- Conference @ Carleton: The African Union’s Agenda 2063: Assessing the Development Vision for Africa
- Brownbag talk @ Carleton: Conflict minerals, Gender and (In) Security in Africa’s Great Lakes Region: the limitations of the sexual violence paradigm
- Talk @ Carleton: “#BringBackOurGirls hashtag”
- Event @ Carleton: Child Studies Speaker Series: DOUBLE EVENT-Children and HIV/AIDS in South Africa
- Event @ Carleton: Let’s Talk Minerals’ Conference
- Event @ Carleton: Scholars-at-Risk (SAR) Launch Event
- East African Students’ Association of Carleton (EASAC)’s Flavours of the East Gala fundraiser for CanUgan
Peace-Building Institute in Rwanda - CALL FOR PAPERS – International Conference on Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Environmental Ethics: Implications for Peace-building and Sustainable Development
- IAS News: Summer Courses @ Carleton in African Studies or with African Studies content
- IAS NEWS: New Issue of Nokoko and a new Call for Papers
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Conference @ Carleton: The African Union’s Agenda 2063: Assessing the Development Vision for Africa
The African Group of Diplomats to Canada, the African Women Diplomatic Forum, and the Institute of African Studies, Carleton University are very pleased to invite you to a one day conference: The African Union’s Agenda 2063: Assessing the Development Vision for Africa
When: Thursday March 12, 2015, 9am – 5pm
Where: Conference Rooms (#2220-2228) River Building, Carleton University*
In recognition of the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Organization of African Unity/African Union, in 2013 the Heads of State and Government of the African Union (AU) pledged their commitment to make progress in eight areas as part of the continent’s development agenda. These include promoting African Identity and Renaissance, implementing a Continental Free Trade Area, establishing agendas for Social and Economic Development as well as Peace and Security, and promoting Democratic Governance. These ideals and goals are to be implemented in national and regional plans and to be integral to a vision for Africa for the next fifty years. Titled Agenda 2063, the African Union Commission engaged in a people-driven process to develop this vision of the AU for “an integrated, prosperous and peaceful Africa, driven by its own citizens and representing a dynamic force in the global arena.”
This conference will critically examine different aspects of this new continental agenda as a way to better understand it, exploring its strengths and areas in need of improvement, and possible points of intersection with Canadian governmental, non-governmental, academic and community groups. It brings together scholars, diplomats, governmental and non-governmental officials, and members of African diaspora organizations and the wider community in a scholarly discussion of this important African framework for achieving a more prosperous and equitable future for the continent.
Further Information: Institute of African Studies, 613-520-2600 x. 2220; african.studies@carleton.ca ; or carleton.ca/africanstudies
Please RSVP: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/aus-agenda-2063-tickets-15851910491
* For a campus map: https://carleton.ca/campus/map/
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Brownbag talk @ Carleton: Conflict minerals, Gender and (In) Security in Africa’s Great Lakes Region: the limitations of the sexual violence paradigm
THE INSTITUTE OF AFRICAN STUDIES PRESENTS “Conflict minerals, Gender and (In) Security in Africa’s Great Lakes Region: the limitations of the sexual violence paradigm” with Joanne Lebert, Partnership Africa Canada
Wednesday, March 4, 1:00- 2:30 pm
433 Paterson Hall, Carleton University*
Prior to joining PAC in 2011, Joanne Lebert was based at the University of Ottawa’s Human Rights Research and Education Centre, where she developed and supported research and policy advocacy related to gender-based sexual violence in conflict settings in Africa, and examined its intersections with the extractive industries. She was also Deputy Director at the Canadian NGO, Peacebuild, where she worked to strengthen Canadian foreign policy options and practice. Previously, she carried out anthropological fieldwork for her doctoral studies in Namibia and Angola and was a Visiting Fellow in Refugee Studies at the University of Oxford. She has lectured at Carleton University and worked for the OSCE in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia, Amnesty International and CARE International-Zambia. This is part of the African Studies Brownbag Seminar Series (https://www.carleton.ca/africanstudies/).
For more information, please contact the Institute of African Studies at 613-520-2600 ext. 2220 orAfrican_Studies@carleton.ca
*For a campus map, please see: https://carleton.ca/campus/map/
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Talk @ Carleton: “#BringBackOurGirls hashtag”
The Bachelor of Global and International Studies presents“#BringBackOurGirls hashtag: International Justice, Sentimentality and the Politics of the Unsayable”with M. Kamari Clarke, University of Pittsburgh
When: Monday, March 9th, 1-2:30pm
Where: 311 Southam Hall*
Dr. Clarke is a candidate for the Associate Professor position in the Bachelor of Global and International Studies.
* For a campus map: https://carleton.ca/campus/map/
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Event @ Carleton: Child Studies Speaker Series: DOUBLE EVENT-Children and HIV/AIDS in South Africa
Jenny Doubt(Open University, Ph.D.) is Project Manager of Sinovuyo Teens and Postdoctoral Research Officer at Oxford University where she is currently working to develop, implement, and evaluate a culturally-adaptable child-abuse prevention program for HIV/AIDS-affected families living in rural South Africa. The project operates in partnership with the Universities of Oxford and Cape Town, the South African government, NGO Clowns Without Borders South Africa, UNICEF, and WHO.
Representing HIV/AIDS-Affected Children in South Africa: Public Health Interventions & Cultural Texts
When:Monday, March 912:00-1:30pm
Where: Room 2203, Dunton Tower*
A public talk by Dr. Jenny Doubt (Oxford University and Sinovuyo Teens, South Africa)
HIV/AIDS is one of the worst epidemics in the world, and it affects over one million children in South Africa. In addition to the more familiar medical and political responses to the epidemic, a range of visual artwork, film, and theatre offers strategies for mitigating it. Children are a primary concern and focal point in all of these representations. This talk will examine both the representation of children affected by HIV/AIDS in cultural texts seeking to intervene in the epidemic, and the ability of children to manipulate such cultural texts in order to design their own interventions. As HIV/AIDS enters its fourth decade, what do these cultural texts tell us about the experience of AIDS-affected children in South Africa in 2015? And crucially… do they work?
Film Screening of “Yesterday”
When:Tuesday, March 10,5:30-7:30pm
Where:Room 2017, Dunton Tower*
Followed by panel discussion with Dr. Jenny Doubt (Oxford University and Sinovuyo Teens, South Africa), Dr. Paul Mkandawire (Human Rights, Carleton), and Dr. Monica Eileen Patterson (Child Studies, Carleton)
Yesterday (2004)
Darrell Roodt, Dir., 96 min.
Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film, Academy Awards.
After falling ill, Yesterday learns that she is HIV positive. With her husband in denial and young daughter to tend to, Yesterday’s one goal is to live long enough to see her child go to school
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Refreshments will be served at both events! Free and open to the public.
Co-sponsored by the Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies and the Institute of African Studies
*For a campus map, please see: https://carleton.ca/campus/map/
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Event @ Carleton: Let’s Talk Minerals’ Conference
STAND Carleton in conjunction with UNICEF Carleton and RRRA (Rideau River Residence Association) are excited to present the ‘Let’s Talk Conflict Minerals’ conference!
When:Wednesday, March 4, 7pm
Where: Carleton University Residence Commons, 3rd floor Banquet Hall*
With the purchase of a 10$ ticket, you will have access to the panel discussion AND networking night! The panel will feature Paul Dewar, MP who works with the Canadian Government in pushing through Bill C-486 requesting the government put in place due diligence on minerals.
There will also be representatives from Partnership Africa and Congo Yetu Initiative in addition to other dignitaries and NGO organizations which will join us for the networking portion of the evening.
TICKETS CAN BE PURCHASED FOR $10 THIS WEEK, we can be found in the tunnel tables between UC/Tory, they can also be purchased at the door!
5,400,000 Dead due to Conflict Minerals, 48 number of rapes per hour in the Congo , 180,000,000 dollars earned annually by rebel groups, 40 percent of miners are children
Conflict Minerals which are in our everyday products which make our lives easier, work to create a horrendous life for those on the mining side. For information and to get involved, come out and listen and spread the word!
*For a campus map, please see: https://carleton.ca/campus/map/
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Event @ Carleton: Scholars-at-Risk (SAR) Launch Event
Two Scholars. One Moderator. A United Cause
You are invited to our Scholars-at-Risk launch featuring a panel conversation with two current SAR scholars being hosted in Canada.
This event will take place from 2-4pm on Wednesday, March 4, 2015 in 2220 River Building, Carleton University*.
Carleton University and the University of Ottawa have recently joined forces and become members of the Scholars-at-Risk (SAR) program. SAR is an international network of higher education institutions dedicated to protecting threatened scholars, preventing attacks on higher education communities, and promoting academic freedom worldwide, which are primarily done by arranging positions of sanctuary at institutions in the network for those forced to flee.
For more information, please visit our website. Kindly confirm your attendance at: https://events.carleton.ca/je-suis-scholar-carleton-university-and-the-university-of-ottawa-scholars-at-risk-sar-launch-event/#reg
*For a campus map, please see: https://carleton.ca/campus/map/
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East African Students’ Association of Carleton (EASAC)’s Flavours of the East Gala fundraiser for CanUgan
Join us on Friday, March 13, 2015 for the Flavours of the East Gala, an exciting evening of culture, music, dance, and food from East Africa, at the Marriott Hotel in Ottawa, Ontario. Proceeds from this year’s Gala will support CanUgan, bringing accessibility to persons with disabilities in the KaseseDistrict of Uganda.
Hosted annually by the East African Students’ Association of Carleton (EASAC), this year’s event is being organized collaboratively with Carleton’s READ Initiative (Research, Education, Accessibility and Design) and CUSA’s Carleton Disability Awareness Centre (CDAC).
Founded in late 2010, CanUganwww.canugan.org is a registered Canadian charity that provides assistive devices to people with disabilities in Uganda. By funding a corporate table (in the amount of $500.00) at this cultural evening, you’ll help CanUgan further its efforts to help Ugandans with disabilities meet their mobility and communication needs and gain economic independence.
Working with a disability organization in KaseseDistrict of Uganda, CanUgan has provided hand-pedalled tricycles, white canes, crutches and other devices to close to 500 Ugandans with disabilities.
If you would like to make a donation of any form to support the event, you can email us for more information.Please help us continue the wonderful work of CanUgan and enjoy the warmth and wonders of East Africa in the midst of our Canadian winter.
For more information please contact Simile Mdladlana at 613 222 5771 or by email at smdladlana07@gmail.com
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Peace-Building Institute in Rwanda
Twice a year, Never Again Rwanda hosts a two-week Peace-Building Institute (PBI) that brings together international university students in Rwanda. Participants discuss the question “What can Rwanda teach the world?”
Through readings of a shared set of texts, site visits, lectures and group discussions, participants will explore themes of genocide, transitional justice, good governance and development and learn skills as global citizens in cross-cultural dialogue, critical thinking, analysis of complex issues and problem solving.
Never Again Rwanda is now looking for open-minded and intellectually curious university students interested in the challenges of human rights and post-conflict environments to apply for its 2015 PBI.The Peace-Building Institute will provide a stimulating and immersive learning environment where active group discussions are supplemented with site visits and guest speakers. This will provide the participants with an unforgettable educational experience.
More information at : https://neveragainrwanda.org/programs/peace-building-program/peace-building-institute/
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CALL FOR PAPERS – International Conference on Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Environmental Ethics: Implications for Peace-building and Sustainable Development
The Africa Regional Programme of the United Nations University for Peace (UPEACE) in collaboration with the DST-NRF Centre for Indigenous Knowledge Systems (University of KwaZulu Natal) and the University of Rwanda (Rwanda).
CONFERENCE SUB-THEMES
•Environmental governance and implications for Peace, Justice and Human Rights •Knowledge Systems and Environmental Ethics in the Context of Educational Transformation, •Rural Development and Sustainable Livelihood •Communication, Indigenous Languages and Power Relations •Human Rights, Environmental Ethics and Peace-building •Science and Technological Development: Implications on Environmental Ethics •Indigenous Knowledge Systems, Climate Change and Food Security Systems: Implications on Environmental Ethics. •Indigenous Knowledge Systems, Gender and Environmental Ethics: Implications on Peace-Building, Human Rights and Sustainable livelihood. •Environmental Ethics: Implications on Global Health
SUBMISSION DATES
•Submission of draft papers: Friday, 06 March 2015
.Inform the selected papers: Friday, 13 March 2015
•Submission of final papers by : Friday, 10 April, 2015
More information: https://aiks.ukzn.ac.za/events/2015/01/13/call-for-papers—international-conference-on-indigenous-knowledge-systems-and-environmental-ethics-implications-for-peace-building-and-sustainable-development
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IAS News: Summer Courses @ Carleton in African Studies or with African Studies content
a)Institute of African Studies Courses
AFRI 1001 A, Introduction to African Studies I, Prof. Nduka Otiono, 0.5 credits
AFRI 1002 A, Introduction to African Studies II, Prof. Mohamed Ali, 0.5 credits
AFRI 3900, Placement, 0.5 credits
b)Courses on Africa in Other Units
HIST 2706 A, Ancient and Pre-Colonial Africa, Prof. Susanne Klausen, 0.5 credits
HIST 2707 A, Modern Africa, Prof. Mohamed Ali, 0.5 credits
LANG 1010 A, Intro to Language I: Kiswahili, 0.5 credits
LANG 1020 A, Introduction to Language II: Kiswahili, 0.5 credits
c)Courses with African Content in Other Units
ANTH 2020 A, Race and Ethnicity, Prof Peter Gose, 0.5 credits
ECON 3509 A, Development Planning and Project Evaluation, Prof. Samuel Bonti-Ankomah, 0.5 credits
WGST 2800 A, Intersectional Identities, 0.5 credits
WGST 4812 B, Selected Topics in Women’s and Gender Studies, Topic: Transnational Workers, Prof. Amrita Hari, 0.5 credits
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IAS NEWS: New Issue of Nokoko and a new Call for Papers
The editors of Nokoko are very happy to introduce the 4th issue of Nokoko, with a special focus on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality in Africa. The issue features contributions from seasoned and acclaimed academics as well as new emerging and promising scholars. It also displays contributions from those on the continent and from within Canadian institutions.
Nokoko is published by the Institute of African Studies at Carleton University and relies on the work of broad editorial committee and the assistance of many scholars who help us with external peer-review.
The issue is available, in open access here: https://carleton.ca/africanstudies/research/nokoko/volume-4/ .
We are also pleased to forward the Call for Papers for volume 5 on the African Diaspora in the Americas and the Caribbean. CFP for Volume 5: https://carleton.ca/africanstudies/research/nokoko/call-for-papers-nokoko/ .
