PACS Newsletter - October 11th

Wednesday, October 11, 2017

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October 11th - Bi-Weekly Newsletter

In this Newsletter you will find...

 

Events

  • Sex and Gender in Health Research Trainee Network - Meeting
  • Man Up! Exploring Healthy Masculinity
  • Open Access: Pizza and Movie Screening
  • Book Launch: Powered by Love, A Grandmothers' Movement to End AIDS in Africa
  • Eby Lecture with Reina Neufeldt - When Good Intentions Are Not Enough

Job Opportunities & Internships

  • Faculty of Education Volunteers for Rural Education Program
  • UWaterloo Global Engagement Program Applications
  • World Renew - Job Openings

Notes

  • Centre for Peace Advancement (CPA) - Newsletter

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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

Sex and Gender in Health Research Trainee Network Meeting
Date: Tuesday, October 17th
Time: 4:00PM - 6:00PM
Location: UWaterloo Grad House


Network with other trainees across faculties who are interested in sex and gender research. Join a growing community of students and trainees in Canada and worldwide who are working on or interested in learning about how integrating sex and gender can open doors in health research. All undergrads, graduate students and postdocs are welcome!  

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Man Up! Exploring Healthy Masculinity - Workshop
Date: Tuesday, October 17th
Time: 5:00PM - 8:00PM
Location: St. Paul's University College, Alumni Hall


Through interactive exercises, this three-hour workshop will provide men with the tools to become better versions of themselves. The dominant idea of manhood affects us all. More and more men are beginning to stand up and speak out about their desire to redefine what it means to be a man today.
 
Please sign up for this workshop if you are interested in joining the growing number of men working to make UWaterloo a safer campus for everyone.

Open to all (UW students, staff, faculty, administrators, etc.) who identify as male. Food and beverages will be provided.

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Pizza & Movie: "The Internet's Own Boy"
Date: Tuesday, October 17th
Time: 5:30PM - 7:30PM
Location: SLC Great Hall

With an intent to raise awareness of Open Access, Creative Commons, and Open Access Week, the Library is pleased to offer a pizza dinner and screening of The Internet’s Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz.

Pizza will be provided on a first-come first-served basis. Registration not required.
Book Launch - Powered by Love: Grandmothers' Movement to End AIDS in Africa
Date: Wednesday, October 18th
Time: 7:00PM - 8:30PM
Location: Kitchener Public Library

We thought we knew what was happening in Africa when the AIDS pandemic raged across the continent, sweeping away 35 million lives. But we never knew it the way this book reveals it, in the shockingly intimate voices of the grandmothers who stepped in to raise their orphaned grandchildren when no one else was left alive.

Powered by Love reveals the compelling journey of these indomitable women and a movement that now reaches around the globe, sharing their story in their own words.
Eby Lecture with Reina Neufeldt - When Good Intentions Are Not Enough: Confronting Ethical Challenges in Peacebuilding and Reconciliation
Date: Thursday, October 26th
Time: 7:30PM
Location: Conrad Grebel University College Chapel

Good intentions. Good ends. Failure. People usually assume peacebuilding is morally good because well-intentioned people are pursuing good ends.   Likewise, reconciliation. But, what happens when the moral values that drive peacebuilding become a problem?  

Reina Neufeldt explores how moral and ethical claims that are intrinsic to peacebuilding can contribute to failure and can be part of transformational engagement in her lecture titled, "When Good Intentions are not Enough: Confronting Ethical Challenges in Peacebuilding and Reconciliation.


Jobs & Opportunities

Faculty of Education Rural Education Program - Volunteer Opportunity
Time Commitment: Tuesday evenings 6:30PM - 9:30PM
Location: Linwood Public School (transportation can be provided)

ESL and ENGLISH/MATH TUTORS to work with Low German Mennonite Teens (aka Mexican Mennonites or Old Colony)
 
The Linwood Family English  School's ULEARN program is looking for volunteers to help teach English to Low German Mennonite teens who have recently moved to this area from Mexico.

The ULearn program for Low German Mennonite youth allows the young people in this community (who are working full-time in manufacturing shops to help their families earn a living) to attend Linwood Family English School and ULearn on Tuesday evenings for two hours per week to work on their numeracy and literacy skills as well as some high school credits if they are interested in working towards a high school diploma through workplace-level locally developed core courses.  


To get more information or to express your interest, please contact Linda Ruby.
Email:  linda_ruby@wrdsb.ca
Phone:  519-698-2201

Global Engagement Program - Winter 2018
Applications Due: October 23rd, 4:00PM
Arts 490: Global Populism and Democratic Futures
Interested to engage with eminent experts, faculty and students from across campus on a real-world project tackling a major global issue? Ready to work beyond the classroom and to host a summit where all seminar participants will present their projects and proposals for resolving major global issues of our time? 

Students will work in small-group settings to build collaborative, interdisciplinary, and effective proposals for solving global problems ranging from international governance, violent conflict, food security, indigenous rights, refugee settlement, homelessness, and youth engagement in social policy.

Apply to be part of the Global Engagement seminar course.

World Renew Job Openings

  1. Project Manager - Disaster Response Team, Canada
    Application Deadline: October 15th, 2017
    State date: TBH

     
  2. Donor Relations Manager, USA
    Application Deadline: October 16th, 2017
    State date: ASAP

     
  3. Program Consultant, Tanzania
    Application Deadline: November 13th, 2017
    State Date: January 2018

Read More.


Notes

Centre for Peace Advancement Newsletter

The Kindred Credit Union Centre for Peace Advancement (CPA) is eager to announce that it will be starting a monthly newsletter. As part of the wider CPA community we want to include you in our activities and keep you connected to the different programs. Get a glimpse into the work of the Epp Peace Incubator, Grebel Gallery, and Core Collaborators programs in our upcoming issue.
 
To subscribe follow this link http://eepurl.com/cT_D8b


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