October 2024 Prentice Institute Newsletter | The Prentice Institute collaborates with researchers in Canada and elsewhere to address some of the most difficult challenges of the next generation and beyond. | |
Prentice Institute Postdoctoral Fellow Dr. Dharashree Das, virtually presented a paper titled, “Envisioning Reproductive Rights, Justice, and Ethics: Low-income Muslim Women Evading Invasive Contraceptives in Delhi, India” at “Re-Worlding Reproduction: Emerging Knowledges, Politics, and Practices of Justice” conference organized by the University of Pretoria, South Africa, September 16-19, 2024. | |
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Shada Aborawi attended the e-Mental Health International Congress last month In Ottawa, and got to hear from experts in the field about the emerging landscape of digital mental health tools and services.
Shada presented alongside panel members from KidsHelpPhone's National Youth Council and a fellow Mental Health Commission of Canada Youth Council Member. Their panel was called "Leading the Way: Youth Co-Design of E-Mental Health Services" where they discussed the importance of including young people and more broadly, individuals with lived and living experiences of mental health and addiction, into the design process of targeted digital mental health supports and services.
As a panellist, Shada sought to highlight the importance of an intersectional lens when working with young people, and drawing from their lived and living experiences to inform the work, but also equally valuing their knowledge, skills, and expertise.
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On September 14th, Dr. Lars Hallstrom and Carly Heck hosted a workshop: "Alberta Labour Market Research: The Next Generation," at the Alberta Teachers' Association 2024 Fall Planning Meeting in Kananaskis. They helped participants identify priority action areas for the union in the context of globally changing labour market dynamics, including increased value of career mobility, work-life balance, and inclusive leadership. | | | |
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Research assistants Sydney Rolfe (right) and Sydney Whiting (left) presented their work at the Prairie Political Science Conference in Banff, Alberta on September 21, 2024.
Supervised by Dr. Lars Hallstrom, their talk was titled "Media Framing & Populism in Alberta: 40 years of editorial cartoons & the legacy of Trudeau Sr.” The panel was attended by other scholars in the discipline and contributed to an interesting discussion on petro-politics and the nature of populism in Alberta.
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Taylor Manns (top left) and Sydney Whiting (bottom right) recently provided two guest lectures for undergraduate economic geography and methods courses, including:
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“Perspectives on human capital: Post-secondary education and the labour market in Lethbridge, AB.” 75-minute presentation to Geography 2210: Spatial Organization of Economic Activity for Dr. Bronwyn Bragg. Took place on September 26, 2024, at the University of Lethbridge.
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“Utilizing mixed methods in social science research.” 75-minute presentation to Geography 3075: Qualitative Research Methods for Dr. Julie Young. Took place on September 16, 2024, at the University of Lethbridge.
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Institute Director Lars Hallstrom presented “Provincial Policing Reform, Populism and the Rural-Urban Divide in Alberta” with Dr Tanya Trussler (MRU) at the Annual Meeting of the Prairie Political Science Association, September 19-21, 2024 in Banff, Alberta | |
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Pictured above: Signing of the Buffalo Treaty | |
Prentice Institute becomes partner signatory of the Buffalo Treaty
On September 25th, 2024, during the 10th Anniversary events of the Buffalo Treaty (September 22nd -25th, 2024), the Prentice Institute became a partner signatory of the Treaty. This is a commitment to, in the Treaty’s words, “bring about the manifestation of the intent of this treaty.” Articles in The Buffalo: A Treaty of Cooperation, Renewal and Restoration include Conservation, Culture, Economics, Health, Education and Research, all of which relate to the Prentice Institute mandate. As a testimony of the importance of this Treaty, dozens of Indigenous representatives, some from as far away as New Zealand, attended the Anniversary week events to re-sign or become new signatories. The events were co-hosted by Motokiiksi (Buffalo Women’s Society), the Blood Tribe (Kainai First Nation) of the Blackfoot Confederacy and the International Buffalo Relations Institute (IBRI).
Staff from IBRI will deliver a session at the Prentice Institute early in 2025 at which we will learn about the ways in which we can activate this partnership and commitment. Stayed tuned!
For further information, please pick up a pamphlet at the reception desk or click on the following links:
Buffalo Treaty
Buffalo Relations
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Dr. Andrea Cuéllar (Associate Director) and Florencio Delgado (Universidad San Francisco de Quito) presented a virtual paper for the VI EIAA (VI International Conference on Amazonian Archaeology), which took place in San José del Guaviare (Colombia) from September 16th-22nd, 2024. The paper entitled "Human Environment Interactions in the Eastern Andes/Upper Amazon Seen through Ancient Population and Forest Use Change” was part of the symposium Resource Use Dynamics and Space Configurations in the Upper Amazon: Interdisciplinary Perspectives. | | | |
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Former Institute GRA Ogochukwu Onyeso was recently featured in the CAnD3 October Newsletter as one of McGills Amazing Fellows:
Click here for more info: Ogochukwu Fellows Feature
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The Prentice Institute accepts applications for affiliation year-round. Affiliates are eligible to apply for a variety of grant funds offered by the Institute.
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Have a newsletter contribution? Every month, we share opportunities and interesting reads fresh off the press from our partners, research affiliates, and team. If you have an opportunity, paper, article, op-ed, lecture, podcast, etc. you would like to share, please email us at prentice@uleth.ca with the subject 'Newsletter Contribution'. | | | | |
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