“Public Engagement and the Politics of Evidence in an Age of Neoliberalism and Audit Culture” July 23-25, 2015, University of Regina.

This symposium will examine accelerating trends in higher education: neoliberalism, the politics of evidence, and the audit culture. In an age in which value is often equated with accountancy, we will examine the place in the academy for public intellectualism, community-engagement, Indigenous epistemologies, and how the impact of our scholarship is, and ought to be, justly assessed.

Questions to be explored include: 

What counts as scholarship and why? 

How do we achieve accountability in an age of accountancy? 

How do we measure research impact, (i.e., journal impact factor vs community and policy impact)? 

Impact for whom? 

Who and how do we determine whose evidence and what research is legitimate? 

What can be done? How do we effect change to university practices?

Confirmed speakers include:

Dr. Marie Battiste, Dr. Nick Carleton, Dr. Norman Denzin, Dr. Michelle Fine, Dr. Chad Gaffield, Dr. Sandy Grande, Dr. Rosalind Gill, Dr. Budd Hall, Dr. Yvonna Lincoln, Dr. Matthew McKean, Dr. Marcia McKenzie, Dr. Peter McLaren, Dr. Christopher Meyers, Dr. Leigh Patel, Dr. Andrea Smith, Dr. Linda Tuhiwai Smith, Dr. Robina Thomas, Dr. Eve Tuck, and, Dr. Joel Westheimer;

Please visit the symposium website at:

www.politicsofevidence.ca

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

As part of Outweek (feb 6-13), The Pride Collective is organizing Queer U, an annual graduate level academic conference on sexualities and genders. The conference centers on bringing the research and work of graduate students and established scholars from across the west coast of north america and beyond to a broad audience in an attempt to foster understanding and discussion.

This year, the theme is “Sewing Seeds and Setting Roots”. We are focusing on being able to give everyone who participates something to take away at the end of they day, so that they can develop their own thoughts and build on it in ways that are relevant to their lives. Whether this is a list of useful resources or literal tools to use to start discussions, our aim is to give everyone the foundation to work off of the histories we often forego and forget, and the confidence to make the changes they want to see happen in the world. Please try to work this into your presentation, but any and all submissions will be considered.

This call for papers is open to graduate contributors and established scholars from any department or area of research that relates to sexuality and gender. Strong undergraduate submissions are also accepted. Workshop Proposals related to community are welcome as well. All topics are welcome; however Queer U is especially seeking submissions dealing with the following topics:
-Queer/Trans* Diasporas
-Temporalities of Queer/Trans* Spaces
-Innovative looks at the Relationship Between Community and Identity
-Relationships Between Community and Wellness
-Anti-racist, Indigenous, and/or intersectional feminist approaches are encouraged!
-Intersections of Queer/Trans* Communities with Systems of Power

if interested, send in a short (300 word or less) abstract outlining the paper, presentation, and/or workshop to prideubc@gmail.com no later than December 20th, 2014. Please Title email Queer U abstract.

The Queer U Conference is open to the general public. It will take place on Saturday, February 7th from 11am to 5pm and immediately be followed by a wine and cheese reception.

Hosted at the University of Ottawa

May 26-29, 2015

Submission Process

Presenters may submit individual, panel, and/or alternative presentation proposals. Proposals should

include the names of presenters, their affiliations, contact information, technological requirements, and

a brief description that outlines the proposed presentation. Individual and/or alternative presentation

proposals should not exceed 500 words (excluding references). Panel proposals should not exceed 1000

words (excluding references). The University of Ottawa is the largest bilingual university in Canada.

Our two official languages are English and French. As such, we will review and accept proposals in

Priority will be given to presentations, which address the conference theme. However, topics and

themes outside the conference theme are welcomed. All presentation formats are welcome. In order

to secure a place within the conference program please submit proposals by November 7th

submit proposals please visit the following link: http://www.iaacs.ca/conference/.

Prior to submitting proposals participants are encouraged to become members of IAACS. Membership

is free. To do so, please visit the following website: http://www.iaacs.ca/membership-registration/.

If you need supporting documents for travel, please contact nngafook@uottawa.ca.

Call for Submissions for the World Education Research Association (WERA) Focal Meeting which will be held from November 19 to 21, 2014 in Edinburgh, Scotland as part of the Scottish Educational Research Association (SERA) Annual Conference. This Call and the Submission system can also be found on theWERA website.

WERA is an association of international research associations aiming to advance education research as a scientific and scholarly field.  Each year WERA hosts a Focal Meeting to highlight the work of international scholars and to facilitate thoughtful discussion on internationally significant education issues. The Focal Meeting consists of paper and symposia sessions, lectures, and other substantive activities in collaboration with the conference of a WERA member association.

We thought you might be interested in this Call and a possible paper or symposium submission. Please visit the WERA website at www.weraonline.org since the online submission system and Call are available there.

Please keep in mind that the deadline is May 15th. Therefore, we welcome your submission as soon as possible.

4th Annual Early Childhood Education Graduate Student Conference
 
Thursday, April 17, 2014

4:30 - 7:00 pm
 
Scarfe 310
 
RSVP:  http://ogpr.educ.ubc.ca/iecer-gradstudentconf
 
Please join us at our fourth annual ECE graduate student conference. At this event, graduate students will share presentations 
on a range of significant and timely topics that focus on local, national, and international developments and initiatives 
in the field of early childhood education.
 
Dinner will be provided.

For further information check our website:  http://earlychildhood.educ.ubc.ca
 
CONTACT:  jodi.streelasky@ubc.ca

We are delighted to announce that the response to the call for papers for the8th European Conference on Games Based Learning at the University of Applied Sciences HTW Berlin, Germany on the 9-10 October 2014 has been excellent. However due to a number of requests for extensions, we are keeping the call open until the 4^th of April 2014.

The conference committee welcomes contributions on a wide range of topics using a range of scholarly approaches including theoretical and empirical papers employing qualitative, quantitative and critical methods. Action research, case studies and work-in-progress/posters are welcomed approaches. PhD Research, proposals for roundtable discussions, non-academic contributions and product demonstrations based on the main themes are also invited.

To submit an abstract and for more information please go to: http://academic-conferences.org/ecgbl/ecgbl2014/ecgbl14-call-papers.htm

Game competition

A competition for the best educational game will be held again at ECGBL 2014. In the first instance we are asking for abstracts describing the game and further information will be sent to applicants thereafter. More information can be found here:

http://academic-conferences.org/pdfs/ECGBL_2014-Call-for-Games.pdf

Publication opportunities

Papers accepted for the conference will be published in the conference proceedings, subject to author registration and payment. Papers that have been presented at the conference will also be considered for publication in the Electronic Journal of e-Learning the International Journal of Game-Based Learning and Serious Games published by the European Alliance for Innovation (EAI) Endorsed Transactions.

Workshop: Thursday Apr 24 and Friday 25, 2014
Exhibition: Apr 24 to May 8, 2014
Location: Intersections Digital Studios, Mocap Studio (NB285e)
To register: http://if2014.ecuad.ca/registration/
 
IF'14, More-Than-Human Worlds combines interdisciplinary academic research with explorations in new media and design practice to consider alternative conceptions of human relations with other animals and the environment. The inquiry calls upon methodologies within environmental studies, philosophy, Eastern beliefs, First Nations’ mythologies, critical animal studies, culture studies, and art and design practices using new technologies and interactive modes, to propose approaches towards improved human awareness about and relationships with more-than-human worlds.
 
A workshop and exhibition, open to the public, will be held at Intersections Digital Studios, Emily Carr University of Art and Design, engaging faculty and graduate and undergraduate students from 5 partnering universities (Emily Carr University of Art and Design, Ontario College of Art and Design, University of British Columbia Okanogan, Simon Fraser University, York University).
 
More info: http://if2014.ecuad.ca
 
Workshop Presenters include: 
Aleksandra Dulic + Kenneth Newby, UBC O
Alex Philips, ECUAD
Beth Carruthers, SFU
Calliope Gazetas, York U
Chris Jones, ECUAD
Genevieve Raiche-Savoie + Jesse Garbe, ECUAD
Heesoon Bai, SFU
Jay White, ECUAD
Jodey Castricano, UBC O
Julie Andreyev, ECUAD
Kacie Auffret, UBC O
Leesa Fawcett, York U
Maria Lantin, ECUAD
Mimi Gellman, ECUAD
Sandra Semchuk, ECUAD
Stephen Smith, SFU
Steve Duguid, SFU
 
for more info contact: Julie Andreyev, Artistic Director, jandreye@ecuad.ca

Call for Abstracts for the conference “School vs. Memory” to be held in Prague, 10-11 October 2014.  See the website, http://www.schoolxmemory.eu

In Central European countries, a tension potentially arises between history education in schools and memory at the level of family, social group or community. Memory as a concept describing a plurality of modes of relating to the past has gained grounds both in the humanities and in social sciences. Memory replaces or complements traditional historical narratives. This conference focuses on memory from a didactic perspective. Our aim is to deal with questions such as What are the difficulties that result from the employment of memory layer into the traditional interpretative frameworks employed at school? How does memory layer arise and what are its sources? What role does the family memory play in the creation of historical consciousness? Where are frictions between family remembering and school history narratives formed and under what conditions do they vanish? And last but not least: What does the impact of this memory in the classrooms look like?

Second Call for Proposals

10^th Annual Symposium

“Intercultural Research: Looking Back, Looking Forward”

Friday, May 9, 2014

8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

The University of British Columbia

We are accepting submissions  for presentations (20 minutes) followed by discussion (10 minutes) on topics related to intercultural issues in higher education. The theme for this year, “Intercultural Research: Looking Back, Looking Forward” is intentionally broadly-stated so as to provide a forum where multiple perspectives from across a spectrum of issues can be shared and discussed.

Reports on small/large-scale research projects, research proposals, preliminary results of ongoing work, or teaching workshops on topics that may deal with intercultural issues are welcome. While the working language of the Symposium is English, we encourage proposals that are written in French, Spanish, Japanese, and Mandarin.

Summaries of presentations and selected peer reviewed full papers will be published in the online 2014 CILS Symposium proceedings after the event.

Submit your proposal at cils.ubc@ubc.ca

 Keynote address by Dr. Galina Elizarova [Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia]

“National Cultural Values and International Education in English: Conflict Resolution”

This talk will focus on a contrastive analysis of semantic interpretation of universals such as speakers’ attitudes toward the notion of time, responsibility, power, argumentation, plagiarism, among others, across different academic cultures from Russia and the US. Suggestions will be offered on how to deal with these intercultural differences in guided language learning.

Dr. Elizarova is a Professor in the Department of English Language Teaching at Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia. She has been an active contributor in the development of new educational programs for training professional interpreters, translators, and foreign language educators in Russia. Her book “A Culture-Based Approach in Teaching Foreign Languages“ received an Honorable Mention from the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation.

Dr. Elizarova has received numerous awards and distinctions for her diffusion of intercultural reality in the Russian educational system. Some of her professional affiliations include UCG (University Contact Group) and Tempus projects funded by the European Commission. She is a member of the editorial board of “Virtimo Studijos”, an international journal on interpretation and translation (Vilnius, Lithuania).

Important dates

·         Submission deadline: April 25^th, 2014

·         Notification deadline: April 30^th, 2014

·         Registration deadline: May 6^th, 2014

Registration is now open at: http://tinyurl.com/cils-10th-annual-symposium

Internationalization in Education: Its Nature, Challenges and Possibilities in an Increasingly Globalized World

Internationalization in Education is being discussed and debated globally as universities compete for the best students and researchers expand their networks and collaborations across national borders. University reputation and rankings are influenced by the degree of international engagement and many institutions are responding to this imperative. Yet many concerns have been raised about the motives behind internationalization, its benefits and challenges, and the short- and long-term benefits of student and faculty mobility. This conference provides a forum for a critical examination of these and other issues arising from this powerful global phenomenon.

This conference, initiated by the Deans of Education of five partner universities in China, Australia and Canada, is intended to encourage research exchange and collaboration on topics of importance to educators from around the world, but especially of interest in the Asia-Pacific Region.

CONFIRMED KEYNOTES

William Pinar | Professor & Canada Research Chair, University of British Columbia, Canada

Disciplinarity and the Internationalization of Curriculum Studies

Muhua Wang | Vice-Dean, Southwest University, China

Huapeng Dai | Center of International Programs, Southwest University, China

The advances and challenges of internationalization at Chinese universities under the context of globalization

Shafik Dharamsi | Associate Professor, Medicine, University of British Columbia, Canada

Internationalism in Higher Education ­ a call for ethical engagement

Wang Fang | Lecturer, Northeast Normal University, China

Empty Success or Brilliant Failure: An Analysis of Students¹ International Learning Experience in a Collaborative Graduate Degree Program

Kris Magnusson | Dean, Faculty of Education, Simon Fraser University, Canada

The ACDE Accord on Internationalization of Education

CONFERENCE PROGRAM

Presentations will be posted in early March.

Saturday, March 29

8:30am-5:00pm – Opening address | Keynotes | Presentations | Catered Lunch

6:00pm-8:00pm – Welcome Reception | Banquet Dinner

Sunday, March 30

9:00am-5:00pm

Keynotes | Presentations | Catered Lunch

ABER Pre Conference 2014

The UBC Graduate Student Council of Sociology (GSCS) seeks paper proposals for its seventh annual interdisciplinary graduate conference, “Descending the Ivory Tower: Connecting Theory & Practice in a Changing Social World” taking place May 10, 2014 at the University of British Columbia. Please see the attached poster.

The conference is an avenue for graduate students from multiple departments and institutions to come together to share empirical research and theoretical insights on our changing social world. Papers, panels, posters or multi-media presentations are welcome. All topics and frameworks are encouraged, however we especially seek submissions that critically engage with the conference theme linking social theory to its practical applications. Please feel free to submit an individual abstract or propose a panel along with other students.

Please submit abstracts of up to 250 words to: UBC.GSCS@gmail.com with the subject heading “GSCS 2014 Conference Abstract.” The deadline for abstracts is: March 31^st, 2014.

Sincerely,

The GSCS Conference Committee