Past Events

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

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The talk will explore the ways in which interactive fiction and gaming can be utilized to explore colonial legacies, break down barriers, and delve into individual identity, moving towards reconciliation. There will be a particular focus on how interactive fiction can study colonial power structures, as a way of contemporary political protest.   SPEAKER: Dhruv Jani, Studio Oleomingus 

The State of the Cities Report: India, "to be released in March 2021" will bring together empirical findings on the complex and historic nature of the country's urban transition. The report focuses on the demographic, economic and infrastructural characteristics of India's urbanization and aggregates data at the state level, with a view to addressing a key question: how urban is contemporary India? The event bring together several researchers from India, North America and Europe to discuss the Report's findings.