Calls for Submissions

Call for Papers: 2010 Institute of the Section on Women and Psychology (SWAP)

You are invited to submit an abstract for review for the 2010 Institute of the Section on Women and Psychology (SWAP), Co-sponsored by: the Aboriginal Psychology Section and the Rural and Northern Psychology Section. The theme of the preconference institute is: Mental, Spiritual and Emotional Health of Aboriginal Peoples and other Diverse Populations: Theory, Research and Practice and the event will be held June 2, 2010 at the Delta Winnipeg Hotel, Winnipeg, Manitoba. Click here for more information (PDF). Submit your abstract via email to allison.reeves@utoronto.ca. Deadline for submissions: February 1, 2010.

Call for Papers: Women and Cancer

Alarmingly high rates of cancer are affecting women in Canada today, across all social, economic, and geographic boundaries. This cancer epidemic has generated a wealth of feminist and non-feminist discourses that have an impact on the lives of all women, not only survivors. Critical engagement with these discourses, as well as an examination of the material realities of cancer, are both timely and necessary. CWS/cf's Winter/Spring 2010 issue will provide a space for a more complex and nuanced feminist analysis and critique of the lived experiences and discursive constructions of cancer, drawing on its social, political, cultural, ecological, and personal dimensions. Both academic and creative submissions, especially from people whose lives have been changed by cancer, are encouraged. Invited are essays, research reports, true stories, poetry, drawings, art, and other works that illuminate these issues. Articles should be typed, double-spaced, and a maximum of 12 pages long (3000 words). A short (50-word) abstract of the article and a brief biographical note must accompany each submission. Deadine for submissions: February 15, 2010
Canadian Woman Studies/les cahiers de la femme
210 Founders, York University, 4700 Keele St. Toronto, ON M3J 1P3
Telephone: (416) 736-5356 Fax: (416) 736-5765   E-mail: cwscf@yorku.ca'

New Training Opportunities

Master of Arts in Community Development, University of Victoria

The School of Public Administration at the University of Victoria has developed a MA in Community Development (MACD). The program begins May 2010. For more information, click here to visit the website.

Job Postings

Neurodevelopmental Specialist: National Core for Neuroethics

The National Core for Neuroethics is seeking a Postdoctoral or Masters
level researcher to join our vibrant team at the University of British
Columbia, in Vancouver, Canada, and help lead a new initiative at the
interface of ethics and neuroscience, with a focus on neurodevelopmental
disorders: Cerebral Palsy, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder and Autism
Spectrum Disorder. The position will be in collaboration with the new
National Centre for Excellence "NeuroDevNet" at UBC
(http://www.neurodevnet.ca/) and the IRCM (http://www.ircm.qc.ca/en) in
Montreal. For more information, or to apply, please contact Ms. Altaira Northe at altaira.northe@ubc.ca.