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CIRCLE Has a New Director

Dr. Guneet Kaur, a professor at the School of Engineering, University of Guelph, is appointed as CIRCLE’s director for a three-year term, effective May 1, 2025.

International Conference on Democracy and Its Undoing: South Asia and Its Polities

International Conference on Democracy and Its Undoing: South Asia and Its Polities

March 20-21, 2025 | Organised by the Department of Political Science, Easwari School of Liberal Arts, SRM University- AP (Andhra Pradesh) | More information here

Dr. Kurt Annen, Professor of Economics at University of Guelph, will be delivering a keynote address titled, "Democracies over time: A global perspective".

Please see the attached file for the conference schedule. 

Call for Graduate Student Steering Committee Members

CIRCLE is seeking two (2) graduate student representatives to join its Steering Committee for a duration of 2 years, with the possibility of renewal for an additional term. The Steering Committee advises and oversees the programmatic aspects of CIRCLE (more details below) and meets once in a term. Being part of the SC requires a commitment of about 3-4 hours in a term involving attending meetings and providing input via emails. Visit our website to learn more about CIRCLE. 

New Publication: Becoming A Young Farmer: Young People’s Pathways Into Farming: Canada, China, India and Indonesia

Professor Sharada Srinivasan (Canada Research Chair in Gender, Justice and Development; Department of Sociology & Anthropology) is the editor of Becoming A Young Farmer: Young People’s Pathways Into Farming: Canada, China, India and IndonesiaThe book is based on international collaborative research in Canada, China, India and Indonesia, is open access and available now! It is part of the book series "Rethinking Rural" (Palgrave Macmillan).

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