Huq, Chaumtoli. Women of Color and the Precarity of Their Intellectual Labor. Women’s Studies Quarterly, Vol. 45 Issue 3-4 – 2017: 353 – 358
Vol. 17 Issue 1
TRC Reconciliation Forum: Together in Struggle – Reconcilation, Reparation, Resurgence
Poster for February 23, 2017
Graphic Recording from February 23, 2017 by Jody Isaac
Cosponsored by:
- Indigenous Education
- Indigenous Affairs
- Social Justice Studies
- EQHR
- School of Child and Youth Care
- Learning and Teaching Centre
- Dean of Human and Social Development
- Native Student Union
- DGW Law Associates
- Career & Co-Op Services
- Indigenous Studies
- Student Affairs
- Academic Provost
Social Justice Lecture & TRC Action Event
AWC hosted Dian Million, March 17 & 18, 2016 in partnership with Social Justice and numerous partners:
Sponsors:
Social Justice Studies
Academic Women’s Caucus
Indigenous Affairs
Indigenous Education
Co-sponsors:
Indigenous Education
School of Child and Youth Care
Indigenous Student Support Centre
Native Student Union
Gender Studies
Vice President Academic Provost
Associate Vice President: Student Affairs
Indigenous Studies
Indigenous Academic Planning
Indigenous Student Support Services
(HSD)
Community Co-sponsor
TRC-Action Response Constellation
(Child & Youth Health Network)
Kirsten Sadeghi-Yekta of Theatre in TedX, November 21, 2015
On November 21, 2015, Dr. Kirsten Sadeghi-Yekta of the Theatre Department will participate in a day-long TedX event at the McPherson Theatre. She explains that her presentation “will talk about the power of the arts in the wake of war and (post)-conflict. It will also discuss the strength and compassion of local artists that are working in these spaces. I hope that the talk will bring this knowledge closer to home – How can we work towards social change in our community? What can we learn from practitioners working in these difficult and contentious spaces? And how can we implement that in our lives?”
TedX Victoria: IMPACT
November 21st, 9:30 AM – 6:00 PM – McPherson Playhouse
“Getting the Ph.D. Was the Easy Part”
“Getting the Ph.D. Was the Easy Part,” Renate Ysseldyk, Inside Higher Education, October 30, 2015, at https://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2015/10/30/challenges-women-face-after-getting-their-phds-essay?utm_source=Inside+Higher+Ed&utm_campaign=a8edbeae52-DNU201510030&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_1fcbc04421-a8edbeae52-197618997
[Renate Ysseldyk suggests that women in academia still face significant barriers to career progress, especially shortly following the completion of their doctorates.]
“People Are Fighting Against Stereotypes In Academia With #ILookLikeAProfessor”
“People Are Fighting Against Stereotypes in Academia With #ILookLIkeAProfessor,” Fiona Rutherford, Buzzfeed, August 11, 2015, at http://www.buzzfeed.com/fionarutherford/people-are-fighting-against-stereotypes-in-academia-with-ilo#.hxLO1wj98E
[The hashtag #ILookLikeAProfessor challenges stereotypes in academia. This article shows a sample of photographs and postings with that hashtag.]
Review of Gender Inequality in Higher Education in Ireland
“Geoghegan-Quinn to head third-level gender equality review,” Joe Humphrey, Irish Times, July 20, 2015, at http://www.irishtimes.com/news/education/geoghegan-quinn-to-head-third-level-gender-equality-review-1.2290386
[Statistics released by the Irish Higher Education Authority (HEA) in December 2014 revealed that 19% of university professors in Ireland are women. A review has now been organized to investigate gender equality, and reasons for gender inequality.]
“Academic Guilt”
“Academic Guilt,” Kerry Ann Rockquemore, July 1, 2015, Inside Higher Ed
[Kerry Ann Rockquemore talks about academic guilt, the guilt many academicians feel when they take time off from academic work. Dr. Rockquemore, the president of the US-based National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity, is the author of The Black Academic’s Guide to Winning Tenure Without Losing Your Soul.]
“100 Percent Is Overrated”
“100 Percent Is Overrated,” James Hamlin, June 30, 2015, the Atlantic
http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2015/06/the-s-word/397205/
[James Hamlin reports on a talk by Jo Boaler, professor of mathematics education at Stanford University, at the Aspen Ideas Festival. Boaler suggests that telling children they are “smart,” instead of that they did well, makes them risk-averse: making mistakes would mean they are not “smart” instead of that they have a chance to learn. Boaler believes that high-achieving girls are particularly affected by this “fixed-mindset thinking,” which makes them especially vulnerable to societal messages that girls will not be good at math and sciences.]