The Prentice Institute for Global Population and Economy | April 2022 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 Internal Funding Deadline Extension

The Prentice Institute for Global Population and Economy has, as per University of Lethbridge policy, extended its Call for Proposal deadline to May 2nd, 2022. Please see the Prentice Institute Official Website for more details!

Congratulations to Dr. Kamrul Islam!

Effective in early May, Dr. Islam will be leaving the Prentice Institute to take up a new position as an analyst with Statistics Canada.

Dr. Islam joined the Prentice Institute a number of years ago as a post-doctoral fellow following a PhD (2014) at the University of Alberta and some time as a faculty member in his home of Bangladesh. He has worked exceptionally hard over the past year, has made multiple local and conference presentations, seen a number of papers accepted and published in peer-reviewed journals, and contributed to a number of granting initiatives undertaken by the Institute. During that same time, he was also active with teaching duties in Asian Studies, where he was exceptionally well-regarded (and evaluated) by his students. His work is a clear embodiment, and demonstration, of how opportunities like post-doctoral fellowships can contribute not just to the Prentice Institute and the University, but also to the broader scientific and analytic capacity of our broader nation-state.

We wish to congratulate Dr. Islam, and wish him the best in all his future endeavours!

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Prentice Institute Seeks to fill Intern Positions

Prentice Institute – Undergraduate Summer Internships

Position Details

The Prentice Institute for Global Population and Economy is seeking interns to participate in the (paid) Undergraduate Summer Internship Program 2022. The successful candidates will commence work during Summer Semester 1 (May 2022). Depending on the successful candidates’ responsibilities and availability, these internships can range from 10 – 40 hours per week and are anticipated to run between May 1 and September 1, 2022.

The Summer Internship Program is designed to provide students hands-on experience in conducting and supporting elements through-out the research process, but particularly toward supporting and collaborating with Institute’ researchers using quantitative data.

Responsibilities

· Conducting literature searches and reviews of academic and grey literatures

· Providing copy editing support for manuscripts, working papers, and policy briefs

· Collecting and producing supporting documentation for grant proposals

· Providing research assistance as needed (may include coding, data management, analyses, visualization and reporting)

· Assisting in the research and knowledge mobilization activities of the Institute more generally (may include events, guest speakers, and community-based outreach

Qualifications

· Enrolled at the University of Lethbridge, undergraduate

· Applicants are welcome from any program of study, but a preference will be given to students working in areas immediately relevant to the mandate of the Institute

· Ability to work independently, solid communication skills both verbal and written, and capacity to work remotely

· GPA 3.2 or higher

· Proficiency in Statistical analysis software (SPSS, Stata) is an asset but not required

· Submit PDF to prentice@uleth.ca

· Cover letter

· CV / resume

· Names and contact information for two references: one (1) academic, one (1) employment.

NOTE: At this time, the University of Lethbridge can only employ students with an active Canadian bank account.

Deadline: May 1, 2022

Campus: Lethbridge (work may be done remotely due to COVID 19 restrictions)

Prentice Institute Seeks to fill Office Assistant Position (PT)

Prentice Institute – Office Assistant Position (PT)

Position Details

The Prentice Institute for Global Population and Economy is seeking a Part-Time Summer office assistant who will assist the staff of the Institute with a variety of organizational and administrative tasks. The successful candidate will ideally commence work during Summer Semester 1 (May 2022). Depending on the successful candidate's skills, competencies and availability, this position can range from 15-20+ hours per week and is anticipated to conclude September 1, 2022.

Responsibilities:

Organizing and cataloguing of both digital and paper files;
Organizational maintenance of the Prentice Institute Main Office;
Assistance where necessary to current administrative staff (calendaring, communications, document management, reporting and HR supports);
Assisting in scheduling certain events for the Prentice Institute;
Administrative/capacity support for Institute staff and research associates;
Archival/historical (2008 - present) resource management.

Qualifications

Currently enrolled at the University of Lethbridge, undergraduate student status;
Applicants are welcome from any program of study, but a preference will be given to students working in areas immediately relevant to the mandate of the Institute;
Ability to work independently, solid communication skills both verbal and written, and capacity to work remotely if required;
Basic competencies with MS Office 365 (particularly MS Word, Excel and Powerpoint). Experience with Adobe Creative Suite or similar is an asset;
GPA 3.2 or higher;
Submit PDF to prentice@uleth.ca:
Cover letter
CV / resume
Names and contact information for two references: one (1) academic, one (1) employment.

NOTE: At this time, the University of Lethbridge can only employ students with an active Canadian bank account.

Deadline: May 1, 2022

Campus: Lethbridge (at this time this is an on-campus position, but remote work may become necessary)

Article: Work without workers: legal geographies of family farm exclusions from labour laws in Alberta, Canada

The Director of the Prentice Institute, Dr. Lars Hallstrom, has recently co-authored an article. See the link below to read the full piece.

Under the Canadian labour laws that govern workplace safety, wage, and other work conditions, ‘family’ workers are not covered by the law under special rules for agriculture. Among other legal exclusions, the family farm exclusion contributes to a dearth of basic work, health, and safety standards in the sector, despite the commercialization and industrialization of family farming activities. Through a focus on Alberta, Canada—where farm labour rules have only applied to agriculture since 2016—this article explores the family exclusion in relation to family farming experiences with work and risk, based on interviews with farm operators, their family members, and farm employees in Alberta. While some participants continued to press for exemptions for farms from labour rules under the rationale that there is intrinsic safety within families, the findings also reveal how other participants have begun questioning this rationale, despite their overall support for the family farm exemption in Alberta. Using the lens of legal geography and critical perspectives on the family, we argue that the family is a significant but under-examined dynamic in the legal regimes governing farm labour and agricultural safety and health. Together, the law and dominant narratives about family farming treat farm operations as hyper-private domains, where operators have disproportionate power to dispose of their own work and the work of others how they wish. These legal geographies of hyper-privacy contribute to the indecent work conditions that characterize farm labour systems in Alberta and other jurisdictions.

Read the Article

What is social-ecological resilience?

Resilience starts from the belief that humans and nature are strongly coupled
Rapid human development is pushing our planet dangerously close to its boundaries
Overall, economic, and technological solutions must become more ecologically literate

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Session 5 in AbSPORU's "Shaping Patient-Oriented Research Environments Through Equity, Diversity and Inclusion" webinar series

This webinar's theme is “Shifting the Lens on Girls' and Women's Health: Interdisciplinary Approaches and New Opportunities for Research Capacity Development” and will explore:

Metrics used to understand girls' and women's health;
Different approaches for capturing data that addresses these gaps; and much more.

ESACSEE Call for Abstracts, Late Breaking Posters

ESA meetings, open to ESA members and those interested in ecology, are among the most respected meetings of ecologists in the science community. ESA is committed to providing a safe, productive, and welcoming environment.

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