Welcome to Winter Semester 2020!
Featured at Grebel
When: January 8, 12:00- 1:30pm
Where: CGR, Room 2202
You’re all invited! To help with variety the following groups are invited to contribute the following dishes:
- MPACS students – main, side, or salad
- MTS students – dessert
- Faculty/staff – main
And of course, all are welcome, whether you are able to bring something to share or not – potlucks traditionally end up with lots of food to go around!
Application Due: January 9 at 12:00pm
Each term, PACS is able to award a limited number of Peace Scholar research positions for MPACS students that aid and assist a faculty member at Grebel with a research project. The expectation is that the student will meet regularly with the assigned faculty member and carry out the agreed tasks. The positions will require approximately 30 hours of work over the course of the term for which a stipend of approximately $1000 is paid. Please see the email sent out by Seth on January 3, 2020 for details on the two available research projects.
If you are interested in applying to be a peace scholar, send Seth a letter indicating which research project is of most interest to you and why you feel you are qualified to accomplish the research tasks. Also, include an updated resume. Please submit these materials to Seth by January 9 at 12:00pm.
Events
When: January 6-11
Welcome back to school Warriors! To kick off Winter 2020, Warrior Athletics is offering a FREE week of Shoetag fitness classes. Click here to see the schedule.
Where: Balsillie School of International Affairs, Room 1-42
Cost: Free, Registration Required
Featuring Randolph Mank, three-time former Canadian Ambassador and current business executive, this talk will discuss the two main options the Canadian government has: it can follow its current path of adjusting its policies in an ad hoc fashion, while waiting out the Trump administration and hoping for more favourable successors; or it can attempt to set Canada on a new path, in which case a foreign policy review would be warranted.
When: January 16, 7:30pm
Where: Abe Erb's Kitchener location in the Tannery building
Jobs and Opportunities
Submissions EXTENDED: January 15, 2020
CONAPP date: June 2020
The Consortium of North American Peace Programs (CONAPP) invites proposals for the first undergraduate student-centered, peace and justice conference at Gettysburg College (Pennsylvania, USA), June 8 – 11, 2020. Masters and doctoral students, professors, and community members may attend, learn and dialogue, but presenters will only be undergraduates from Canada, Mexico, and the United States.
Click here to learn about the themes and proposal format.
Early Bird Deadline: January 15 (potentially eligible for funding)
Final Deadline: February 15
Crucial to many social justice studies and critical pedagogies are the acknowledgement of settlement, place, and space. Locationality and positionality form the foundation of our worldviews and our social, cultural, and political experiences. We aim to explore the nuances and complexities of settlement, place, and space in the context of settler-colonial societies through an intersectional social justice framework, and how to challenge systems of injustice that become established through place and space.
Click here to learn more and submit your paper.
When: February 7 - 9, 2020
Where: 1200 Park Rd. Harrisonburg, VA 22802-2404, United States
ICPF 2020 is being hosted by Eastern Mennonite University and is a student-led peace and justice conference for Peace colleges in the U.S. and Canada.
The 2020 Intercollegiate Peace Fellowship Conference theme is "Nothing About Us Without Us," encouraging participants to investigate whose voices are heard and whose are missing across a range of peace and justice issues.
When working for justice and peace, we want to talk about both the “what” of justice and peacebuilding as well as the “how,” asking questions like: who belongs? who’s in and who’s out?
If you are interested in attending, talk to PACS advisor Rachel about potential funding to support your attendance.
Click here for more information (Facebook), and click here for the registration form.
When: February 20-22, 2020
Where: 1905- 1130 Albert St., Ottawa, ON K1P5G4
Registration Deadline: January 18, 2020
Cost: $100 - Subsidies may be available through MMC provincial offices
MCC Ottawa Office Student Seminar, February 20-22, 2020** for Canadian university and college students.
- Explore active citizenship and advocacy as a component of peacebuilding
- learn about MCC and faith-based advocacy
- learn about creating change even in divisive and difficult circumstances
- hear from Parliamentarians and civil society advocates
- dialogue with students from across Canada
- enjoy Ottawa's famous Winterlude festival
** The seminar will begin at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, February 20 and conclude on Saturday, February 22 at noon.
For more information, click here.
When: Summer 2020
Where: Various National and International Destinations Available
Applications Due: ASAP interviews are conducting in January and February
Registration Deadline: February 5, 2020
Workshops
Click here for additional information and registration on the following workshopsResume and Cover Letter Writing for Master's Studnets
When: January 10, 2:00-4:00pm
Where: Centre for Career Action
Through discussion and hands-on activities in this half-day workshop, you will learn how to prepare an effective resume and cover letter by analyzing job descriptions, assessing the relevance of your transferable skills and articulating these transferable skills in an action-oriented way.
When: January 14, 1:30- 3:30pm
Where: Centre for Career Action
Through this interactive workshop, you’ll become better prepared for a campus interview. In addition to learning about a typical campus interview schedule, you’ll learn to analyze interview questions and evaluate and develop effective responses to these questions.
When: January 16, 9:00am- 12:00pm
Where: Centre for Career Action
In this interactive workshop, you’ll learn how to prepare an effective curriculum vitae (CV) as well as how to write a professional and compelling cover letter for professor/lecturer and postdoc positions
When: January 17, 2:00- 4:00pm
Where: Centre for Career Action
Bring your laptop or pen and paper and get drafting or improving your résumé and cover letter. Career Advisors and your peers will be available for feedback and guidance. **NOTE: To attend this writing session, you must attend the previous workshop Résumé and Cover Letter Writing for Master's Students.**
Notes and Additional Resources
Counselling Services strives to help you lead a healthy and balanced life. They provide a secure, supportive, and inclusive environment for all students. Counselling Services provides individual appointments, seminars and workshops, peer support, and online help for those in need of support and guidance.
Click here to be directed to their home page.
Online Workshops and Seminars
Can't make it to the in-person sessions? Campus Wellness also offers online workshops and seminars! These include the coping skills seminars, relaxation exercises, stress management, and tips for sleeping well
Click here to be directed to their home page.