March 1st
Bi-Weekly Bulletin
In this newsletter you will find....
Events
- Languages of Home: Liz Howard
- Sorry Is As Sorry Does: Apologies and Beyond, in an Era of Reconciliation, Redress and Resurgence
- The Chemical Valley Project
- University of Waterloo Art Gallery: Sovereign Acts
- UWaterloo History Society - MacKinnon Dinner
- Notre Dame Student Peace Conference "Toward Just Peace"
Jobs, Opportunities & Internships
- PACS 390: Intership - Updates and Deadlines!
- Ray of Hope Internship
- Job Opportunity: Community Justice Coordinator
- Job Opportunity: Summer Peace Coordinator
- Teaching English as a Second Language Certificate Program
- Pranalife Yoga Teacher Training
Notes
- Graduating Students Information
- HeForShe Survey
- Spring Course - Reconciliation: Discussions and Implications of Settler peoples in Canada
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Disclaimer: Events and opportunities above are not all endorsed by the PACS department; this bulletin includes opportunities that we think PACS students may be interested in but are not sponsored by PACS. Please use your own discretion to determine if an opportunity is right for you.
Events
Languages of Home: Liz Howard
Date: Friday, March 2nd
Time: 4:30pm
Location: St. Jerome's SJ1 3027
The Reading Series has been bringing cutting-edge Canadian writers to St. Jerome's University since 1984. These readings are special opportunities to get inside the book -- to hear writers read their own words, and speak about their own writing. Every reading includes an open question and answer session.
Liz Howard’s first book of poems, Infinite Citizen of the Shaking Tent, won the 2016 Griffin Poetry Prize, the first time a debut collection has won the award.
Sorry is as Sorry Does: Apologies and Beyond, in an Era of Reconciliation, Redress, and Resurgence
Date: Wednesday, March 7th
Time: 4:30pm
Location: UWaterloo Science Teaching Complex STC 0050
Political scientists note that we live in an “age of apologies” for historical wrongs (typically, war-crimes and racialized harms). Canadian governments have made about 11 major apologies, quasi-apologies or statements of reconciliation since the mid-1980s, mostly for actions against Indigenous or racialized groups, but also recently for homophobic exclusions.
This talk considers what these apologies are and do; what form of redress apologies are and are not; and why they have arisen alongside policies of trade liberalization, economic deregulation and state transformation.
The Chemical Valley Project
Date: Wednesday, March 7th
Time: 7:30pm
Location: The Registry Theatre, Kitchener
Aamjiwnaang, an indigenous community of 800 residents, is smothered by Canada's petrochemical industry. Two sisters, Vanessa and Lindsay Gray, have dedicated themselves to fighting environmental racism and protecting their community's land and water.
In The Chemical Valley Project, Broadleaf Theatre artists Kevin Matthew Wong and Julia Howman document and explore environmental racism, Canada's energy infrastructure, its colonial past and present, and indigenous solidarity and reconciliation.
University of Waterloo Art Gallery: Sovereign Acts
Open Until: Saturday, March 10th
Location: East Campus Hall
In Sovereign Acts, the artists Rebecca Belmore, Lori Blondeau, Dayna Danger, James Luna, Shelley Niro, Adrian Stimson, and Jeff Thomas, contend with the legacy of colonial representations. Drawing on the depiction of the imaginary Indian–the ahistorical, pre-contact 'primitivism' in popular and mass culture–they recover and construct new ways of performing the complexity of Indigenous cultures for a contemporary art audience.
UWaterloo History Society: MacKinnon Dinner
Date: Saturday, March 10th
Time: 6:30pm - 10:00pm
Location: Charcoal Steakhouse, Kitchener
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the armistice that ended the First World War, an interesting topic that we will be discussing at this years MacKinnon dinner. This dinner invites Undergraduate and Graduate students, Alumni and staff to enjoy dinner and drinks as a group.
If you are interested in attending please see Anne Leask in the History department (HH 153) to purchase a ticket between 8:30-12:00 and 1:00-4:30, Monday to Friday. Tickets are $35 for undergraduate students and $40 for others wanting to attend, this includes the price of dinner.
Notre Dame Student Peace Conference: Toward Just Peace
Date: April 13th - 14th
Registration Deadline: April 5th
Location: University of Notre Dame, Indiana
The Notre Dame Student Peace conference is an annual conference organized by students for students. Its mission is to provide space for undergraduate and graduate students to engage in dialogue on important issues related to peacebuilding, social justice, and global issues.
Registration is free, but pre-registration is required. Meals from Friday dinner through Saturday lunch are included with pre-registration, along with refreshments between sessions and a packet of conference materials. Transportation and lodging are the responsibility of each attendee.
Jobs and Opportunities
PACS 390: Internship
Proposal Deadline: March 12th
The upcoming Spring term is the perfect time to build your skills and considering doing an internship with a non-profit organization working on peace issues, AND get academic credit for it! PACS 390 gives students the opportunity to gain hands-on experience in a peace-related field while working towards their degree requirements.
If you’d like to know more about this option, check out the PACS website, or talk to Rachel Reist the PACS Internship Coordinator (rreist@uwaterloo.ca). Proposals for Spring placements are due on March 12th (extensions available if you chat with Rachel).
Ray of Hope Internship
Application Deadline: March 15th
Ray of Hope is currently seeking one male and one female intern to work in a live-in position with Welcome Home Refugee House for a 9-month paid assignment, starting August 27, 2018 and ending May 17, 2018.
The Welcome Home Interns will be responsible for building relationships with residents through providing personal support and welcome assistance as they foster community between everyone living at Welcome Home Refugee House. This is a live-in position whereby the interns will oversee and supervise the daily operations of the house including household life and guide-lines as well as facilitate programming.
Job Opportunity:
Community Justice Coordinator - Adult Diversion and Direct Accountability Programs
Application Deadline: March 9th
Applications are currently being accepted for a permanent position of Community Justice Coordinator – Adult Diversion & Direct Accountability Programs based out of the Kitchener office. This is a Bargaining Unit position with a 30 hr/wk. schedule working five days a week and an occasional Saturday shift (in lieu of another work day). The incumbent will effectively manage a caseload of clients referred to the adult diversion programs by the Crown Attorney or Waterloo Regional Police, works closely with the relevant Senior Coordinator and reports to the Adult Services Program Manager.
Job Opportunity:
Summer Peace Coordinator
Willowgrove Day Camp, located in Stouffville, Ontario and affiliated with the Mennonite church, has a 13 week summer camp position available for our Peace Coordinator. The first four weeks of the position is summer curriculum development and the next nine weeks is delivering the Peace Program to campers ages 4-13 years. Each camp group has Peace twice a week as part of the camp activity schedule.
Pranalife Yoga Teacher Training
Next Training begins: April 7th
- Looking to become a Certified Yoga Teacher?
- Already a teacher and want to take your career further, update/improve your skills, or re-fire your love of yoga?
- Craving to immerse yourself in movement and yoga practice, philosophy, and training?
Welcome. This training is so much more than hours put in for a certificate. If you’ve been looking for a new start, a meaningful change, a way to go from feeling stuck to feeling excited about your life again – you’re done looking.It’s time to start moving.
Notes
Information for Graduating Students
If you’re planning to graduate in June 2018 – your intent to graduate form is due March 1st (TODAY)! Also check your inbox for a special graduation invitation from PACS Advisor Rachel Reist.
Faculty of Arts Graduating Student Send-Off Party!
Date: Tuesday, March 13, 2018
Time: 5:00 to 7:00pm
Location: Fed Hall
This event is an opportunity for us to celebrate with the graduating class of 2018 (June and October). They have spent 4 (or more) years with us, and they have achieved their goal.
There will be a brief presentation with congratulations from the Dean, ‘welcome to the club’ from Michael Robson, (BA ’13) Speech Communication, information on what to expect at convocation, what services are available to them as alumni, and encouraging them to stay connected to UWaterloo and Arts.
HeForShe Survey
The HeForShe Arts Student Executive Committee is seeking commentary about gender-related issues at the University of Waterloo. We invite all undergraduate and graduate students to complete the following survey.
This survey will provide the HeForShe Arts Student Executive Committee with important information about current University of Waterloo student attitudes towards gender-related issues.
Reconciliation: Discussions and Implications of Settler peoples in Canada
Course Addition Deadline: March 26th
This course can be taken for credit during the Spring 2018 term!
This 10-week course provides of journey of sharing and discussing how Indigenous and Settler peoples know each other through the stories that have been told of each other in the past and which continue in the present. These stories carry the ideologies, knowledge, beliefs, values and assumptions that form the basis of their interactions with one another. A critique of the notion of ‘Settler’ will be an ongoing dialogue. A discussion of the implications of oneself in these stories is discussed within the context of the reconciliation process that is underway in Canada.
The format of this course will be primarily taught using Indigenous pedagogy. With that in mind, this course will use a sharing circle format for teaching and learning (as opposed to a lecture-style of teaching).
If you have any questions, feedback, or concerns feel free to give me a shout!
Erin Huston
PACS Communications Assistant
Our mailing address is:
Pacsasst@uwaterloo.ca
Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today. - Thich Nhat Hanh