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Inaugural research forum focuses on diversity
A unique one-day forum, Critical Conversations about Diversity, will feature UVic faculty and graduate students presenting their research in areas of diversity, including innovative research approaches, Indigenous studies, gender and sexualities, marginalization and disability studies. Sponsored by the Vice-President Academic & Provost, the forum will take place Feb. 6 from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the Michèle Pujol Room and the Upper Lounge of the Student Union Building. There will be a plenary session, concurrent panels and plenty of discussion. The free event is open to all members of the UVic community, but pre-registration is required. Community members are welcome for afternoon sessions. Registration after Jan. 15: http://web.uvic.ca/vpac/. Information: www.uvic.ca/vpac/diversity.
Canada’s place in the world
Shauna Sylvester, the new director of the Canada’s World initiative, will deliver this year’s Lived Rights Lecture, “Finding Canada on the Map,” Jan. 30 at 7 p.m. in Fraser 159. The presentation is also the launch of Canada’s World, a three-year citizens’ dialogue focused on creating a national discussion on Canadian international policy and how to restore Canada’s reputation as an international leader. A fellow of the Simon Fraser University Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue, Sylvester was co-founder and executive director of the Institute for Media, Policy and Civil Society. The annual lecture is presented by UVic’s International Women’s Rights Project and supported by the Office of the President, UVic Law and the Centre for Global Studies.
Scholarship seeks students with “Churchillian” qualities
You don’t have to smoke cigars and favour bowler hats, but UVic students applying for a new scholarship established by the Sir Winston Churchill Society do have to demonstrate qualities associated with the famous, former British prime minister. A $20,000 donation through the Churchill Foundation Vancouver Island will create an endowment for an annual scholarship to a third- or fourth-year student majoring in history or political science who demonstrates leadership, courage, innovation, determination and magnanimity. The award will alternate each year between the two disciplines, with the first award in 2009 to a student from history. The foundation limits itself to charitable works that reflect the objectives of the society which include stimulating an appreciation of history and national and international affairs through scholarships, awards, bursaries and public presentations that perpetuate the memory of Sir Winston Churchill.
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