- Summer Institute @ Carleton: Doing Fieldwork in Africa
- Talk @ Carleton: ‘Quem é o inimigo [Who is the enemy?]’: Angolan Nationalism and the International System, 1961-1976
- The Africa Study Group event: “Survey of Issues Influencing Canadian Firms Operating in Africa”
- Event @ uOttawa: Towards Food Sovereignty & Agroecology
- Une Conférence du CERCLECAD @ uOttawa
- Ottawa International Writers Festival: Dying to Better Themselves: West Indians and the Building of the Panama Canal
- Alliance Française of Ottawa concert: Abel Maxwell
- Chapbook Launch & Poetry Reading with Shery Alexander Heinis
- Sierra Leone’s 54th Independence Anniversary Dinner & Dance
- Carleton student projects from Tanzania @ Industrial Design Grad Exhibition
- 6th Annual South African Wine Tasting Festival
- REMINDER: Conference @ Carleton: Religious Fundamentalisms Impact on Women’s Rights in Africa
- Postdoc positions in Germany: “Re-Configurations. History, Memory and Transformation Processes in the Middle East and North Africa”
- Poste: Coordonnateur-trice de L’Entraide missionnaire
- Poste: Action contre la Faim – ACF
- African Entrepreneurship Award
- CFP: Building Images: Exploring 21st Century Sino-African dynamics through cultural exchange, media representation, and translation
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1.
“Doing Fieldwork in Africa” will help researchers and practitioners visiting Africa to better comprehend the research, ethical and practical issues involved in making field trips to the continent, arming them with the critical tools for successful field trips, and putting them in better positions to make informed decisions.
This two day institute will provide participants with skills and insights in topics such as research and project ethics, engaging with stakeholders, gender dynamics, and more. The Institute is geared towards both those who are preparing for their first field trips to Africa and those who have more experience. Through a combination of hands-on exercises and seminar presentations, participants will enhance their preparedness for their upcoming trip to Africa.
Organized by Carleton University’s Institute of African Studies, the “Doing Fieldwork in Africa” Summer Institute is led by Professor Tim Shaw and Professor Jane Parpart, both of whom have decades of research experience in Africa. They will be complemented by professors from Africa and from the Institute of African Studies who will help facilitate the learning.
Date and time: 9:00am-5:00pm | Saturday, June 6 – Sunday, June 7, 2015
Location: 2017 Dunton Tower, Carleton University
More information: https://carleton.ca/fpa-professionalinstitute/fieldwork-africa/
2.
Talk @ Carleton: ‘Quem é o inimigo [Who is the enemy?]’:
Angolan Nationalism and the International System, 1961-197
Candace Sobers, University of Toronto
Monday, April 20
1-2:30pm
B146 Loeb Building
This is a Bachelor of Global Studies Hiring Committee Public Lecture
For more information: carleton.ca/bgins
3.
The Africa Study Group Presents “Survey of Issues Influencing Canadian Firms Operating in Africa”
with Paul Hitschfeld
DATE: Wednesday, April 29th, 2015
TIME: 17:00 pm – 19:00 pm
LOCATION: St. Paul’s university, Alumni amphitheater, Guigues Hall, 223 Main street, Room 1124
Bio of Paul Hitschfeld:
Paul Hitschfeld is currently the Chair of TFO Canada (Trade Facilitation Office). Until June 2013 he was the Chair of the Africa Study Group. Previously he was with the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development in various positions. He also had three postings in Africa over seven years, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanzania and Ethiopia.
4.
Event @ uOttawa: Towards Food Sovereignty & Agroecology: The Rise of Peasant Movements in Africa & Around the World
Tuesday, April 21, 2015, 4 pm – 5:30 pm
University of Ottawa, Social Sciences Building, FSS 4004
*** Presentations will be in English with a bilingual Q&A***
On Tuesday, April 21st, come hear Mamadou Goïta and Devlin Kuyek, two well respected global food movement leaders and activists, discuss the future of food from the perspective of African and global food and peasant movements, their challenges, and what is needed to take their vision and their solutions forward on a global scale.
Featuring:
Mamadou Goïta, Mali
A highly respected global food movement leader and organizer, Mamadou Goïta is the executive director of the Institute for Research and the Promotion of Alternatives in Development (IRPAD) in Mali. He contributed to the World social forum Bamako in 2006, and the Nyeleni food sovereignty forum as coordinator for these events. Mamadou has also worked with UNICEF, the UNDP, ACORD, and OXFAM-Belgium. Mamadou is active in food sovereignty movements such as COPAGEN, AFSA, and a member of USC Canada’s Board of Directors.
Devlin Kuyek, Canada
Devlin joined GRAIN in 2003, after working with NGOs and peasant organisations in Malaysia and the Philippines. He is GRAIN’s most active researcher, focusing on monitoring and analysing global agribusiness, including the global land rush.
Joshua Ramisch, University of Ottawa (commentator): Joshua Ramisch is an Associate Professor at the School of International Development and Global Studies. He has over 20 years’ experience working in Africa, Central America, Colombia, and Indonesia and has published extensively on soil fertility management, agrarian change, indigenous ecological knowledge, and how to improve participatory rural development projects.
This event is free but space is limited- register early: https://bit.ly/1yiW3Lg
For more info: genevieve@usc-canada.org
5.
Une Conférence du CERCLECAD: « Comment la connaissance du droit peut-elle aider à une intégration harmonieuse des Afro[1]-canadiens ? » et « Mieux comprendre et prévenir la criminalité des minorités visibles au Canada : Cas des Noirs. Réalités et Controverses »
Notre prochaine conférence scientifique mensuelle aura lieu le samedi 25 avril 2015 comme d’habitude à 15H00, dans la salle du Sénat de l’Université d’Ottawa, au sous-sol du pavillon Tabaret (Salle 083), 75, Avenue Laurier Est ou 119, Rue Wallers ou 550, Rue Cumberland).
La matière est luxuriante, fulgurante et alléchante. Elle sera donnée en deux temps par Madame Darlène Lozis et Monsieur Lomami Shomba. Dans un premier temps, Madame Darlène LOZIS nous entretiendra autour du sujet : « Comment la connaissance du droit peut-elle aider à une intégration harmonieuse des Afro[1]-canadiens ? et dans un deuxième temps, Monsieur Lomami SHOMBA, traitera de la problématique suivante : « Mieux comprendre et prévenir la criminalité des minorités visibles au Canada : Cas des Noirs. Réalités et Controverses. »
6.
Ottawa International Writers Festival: Dying to Better Themselves: West Indians and the Building of the Panama Canal
Saturday, April 25, 2014
6:45pm
Christ Church (Festival Café) • 414 Sparks Street
Dying to Better Themselves: West Indians and the Building of the Panama Canal with Olive Senior.
Hosted by CBC’s Adrian Harewood. Free event presented by Ottawa International Writers festival. RSVP mandatory.
More info and RSVP at: https://www.writersfestival.org/events/spring-2015/dying-to-better-themselves-west-indians-and-the-building-of-the-panama-canal-with-olive-senior
7.
Alliance Française of Ottawa concert: Abel Maxwell
The Alliance Française of Ottawa cordially invites you to discover this fantastic artist, Abel Maxwell.
Abel Maxwell, is a francophone pop/R&B artist who learned music in 3 different conservatories (Africa, Europe and North America).
His music which is both Jazz, pop and gospel invites us to be tolerant towards cultures and people.
Date: Friday, April 24, 2015 | 6:30pm
Location: Alliance Française Art Gallery, 352 Maclaren Street, Ottawa
Free: for AFO members and students
Participation: $5 for non-members
More information: https://www.af.ca/ottawa/cultural-centre/cultural-centre-3/ and https://www.abelmaxwell.com/ .
8.
Chapbook Launch & Poetry Reading with Shery Alexander Heinis
Wednesday, April 22, 2015
6:00pm – 7:00 pm
HUB Ottawa, 71 Bank Street, 6th floor, Ottawa, ON K1P 5N2
Chapbook Launch & Poetry Reading feat. A Greater Whole, by Shery Alexander Heinis. Signed copies of the book will be available for $5. refreshments will be served.
Shery Alexander Heinis was born and raised on the island of St. Lucia in the Caribbean, and currently lives and works in Ottawa. She studied International Relations at the University of the West Indies (Jamaica) and Cambridge University (UK). She is a former diplomat with the High Commission for the Countries of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States in Ottawa.
As a young girl, reading and writing were her greatest passions. She took up writing again a little over a year ago. A Greater Whole is her first poetry chapbook.
Please RSVP by April 15, 2015 to spweekes@hotmail.com
9.
Sierra Leone’s 54th Independence Anniversary Dinner & Dance
Saturday, April 25, 2015
Dinner served at 7:00PM
Margaret Rywak Community Building, 68 Knoxdale Rd. Ottawa
Sierra Leone Community Association (SLCA) Ottawa presents: Sierra Leone’s 54th Independence Anniversary dinner & dance. Music by DJ Johnny Smooth.
Tickets: Adult $25.00 & Children $10. Cash bar.
Contact for tickets: Monty Domingo: 613-355-8360 Patricia Domingo: 613-614-0238
10.
Carleton student projects from Tanzania @ Industrial Design Grad Exhibition
Carleton Industrial Design students part of “From Buckets to rain Barrels” (https://futurefunder.carleton.ca/projects/from-buckets-to-rain-barrels/) project will be exhibiting their projects at:
37th Annual Industrial Design Grad Exhibition
April 18th-21st
Atrium, 4th Floor, University Centre, Carleton University
10am-5pm Daily, Free Admission
11.
6th Annual South African Wine Tasting Festival
Saturday, April 18, 2015
Doors open at 6:30pm, Tasting at 7pm
The Knights of Columbus Council 7873, Divine Infant Parish, 6658 Bilberry Dr. Orléans
6th Annual South African Wine Tasting Festival. Funds raised will be allocated towards the needy children of Mother Teresa’s “Missionaries of Charity” home for orphans and disabled, located at Stakaneng, in the North-West Province and “The Kateri Native Ministry of Ottawa.”
Reservations and/or Tickets – $30/person. Includes a South African meal with snacks and dessert.
Please let us know what you’ll be bringing, to enable us to have a variety. For tickets and info: call KEN at (613)-830-0287 or E-mail at kenw.sarna.ottawa@gmail.com Tickets also available at grocery ticket table in vestibule after all masses at Divine Infant Church.
12.
Reminder: Religious Fundamentalisms Impact on Women’s Rights in Africa
April 21, 2015
Carleton University. Humanities Theatre, 303 Paterson Hall
The Africa-Canada Forum (ACF), one of the working groups of the Canadian Council for International Co-operation (CCIC), in collaboration with the Institute of African Studies from Carlton University, is organizing a one day learning event on religious fundamentalists and their impact on women’s rights in Africa.
This forum will discuss the impact of different forms of religious fundamentalism on women’s rights in Africa from the perspectives of academia, African civil society and Canadian civil society organizations (CSO).
A highlight will be our guest speakers, including Shareen Gokal, Manager, Challenging Religious Fundamentalisms, Association for Women’s Rights in Development (AWID); Fahima Hashim, Director, Salmmah Women’s Resource Center in Sudan; Dr. Erin J. Augis, Associate Professor of Sociology, Ramapo College of New Jersey; Dr. Benoît Awazi Mbambi Kungua, President of CERCLECAD; Dr. Pius Adesanmi, Professor of English and African Studies, Carleton University; Dr. Paul Mkandawire, Assistant Professor of Human Rights and African Studies, Carleton University; and Fahima Hashim, Director of the Salmmah Women’s Resource Centre and an Inter Pares collaborator.
The day will open with an overview of religious fundamentalisms and their specific impact on women’s rights. Then we will move towards analyzing the issues through case studies examining Islam and Christianity. Much emphasis will be placed on discussion. Participants will be encouraged to bring in their own perspectives on a way forward to tackling these issues and on working as a collaborative community to do so.
The objectives of this event are as follows:
To develop a greater understanding of religious fundamentalisms and how different forms impact women’s rights in affected nations, regions and communities.
To generate insight into some of the historical, cultural, political conditions which have led to the rise of different forms of religious fundamentalisms occurring in parts of sub-Saharan Africa and the consequences they are having on women’s rights.
To fill in the knowledge gap of practical possibilities and challenges CSOs have in working in nations or regions where they encounter religious fundamentalisms.
Presentations will be in English only, however participants are welcome to speak in the language of their choice. Please note, interpretation will not be available for this event.
Agenda: https://carleton.ca/africanstudies/wp-content/uploads/Agenda-Fundamentalisms-1.pdf
Read the concept paper in preparation for the learning event at: https://www.ccic.ca/_files/en/working_groups/2015_03_17_acf_religious_fundamentalisms.pdf
Register at: https://form.jotformpro.com/form/50681964362966
Investment:
$10 – Admission to full-day event
$25 -Admission to full-day event + Boxed lunch – Tortilla Wrap Cajun Chicken
$25 – Admission to full-day event + Boxed lunch – Grilled veggies with hummus on a tortilla wrap.
13.
Two postdoc positions as research associates “Re-Configurations. History, Memory and Transformation Processes in the Middle East and North Africa” (Univ. Marburg)
The research network “Re-Configurations” is funded by the federal Ministry of Education and Research and is located at the Centre for Near and Middle East Studies (CNMS). It aims to create an institutional framework for innovative interdisciplinary and comparative research, both empirically based and theoretically informed, on the transformation processes taking place in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA region).
The research programme investigates current developments and their historical contexts, spanning a variety of disciplines and epochs, highlighting new perspectives, and initiating debate. Its strengthens the regional competence of the Philipps-Universität Marburg by creating an institutional framework that links the various MENA related disciplines within the CNMS with systematic disciplines (e.g. religious studies, history, political science, media studies, and literature, law, peace and conflict studies).
More information: https://www.hsozkult.de/job/id/stellen-11396
14.
Poste: Coordonnateur-trice de L’Entraide missionnaire
OUVERTURE DE POSTE
Fonction : Coordonnateur-trice de L’Entraide missionnaire
Lieu : Montréal
Contrat : Poste à 4 jours/semaine pour une durée de 18 mois avec possibilité de prolongation
Début : Juin 2015
L’organisme
Depuis plus de 50 ans, des communautés religieuses du Canada français ont voulu se doter d’un service collectif de formation, de réflexion et d’intervention sur des enjeux touchant les relations entre les pays pauvres et les pays riches. Tout au long de ce parcours, L’Entraide missionnaire (L’EMI) a été influencé par les luttes menées par les populations du Sud pour la justice sociale et le respect des droits des marginalisés, particulièrement des femmes; influencé également par les théologies contextuelle et écoféministe. Aujourd’hui, L’EMI se définit comme un organisme d’éducation à la solidarité internationale et mène des activités le plus souvent au sein de concertations réunissant des groupes et des individus d’horizons divers. L’EMI intervient publiquement à partir de problématiques particulières, comme Haïti, ou plus larges, comme la militarisation des politiques canadiennes ou l’impact à l’étranger des activités des minières sur des communautés et sur l’environnem! ent.
Les responsabilités
En tenant compte du contexte de la solidarité internationale et du contexte ecclésial actuels, la personne titulaire du poste de coordination, en concertation avec le Conseil d’administration, sera responsable d’animer un processus de réflexion et de prise de décision sur l’avenir de l’organisme, son mode d’organisation et sa programmation. Elle sera également responsable de la gestion quotidienne de l’organisme.
Plus d’information: https://www.crc-canada.org/sites/default/files/files/Ouverture%20de%20poste%20-%20vf.pdf
15.
Poste: Action contre la Faim – ACF
Action contre la Faim – ACF, est une organisation humanitaire internationale, privée, apolitique, non-confessionnelle et à but non lucratif qui intervient dans le monde entier. Sa mission est de lutter contre la faim, la misère et contre les situations de détresse menaçant de mort les hommes, les femmes et les enfants.
Nous recherchons de différents profils pour travailler dans différentes missions de l’organisation sur plusieurs contextes :
Généralistes : Chef de Base, Logisticiens expérimentés, Financiers
Spécialistes dans nos domaines techniques d’action ; Spécialistes en Nutrition, Santé, Sécurité Alimentaire et Eau et Assainissement
Une campagne de recrutement auront lieu prochainement sur place : Montréal (Canada) entre le 27 avril et le1º May 2015.
N’hésitez pas à nous envoyer votre candidature en remplissant le formulaire sur le suivant link https://employ.acf-e.org/index.php/positions/view/montreal/. SVP inclure Cv, lettre de motivation ainsi que deux références professionnelles de vos derniers emplois Date limite de réception de candidatures : vendredi 24/04/2015
16.
African Entrepreneurship Award
Powered by BMCE Bank of Africa
Are you an African citizen with a business idea that will create jobs and improve lives in Africa? Will it improve education or the environment, or solve a problem that is uncharted?
Dear Entrepreneur,
Success is not just winning this Award. Instead, this African Entrepreneurship Award is the beginning of our Journey together to test, plan, launch and scale your new business to impact Africa.
BMCE Bank of Africa recognizes that you, the African entrepreneur, are a risk taker who seeks mentoring, practical support, and business colleagues as you start up revenue-generating businesses that solve problems and meet needs.
We are privileged to come beside you on this journey.
Take the first step today. You will be notified after July 7, if you are a finalist and begin to receive local and international mentoring to shape your idea. If you are chosen as a finalist, you will be trained to present your idea to a Presidential Jury for a financial award of $1 Million, announced in October 2015.
More information: https://africanentrepreneurshipaward.com/
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CFP: Building Images: Exploring 21st Century Sino-African dynamics through cultural exchange, media representation, and translation
14-16 January 2016
University of Nottingham, UK
Confirmed Keynote Speakers
Professor Helge Rønning (University of Oslo, Norway)
Professor Ian Taylor (University of St Andrews, UK)
The rapid growth in China’s involvement with Africa since the turn of the 21st century has been the focus of much recent scholarship and media attention. In both the popular and academic coverage of the topic, there is a marked discrepancy between the discourses put forward by China on the one hand, and the West on the other. While China promotes the ‘win-win’, friendship-and-equality discourse summarized in its 2006 white paper, reports and scholarship in the West have a tendency to view Chinese involvement with suspicion, and even alarm, accusing the super-power of taking part in a new ‘scramble for Africa’. Academic research has sought to interrogate some of the myths that have sprung up around Sino-African co-operation, taking the form primarily of case studies of Chinese trade, development and aid in selected African countries. This AHRC-sponsored conference looks to build on that interrogation by exploring present-day Sino-African dynamics from the perspectives of cultural exchange, media representation, and translation. Through an examination of these interactions, the conference aims to identify the images of ‘China’ that are being built in Africa, and vice versa, exploring how these images are constructed, the extent to which they complement or counteract official foreign policies, and the degree to which they are relevant among different sections of society.
Submitting a proposal
Your proposal should be emailed as a Word document attachment to kathryn.batchelor@nottingham.ac.uk
on or before 9 August 2015, and should include the following information:
title
500-word abstract
150-word biographical note (for all authors, in the case of joint papers)
lead author’s contact details (include email and telephone)
More information: https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/ctccs/documents/building-images-conference.pdf
