CASCA: Conferences, Calls for Papers, Events/Colloques, Appels à communication, Évènements

Conferences and calls for papers/Colloques et Appels à communication:


Les colloques et appels à communication suivants viennent d'être ajoutés à
notre page web:

The following conference announcements and calls for papers have just been
added to our web page:


-CFP: Gendered Perspectives on International (GPID) Working Papers


See them and others on our website:

Consultez-les ou voyez toute la liste en visitant notre site web:

http://cas-sca.ca/fr/appel-de-communications
http://cas-sca.ca/call-for-papers


Events/Évènements-Other/Autres:


1.
Ontario Historical Society: Toronto's cultural roots with an emphasis
on the impact of First Nations peoples
Tuesday September 23, 2014

North York: New Perspectives on
Community Building and Cultural Exchange

Join us for an evening of historical exploration and discussion about
Toronto's
cultural roots with an emphasis on the impact of First Nations peoples



Hosted by The Ontario Historical Society with The North York
Historical Society and Toronto Public Library (North York Central
Canadiana Dept)


Tuesday, September 23, 2014
6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
free admission North York Central Library -- Concourse
5120 Yonge Street, North York
at North York Centre TTC station




SPEAKERS
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Don Smith, professor emeritus, University of Calgary andauthor
The Marathon Aboriginal Methodist Camp Meeting at Cummer's Mill, 1828


Victoria Freeman, department of history, York University
First Story, a Knife, and a Cradle: Remembering North York's
Indigenous History
10,000 years of North York history and a community-based digital
mapping project


Carolyn King, Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nation
Moccasin Identifier Project
An initiative to recognize First Nations' impact on Toronto's landscape

Moderated by Alison Norman



MEET OUR SPEAKERS
====================
Don Smith is a professor emeritus of history at the University of
Calgary. He is the author of Mississauga Portraits: Ojibwe Voices
from Nineteenth-Century Canada and Sacred Feathers: The Reverend Peter
Jones (Kahkewaquonaby) and the Mississauga Indians.
Victoria Freeman teaches in the History Department and Canadian
Studies Program at York University, focusing on Indigenous history and
decolonization of the relationship between Indigenous and
non-Indigenous peoples in Canada. She is the author of Distant
Relations: How My Ancestors Colonized North America and completed her
PhD in history at the University of Toronto, focusing on the
historical memory of the Indigenous and colonial past of Toronto. She
is a long-time member of First Story Toronto (formerly the Toronto
Native Community History Project), based at the Native Canadian Centre
of Toronto and is also a writer of poetry and creative non-fiction.
Her spoken word performance, Stand Up, Stand Out, focusing on the
extraordinary life of the nineteenth century Mohawk doctor
Oronhyatekha, was featured at Restless Precinct, an outdoor art
installation in Guildwood Park in Scarborough in June, 2014.

Carolyn King has been involved in First Nation community development
for most of her working life and brings her expertise in
administration, planning and public relations to the table. From 1997
to 1999, she was elected Chief of the Mississaugas of the New Credit
First Nation Council, the first woman ever elected to that position.
She is also a volunteer member of the OHS board of directors.

Alison Norman is a SSHRC PostDoctoral Fellow in the Department of
Canadian and Indigenous Studies at Trent University in Peterborough.
She is a volunteer member of the OHS board of directors.



2.
Festival du film des droits de la personne de l'Université d'Ottawa

2 OCT – 5 OCT 2014 2e Festival du film des droits de la personne de
l'Université d'Ottawa 2014, Ottawa

Le Centre de recherche et d'enseignement sur les droits de la personne
en collaboration avec l'Institut canadien du film, présentent la
deuxième édition du Festival du film des droits de la personne de
l'Université d'Ottawa

Le festival met en vedette six documentaires et films internationaux
qui traitent de questions relatives aux droits de la personne en lien
avec la santé mentale et les droits des femmes. Le programme fait
ressortir différentes réalités à travers des expériences vécues par
des individus provenant des six continents, qui sont atteints du
syndrome de Williams, de dépression et qui ont vécu des traumatisme
causés par les crimes de la guerre, la violence contre les femmes, les
conflits politiques et les déplacements forcés. Les projections seront
suivies de périodes de discussion. Le Festival inclut un atelier sur
l'utilisation de films pour la promotion des droits de la personne et
des projections sont également prévues dans des écoles secondaires de
la région.


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2 OCT – 5 OCT 2014 2nd University of Ottawa Human Rights Film Festival
2014, Ottawa


A collaboration between the Human Rights Research and Education Centre
of the University of Ottawa and the Canadian Film Institute

The 2nd University of Ottawa Human Rights Film Festival features six
international documentaries and films highlighting compelling human
rights issues around mental health and women's rights. The program
brings different realities to life through the experiences of
individuals from six continents, affected by Williams Syndrome,
depression, and trauma caused by war crimes, violence against women,
political conflict and forced displacement. The screenings will be
followed by opportunities for discussion. The Festival also includes a
workshop on the use of film for human rights advocacy and screenings
at local high schools.


http://www.cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/?p=9015&lang=fr
http://www.cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/?p=9015&lang=en




Thank you/Merci