- Event @ Carleton: Journeys of Survival, Resilience and Belonging
- Book Launch @ Octopus: May Chazan’s The Grandmothers’ Movement: Solidarity and Survival in the Time of AIDS
- The Africa Study Group Presents “The Promises and Limits of Federalism for Nation Building in Africa”
- Panel @ uOttawa: International Development Priorities for the Next Government
- Panel @ uOttawa: Les priorités du prochain gouvernement en matière de développement international
- Gala Haïti et le Panaméricanisme
- Gala Haiti and Panamericanism
- La Conférence des Femmes Francophones Immigrantes: « Femmes au Leadership » première édition, présentée par la Communauté Congolaise du Canada Ottawa-Gatineau s’adresse à toutes les femmes et jeunes filles francophones immigrantes de la région de la capitale nationale
- Mama Sarah Obama in Ottawa this Sunday
- Ballet Tropical 2015
- DUBWISE OTTAWA
- REMINDER: “The Ask Her Talks: African women on philanthropy, change and power”
- REMINDER: Summer Institute @ Carleton: Doing Fieldwork in Africa
- KUWALA (African Academy of Languages) Journal: Call for Papers
- APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN FOR Institute for Justice and Reconciliation TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMME
- CFP: Rhythms of Life: Youth and Popular Culture in a Changing South Africa (Cape Town)
- Lecturer in African Studies @ Edinburgh
- IAS news: Videos of “Religious Fundamentalisms & Women’s Rights” presentations
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1.
Event @ Carleton: Journeys of Survival, Resilience and Belonging
Sahan Literary Forum and Institute of African Studies present
The Yibir of Las Burgabo
Carleton University
2017 Dunton Tower (Arts Lounge)
May 23, 2015
4 pm
Guest Speaker: Mohamoud Gaildon, Author
The Yibir of Las Burgabo is the story of fortitude, dignity and survival in the face of tragedy and rejection. It’s the story of Yibir, a Somali minority community in the Horn of Africa.
Mr. Gaildon is a medical physicist and radiation safety officer at St. Vincent Hospital, Green Bay, Wisconsin. The Yibir of Las Burgabo is his first novel.
For more information: Sahanliteraryforum@gmail.com
2.
Book Launch: May Chazan’s The Grandmothers’ Movement: Solidarity and Survival in the Time of AIDS
May Chazan will be launching her book, The Grandmothers’ Movement: Solidarity and Survival in the Time of AIDS (McGill-Queen’s Press) at Octopus Books (Under One Roof).
Come enjoy music, wine, and snacks and hear the author give a short talk and slide show about the experience of doing research with community organizers and older women in South Africa and Canada.
Tuesday, June 2nd
6:00 to 8:00 PM
presentation begins at 6:30 PM
Octopus Books (Under One Roof)
Centretown Store
251 Bank Street, second floor
Ottawa 613-688-0752
May Chazan started at Trent as a Canada Research Chair in Gender and Feminist Studies and a faculty member in Gender and Women’s Studies in 2013. She is inspired by how social justice movements form, operate, and generate change and by how, across enormous differences in power, privilege, and worldview, alliances are forged and maintained. With longstanding interests in gender, aging, and intergenerational solidarities, she is particularly intrigued by the roles older women play in these activist coalitions. She then did her MA (2003-05) and PhD (2005-11) at Carleton, with the support of a Trudeau Foundation Scholarship, and held a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Toronto (2011-13).
3.
The Africa Study Group Presents
“The Promises and Limits of Federalism for Nation Building in Africa”
DATE: Wednesday, May 20th, 2015
TIME: 17:00 pm – 19:00 pm
LOCATION: St. Paul’s university, Alumni amphitheater, Guigues Hall, 223 Main Street, Room 1124
The Promises and Limits of Federalism for Nation Building in Africa
Bio of Shawn Houlihan:
Shawn Houlihan is Senior Director at the Forum of Federations where he oversees programs throughout Africa, notably in Ethiopia, Sudan, South Sudan, Kenya and Nigeria. Mr. Houlihan spent five years in Ethiopia over 1993-1998, first as CIDA’s Governance Advisor before joining the Ethiopia Prime Minister Meles Zenawi’s Office as Head of its Civil Service Reform Unit. During 1999-2002 he was CIDA’s advisor for support to the Sudan peace process and worked extensively on preparation of Sudan’s Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) and UNDP governance programs in Southern Sudan in 2004-05.
In addition, Mr. Houlihan had a successful academic and consultancy career. In 2012 he was named a member of the Leadership Council at McGill University’s Institute for Studies in International Development and was recently made an associate of the Centre for Creative Leadership (www.ccl.org)
4.
May 12, 2015
University of Ottawa
“At Issue” panel discussion on:
International Development Priorities for the Next Government
A provocative panel discussion focused on key development challenges and priorities for the next Canadian government. Three thoughtful panelists and a probing moderator will engage the audience in a lively and inclusive discussion. They will sometimes challenge conventional wisdom in the face of an increasingly complex global agenda, with new actors and shifting geo-politics. The panel will also react to what they will have heard earlier in the day on how our own political parties intend to deliver on the UN’s Post-2015 Agenda and other key global development issues and processes.
Organized by The McLeod Group in partnership with The School of International Development and Globalization Studies (SIDGS), University of Ottawa, the Canadian Council for International Co-operation (CCIC), and the Canadian Association of International Development Professionals (CAIDP)
WHEN? Tuesday, May 12th, 2015, 18:30 to 19:45
WHERE? University of Ottawa, Marion Auditorium
140 Louis Pasteur St
THIS EVENT IS FREE, BUT PRIOR REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. PLEASE REGISTER HERE – https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/international-development-priorities-for-the-next-government-tickets-16817256868 .
Following the event, we invite you to join us at a “Networking Reception”
Hosted by: The University of Ottawa, CCIC and CAIDP
Cash-bar and refreshments will be available
19:30 to 21:00
University of Ottawa, Tabaret Hall
Room 112, 75 Laurier Avenue East
5.
Évènement public
Université d’Ottawa
12 mai 2015
Panel sur un “sujet chaud”:
Les priorités du prochain gouvernement en matière de développement international
Voici un débat d’experts qui promet d’interpeller l’auditoire! L’échange portera sur les principaux défis en matière de développement international qui attendent le prochain gouvernement du Canada ainsi que sur les grandes priorités que devrait adopter ce dernier. Sous la direction d’un animateur intéressé à aller au fond des choses, trois experts ayant mûrement réfléchi à la question prendront part à un débat animé et stimulant. Certains propos pourraient ébranler les idées reçues au sujet d’un programme d’action mondial sans cesse plus complexe, qui implique de nouveaux acteurs et qui s’inscrit dans un contexte géopolitique en évolution. Les experts réagiront aussi aux idées formulées plus tôt dans la journée et sur les propositions des partis politiques pour donner suite au programme pour l’après-2015 ainsi qu’aux autres grands enjeux et processus mondiaux en matière de développement international.
Le débat sera organisé par le Groupe McLeod, en partenariat avec l’École de développement international et mondialisation (EDIM) de l’Université d’Ottawa, le Conseil canadien pour la coopération internationale (CCCI) et le Regroupement des professionnels canadiens en développement international (RPCDI).
Heure : 18h30 à 19h45
Endroit : Université d’Ottawa, pavillon Marion
140, rue Louis-Pasteur
LA PARTICIPATION EST GRATUITE, MAIS L’INSCRIPTION EST OBLIGATOIRE. VEUILLEZ VOUS INSCRIRE ICI- https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/international-development-priorities-for-the-next-government-tickets-16817256868
L’événement sera suivi d’une réception de réseautage, parrainée par l’Université d’Ottawa, le CCCI et le RPCDI.
Un bar payant et des rafraîchissements seront disponibles sur place.
19h30 à 21h00
Université d’Ottawa, pavillon Tabaret
75, avenue Laurier Est, salle 112
6.
Gala Haïti et le Panaméricanisme
Les billets sont prêts!
A l’occasion de la fête du drapeau Haïtien le 18 mai prochain, le Comité du drapeau organise une foire de 11 h à 16 h et un Gala de 18 h à 23 h30.
Vous pouvez maintenant vous procurez vos billets de gala en ligne – https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/gala-haiti-et-le-panamericanismehaiti-and-the-panamericanism-tickets-16771010544 –
ou dans les divers endroits suivants:
Fenelon Multiservices, 301, av. McArthur Ave. Ottawa, ON, K1L 6P1 613-818-4359
Maxime Barber Shop, 2702 Alta Vista Dr, Ottawa, ON K1V 7T4,(613) 733-9879
DJ Neils resto, 313 Montreal Rd, Vanier ON
GIGI’S MARKET, 274 Montréal Road, Vanier South Vanier.
En Primeur :
Conte de Jean Claude Martineau,
Troupe de Vénézuela
Troupe de Cuba
Danse Haïtienne
Plats créoles
Musiques et chants traditionnels
Venez en foule et achetez votre billet dès maintenant!
Pour plus d’informations, contactez-nous au comitedrapeauhaitien@gmail.com.
7.
Gala Haiti and Panamericanism
In occasion of the Haitian Flag Day on May 18, the Haitian Flag Committee is organizing a cultual fair from 11:00 am to 4:00 pm and a Gala from 6:00 pm to 11:30 pm.
In the program:
Conte Jean Claude Martineau,
Venezuela Dance Crew
Cuba Dance Crew
Haitian Dance Crew
Creole meals
Traditional Music and Songs
Come with friends and families and buy your ticket now – https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/gala-haiti-et-le-panamericanismehaiti-and-the-panamericanism-tickets-16771010544
For more information, contact us at comitedrapeauhaitien@gmail.com.
8.
La Conférence des Femmes Francophones Immigrantes: « Femmes au Leadership » première édition, présentée par la Communauté Congolaise du Canada Ottawa-Gatineau s’adresse à toutes les femmes et jeunes filles francophones immigrantes de la région de la capitale nationale.
Sat May 16 2015 at 06:00 pm
Overbrook Community Center, 33 Quill Street, Ottawa
Vous avez une idée de création d’entreprise mais ne savez pas par ou commencer,
Vous vous demandez comment allier famille, travaille, études et affaires,
Vous manquez de confiance en vous et ne prenez pas suffisament de temps pour vous-même,
Vous vivez dans un stress permanent….
Cette conférence est pour vous!
Inscrivez-vous des aujourd’hui pour prendre part aux différents ateliers et concourez la chance de gagner une reduction de – %25 sur les produits de beauté Soins Corporels Hammam.
Ateliers santé et bien-être, entreprenariat et réseautage, rafraîchissement offert et plus à découvrir…
INSCRIPTIONS $15 | Cliquez sur le lien ci-dessous
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/inscription-conference-des-femmes-francophones-immigrantes-femmes-au-leadership-16227722555
Venez rencontrer et réseauter avec des femmes uniques et inspirantes.
LES CONFERENCIERES
Christelle Mokoko, Fondatrice, présidente, formatrice, Ateliers place aux Femmes
Sabine Daniel, Entrepreuneure, productrice, animatrice radio et télévision
Valérie Assoi, Professionnel de développement communautaire
Violène Gabriel, Infirmière, Fondatrice, présidente, Regroupement Affaires Femmes
Francoise Ngoya Tshibuabua, Entrepreneure, distributrice indépendante Soins Corporels Hammam
9.
Special Mother’s Day Reception in Honour of Mama Sarah Obama – Sunday, May 10, 2015 – 4pm-6pm
Please join The HERA Mission, the Kenyan Community in Ottawa, and The East African Students’ Association of Carleton University
This Sunday May 10 at 4PM to 6PM at Rideau Park United Church 2203 Alta Vista Drive Ottawa at a Mother’s Day Reception to Celebrate a Mother who inspires us all to give, Mama Sarah Obama!
Come and meet a wonderful African leader, celebrate her warmth and generosity and show her Canada and Kenya are two communities connected by the spirit of giving back.
Dr. Mama Sarah Obama is currently in Canada to seek support for the programs she has launched through her NGO Safeguard Orphans and Widows Organization (SOWO). These programs focus on areas such as literacy, youth and women’s empowerment, food security, clean water, shelter, and sanitation. The 94-year-old matriarch of the Obama family has been at the forefront of championing the plight of the orphans, other vulnerable children, the girl child and widows in Africa. For her admirable efforts she has received various international awards including the inaugural U.N. Women’s Entrepreneurship Day Education Pioneer Award in November 2014. She was also awarded a honorary Doctor of Letters Degree by the Great Lakes University of Kisumu in 2010 for her work on behalf of poor communities in Kenya. She is visiting Canada at the invitation of the GoodLife Fitness Toronto Marathon.
Come share refreshments and entertainment and a special Mother’s Day!
Event details:
When: Sunday May 10, 2015 4 p.m. – 6 p.m.
Where: Rideau Park United Church, 2203 Alta Vista Drive, Ottawa
Cost: Tickets: $25.00 per person
How to get tickets: Purchase tickets at HERA Mission website: www.heramission.org
Limited tickets available at the door. To reserve your ticket(s) for cash payment at the door RSVP to info@heramission.org by Saturday May 9th 5:00pm. Space is very limited.
Proceeds from this event will support Mama Sarah Obama’s charity work in her village, Kogello.
Contact: info@heramission.org
10.
Ballet Tropical 2015
Saturday, May 16, 2015
4:00pm – 9pm
Centrepointe Theatre, Ben Franklin Place – 101 Centrepointe Drive, Ottawa, ON K2G 5K7
Ballet Tropical 2015 – Celebrating 20 years.Presented by: The School Of Afro-Caribbean Dance.
Come celebrate a rich history from Africa and the Caribbean featuring the talented students of The School Of Afro-Caribbean Dance.Experience the evolution and spice of afro-caribbean Dance to the sounds & rhythms of a culturally diverse people. Patrons will embark on journey with dancers of all ages as they express themselves through a creative blend of traditional and modern movement.
Tickets: $20 Tickets on sale now! 20th Anniversary Celebration reception to immediately follow!
https://centrepointetheatre.ca/en/events_tickets/may2015/Ballet_Tropical/index.htmMore info: www.afrocaribdance.webs.com
11.
DUBWISE OTTAWA
Sat May 16 2015 at 09:00 pm to Sun May 17 2015 at 02:00 am
Café Nostalgica, 601 Cumberland, Ottawa
EARHOLES REJOICE!
Let us celebrate the newly come summer season with some of those freshly picked beats, the type that make you want to skank, dance and shuffle your feet.
We will try to show off what the Jamaican master engeneers have inspired, from dubstep, reggae, dub, jungle and everything in between.
This time to help us achieve this :
// KEMIST [Ivory Shade Hi-Fi / Roughcrew ]
He’ll be bringing the breaks.
www.mixcloud.com/kemist-42/
www.soundcloud.com/kemist-42
// SARGE
He’ll be bringing the step.
// DISCO-NEKT
He’ll be bringing the bassline.
// MR. THE CAT
He’ll be bringing that funky hook.
FREE, 19+
12.
REMINDER: The Stephen Lewis Foundation presents
“The Ask Her Talks: African women on philanthropy, change and power”
We are delighted to invite you to attend the inaugural Ask Her Talks in Ottawa on May 28th.
Ottawa Ask Her Talks
Thursday, May 28, 2015
Kailash Mital Theatre
Carleton University
7:00 pm – Reception to follow
Tickets: $20
It’s time to shift the conversation — to challenge our understanding and beliefs about how philanthropy can truly improve the human condition.
There are remarkable leaders in Africa at the community level. Women are at the heart of the response to AIDS, are overwhelmingly the frontline health care workers, are tackling the epidemic of sexual violence — and yet we rarely, if ever, hear from them. African women are leading the way, and are experts on what works, what kind of support is most effective, and what challenges need to be met.
Five dynamic African women will speak about what happens when crises strike — such as the AIDS pandemic, Ebola, the kidnapping of Nigerian girls, and sexual violence in conflict — and the role that philanthropy should now play in a transformative response.
More information: https://www.stephenlewisfoundation.org/askhertalks
To purchase tickets: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/ottawa-the-ask-her-talks-african-women-on-philanthropy-change-power-tickets-15732057006
13.
REMINDER: Summer Institute @ Carleton: Doing Fieldwork in Africa
“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
DRAFT AGENDA can be found at: carleton.ca/africanstudies/wp-content/uploads/DoingfieldResearch-DRAFTagenda-1-May.pdf
More information: https://carleton.ca/fpa-professionalinstitute/fieldwork-africa/
14.
KUWALA (African Academy of Languages) Journal: Call for Papers
The African Academy of Languages (ACALAN) invites Africa scholars in the continent and the Diaspora to submit contribution for publication in a special edition of KUWALA (ACALAN’s Journal), which will explore the academic, conceptual and practical elements on the contribution of African languages to the Agenda. It is to be noted that language in general and African languages in particular have been generally excluded from the development discourse. The special edition, therefore, provides scholars with a rare opportunity to provide inputs that will bring Africa languages to the core of Africa’s Agenda 2063.
ACALAN’s Secretariat will accept submissions in African languages and all working languages of the African Union. The deadline for the submission of papers is June 2015 each contributor will make arrangement for collection of his/her copy of the journal after publication.
The contribution should be sent to kuwala@acalan.org; bjohnson@acalan.org; ldampha@aclan.org .
More information: https://www.pambazuka.net/en/category.php/announce/94641
15.
APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN FOR Institute for Justice and Reconciliation TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMME
2-22 August, 2015
JOHANNESBURG & CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA
INVITATION TO AFRICAN NATIONALS
The Institute for Justice and Reconciliation (IJR) is pleased to announce the convening of a three week intensive Transitional Justice in Africa Fellowship Programme. This is a residential programme which will be held in Johannesburg and Cape Town, South Africa from 2 -22 August 2015. This year’s Fellowship Programme will be open to African nationals living on the African continent. Applicants from Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Uganda, Somalia and Zimbabwe will be given preference. We are now inviting qualified individuals to apply to this esteemed programme.
More information: https://www.ijr.org.za/news-and-events.php?nid=228&type=news .
16.
CALL FOR PAPERS – Rhythms of Life: Youth and Popular Culture in a Changing South Africa
13-14 November 2015, University of the Western Cape, Cape Town
Rhythms of Life: Youth and Popular Culture in a Changing South Africa is a two day symposium organized by the Human Sciences Research Council, the University of Helsinki’s discipline of Social and Cultural Anthropology, and the University of the Western Cape’s Centre for Multilingualism and Diversities Research. It is an interdisciplinary symposium that encourages contributions from across the social sciences and humanities.
South African youth are in a unique and challenging transitory space that presents continuities with the past, yet simultaneously offering a moment in which new and different ways of being and doing are possible. How do young people engage this new, transitory space with all its contradictions? What are the tools that they use and the channels that they navigate to create alternatives? What are the contemporary cultural and linguistic practices that signify the ‘breaks from the past’ yet encourage social solidarities and create alternative imaginings of being South African?
This symposium is open to the analysis of all aspects of the relationship between youth and popular culture in South Africa, and we particularly welcome papers addressing:
– Youth, social identities and difference
– Youth, social solidarities and resistance
– Youth, social media and new technologies
– Youth, consumerism and popular culture
The closing date for the submission of abstracts is the 31 May 2015. Please send a 200 word abstract and 50 word academic biography to bmoolman@hsrc.ac.za.
Acceptance of abstracts will be communicated to presenters by 30 June 2015
More information: https://southafricanyouthtoday.com/events/ .
17.
Lecturer in African Studies @ Edinburgh
The Centre of African Studies is seeking to appoint an outstanding researcher and teacher to a permanent post.
The post holder will present a research profile, in both experience to date and in future potential, which is at the forefront of the area of activity. He or she will also demonstrate experience, achievement and outstanding potential reflected in a growing personal teaching and supervisory portfolio, with a commitment to excellence in teaching. The post holder will be expected to play a full part in the collegial life of the Centre and the School and to contribute fully to the undergraduate curriculum and postgraduate teaching and supervision as well as enhancing eLearning and online teaching initiatives as appropriate to specialisation.
The successful candidate will have relevant research and teaching expertise in African Studies or in political science, social anthropology, development studies, history or cultural studies, with special reference to Africa. The successful candidate’s profile will enable key contributions in African Studies and, more broadly, International Development.
Job advert and information: https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/AKY610/lecturer-in-african-studies/
Deadline for applications is on Thursday 14 May at 5.00 pm (UK time) while the interview will be held at the very end of May.
18.
IAS news: Videos of “Religious Fundamentalisms & Women’s Rights” presentations
The videos of the presentations of the conference, “Religious Fundamentalisms Impact on Women’s Rights in Africa” co-organized by the Africa Canada Forum (of the Canadian Council for International Co-operation) and the Institute of African Studies on April 21, 2015, at Carleton is now on our YouTube channel.
For the videos, please go to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxIsXUQ_Tvk&list=PLCA7ZS6zoRqaIUuMtWeIV3vXZVimS9PW9 .
For more information on the conference, please go to: https://carleton.ca/africanstudies/cu-events/religious-fundamentalisms-womens-rights-in-africa/ .
