UMIH), Dr. Nancy Hansen (University of Manitoba), Dr. Paul Lawrie (University of Winnipeg), and Dr. Vanessa
Warne (University of Manitoba).
Thursday, February 13, 2020 at 7:00 pm
Dalnavert Museum and Visitros' Centre (61 Carlton St.)
Admission is free! Dalnavert Museum and Visitors' Centre is an accessible meeting space. To request ASL interpretation, please email umih@umanitoba.ca by Feb. 6, 2020.
For more information, click
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.
Other
Opportunities and events:
DEADLINE TODAY!
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 2020 Robert
and Elizabeth Knight Distinguished Lecture
Dr. Robin DiAngelo
is an educator, author, and activist on critical racial and social justice education.
Thursday, February
6, 2020
Doors open: 2:00 pm, Lecture: 3:00 - 5:00 pm
Investors Group Athletic Centre
RSVP is required by emailing: rsvp@umanitoba.ca
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.