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Calls for Papers, Proposals, and Applications

IUS Call for Student Papers 

The Institute of Urban Studies invites submissions for papers from University of Winnipeg undergrad honours and graduate students on any topic related to urban studies. The IUS will award the best paper, judged by qualified referees, with a $500 prize and online publication in the IUS Student Paper Series. 

All entrants must be a University of Winnipeg student in a graduate or undergraduate honours program, and only one submission is permitted per entrant. Students are encouraged to enter a paper written for coursework. Past winners can be viewed on the IUS website. 

The deadline for submission is April 29, 2022. 

For submissions and all writing queries, contact Jillian Golby-Borsa at j.golby@uwinnipeg.ca. 

Call for Chapter Proposals

Editors are seeking chapter proposals for a forthcoming edited collection/anthology, tentatively titled, We Were Never Meant to Be Here: Student Voices, Activism, and Canadian Universities. The anthology aims to center the voices and experiences of marginalized students in Canadian universities by bringing forward the discontinuities, struggles, and desires of marginalized students.

Contributors to this anthology will explicate how areas such as diversity work, citational practices, student activism, ethical review and administrative policies are performed and/or stifled in university settings. The anthology operates as an intervention to boom-and-bust cycles of overwork, exhaustion, and collapse that govern so many academic spaces, and asks, "what would academia look like if our energies were directed toward leaving no one behind?" In combining personal narrative, artistic interpretation, and research, the collection will unearth the uneasy terrain of Canadian academic institutions and work towards emphasizing the tools and survival strategies used by students to navigate such terrain.

Editors are searching for contributors from across a variety of disciplines who are at or have recently graduated from a Canadian university. They welcome proposals from individuals at all levels of their education (i.e., Undergraduate, Master’s, Doctoral, Postdoc, etc.), including those who have graduated from a Canadian university in the past 5 years. They welcome a variety of written and visual materials, including, but not limited to, personal narrative, commentary, scholarly pieces, poetry, photography, and digital media. Due to the nature of the anthology priority will be given to folks who identify as 2SLGBTQIAA+, disabled, neurodivergent, mad/mentally ill and/or as BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, Person of Colour).

Proposals should be 300-500 words in length. Collaborative/multi-authored proposals are welcomed. Depending on the type of written piece the final completed piece will be roughly 500-8000 words. Poetry and visual/art submissions can vary greatly depending on the project or piece. Please submit proposals at the following https://bit.ly/31yFEHB by April 22nd, 2022.

Disclaimer – Should you wish to contribute to the anthology but wish to remain anonymous the editors will work with you to protect your anonymity.

Although this is not an exhaustive list, topics might include:

• Institutional life; institutional culture; Canadian university culture
• Sexual violence; sexual harassment; rape culture
• Human rights and equity
• Imposter syndrome and belonging
• Cissexism; misogyny; transphobia
• Classism; first generation academics; funding
• Mental health and academia; madness and academia
• Ableism; disability justice; access to knowledge
• Decolonizing the academy; Indigeneity and Canadian universities
• Anti-Black racism; racism in academia
• COVID-19 impacts; online learning
• University polices, governing structures, and regulations
• Teaching assistant labour; research assistant labour
• The neoliberal university; merit culture; corporatization of the university
• Research methodologies; citational politics; ethics review
• General education curriculum; pedagogy; clinical practicum
• Diversity work; EDI (Equity, Diversity, Inclusion); committee work
• Educator training and graduate student programs

The book is set to be published with Canadian Scholars/Women’s Press upon submission of a full proposal.

Download the call for chapters poster [PDF]

Job/Volunteer Postings

Teaching Assistant (TA) positions are filled for Fall and Fall/Winter 2022-23.

Research Assistant through Work-Study

Dr. Fiona Green is hiring a research assistant through the UW Work Study Program.

The Research Assistant will assist Dr. Fiona Green with scholarly research related to family social media and online practices. Research duties include online searches for literature, studies, critical readings, reviews, and analysis related to families and online technologies, including smart devices, education technology, blogs and other social media applications. Web page development and maintenance, along with blog postings, will also be required. 

Duties:

• Perform general research duties including simple research and data-entry projects, as well as literature reviews, online searches, critical readings, and analysis.
• Responsible for web page development and other social media platform maintenance.
• Assist in creating and supporting the development of blog posts, and monitoring and responding to posted comments.

Qualifications:

• Must have a general understanding of and previous experience doing social science research; as well as solid computer competency and excellent social media skills. 
• Must be dependable, well experienced in paying close and careful attention to details and in working independently. 
• Assistant will be expected to exercise good judgment when responding to online postings, and inquiries. 
• Must have knowledge of Microsoft Word, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and experience dealing with confidential material is an asset. 

Condition(s) of Employment:

• Must be legally entitled to work in Canada.
• Students must be approved for the 2022-23 Work-Study program. Students may be eligible for the Work-Study Program if they meet all of the following criteria:
  • Currently registered in an undergraduate or graduate program at The University of Winnipeg
  • Enrolled full-time (ex. 18 credit hours or more)
  • Completed 30 credit hours at an undergraduate level at The University of Winnipeg (or equivalent. I.e. in a graduate program)
  • Have a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.0
  • Demonstrate financial need (shortage between your expenses and resources), and
  • Canadian citizen, permanent resident, protected person oran international student with a valid study permit.

The flexible 100-hour position pays $15.05 per hour plus 6% vacation pay, begins ASAP and ends March 30, 2023.

Events and Conferences

Vanishing: A Conversation with Akum Maduka

Presented with The University of Winnipeg Women's and Gender Studies Department

This event was a presentation and conversation by artist Akum Maduka based on her contributions to the virtual exhibition Sanctuaries. Akum was in conversation with UWinnipeg student Rachel Smith and other students in Dr. Chigbo Arthur Anyaduba’s class on Genocide and Postcolonial Witnessing. This conversation engaged with Akum’s artistic visions and commitments and questions about postcolonial perspectives to representations of female oppression and disappearances.

View the discussion on YouTube (with ASL interpretation and closed captioning)

About the Artist

Akum Maduka is a Winnipeg based emerging artist with Nigerian roots. Originally from an architectural background, her work investigates the role of societal constructs and their influence on human performance within space and how such notions have created skewed ideals of what a normative life should be. Her intimate drawings entwine these narratives with ongoing lived experiences, as she examines the pliancy and complexity of gender roles, sexuality, desire, and ethnicity in modern society.