THE UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG BOARD OF REGENTS BOARD MEETING AGENDA Monday, January 29, 2018 Convocation Hall 5:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. 1. Call to Order
2. Adoption of the Agenda
3. Adoption of Minutes – November 20, 2017
4. Board Education
(a) UWSA Survey on Campus Poverty – For Information (b) Fiduciary Duty – For Information
5. Reports 5.1 Chair’s Remarks 5.2 President & Vice-Chancellor’s Remarks 5.3 Governance & Community Relations Committee 5.3.1 Points for Information (a) Sexual Violence Prevention Policy Update 5.4 Finance Committee 5.4.1 Centre for Research in Cultural Studies – For Approval
6. In Camera
7. Adjourn
The University of Winnipeg is committed to excellence in fostering an inclusive and accessible environment when serving all members of our community. To obtain this document in an alternate format, please contact Terri Einarson Breber, University Secretary, at [email protected] or 204-953-3841.
THE UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG (the “University”) Meeting of the Board of Regents (the “Board”) held on Monday, November 20, 2017 at 5:30 p.m.
PRESENT : L. Adeleye-Olusae, R. Beazley, M. Bird, M. Brightnose, C. Colorado, J. Currie, P. Cyrenne, A. El-Giadaa, B. Evans, H. Finnigan, M. Gallagher, A. Gerhard, B. Grant, K. Grower, J. Huebner, R. Ingram, E. Johnstone, S. Jonasson, R. Mascarenhas, B. Miller, J. Penner, T. Sagar, K. Stasila, S. Sterling, L. Tolton, A. Trimbee, V. Tubin, G. Van Den Bosch, C. Wiebe, M. Wood
PRESENT WITH CONSENT OF THE BOARD : J. Anderson, A. Balan, L. Bailey, P. Boldt, T. Einarson Breber, R. Caron, J. Cidro, B. Daly, J. Distasio, M. Emslie, P. Hossack, L. McGifford, C. Minaker, C. Morrison, G. Moulaison, J. Read, L. Repski, M. Shadlock, L. Shumka
REGRETS : B. Bileski, L. Garinger, M. Linton, A. Moran, R. Silver, H. Sy
E. Johnstone acted as Chair of the meeting and T. Einarson Breber acted as Secretary. Notice of Meeting having been given and a quorum of Regents being present, the Chair declared the meeting to be properly constituted for the transaction of business.
1. Approval of Agenda
E. Johnstone tabled the Agenda. On a motion by K. Grower and seconded by H. Finnigan:
RESOLVED THAT the Agenda be approved.
Carried .
2. Board Education – Trends in Safety and Security
L. Repski, R. Caron, and J. Anderson provided a high level overview of the trends in safety and security around Campus, noting that some root causes of recent incidents may stem from an escalation in certain drug use around the city. The Board engaged in discussion and noted that the presence of Security around campus has been more noticeable. A. Trimbee noted that the University needs a campus that is accessible, as well as secure.
3. Approval of the Minutes of the Meeting of September 25, 2017
E. Johnstone tabled the Minutes of the Meeting of September 25, 2017 and requested a motion for the approval of same. On a motion by K. Stasila and seconded by C. Colorado:
RESOLVED THAT the Minutes of the Meeting of September 25, 2017 be approved.
Carried .
4. Remarks of the Chair
E. Johnstone advised that the five remaining Government vacancies had been filled, and welcomed the new members to the Board. He added that Meeting Procedure guidelines are available to Board members, if needed.
5. Report of the President and Vice-Chancellor
A. Trimbee highlighted the following items, contained in the President’s Report:
• the Canada Research Chairs (CRC) program has announced a new Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan; • Dr. Mary Jane Logan McCallum has received the inaugural Indigenous Research Scholar Award; • there are currently 49 courses which fulfill the Indigenous Course Requirement; • Jeff Martin received the 2017 Innovation Fund grant from Canada Foundation for Innovation; • Dr. Mavis Reimer has will direct a Social Sciences and Humanities Council (SSHC) project worth $2.5 million; • Dr. Christopher Wiebe has been renewed for another five years as a Tier II Canada Research Chair; • the Duff Roblin dinner held on October 26 th , 2017 raised over $145,00 to go toward scholarships and bursaries; • the Province of Manitoba has released its Climate and Green Plan; and • a formal cyber security awareness program has been developed for the University.
6. Governance & Community Relations Committee
6.1 Policy Action Items and Agenda
A. Gerhard gave an overview of the Policy Action Items, reviewed by the Committee at its recent meeting.
6.2 Animal Care Policy
A. Gerhard presented the Animal Care Policy, noting that updates were made to comply with Canadian Council of Animal Care Standards (CCAC).
6.3 Reimbursement for Student Recruitment Expenses Policy
A. Gerhard presented the Reimbursement for Student Recruitment Expenses Policy, noting that it has been incorporated into the Travel & Business Expenditure Procedures.
6.4 Sexual Violence Prevention Policy Update
A. Gerhard provided an overview of the Sexual Violence Prevention Policy process. It was noted that considerable consultation and conversation will need to take place before the policy is presented for approval, which is anticipated to occur at the March 19, 2017 meeting of the Board.
6.5 Population of Standing Committees
G. Van Den Bosch advised that the Nominating Committee had populated the Standing Committees to include the five newly appointed members.
6.6 Appointment of Vice-Chair of the Board
G. Van Den Bosch indicated that the Nominating Committee was tasked with recommending a Vice-Chair to the Board. On a motion by G. Van Den Bosch and seconded by B. Evans:
RESOLVED THAT the Board of Regents approve the appointment of Kenneth Grower as Vice-Chair of the Board, for a term ending June 30, 2018.
Carried.
E. Johnstone withdrew from the meeting and K. Grower took the Chair.
6.7 Recommendation of Incoming Chair
G. Van Den Bosch advised that a successor needs to be named, to assume the Chair of the Board, following the end of A. Moran’s term on June 30, 2018. E. Johnstone has agreed to take on the role of Chair for one year. On a motion by G. Van Den Bosch by L. Tolton:
RESOLVED THAT the Board of Regents approve the appointment of Eric Johnstone as Chair of the Board for a term effective July 1, 2018 to June 30, 2019.
Carried.
E. Johnstone rejoined the meeting and resumed the Chair.
7. In Camera Discussion
8. Adjournment
As there was no further business to come before the meeting, on a motion by L. Adeleye-Olusae:
RESOLVED THAT the meeting be terminated.
Carried .
Chair Secretary President’s Report Board of Regents – January 29, 2018
In October 2015, the Board of Regents approved The University of Winnipeg’s Strategic Directions: Academic Excellence and Renewal; Student Experience and Success; Indigenization; Research Excellence, Knowledge Mobilization and Impact; and Financial and Institutional Resilience. This report will focus on activities that contribute to the five Strategic Directions.
Academic Excellence and Renewal Be strategic in developing new programs. Hiring of faculty aligns with institutional needs. Supports are provided to faculty for teaching excellence. Deliver a high quality educational experience.
• Dr. James Currie was appointed Provost and Vice-President Academic, effective January 1, 2018.
• We established our own Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Action plan for Canada Research Chairs (CRC) in response to the CRC Program’s target setting tool to aid in addressing country-wide underrepresentation of members of four designated groups (women, persons with disabilities, Indigenous peoples, and members of racialized communities).
• The Council for the Advancement of Native Development Officers (CANDO) has confirmed the accreditation status of the Master in Development Practice (MDP) program. This accreditation will award MDP graduates with the organization’s Technician Aboriginal Economic Developer certificate. The University of Winnipeg is the first school to be granted CANDO certification since the organization altered its competency requirements in 2015.
• UWinnipeg’s Master of Marriage and Family Therapy Program has received accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation for Marriage and Family Therapy Education. We are one of only two institutions in Canada with this accreditation.
• UWinnipeg faculty and staff attended the recent provincial summit on literacy and numeracy this month. The focus of the conference was primarily the K-12 system, but the conference did discuss the transition from secondary to post-secondary and ideas were generated on how to facilitate engagement between educators. The province has committed to publicizing its strategy on literacy and numeracy in the spring.
• Following the dissolution of Immigration, Refugee and Citizenship Canada funding for the English for Specific Purposes Program last March, our English Language Program was successful in securing funding from the Winnipeg Foundation to continue to offer Academic Pathway programming to newcomers in Manitoba.
• Over the past two years over 40 books have been published by UWinnipeg faculty. A “PUB” night to celebrate these authors was held on December 7, with 14 faculty members across various departments attending to share their works. The “UWinnipeg effect” was very evident, celebrating collaborations and support across multiple disciplines for many of the books.
Student Experience and Success Increase number of students who graduate. Strengthen non-traditional pathways into UWinnipeg. Develop and resource student supports. Maintain our size to ensure meaningful experience for students/faculty.
Student Services has implemented a new scheduling model in Academic Advising which will reduce wait times for appointments and enhance services to our students.
President’s Report Page 2 of 11 January 29, 2018
In the fall, UWinnipeg surveyed 1500 undergraduates from the 2015 graduating class. The survey closed had a response rate of 43%. The results indicate that 90% of graduates are satisfied with the overall quality of their educational experience and have an employment rate of 95.9% (compared to a provincial rate of 94.8%). The median salary for UWinnipeg graduates 2-years post-graduation is $42,900 and 56% of students graduated with no debt. Of those who did graduate with debt, the average amount was $17,200. A visual of the results is attached to this report.
UWinnipeg hosted Assistant Deputy Minister of Shared Services Canada Raj Thuppal on January 15, 2018. Raj met with faculty from the department of Applied Computer Science and discussed ideas on how to enhance opportunities for students including co-ops, internships and scholarships. Shared Services Canada is responsible for providing the technological foundation for the Government of Canada’s 260,000-member workforce.
A successful launch was hosted for the new Community Entrepreneur Link. Nearly 100 attendees from across campus and from the entrepreneurship and social innovation sectors attended the meet & greet, and a brief presentation on the initiative.
The India Centre for Academic, Business, and Community Excellence, a partnership between the University of Winnipeg and the India Association of Manitoba, held its third annual Awards Dinner. The dinner honoured the work of Dr. Terry Papneja, President & Founder of the Toronto Chapter of AIM for SEVA - a not-for-profit organization committed to providing access to education for all youth in India. This years’ dinner and donations raised over $40,000 towards an Endowment Fund that is used to support student experience and programming. In addition, Dr. Papneja made a personal donation of $20,000.
President’s Report Page 3 of 11 January 29, 2018
Contracts with external agencies and organizations (for the purpose of student recruitment) continue to be evaluated and renewed, streamlining UW agents from 95 in January 2017 to 73 in January 2018. This allows us to provide improved training to agents, and to strengthen student pre-arrival supports.
A pilot project intended to increase participation by women and non-binary individuals in the Bill Wedlake Fitness Centre concluded on Dec. 8th, 2017. A follow up member survey is being conducted in January to help determine the impact of the program.
Renovations to the former Smoothie Bar space in the Duckworth Centre are complete and furniture is being ordered to complete the renovation of the space into much needed student space. The furniture RFP will also include furniture replacement for the second floor of the Rec-Plex.
After 20 years of being a basketball tournament, the first Wesmen Classic under the new format proved a success. Taking place December 28-30th, the Classic drew large crowds, and more than 4,500 views on the online webcast. The tournament was recently switched to a quadrennial format to promote inclusivity in the Athletics Department and provide all Wesmen teams a chance to compete in this signature event. The future sports in rotation will be: Women’s Basketball — December 2018 (university/high school); Women’s Volleyball — December 2019 (university) and Men’s Basketball — December 2020 (university/high school/junior varsity).
The UWinnipeg Wesmen defeated the University of Manitoba Bisons in the 27th annual Duckworth Challenge. The challenge is decided by total victories among one soccer match, two volleyball games, and two basketball games. The Wesmen basketball team broke a tie-breaker with a win on Friday January 19.
President’s Report Page 4 of 11 January 29, 2018
Indigenization Include more Indigenous people, perspectives, and knowledge in the academy. Recognize our responsibility to commit to the TRC calls to action. Foster a shared understanding of what Indigenization is for UWinnipeg.
The Annual Community Holiday Dinner on December 13, 2017 was a positive event once again. Over 175 people attended to share a meal before the holidays and all of the children received a gift.
Efforts are underway to Indigenize convocation which includes ideas such as setting up a family room for children and nursing mothers, sashes for Indigenous graduates, a starblanket photobooth, and a new podium in an Indigenous design. The program will also be enhanced to explain the significance of these items at our convocation ceremonies.
New funding for the Wii Chiiwaakanak, Model School, and pathway camps includes a 3-year $90,000 commitment from the Bank of Montreal and a $90,000 3-year grant from the Winnipeg Foundation. A visual of our pathway programming is attached to this report.
A Spring Feast will be hosted on March 28 to honour and celebrate the contributions of Indigenous students, faculty and staff to our university community.
Faculty continue to have a high level of interest in incorporating Indigenous courses and approaches into curriculum development. Workshops on best practices have been fully subscribed with over 50 faculty participating.
On January 17, UWinnipeg partnered with the National Film Board to screen the latest film by Weweni Speaker’s Series Lecturer, Dr. Tasha Hubbard, entitled “Birth of a Family”. The documentary tells the story of an Indigenous family impacted by the Sixties Scoop. Over 120 university and community members were in attendance.
President’s Report Page 5 of 11 January 29, 2018
• Dr. Julie Nagam (History) was a host and organizer of the Symposium on the Future Imaginary: The Future is Indigenous, which took place at the Winnipeg Art Gallery November 28 to December 2, 2017. Dr. Serena Keshavjee (Art History) also presented. Dr. Nagam co-curated the Winnipeg Art Gallery’s main exhibit this winter, Insurgence/Resurgence, which showcases the work of Indigenous artists.
• The new ACCESS Cultural Room is now open for events and small classes. Located on the main floor of the Helen Betty Osborne Building, the room has a ceremonial rug and new circular furniture to facilitate sharing circles and cultural teaching sessions. Once a date has been finalized, a smudging ceremony will take place as part of the formal opening.
Research Excellence, Knowledge Mobilization and Impact
Enhance faculty support in pursuing research funding and activities. Expand research and experiential learnings opportunities for students. Explore partnerships that will move UWinnipeg research into public domain.
President Trimbee is co-leading a working group of educational institutions across Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta to prepare for the federal announcement of the successful Supercluster initiative applicants and to identify opportunities for collaboration in the area of high performance computing, machine learning and artificial intelligence. The Prairies have two applications – the Protein Innovation Canada Supercluster from Saskatchewan and the Smart Agri-food Supercluster. In order to be successful, superclusters will need to partner with educational institutions to develop research and educational partnerships.
PCC is working with Environment and Climate Change Canada to explore various ways of mobilizing the knowledge that our faculty members are creating. Particular initiatives include the “Innovative Climate Change Storytelling” project. In addition, the PCC will soon release an improved Climate Atlas with expanded data and information coverage for Canada from coast to coast to coast.
President’s Report Page 6 of 11 January 29, 2018
The following are noteworthy achievements amongst some of our UWinnipeg faculty:
o Dr. Jaime Cidro received the largest UWinnipeg Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) funded research project on Indigenous doulas. Due to the success of this grant, we are now eligible for a CIHR Canada Research Chair Tier II and the position has been advertised.
o On December 6, 2017 a group of 9 researchers led by Catherine Taylor (Acting Dean of Arts) held a poster event to launch the reporting phase of their SSHRC-funded study of the University’s community- engagement initiatives in support of educationally marginalized children and youth over the past 30 years. The researchers plan to publish their full report later this winter as a contribution to the University’s ongoing planning on how best to support students from marginalized communities.
o Dr. Chantal Fiola (Urban and Inner City Studies) and Dr. Sharanpal Ruprai (Women’s and Gender Studies) are leading the SSHRC- funded Call to Conversation (C2C) research team in a consultative process to develop calls to action in various social institutions in support of Two Spirit people and Queer People of Colour. This is the final phase of the project and is a follow-up to their historic C2C conference in October.
o Building upon their three-year, multi-city Canadian program of research, Dr. Jan Stewart and Dr. Lorna Martin have completed a new book, Bridging Two Worlds: Supporting Newcomer and Refugee Youth. An official national launch took place in Ottawa on January 22 at the National CANNEXUS Conference and at the Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada office. UWinnipeg will be hosting a local launch event on February 16.
President’s Report Page 7 of 11 January 29, 2018
o Dr. Luc Clair, Principal Investigator, Ag/Health Economist, Canadian Centre for Agri-food Research In Health and Medicine, and Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Winnipeg, has been awarded a grant from the Manitoba Medical Service Foundation for his project, “Estimating the Relationship Between Cardiovascular Health and the Use of Neurodegenerative Pharmaceuticals”.
o Chris Wiebe (Chemistry) participated on the Executive team of the Canadian Institute for Neutron Scattering. On Dec. 8, 2017 The House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance (FINA) has recommended the Government of Canada to “implement the Canadian Neutron Initiative, upgrade and fully utilize the McMaster nuclear reactor, and facilitate international nuclear research partnerships. This is a ~$190M initiative to fund neutron materials science for the next 10 years.
o Simon Berge (Business Administration) received a SSHRC Partnership Engage Grant to begin a new partnership with Cooperatives and Mutuals Canada.
o Dr. Melanie Gregg (Chair, Kinesiology and Applied Health) along with collaborators from Almeria, Spain, have received funding from the Spanish Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness to support the project "Stigma.Stop-V.R: A Virtual Reality Program Against the Stigma in Mental Health." The software will be applied to a representative sample of students ages 12-18 from various educational centers in Spain, Canada, Chile, and USA. Students will be assessed on their stigma toward mental illness before and after engaging in the virtual reality program.
President’s Report Page 8 of 11 January 29, 2018
Financial and Institutional Resilience Follow a three-year budget strategy. Reduce our environmental impact. Facilitate transparency among governing bodies. Align alternate sources of revenue with UWinnipeg’s academic mission.
In keeping with the motion passed by the Board of Regents on responsible investing, both the UWinnipeg Pension Board of Trustees and the Foundation Board have approved “green” funds and are taking steps to make these investment options available to members and investors. The Pension Board has selected the RBC Global Asset Management Fund called PH&N Fossil Fuel Free Global Equity Segregated Fund, effective October 2, 2017. The investment Committee of the Foundation Board has selected the Jarislowsky Fraser Green fund and an investment contract will be signed in the coming weeks.
As discussed at the November Board, the University increased security by one third, effective November 13, 2017. A preliminary review of serious incidents from September - October vs. November - December reflect a small decrease in violent incidents (8 vs. 6) and a somewhat greater decrease in other serious incidents such as robbery, threats, thefts, etc. (176 vs. 161). The additional security currently remains in place, and will be assessed and potentially amended as the University makes other changes to enhance security.
In response to an increase in security incidents around campus in recent months a plan to improve physical security on campus has been developed. This plan includes installing alarms on fire exit stairwells, installing a number of new (and replacing a number of old) security cameras, and adding our electronic lock management device to a number of doors and elevators. The cost of these changes will be approximately $150,000, which will be funded through existing sources of funds.
President’s Report Page 9 of 11 January 29, 2018
As an additional element of enhancing safety and security, we will be providing education and tools for employees on campus. A pilot program for staff in de-escalating potentially violent situations will be running this month. This includes training key staff as trainers to be able to deliver this program on an annual basis.
The University received the All Hazards audit report from the external consultants on January 9, 2018. Members of the Senior Executive are in the process of reviewing the report to determine appropriate next steps in continuing to enhance Campus safety and security. The Board may recall that this review was commenced in August of 2017 with a view to understanding the primary types of hazards that the University could be faced with in a significant emergency or disaster situation on campus, and to assess current practices/procedures, identify gaps, and make recommendations on how to improve/address those gaps.
Garbonzo’s Pizza (located in the Rice Building) has applied to change its liquor license with the intention of installing Video Lottery Terminals (VLTs). The University has voiced its opposition to this with both the regulator and Canad Inns. We are attempting to resolve the issue amicably with Canad Inns.
UWinnipeg is a finalist for this year’s Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce Spirit of Winnipeg awards. The nomination is in the category of “Environment and Energy”, recognizing leadership in conservation, waste reduction, and efficiency efforts that advance ecological stewardship in Winnipeg.
The recent snap of cold weather saw three separate burst water pipes on campus which resulted in some minor damage to Duckworth Centre, McFeetor’s Hall and Graham Hall. Operations were not materially impacted thanks to the responsiveness of our staff.
President’s Report Page 10 of 11 January 29, 2018
• The English Language Program (ELP) has come to a labour agreement, keeping within their mandate, with ELP Instructors (members of the PSAC bargaining unit). The membership will vote on the proposal in January.
• UWinnipeg’s annual internal fundraising campaign for the Foundation has been successful once again this year. To date, over $750,000 in donations have been received from over 225 faculty, staff, retirees, and close friends. Campus-wide participation remains steady at an impressive 20% campus- wide.
• A successful Alumni Reception was held November 27 in Toronto, with approximately 70 alumni and donors in attendance.
• The University’s Accessibility Committee met to review the draft Province of Manitoba Accessibility for Manitobans Act proposed Employment Standard, and after review of the proposal did not find a need to submit any feedback. Many of the expectations as currently laid out are current practices. Should they become law, there will be some changes required in faculty hiring processes potentially, but those were not seen as inconsistent with University’s goals in recruitment.
• The University of Winnipeg Community Renewal Corporation (UWCRC) received a grant from the J.W. McConnell family Foundation, a prominent national foundation, for a case study of the UWCRC model.
• The UWCRC 2.0 received a request from Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC) to prepare a proposal to act as a business advisor to three Northern First Nations, in the area of accessing business opportunities associated with the construction of new schools in each of their communities.
President’s Report Page 11 of 11 January 29, 2018
UWINNIPEG SURVEY OF GRADUATES: 2017
BACKGROUND PROFILE OF RESPONDENTS ITY OF W RS INN E IP IV E N G During the fall of 2017, UWinnipeg U 93% CANADIAN 20% VISIBLE MINORITY contracted Prairie Research Associates, Inc. (PRA) to conduct a survey of 83% RESIDE IN 21% 1ST GENERATION UWinnipeg students who had graduated MANITOBA POST-SECONDARY with an undergraduate degree in 2015. 10% INDIGENOUS 7% DISABILITY 1,465 graduates were contacted, with This information is consistent with the general population 625 completing the survey for a of current UWinnipeg students, indicating a fairly response rate of 43%. GRADUATES representative sample.
EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES AT UWINNIPEG
To what extent did your experiences at UWinnipeg contribute to your To what extent were the following goals achieved through knowledge, skills, and personal development in the following areas? your undergraduate education at UWinnipeg? Thinking critically 56% 38% 56% 33% Learning more about interesting things
Writing clearly and effectively 51% 37% 52% 38% Gaining a general education Thinking criticallyThinking critically56% 56% 38% 38% 56% 56% 33% 33% Learning moreLearning about interesting more about things interesting things Conducting scholarly research 49% 35% 38% 36% Satisfying parents' expectations Writing clearlyWriting and effectively clearly and effectively51% 51% 37% 37% 52% 52% 38% 38% Gaining a generalGaining education a general education Relating to different people 48% 38% 37% 41% Preparing for graduate or professional school Conducting scholarlyConducting research scholarly research49% 49% 35% 35% 38% 38%36% 36% Satisfying parents'Satisfying expectations parents' expectations In-depth knowledge of a eld or discipline 47% 42% 37% 35% Being able to get a good job Relating to differentRelating people to different people48% 48% 38% 38% 37% 37%41% 41% Preparing forPreparing graduate foror professionalgraduate or professionalschool school STRONG IMPACT SOME IMPACT GREAT EXTENT SOME EXTENT In-depth knowledgeIn-depth of knowledge a eld or discipline of a eld or discipline Thinking critically 56% 38% 47% 47% 42%56% 42% 33% Learning more about interesting37% things37%35% 35% Being able toBeing get a ablegood to job get a good job STRONG IMPACTSTRONG IMPACTSOME IMPACTSOME IMPACT GREAT EXTENTGREATSOME EXTENT EXTENTSOME EXTENT Writing clearly and effectively 51% 37% 52% 38% Gaining a general education
Conducting scholarly research 49% 35% 38% 36% Satisfying parents' expectations
Relating to different people 48% 38% of UWinnipeg37% 41% graduates are veryPreparing satisfied for graduate or(34%) professional or school satisfied (56%) In-depth knowledge of a eld or discipline 47% 42% 90% with 37%the quality35% of their educationalBeing able to experienceget a good job at UWinnipeg. STRONG IMPACT SOME IMPACT GREAT EXTENT SOME EXTENT Employment/savings 63% EDUCATIONAL FINANCING AND EMPLOYMENTThinking criticallyParents 56% 34% 38% DEBT FROM EDUCATION56% 33% Learning more about interesting things GovernmentEmployment/savings studentEmployment/savings loans 20% 63% 63% Writing clearly and effectively 51% 37% 52% 38% Gaining a general education What were your two main sources of Merit awards (scholarships)Parents Parents16% 34% 34% funding for your UWinnipeg degree? ConductingGovernment scholarly studentGovernment research loansRESP student loans12%49%20% 20%35% 38% 36% Satisfying parents' expectations
Merit awardsFinancialMerit (scholarships) institutionsawards (scholarships)90%11%16% 16% 56% Relating to different people employed48% 38%graduated 37% 41% Preparing for graduate or professional school Over $20K Need awards (bursaries)RESP during5%12%RESP the 12% with no debt of those70% not employed In-depth knowledge of a eld or discipline Financial institutionsFinancialacademic institutions11%47% year11% 42% 37%17% 35% Being able to get a good job are attending school Unemployed Employment/savings 63% Over $20KOver $20K Need awards Need(bursaries) awards (bursaries)5%STRONG IMPACT5% SOME IMPACT $10K – $20K GREAT EXTENT SOME EXTENT 70%70% 9% Not in labour force Parentsof those notof employed those not34% employed 17% 17% are attendingare school attending school UnemployedUnemployedGovernment student loans 20% 56% 4% $10K – $20K$10K – $20K 13% 9%11% 9% Zero Debt Not inMerit labour awardsNot force in (scholarships) labour force 16% $5K – $10K RESP 89% $17,220 56%56% 4% 4% 12% employed average debt 7% Zero DebtZero Debt 13% 13% $5K – $10K$5K – $10K11% 11% Financial institutions 11% during the among those Under $5K summerOver $20K who have debt 70% Need awards (bursaries) 5% 7% 7% of those not employed 17% are 84%attending school Under $5KUnder $5K Unemployed Employed $10K – $20K 9% Employment/savings 63% Not in labour force 84%84% Parents 34% 4% EmployedEmployed CURRENT EMPLOYMENT56% Government studentZero loans Debt 13% $5K – $10K 11% 20% Merit awards (scholarships) 16% 7% RESP 12% UNEMPLOYMENT RATES: Under $5K Financial institutions 11% Need awards (bursaries) 5% UWinnipeg graduates Over $20K 84% of those70% not employed 4.1% (2017) 17% Employed are attending school Unemployed $10K – $20K 9% Not in labour force Province of Manitoba 56% 4% 5.2% Zero Debt 13% (2017) $5K – $10K 11%
7% $45,807 Average salary of UW graduates (2017) Ontario university graduatesUnder $5K $42, 900 Median salary of UW graduates (2017) 6.4% (2015) 84% $49,170 Average salary of Ontario university Employed graduates (2015) $68,147 Median salary in MB (2015) Province of Ontario 6.7% (2015) PATHWAYS TO SUCCESS OPEN AND FREE TO THE COMMUNITY
NURTURING INTERGENERATIONAL LEARNING
Let’s Speak Ojibwe STRENGTHENING STUDENT to Our Kids and Let’s SUCCESS IN THE INNER CITY Speak Cree to Our Kids—
Wii Chiiwaakanak Math Leadership Camp— CLOSING THE Learning Centre month-long program GRADUATION GAP for 30 Indigenous youth— Pow-Wow Club— Wii Chiiwaakanak The Collegiate Model weekly dancing and ENHANCING RESILIENCY Learning Centre School—high quality, AND LIFE-LONG LEARNING community feast in individualized education the Health and RecPlex Math Readiness Camp— for 50 inner-city students & Wii Chiiwaakanak week-long program for The Opportunity Fund— Learning Centre 20 Indigenous youth— In.Business supports inner-city Wii Chiiwaakanak Aboriginal Business and Indigenous students, Inner City Junior Learning Centre Mentorship Program— new Canadians and refugees Wesmen Program— national partnership with fast-track bursaries multiple sports; offered Sacred Seven— with Cape Breton University with Spence Neighbourhood cultural teachings, Pow- Tuition Waiver Program— matches Indigenous Association and the Youth Wow activities, healthy students who have aged out students with Indigenous Agencies Alliance relationship lessons of the child-welfare system business leaders and academic supports— receive bursaries covering Wii Chiiwaakanak Tuition Credit Program— their tuitions Learning Centre students from grades Anishinaabemotaadidaa 4–12 earn money towards Summer Adventures Language Immersion Camp— their UWinnipeg education Kids Camp—providing a week in residence in an nutrition, physical immersive Ojibwe setting— activity and science-based Wii Chiiwaakanak learning for 2,000 children Learning Centre Let’s Talk Science— Community offers hands-on activities Learning Commons— in science, math and free drop-in computer technology (grades 6–8) access and resume and skill building workshops — Wii Chiiwaakanak Learning Centre Upcoming UWinnipeg Events
Wednesday February 7, 2018: Weweni Speaker – Dr. Heather Igloliorte, “Engaging Nunatsiavut Communities in the Future of Inuit Art” Time: 12:30 – 1:30 Loctaion: Convocation Hall Dr. Heather Igloliorte, an Inuk curator and art historian from Nunatsiavut, holds is a Research Chair in Indigenous Art History and Community Engagement at Concordia University in Montreal. Her research and curatorial practices center on Inuit and other circumpolar arts, Native North American visual and material culture, performance and new media art, the global exhibition of Indigenous arts and culture, and issues of colonization, sovereignty, resistance and resurgence.
Monday February 12, 2018: “A Good Place to Live” Film Screening Time: 7:00-9:00 pm Location: Eckhardt Gramatté (EG) Hall The film is directed by Ian Mauro (Geography) and Jim Silver (Urban and Inner-City Studies) and is about Lord Selkirk Park, a public housing initiative in Winnipeg’s north end. The film explores the successful renewal of this inner-city community from within.
Wednesday February 21, 2018: UWinnipeg Open House Time: 9:00 am – 1:30 pm (day session) and 5:30-8:00 pm (evening session) Location: Eckhardt Gramatté (EG) Hall, Duckworth Gym This event showcases UWinnipeg to prospective students and their families. Professors and current students are on hand at the Information Fair in Duckworth. Mini-lectures and presentations will be held throughout the sessions on a variety of subject areas. Campus tours are also available through the day.
Friday March 9, 2018: Class Acts Time: 7:00 – 11:00 pm Location: Eckhardt Gramatté (EG) Hall An evening of performances by UWinnipeg faculty and staff in support of the Opportunity Fund.
Wednesday March 28, 2018: Spring Feast Time: 10:00 AM – 1:30 PM Location: Convocation Hall This is an event to honour and celebrate the contributions of Indigenous students, faculty and staff to our university community.
BOARD OF REGENTS MEETING MEMO: Policy Action Items DATE: January 29, 2018
1. SEXUAL VIOLENCE PREVENTION POLICY - UPDATE
Why do we need this Policy? The Sexual Violence Awareness and Prevention Act came into effect on April 28, 2017, and requires that all universities, colleges, the Manitoba Institute of Trades and Technology, degree-granting religious institutions and private vocational institutions implement an institutional policy regarding sexual violence. At present, UWinnipeg has a Sexual Misconduct Protocol and Sexual Misconduct Guidelines for Students in place. UWinnipeg also has in place a “Respectful Learning and Working Environment Policy” that addresses issues of sexual harassment of both faculty and students. Manitoba’s new legislation requires the implementation of a standalone, institutional policy that would help prevent and respond to sexual violence.
Process: The legislation sets out two main responsibilities for all post- secondary institutions in Manitoba. The first is to take a proactive role in raising awareness on campus and improving education about sexual violence. Secondly, all institutions must have appropriate policies and procedures in place to respond when a student reports an incident of sexual violence. The legislation also includes a definition of sexual violence, which includes harassment on social media. The Manitoba Government has released the “Manitoba Post-Secondary Sexual Violence Policy Guide” to assist post-secondary institutions in developing their sexual violence policies. A writing committee was formed on behalf of the Governance committee to draft a policy for review by the Governance committee.
Briefing by: Adam Gerhard, Chair of Governance and Community Relations Committee
Action: For information
Executive Summary Sexual Violence Policy University of Winnipeg
Context: A growing recognition that current policies and practices at Canadian Universities are not adequate in addressing the pervasiveness of sexual harassment and sexual violence, particularly in regard to student populations
Bill 15 Bill 15 (Sexual Violence Awareness and Prevention Act) - tabled by Manitoba government (October 2016) – Proclamation: (April 29, 2017) http://web2.gov.mb.ca/bills/41-1/pdf/b015.pdf Government of Manitoba introduced the “Manitoba Post-Secondary Sexual Violence Policy Guide” to assist post-secondary institutions in developing their sexual violence policies, http://www.edu.gov.mb.ca/docs/sexual_violence/guide.pdf
Status – University of Winnipeg
Sexual Misconduct Protocol and Sexual Misconduct -Guidelines for Students introduced in March 2015 addresses most of the key components required in Bill 15 At present, UW has the RWLE Policy which includes sexual harassment, sexual assault etc. which applies to students and employees – this legislation will require that one standalone policy for all – employees and students be developed At present, the RWLE Policy and Procedures provides some definitions that are now going to be incorporated into the new Policy and Procedures. The current Protocol and Guidelines which applies only to students provides detailed definitions of sexual harassment, stalking, sexual assault and threat of sexual assault The Protocol and Guidelines provides a process for reporting on by student on any form of sexual misconduct including the Klinic’s 24/7 Sexual Assault Crisis Program and the UW Sexual Misconduct Response Team (SMRT) The Protocol and Guidelines provides “options” for reporting and investigations
Bill 15 Requirements Sexual Misconduct Protocol
1 Raise awareness of sexual violence – Yes; mainly through Upstander Education NEW: some including use of social media revisions to make website information more user friendly and social media campaign to be initiated
2 Address issue related to consent Yes; posters and banners up all around campus that say Sex Needs a Yes: Ask First, Ask Always – NEW; need to have a section aimed specifically at staff and faculty
3 Include provisions respecting the Somewhat – Tracking currently dealt with separately preventing and reporting of incidents by student counseling services and HRDO (in instances of an RWLE Policy complaint; review will be required on the work completed by the subgroup of the Advisory committee on Sexual Misconduct has to ensure compliance with the legislation. NEW: Clear reporting process need to be articulated in standalone Policy
4 Address training Yes; awareness campaign includes a mandatory workshop for all first year students, student athletes and those living in residence; NEW: additional staff training on standalone policy will need to be
developed and implemented 5 Establish complaint procedures and Yes; but currently dealt with through the RWLE Policy response protocols for incidents Complaints Process for staff, and through the Sexual Misconduct Response Team for students. These procedures and protocols will need to be reviewed to ensure compliance with the new legislation; NEW: will need to determine processes, for both disclosures and formal reporting under the standalone policy
Policies in Place at other Manitoba Post-secondary institutions
1. Brandon University Sexualized Violence Policy – Approved March 27, 2017 Defines Sexual Assault, Sexual Harassment and Sexual Violence Utilizing a Trauma-Informed and Survivor Centred Approach 2. University of Manitoba – Sexual Assault Policy – Approved September 2, 2016 Only defines Sexual Assault Makes clear that University reserves right to initiate its own investigation report and incidents to local policy, even without consent or survivor of it believes that University community is at risk Note: Some revisions would be required for both (more so for University of Manitoba to be in compliance)
Legislation in other Provinces:
Ontario –Bill 132 (Sexual Violence and Harassment Action Plan Act) -[Schedule 3 – Amendments to the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities Act]; applies to any college of applied arts and technology and to any university that receives regular and ongoing operating funds from the government British Columbia - Bill 23 (Sexual Violence and Misconduct Policy Act); applies to any post-secondary institution under four different acts (College and Institute Act, Royal Roads University Act, Thompson Rivers University Act, and University Act). Nova Scotia - Memorandum of Understanding (2016) Nova Scotia’s 10 university must comply and create sexual assault policies for their institutions which is tied to funding (Alberta, Saskatchewan - leaving the creation of sexual assault policies under the purview of the institutions themselves
For Approval
To: The Board of Regents, University of Winnipeg From: Dr. Annette Trimbee, President and Vice-Chancellor Re: Recommendation to create the Centre for Research in Cultural Studies
As per the University of Winnipeg’s Institutes and Centres Policy (January 25, 2016), I recommend for approval of the Centre for Research in Cultural Studies. On November 20, 2017 the proposal to create the Centre was approved by the Senate Academic Planning Committee and was forwarded to Senate. On December 19, 2017 the proposal was presented to Senate. After examining the scholarly nature of the proposed research-oriented Centre and the merits of the proposal and its compatibility with the University’s Integrated and Academic Research Plan (IARP), Senate approved the proposal. On January 22, 2018 the Board of Regents Finance Committee approved the proposal as being financially responsible and viable with core funding derived from external sources. The proposed Centre will conduct its operations in accordance with the mandate as indicated in its written proposal. The proposed Centre will have Director and an Advisory Committee to oversee its operations. Centre for Research in Cultural Studies (CRiCS)
Submitted to Senate Executive Submission date: December 11, 2017 Presented by Dr. Angela Failler Department of Women’s and Gender Studies
I. SUMMARY/RATIONALE
The purpose of this proposal is to establish a formal centre at the University of Winnipeg for Cultural Studies research. A key rationale for establishing the centre is growth and momentum in this area, reflected in:
● The University’s identification of Cultural Studies as a priority area in the 2016-2019 Strategic Research Plan ● The research activities of the burgeoning Cultural Studies Research Group (CSRG) involving almost 40 members representing 14 different departments and programs from across the Faculty of Arts, as well as the Library and Archives, Gallery 1C03, and the Anthropology Museum at UWinnipeg ● The appointment and program of Dr. Angela Failler as a new Tier 2 Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Culture and Public Memory ● The successful Master of Arts in Cultural Studies program, which has demonstrated an increased need and context for the research training of graduate students
Cultural Studies engages with pressing issues of local and global consequence, and is at the forefront of developing critical understandings of the social and political dynamics of contemporary culture, including forms of conflict and reconciliation. A new centre for Cultural Studies research will enhance UWinnipeg’s ability to highlight these engagements as they are carried out by students, faculty, and community research partners.
II. OBJECTIVES
The Centre for Research in Cultural Studies (CRiCS) will:
● Serve as a hub for interdisciplinary collaboration among UWinnipeg researchers and community/institutional research partners ● Increase research capacity by providing a context for developing methods and tools for Cultural Studies research, including space to host research workshops and other knowledge mobilization activities ● Support the program of the Canada Research Chair in Culture and Public Memory ● Provide a context for training student Research Assistants and other Highly Qualified Personnel including Research Associates, Visiting Scholars, and Postdoctoral Fellows ● Raise the national and international profile of UW as an outstanding place to do Cultural Studies research by participating in broader Cultural Studies networks and bidding to be the institutional host of the Canadian Association of Cultural Studies (CACS) for a four-year term ● Strive to build a Centre with sustainable research programs that are socially relevant and reach diverse publics
2
III. BACKGROUND
Cultural Studies Cultural Studies is an interdisciplinary field of inquiry concerned with how knowledge, power, affect, and materiality come to circulate in and as “culture.” It is informed by class- conscious ethnic and critical race studies, feminism, anthropology, history, social and political thought, psychoanalysis, indigenous, postcolonial, and diasporic critiques, as well as studies in communications and media, languages and literature, visual arts, and the performing arts. Cultural Studies does not exist solely for scholarly criticism, but aims to carry out modes of productive intervention that make a difference in everyday lives and in the worlds of culture, education, society, and politics. In other words, it works to cross the divide between academic and public debate, and to foster intercultural understanding. Along with a rigorous theoretical program of study, Cultural Studies research and curricula extend beyond the walls of the university into common spaces where “reality testing” and participatory learning can be undertaken. In addition to producing research for traditional venues such as academic conferences and scholarly publishing, the proposed Centre for Research in Cultural Studies (CRiCS) will develop methods and tools for doing Cultural Studies “in public” involving research activities and knowledge mobilization events adaptable for various contexts.
The Cultural Studies Research Group (CSRG) The Cultural Studies Research Group (CSRG) is a diverse team of interdisciplinary scholars from across the Social Sciences and Humanities at UWinnipeg, with an impressive track record of Cultural Studies and social justice related research. The CSRG was established in 2011 with initial support from the Faculty of Arts to promote and develop Cultural Studies research at the University, and to serve as a context for student research training. Funded additionally through Dr. Failler’s Chancellor’s Research Chair (2012-2015) and a SSHRC Connections grant, the CSRG undertook a first collaborative project on the Canadian Museum for Human Rights (CMHR) through two workshops in 2013 and 2014 (see Appendix 3 and 4) and various site visits to the museum. The CSRG also facilitated a Blog Writing workshop (Appendix 5) to support students and researchers in preparation for the second workshop, which coincided with the CMHR’s public opening. All three workshops involved the entire student cohort of the MA program in Cultural Studies as well as undergraduate Research Assistants from several departments and programs including English, Human Rights, Indigenous Studies, and Women’s and Gender Studies. Emerging from this research, members of the CSRG edited and published a special double issue of the Review of Education, Pedagogy, and Cultural Studies titled Caring for Difficult Knowledge: Prospects for the Canadian Museum for Human Rights (2015, Appendix 6, 7). As the membership of the CSRG grows (see Appendix 1), its researchers have begun spearheading their own projects (see Appendix 2), which CRiCS will support and foster. For more information on the CSRG visit: https://www.uwinnipeg.ca/csrg/
Canada Research Chair in Culture and Public Memory CRiCS is the initiative of Dr. Angela Failler, UWinnipeg’s new Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Culture and Public Memory. Failler is Associate Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies, and teaches for the MA Program in Cultural Studies. She also currently leads the CSRG. Her research program is focused on how practices of culture and public memory are used to grapple with the “difficult knowledge” of historical traumas and their after-effects. She is specifically interested in the potential for these practices to contribute to reconciliation, redress, and decolonized forms of relating. Her projects pay special attention to memorials, museums, commemorative artworks, community-based practices of remembrance, and government
3
sponsored memory projects. She employs interdisciplinary, collaborative methodologies that combine the expertise of scholars, educators, artists, curators, and other cultural practitioners. Failler is recognized for research on public memory of the 1985 Air India bombings, and is Project Director of a SSHRC Partnership Development Grant project, Thinking Through the Museum: Difficult Knowledge in Public (TTTM), which brings UWinnipeg into a formal partnership with Carleton and Concordia Universities. TTTM builds connections with future research partners by convening researchers, curators, artists, and community members seeking new terms of engagement for learning from histories of violence and conflict. Failler also co- leads Museum Queeries with Dr. Heather Milne (UWinnipeg). This project prioritizes Two-Spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, transsexual, and queer (2S+LGBTTQ) contributions and interventions into museums and museum studies, both as a means of addressing structural exclusions and opening new modes of productive inquiry and activism. In 2017 Failler secured a John R. Evans Leader’s Fund grant from the Canadian Foundation for Innovation (CFI) to create a research centre on campus. Additional funding provided through her CRC will help launch the centre’s initial programs. Failler will serve as the inaugural Director of CRiCS for the duration of her initial CRC term (2016-2021). In turn, CRiCS will house and support her projects and programs.
Master of Arts in Cultural Studies The only graduate program in Cultural Studies in Western Canada, UWinnipeg’s multidisciplinary Master of Arts in Cultural Studies is an innovative, 12-month, course-based program that offers specializations in Texts and Cultures or Curatorial Practices. Bringing together instructors from across the university and from the city's vibrant arts and culture community, the MA in Cultural Studies provides students with strong methodological and theoretical training in order to pursue further postgraduate studies or careers in a range of fields, including education, publishing, arts management, art curation, and journalism. CRiCS will support the MA in Cultural Studies by providing a context for the hiring, training and mentorship of students from the program by the many interdisciplinary researchers affiliated with the CSRG and the Centre; by involving students as participants in the workshops and research activities of the Centre; and by providing a well-appointed workspace in the Centre for student Research Assistants.
IV. PROPOSED STRUCTURE
Centre Director • The Director will be responsible for: o Managing the Centre’s funding/finances o Seeking out ongoing sources of funding o Managing the Centre’s Research Coordinator o Meeting regularly with the Advisory Committee o Reaching out to new Cultural Studies researchers on campus to engage their work and invite them to join the network of researchers in the CSRG. o Facilitating communications on relevant Cultural Studies projects and events with members of the CSRG, with the University community, and with the general public o Preparing the annual report and workplan of Centre activities in consultation with the Advisory Committee, to be submitted to the Vice President, Research and Innovation • The Director will report to the Vice-President, Research and Innovation on the research activities of the Centre.
4
• The Director may request a course release for each year of their term as consistent with other UWinnipeg Centre/Institute Directors. • Appointing the Director: o Initially, Dr. Angela Failler will act as the Founding Director of CRiCS in her role as CRC for the duration of her initial CRC term (2016-2021) o In 2021, the Director will be selected from among Members of the CSRG for a 1- year pilot term, with the possibility of renewal for a 3-year term. o This process will involve a short application from the interested Member(s), including the Member’s current CRiCS-related research and future plans for the Centre. To select the Director, the Advisory Committee will follow a collegial model of presentations by the interested Member(s), followed by a vote among the Advisory Committee.
Research Coordinator • The Research Coordinator for CRiCS will initially be hired through Dr. Failler’s CRC and will allocate approximately 5 hours/week towards the management of the Centre. • After Dr. Failler’s CRC term(s) (2026 if renewed), additional funding will need to be secured to ensure the continued administration and coordination of the Centre. • Future Centre Directors will be responsible for building this administrative support role into grant applications to ensure its financial sustainability (see Finances for more information).
Cultural Studies Research Group (CSRG) • To become a member, researchers whose work demonstrates applicability to the field of Cultural Studies will either be invited by the Centre Director to join or contact the Centre Director with an expression of interest • CSRG members will have access to CRiCS to support their research programs and Research Assistants • The CSRG will be represented on the Advisory committee (see below)
Advisory Committee • The Advisory Committee will ideally be comprised of 6-9 members of CRiCS, including: o Current Centre Director o Past Centre Director (can also be the Founding Director) o 2-4 CSRG representatives o Coordinator of the MA Program in Cultural Studies o 1 student representative (ideally from the MA Program in Cultural Studies) o 1 Research Affiliate (External to UW) • The Advisory Committee will endeavour to meet 2-4 times a year to work towards the development and promotion of Centre programming. • The Advisory Committee will hear, upon completion of the founding Director’s term (2016-2021), applications for the appointment of a new Director and will make a selection by voting. • The procedures through which the Advisory Committee functions will be developed in tandem with general policies and procedures from the Research Office.
Research Affiliates (External) & Visiting Scholars • Researchers who do not hold a position with the University of Winnipeg, but whose research contributes to the programs and projects of CRiCS may be considered Research Affiliates.
5
• To become Affiliated, Researchers request affiliated status from the Advisory Committee. • Visiting scholars to the University of Winnipeg may also request to the Advisory Committee to be considered a Research Affiliate of CRiCS.
Research Assistants and Postdoc Fellows • Research Assistants of CSRG members and the Centre Director • Workspace for students in MA Program in Cultural Studies • Postdoctoral Fellows hired by members of CRiCS will have access to Centre resources
Finances The construction of CRiCS’ physical space will be funded by a Canadian Foundation for Innovation (CFI) John R. Evans Leader’s Fund grant ($61,585) with contributions from Research Manitoba ($61,585) and the University of Winnipeg ($31,702), already secured by Failler. The Centre has sufficient resources to launch its initial programs with funds provided from Failler’s CRC. As per the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) grant awarded, all operating and maintenance needs for the proposed infrastructure are standard for research centres on campus and will be supplied by UW: heating, lighting, and cleaning. A minimum of $22,500 in operating and maintenance costs for original equipment purchased under the CFI grant will be guaranteed to be covered by the CFI Institutional Operating Fund (IOF). The anticipated cost of hiring a Research Coordinator to provide administrative support for the Centre is estimated at $4,680 annually (5h/week, $18/h) and will be covered through Dr. Failler’s CRC until 2021. In the likelihood of the renewal of Dr. Failler’s CRC, these costs will be covered until 2026. To ensure the financial sustainability of the Centre, in the second term of Failler’s CRC (2021-2026), Failler will work with the current Director and Advisory Committee to further define a financial sustainability plan for administrative staffing costs. This will include the application of external funds towards these costs, as well as encouraging members of CRiCS to allocate a percentage from research projects that are affiliated with CRiCS towards the administrative support of their project through the Centre. As there are currently 37 researchers affiliated with CRiCS, many of whom have external tri-council funding for their current research projects, we anticipate that affiliation with CRiCS will strengthen their ability to attract future research funding, allowing the relationship to be mutually beneficial for both Cultural Studies researchers and the Centre itself. Costs associated with hosting Canadian Association of Cultural Studies (CACS) (2021- 2025) would fall within the administrative costs provided by the renewed term Dr. Failler’s CRC funds. Additional costs associated with hosting the CACS conference will be applied for through external grants, such as SSHRC Connection Grants for workshops, and through other external bodies such as Research Manitoba. In the unlikely event Dr. Failler’s CRC is not renewed in 2021, Dr. Failler, as present Director, with work alongside the Advisory Committee to prepare a sustainability plan in 2020 to ensure the viability of the Centre. Given the large membership of the CSRG and expressions of interest from CSRG members in both hosting their research projects through CRiCS and serving as candidates for future Directorship, we’re confident that resources will be pursued and secured for the next generation of the Centre.
6
Research Space As approved by the University’s Space Committee for Dr. Failler’s CFI Infrastructure grant application, an area to establish CRiCS has been designated for renovation in Centennial Hall, to be shared with the Centre for Research in Young People’s Texts and Cultures (CRYTC). The decision to share research space, initiated by a commonality in research topics, was a pragmatic response to the difficulty of securing space at the UW. This co-location ensures that the space will be a hub of activity, since it will be used by many researchers and their RAs from the membership of two large research centres. The desire and willingness to work with CRYTC demonstrates the collaborative capacity of CRiCS and anticipates future relationships with other research groups on campus, which reflects the breadth and energy of Cultural Studies research on our campus. This infrastructure will enable the work of CRiCS by providing essential space and knowledge mobilization resources. The Centre will be shared by multiple users including the CRC and her research collaborators who are academics, artists and cultural producers, gallery and museum professionals, digital humanities and creative technology specialists, community and grassroots organizations, and educators. The Centre’s Collaborative Research and Knowledge Mobilization Lab will be the heart of the Centre’s research activities. The Lab is designed as a flexible, multi-purpose space that will be utilized for workshops, cultural production, curatorial design and display, other forms of research creation, in-person meetings, and teleconferencing. The Centre also includes a connected workspace for RAs, a shared office for the Centre’s Research Coordinator, an office space for the Centre Director, a resource room, an interview and data storage room, and an office space for visiting scholars and postdoctoral fellows.
V. SHORT TERM/IMMEDIATE NEXT STEPS (2017-2018):
● Formalize the Centre by proposal through University’s Academic Planning Committee, Senate, and the Board of Regents ● See construction phase through (underway as of October/November 2017 with an estimated completion date of February 2018) ● Finalize the Centre’s policies and structure with the goal of sustainability and longevity beyond Failler’s CRC term(s) in mind ● Establish a Directorship and appoint a Director, who will implement short-term and long term goals with the above objectives in mind, in consultation with the Advisory Committee ● Establish an Advisory Committee ● Develop an online presence for the Centre and its research initiatives, primarily through its website and social media (where appropriate) ● Launch the CRiCS in conjunction with the completed renovation and reopening of the Centre for Research in Young People’s Texts and Cultures (CRYTC) who are sharing the space ● Connect with Canadian Association for Cultural Studies (CACS) to begin discussions about serving as institutional host of the association from 2021-2025 (see the Finances section for more information)
7
Appendix 1: The Cultural Studies Research Group
CSRG Website (uwinnipeg.ca/csrg)
CSRG Researchers/Members As of September 2017, the following are members of the Cultural Studies Research Group (CSRG) and would also be members of the Centre for Research in Cultural Studies (CRiCS):
Jobb Arnold (Department of Conflict Resolution Studies) Adina Balint (Department of Modern Languages and Literatures) Claire Borody (Department of Theatre and Film) Jane Barter (Department of Religion and Culture) Andrew Burke (Department of English) Jennifer Clary-Lemon (Department of Rhetoric, Writing, and Communications) Bruno Cornellier (Department of English) Michael Dudley (Library) Bronwyn Dobchuk-Land (Department of Criminal Justice) Angela Failler (Department of Women’s and Gender Studies) Matthew Flisfeder (Department of Rhetoric, Writing, and Communications) Lorena Fontaine (Department of Indigenous Studies) Jennifer Gibson (Curator, Gallery 1C03) Peter Ives (Department of Political Science) Serena Keshavjee (Department of History, Art History) Paul Lawrie (Department of History) Brett Lougheed (Archives) Mary-Jane McCallum (Department of History)
8
Val McKinley (Curator, UWinnipeg Anthropology Museum) Jaqueline McLeod-Rogers (Department of Rhetoric, Writing, and Communications) Heather Milne (Department of English) Julie Nagam (Department of History, Art History, Winnipeg Art Gallery) Michelle Owen (Department of Women’s and Gender Studies, Chair of Disability Studies) Julie Pelletier (Department of Indigenous Studies) Kathryn Ready (Department of English) Mavis Reimer (Department of English, Dean of Graduate Studies) Sharanpal Ruprai (Department of Women’s and Gender Studies) Deborah Schnitzer (Professor Emerita, Department of English) Ray Silvius (Department of Political Science) Heather Snell (Department of English) Catherine Taylor (Department of Education) Kathleen Venema (Department of English) Kevin Walby (Department of Criminal Justice) Tracy Whalen (Department of Rhetoric, Writing, and Communications) Jenny Heijun Wills (Department of English, Critical Race Network @ UW) Larissa Wodtke (CRYTC) Doris Wolf (Department of English)
Staff: Lauren Bosc (Research Coordinator)
Student Research Assistants: Current: Sylvia Dueck (MA student, Cultural Studies) Hailey Primrose (BA student, Women’s and Gender Studies) Jade Defehr (BA student, Women’s and Gender Studies) Nicole Ritchie (PhD student, York University)
Past: Tishina Shannacappo (UW Alumna) Harnoor Bhangu (MA student, Cultural Studies) Anna Huard (MA student, Development Practice) Crystal Brown (BA student, Indigenous Studies) Dustin Glaseman (MA student, Cultural Studies) Kelby Loeppky (BA student, Human Rights and Global Studies) Madison Pearlman (BA student, Human Rights and Global Studies, Conflict Resolution) Chandravani Sathiyamurthi (BA student, International Development Studies, English) Lukas Thiessen (MA student, Cultural Studies)
9
Appendix 2: Cultural Studies Research Group (CSRG) Current Projects
CMHR in Focus: Caring for Difficult Knowledge Led by Dr. Angela Failler, the CSRG has been developing case studies of various facets of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights (CMHR) ranging from news media coverage and public reception to the museum’s governance structure, public consultation processes, exhibition plans, official speeches, signage, physical location, architecture, and interventions by local artists and community groups. Our proximity to the CMHR has provided opportunities to be in direct dialogue with curatorial, research and education staff from the CMHR, and to observe how local communities and debates are impacting and being impacted by the museum. This collaborative project aims to contribute to the potential for the CMHR to serve as a meaningful site for pedagogical encounter, cultural production and public exchange. We are considering the challenges faced by the CMHR in its endeavor to be a centre for learning about human rights issues. Informed by education theorists Deborah Britzman and Alice Pitt's concept of "difficult knowledge," we are particularly interested in how narratives and images of human violation, suffering and resilience are used to foster a better understanding of the conditions necessary for promoting social justice. How can encounters with difficult knowledge be cared for by the museum and museumgoers, and what insights into "human rights" are possible with such care?
http://www.uwinnipeg.ca/csrg/projects/CMHR-in-Focus.html
Museum Queeries Museum Queeries is an interdisciplinary research project based at UWinnipeg, co-led by Dr. Heather Milne and Dr. Angela Failler, with collaborators from across Turtle Island. As institutional spaces, museums are often closely linked to national identities and histories and also, tacitly, to heteronormative and cisnormative representations of the polity and public culture. Museum Queeries prioritizes Two-Spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, transsexual, and queer (2S+LGBTTQ), contributions and interventions into museums and museum studies both as a means of addressing structural exclusions and opening new modes of productive inquiry and activism. The project is attentive to what museum scholar James Sanders calls “the small cracks and fissures in the heteronormative foundation of the museum — spaces through which the roots of new curatorial and educational performances may take hold.” The idea of “queerying” the museum in this case is not only about addressing the museum’s representation of gender and sexuality; it is also about challenging normative formations including white privilege, racism and settler colonialism, among other systems of oppression, as they operate alongside and with transphobia and homophobia. In other words, we use an intersectional approach to think through ways in which gender, sexuality, race, class, ability, religion, ethnicity, and national identities are inter-implicated in the museum and in museumgoers’ points of contact with the museum. We are particularly interested in how queering, decolonizing and anti-racist strategies might work together to bring about change to museum cultures. Museum Queeries emerges from a partnership between the CSRG and the Thinking through the Museum Partnership Development Project. It involves scholars, museum professionals, educators, students, and community stakeholders. Our goals include developing interventions into current museum practices, new proposals for museum exhibits, and partnerships with artists, activists, museum professionals, and other scholars.
http://www.uwinnipeg.ca/csrg/projects/museum-queeries.html
10
Shoal Lake 40 Solidarity The Cultural Studies Research Group (CSRG) and its members have been learning from the community of Shoal Lake 40 First Nation and its activism on water security. This work includes two(?) group trips to the community to visit their Museum of Canadian Human Rights Violations, a photo essay of the tour of their site, letter writing directed to public officials about Shoal Lake 40’s access and water security struggle, a number of published news stories, and a growing archive of 50+ recent news articles on Shoal Lake 40.
http://www.uwinnipeg.ca/csrg/projects/shoal-lake-solidarity.html
Carceral Cultures Carceral Cultures is a research initiative that generates knowledge about Canada's culture of punishment and related penal policies and practices. Kevin Walby, CSRG member and Chancellor's Research Chair at the University of Winnipeg leads this project with Justin Piché at University of Ottawa. The project explores representations of crime, law, order, and state power in prison, jail, police, and court museums across Canada. More specifically, it examines museum histories, spatial and architectural features of museums, tour guide styles, tourist perceptions, museum marketing and policy, curation, as well as links between these museums and operational criminal justice agencies. Overall, the project contributes to studies of museums, material culture, penality, and tourism. Its most recent iteration is m3, a study of miltary museums in Manitoba.
http://www.uwinnipeg.ca/csrg/projects/Carceral%20Cultures.html
Alternative Kinship Alternative Kinship is a research project led by Dr. Jenny Heijun Wills, CSRG member, associate professor in the Department of English, and director of the Critical Race Network@UW, alongside Dr. Jennifer Kwon Dobbs, associate professor of English and program director of Race and Ethnic Studies at St. Olaf College, and Joshua Whitehead, a Ph.D. Candidate in Creative Writing at the University of Calgary and alumnus of UW’s cultural studies M.A. program. Alternative Kinship examines the role(s) of cultural production in the service of representing other subjects’ experiences of often post-biological family-building in concert with discourses on adoption. The project ponders the popularity of autocritical methods when used in literature and film as well as visual and performing arts to narrate experiences of adoption, fostering, surrogacy, and reproductive donorship in light of three broad categories: alternative kinship, assisted kinship, and imagined kinship. The autocritical, in many ways, acts as a bridge between the creative and the critical, the affective and the theoretical. We wonder what is gained and what is compromised by the ongoing link between post-biological kinships and autocritical modes of representation. One goal for this project is the production of an autocritical gallery featuring original essays and creative works analyzing and staging the post-biological. This print collection will be complemented by an online component consisting of additional contributions that focus on pedagogy and non-textual modes of expression.
https://www.uwinnipeg.ca/csrg/projects/alternative-kinship.html
11
Appendix 3: Caring for Difficult Knowledge workshop (September 27-29, 2013)
WORKSHOP INVITATION/CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
Caring for Difficult Knowledge: Prospects for the Canadian Museum for Human Rights an invitational workshop hosted by the University of Winnipeg Cultural Studies Research Group at the University of Winnipeg September 27-29, 2013
In their introduction to Curating Difficult Knowledge, Erica Lehrer and Cynthia Milton reflect on the term “curate” – originally meaning “to care for” – and its significance in the context of spaces dedicated to public engagements with traumatic histories and violent pasts, such as museums, memorial sites and heritage tours. They ask, what does it mean to care for difficult knowledge in these spaces? What curatorial practices or approaches are suited to this kind of care-taking? In turn, educational theorists Alice Pitt and Deborah Britzman use the phrase “difficult knowledge” to describe secondhand encounters with traumatic histories (via narratives or other re-presentations) that, due to their sheer affective force, unsettle our fundamental frameworks for making sense of ourselves and the world around us. They argue that what is difficult about difficult knowledge in these instances is not merely the terrible fact(s) of what happened in the past, but the problem of what to do with such knowledge in the present, precisely when it triggers our fears, confusion, aggression and/or hopelessness, bringing us up against the limits of what we are willing and able to understand. The problem of caring for difficult knowledge, then, is a problem for curators and educators alike: How do we encourage learning from traumatic histories and violent pasts when this learning threatens to undo our sense of certainty over the stories of our lives and the lives of others? How might we stay open to the unsettlings of difficult knowledge, and what becomes pedagogically possible when we do? The forthcoming Canadian Museum for Human Rights (CMHR) being built in Winnipeg, the city where we work and live, is indeed a space dedicated to public engagements with traumatic histories and violent pasts. As such, we might also imagine this museum as being charged with the task of caring for, or curating, difficult knowledge. We, the University of Winnipeg’s Cultural Studies Working Group, are inviting curators, museum educators, scholars, and past and present graduate students from our MA Program in Cultural Studies and Curatorial Practices to participate in a workshop to explore the notion of caring for difficult knowledge in relation to the prospects for the CMHR. Possible themes/inquiries for presentations may include:
• How might thinking through the CMHR as a site of difficult knowledge inform or generatively shift the current debates surrounding the museum?
• How have various communities and members of the public already anticipated the CMHR as a site of difficult knowledge? How has the CMHR already anticipated itself as a site of difficult knowledge, or responded to this kind of public attention?
12 2
• How might caring for difficult knowledge be enacted (or limited) by the museum’s curatorial approaches, exhibition design, educational programming, use of technology, public relations strategies, community engagements, or governance? What are the institutional challenges to caring for difficult knowledge faced by curators and other staff at the CMHR?
• How might caring for difficult knowledge be reflected in or limited by expressions such as, for example, the museum’s architecture, including the “discursive environment” constituted by its surrounding signage and billboard campaigns?
• What might be the role of museum-goers or “the public” in caring for difficult knowledge at/in relation to the CMHR? How might considering this question require a rethinking of dominant cultural conceptions of “the public”?
• How might university educators, cultural studies scholars, artists or other cultural workers be uniquely positioned to help care for difficult knowledge in relation to the work of the CMHR, or in relation to publics and counterpublics as they form alongside the museum and contribute to discourses on human rights?
You are invited to submit a proposed presentation including a title and abstract (250-300 words) relevant to the themes/inquiries outlined above, along with a short bio, by Friday, May 31, 2013 to: Angela Failler (Research Group Leader): [email protected] Please also cc: Chris Campbell (Coordinator): [email protected]
Presenters/participants and a preliminary workshop itinerary will be confirmed shortly thereafter.
Confirmed keynote speakers:
Dr. Erica Lehrer is Associate Professor of History and Sociology/Anthropology, as well as Director of the Centre for Ethnographic Research and Exhibition in the Aftermath of Violence (CEREV) at Concordia University where she also holds a Canada Research Chair in Post- Conflict Memory, Ethnography, and Museology. Her research looks at cultural practices and products that attempt to apprehend, represent, or come to terms with mass violence and its aftermath — from the stories told in theoretical and creative texts to films, monuments, exhibitions and the 'happenings' of everyday life. In addition to several published journal articles and book chapters, she is the co-editor of Curating Difficult Knowledge: Violent Pasts in Public Places (Palgrave MacMillan 2011) and author of Jewish Poland Revisited: Heritage Tourism in Unquiet Places (University of Indiana Press, forthcoming).
Dr. Rita Kaur Dhamoon teaches Political Science at the University of Victoria. Her current research program is grounded in critical race feminism, and includes a book project on Sikhs in Canada and nation-building; research on intersectionality and solidarity politics between people of colour and Indigenous people; an intersectional analysis of the Canadian Museum of Human Rights with Dr. Olena Hankivsky (SFU); research, as a collaborator, in a SSHRC Research- Creation grant for ‘Project Barca: New Architectures of Memory & Identity’ which brings
11 13 3 together intersectionality politics and performance studies; and a collaborative project that explores how students learn and how instructors teach ‘difficult’ topics on race and racism. Along with several published journal articles, book chapters, and co-edited collections, she is the author of a book called Identity/Difference Politics (UBC Press 2009).
Dr. Olena Hankivsky is Director of the Institute for Intersectionality Research and Policy at Simon Fraser University and is a Canadian Institutes of Health Research Gender and Health Research Chair and a Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Senior Scholar. She is editor of the recently published Health Inequities in Canada: Intersectional Frameworks and Practices (2011, UBC Press), and co-editor of Women's Health in Canada: Critical Perspectives on Theory and Policy (2007, University of Toronto Press) and Gender, Politics and the State in Ukraine (2012, University of Toronto Press). She is also the author of Social Policy and the Ethic of Care (2004, University of British Columbia Press) and co-author of The Dome of Silence: Sexual Harassment and Abuse in Sport (2000, Fernwood & Zed Publications). With Dr. Rita Kaur Dhamoon (University of Victoria) she is conducting an intersectional analysis of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights.
Who we are: The Cultural Studies Research Group at the University of Winnipeg (UW) is an interdisciplinary group of scholars from across the Social Sciences and Humanities. The Group is led by Dr. Angela Failler, Chancellor’s Research Chair and Chair of the Department of Women’s and Gender Studies, and is supported by the UW’s Research Office, the Chancellor, the President, the Vice-President Academic and the Vice-President Research and International. The Cultural Studies Research Group also supports and is supported by the UW’s MA program in Cultural Studies.
WORKS CITED AND RECOMMENDED READINGS
Lehrer, Erica, Cynthia E. Milton, and Monica Eileen Patterson. Curating Difficult Knowledge: Violent Pasts in Public Places. Houndmills (UK): Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Pitt, Alice, and Deborah Britzman. “Speculations on qualities of difficult knowledge in teaching and learning: an experiment in psychoanalytic research.” International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education 16.6 (2003): 755-76.
Simon, Roger I. “A Shock to Thought: Curatorial Judgment and the Public Exhibition of ‘Difficult Knowledge.’” Memory Studies 4.4 (2011): 432-49. 14 Appendix 4: Museum Openings workshop (September 19-21, 2014)
Museum Openings: Caring for Difficult Knowledge Within and Beyond the Canadian Museum for Human Rights
An invitational workshop hosted by The University of Winnipeg’s Cultural Studies Research Group September 19–21, 2014 Winnipeg, Manitoba
INVITATION / CALL FOR ABSTRACTS !
The Canadian Museum for Human Rights (CMHR) is “poised to inspire,” according to its recently released 2012–2013 annual report.1 As the museum’s pre-inaugural days count down, anticipation builds. What influence will the museum’s opening have on human rights discourse and contemporary museology? How will it represent and respond to cultural heritage and public memory/history debates? What impact will the museum have on local communities, and at the national and international level?
The University of Winnipeg’s Cultural Studies Research Group (CSRG) invites you to Museum Openings, a two and a half day workshop to be held at the University of Winnipeg, including a field trip to the CMHR on its opening day, Saturday, September 20, 2014. The workshop will provide an opportunity for researchers, curators, educators and students to reflect on the significance of the museum’s opening and, together, to imagine how the debates, controversies and energies surrounding the CMHR might inspire new museological approaches, and open conversations in other contexts.
This workshop builds upon momentum created by last year’s CSRG workshop, Caring for Difficult Knowledge: Prospects for the Canadian Museum for Human Rights. We continue to be interested in how thinking through the CMHR as a site of “difficult knowledge”2 may help generate new concepts and terms of engagement for learning from difficult pasts – including histories of human rights abuses – within current practices of art, curation, education, activism and research.
This year’s workshop will also serve as the official launch of a new research partnership linking UW’s Cultural Studies Research Group (CSRG) and Concordia University’s Centre for Ethnographic Research and Exhibition in the Aftermath of Violence (CEREV). A companion workshop is planned for early 2015 at CEREV/Concordia University in Montréal.
15
Possible themes/inquiries for workshop presentations and discussion include:
• HUMAN RIGHTS MUSEOLOGY: What is a “human rights museology,”3 and what are the possibilities and limitations of such a framing for learning from legacies of violence, past and present?
• MUSEUMS IN DIALOGUE: How might the challenges and potentialities of the CMHR be understood in comparison with other museums, cultural heritage sites, or memorial projects (and their curatorial practices, governance structures, architectural designs, or pedagogies of remembrance)?
• CURATING DIFFICULT KNOWLEDGE: What can we learn from the CMHR’s inaugural exhibits, programming, architectural design and outdoor “discursive environment” (e.g. signage) about how the “difficult knowledge” surrounding human rights might be cared for within museum contexts and beyond?
• THE LOCAL AND THE NATIONAL: The CMHR is the first national museum in Canada to be built outside of Ottawa, the nation’s capital. What is the impact and significance of locating the museum in Winnipeg? How might the views from here (of the museum, or of “human rights”) be distinct from those of elsewhere?
• LAYERS OF PLACE: The CMHR is located on Treaty 1 Territory, a historic meeting place where the Assiniboine River and the Red River converge, an area also known as “The Forks,” currently dedicated to recreation, tourism, commercial and cultural venues. What does this situation (situatedness) mean for the museum, and what does the museum mean for this situation?
• ART & ACTIVISM: How might researchers, activists, artists or other cultural workers be uniquely positioned to help care for difficult knowledge in relation to the work of the CMHR, or in relation to publics and counterpublics as they form alongside the museum and contribute to discourses on human rights? How might “curatorial dreaming” (critics imagining exhibitions)4 be a form of such care?
• AFFECT & ANTICIPATION: How might we assess the affective life of the CMHR and its publics in anticipation of the museum’s inaugural moment? How do particular structures of feeling shape the museum’s capacity to serve as a meaningful site of cultural production, pedagogical encounter, and public exchange?
• NEW TERMS OF ENGAGEMENT: How might thinking through the CMHR as a site of “difficult knowledge” help generate new concepts and terms of engagement for learning from difficult pasts – including histories of human rights abuses – within current practices of art, curation, education, activism, and research? 16
You are invited to submit a presentation proposal including a title and brief abstract (100–150 words) relevant but not limited to the themes/inquiries outlined above, along with a short bio including your program and institutional affiliations, areas of research, and relevant publications or other contributions, by Friday, March 14, 2014 to:
Kimberley Moore (CSRG Project Coordinator): [email protected] Please also cc: Angela Failler (CSRG Project Leader): [email protected]
Presenters/participants, keynote speakers and a preliminary workshop itinerary will be confirmed shortly thereafter.
Who we are: The Cultural Studies Research Group (CSRG) is an interdisciplinary group of scholars from across the Social Sciences and Humanities at the University of Winnipeg. The Group is currently led by Dr. Angela Failler, Chancellor’s Research Chair and Chair of the Department of Women’s and Gender Studies, and is supported by the UW’s Research Office, the Chancellor, the President, the Vice-President Academic and the Vice-President Research and International. The CSRG also supports and is supported by the UW’s MA programs in Cultural Studies and Curatorial Practices.
References !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 1 Canadian Museum for Human Rights. POISED: Canadian Museum for Human Rights Annual Report 2012–2013. Printed in Canada, November 1, 2013.
2 On “difficult knowledge” see: Alice Pitt and Deborah Britzman’s “Speculations on qualities of difficult knowledge in teaching and learning: an experiment in psychoanalytic research.” International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education 16.6 (2003): 755–76; also, Roger I. Simon’s “A Shock to Thought: Curatorial Judgment and the Public Exhibition of ‘Difficult Knowledge.’” Memory Studies 4.4 (2011): 432–49; also, Erica Lehrer, Cynthia E. Milton, and Monica Eileen Patterson’s Curating Difficult Knowledge: Violent Pasts in Public Places. Houndmills (UK): Palgrave Macmillan, 2011; also Roger I. Simon and Angela Failler’s “Curatorial Practice and Learning from Difficult Knowledge.” The Idea of a Human Rights Museum, Eds. Busby, K., Mueller, A. and Woolford, A. (University of Manitoba Press, forthcoming).
3 On “human rights museology” see Jennifer Carter and Jennifer Orange’s “Contentious Terrain: Defining a Human Rights Museology.” Museum Management and Curatorship 27:2 (2012): 111–127.
4 “Curatorial dreaming” here is in reference to a forthcoming book by Shelley Ruth Butler and Erica Lehrer (Eds), Curatorial Dreams: Critics Imagine Exhibitions.
17
Appendix 5: Blog Writing Workshop (2014)
The CSRG hosted a blog writing workshop on Friday, September 12, 2014 facilitated by Jen Clary-Lemon and Tracy Whalen. The workshop provided researchers with a theoretical and practical overview of blog writing in anticipation of the Museum Openings workshop, which we hope will produce blog writing as a means of research dissemination. The workshop included a discussion of blog types and features, as well as critical perspectives on blog writing. It also feature a Skyped-in presentation by Dr. Derek Mueller of Eastern Michigan University, who shared his expertise with personal, professional, and collaborative blogging.
18
Appendix 6: Caring for Difficult Knowledge: Prospects for the Canadian Museum for Human Rights (2015, special double issue excerpt)
19