Past Events

Wednesday, 05 January 2022 | 8:30-10:00 PM IST | 10:00-11:30 AM EST The India 2047 series commemorates 75 years of India's independence.

An Integrated Health Review: Improving Health Access for International Students Dr. Shivajan Sivapalan, M.D., C.C.F.P Campus Clinic Physician for the Campus Health and Wellness Centre for Durham College and Ontario Tech University Director of Clinical Operations at SAAAC Autism Centre

Tuesday, 23 November 2021, 8:30-10:00 PM IST / 10:00-11:30 AM EST This session will lay out a vision for a just, sustainable, and inclusive India in 2047. Speakers will reflect on the journey in the next 25 years towards that vision examining the economy, agriculture and rural development, and the pressing challenges of poverty, inequality, and unemployment. Part of the India 2047 Speaker Series.

The Principles and Practices of Critical Community Engaged Scholarship Mavis Morton, Associate Professor and Associate Chair, Department of Sociology & Anthropology, University of Guelph This webinar will identify the difference between community engaged scholarship (CES) and critical community engaged scholarship (CCES). It will highlight the principles guiding critical and community engaged scholarship and it will identify practical ways in which these guiding principles can be implemented and evaluated by community university partners (CUPs).

Documenting the Stories of Young Girls in Poverty: Bangla Surf Girls Presentation by Lalita Krishna, Producer, In Sync Media Abstract:

A case study of learning in a community-based organization in rural Bihar Elisa Cooper, MSc. in Capacity Development and Extension, University of Guelph Abstract: India is home to thousands of small organizations contributing to community development. Learning is crucial for their efforts to foster change in complex environments with limited financial and human resources. This webinar shares findings from a study on the dynamics of learning within a community-based organization operating in Bihar, India.

Jeji Varghese, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology & Anthropology, University of Guelph One of the many challenges of CETL is ensuring rigour while training students in both applying research methods and the principles of CES. The speaker will outline both qualitative research design and pedagogical strategies tried over the years, mainly in teaching a large 12-week long qualitative methods course where students conduct research addressing community-identified priorities in collaborative research teams.

Changing Hearts & Minds: Talking to the Skeptical Indian Public about GMOs and Gene-Edited Food Speaker: Channa Prakash, Dean, College of Arts & Sciences, Tuskegee University, USA

Speaker: Dr. Sugandha Nagpal, Assistant Professor, Jindal School of International Affairs, O.P. Jindal Global University

Continuity and Change in 21st Century India Organised around a series of key questions about India’s economy, politics and society, John Harriss, Craig Jeffrey and Trent Brown’s new book explores the changes that have taken place in India since the election of the BJP governments led by Narendra Modi in 2014, in a longer historical context. Speakers/Authors: John Harriss, Professor Emeritus, Simon Fraser University Craig Jeffrey, Professor of Geography, University of Melbourne