This year’s conference seeks to encourage interdisciplinary engagement with a new generation of continental and diasporic Africans confronting questions such as: How are global and intra-continental migration patterns impacting the continent and its diasporas? How have the rise of New Nationalisms and a global politics of fear shaped the migrant experience? What does the securitization and militarization of the border mean for fabricated national boundaries on the continent? In a time of increasing consequences of climate change, terrorist regimes, and refugees flow, how do we realize a vision of mobility as a human right?

When: October 14th 9:00am-4:00pm

Where: Multimedia Lab on the 4th floor of Macodrum Library

Theme: Migrations and Human Rights in Africa and the Diaspora: Vulnerability, Social
Justice, and New Nationalisms

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Okey Ndibe, author of Foreign Gods Inc., Arrows of Rain and Never Look an American in the Eye

Admission is free and guests can register here

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Okey Ndibe is the author of the novels Never look an American in the eye: A Memoir of flying turtles, colonial ghost, and the making of a NIgerian American, Foreign Gods, Inc. and Arrows of Rain, and co-editor (with Zimbabwean writer Chenjerai Hove) of Writers Writing on Conflicts and Wars in Africa.

When: October 13th 6:00pm-9:00pm

Where: Octopus Books

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With Dale McKinley, Writer, Anthropology and Development Studies, University of Johannesburg
Dale T. McKinley is an independent writer, researcher and lecturer as well as political activist. Born and raised in Zimbabwe, he has been based in Johannesburg since 1991. Dale is a long-time political activist and has been involved in social movement, community and political struggles for over three decades. He holds a PhD. in Political Economy/African Studies from the University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill), USA.

When: October 18, 2017 at 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM

Where: Discovery Center 482 MacOdrum Library

Cost: Free

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A Multidisciplinary Academic Colloquium

When: October 14th 9:00am-5:00pm

Where: 2017 Dunton Tower

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The recent protests at South African universities (also called the #campaigns) catapulted two concepts, that of colonialism and intersectionality, into academic debate. Women students, drawing on the slogan “my feminism will be intersectional or it will be bullshit” call themselves “radical, intersectional, African feminists”. During the protests this was a type of “in your face” feminism, an embrace of a radical feminist stance that was rare with an older generation of black feminists in South Africa. This moment provided a distinct ontological break with past enunciations of feminism among African women. This paper attempts an analysis of the students’ understanding of intersectionality as interlocking identities in a matrix of domination as well as that of experience.

This lecture is part of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology Colloquium series.

When: October 19th 2:30pm-4:30pm

Where: A720 Loeb Building

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Formed in a basement in Ontario, Canada, in late 2012, BLAKDENIM blends genres like no Canadian act today. The group fuses hip-hop, funk, rock and soul with lyrical content that ranges from identity issues to daily issues, like picking yourself up after a bad day, perseverance, self-esteem and hope.

When: Friday Oct 06, 08:30 PM

Where: National Arts Centre / Centre national des Arts Ottawa, ON

Tickets are $15 Here

Africa live Canada in collaboration with Nigerian Canadian association Ottawa, Nigerian Carleton student association and Nigerian Ottawa Student association proudly present:

Nigerian 57th Independence Gala

RED CARPET EVENT. FRIDAY OCTOBER 6TH, 2017.
SPECIAL GUEST BASKET MOUTH READY TO CRACK YOUR RIBS AND LIVE PERFORMANCE FROM THE TALENTED NIGERIAN SUPER STAR SINGER KCEE (FIVE STAR GENERAL)

When: Friday October 6th

Doors open at 6:30, show starts at 7:30

Where: Ukrainian Hall 1000 Byron Avenue

Children under 12yrs ticket: $30 limited

Student ticket:$50 limited!

Adult ticket: $60

VIP ticket includes: Seat on table, line by pass, coffee and tea, Host at table, front of stage, meet & greet with basket mouth and KCEE: $80 early bird and $100 regular.

All tickets comes with Food.
Jollof rice, fried plantain, Bbq chicken, fried chicken and many more.

Suya will be sold at this event

The 57th Nigerian Independence Day Celebration Planning Committee 2017 is pleased to announce and invite all Nigerians, Frieands of Nigerians and other African brothers and sisters to its annual Nigeria Independence Day Celebration on Friday, October, 2017.

The aim of the celebration is to bring together the diverse Nigerian-Canadian community in the valley to celebrate the diverse and rich Nigerian cultures and ethnicities. This will benefit of our children and give us the opportunity to socialize with the friends of Nigeria, and other Africa Countires. The celebration will include Banquet Dinner at the above stated address with lots of Nigerian food, Drinks, entertainment, and traditional dances.

we are appealing and soliciting your help to make this year’s celebration a grand success. We would like to enlist your support as a donor or sponsor. We would always appreciate your assistance, moral support, financial, donation in kind, and or otherwise, for this annual event. With your sponsorship we intent to post all your products in the event hall, coupled with an entrance table and have your banner with a table.

More details and tickets are available here

Please come with family and friends and join us at our Annual Ugandan Independence Gala to be held on 8th October, 2017.

A ticket gets you Food, Entertainment, Ruffle prize and Dancing till 2am!

There will also be an appearance from Mesach Semakula, our special guest this year!!

When: October 8th, 2017 7pm – 2am
Where: 825 Canterbury Avenue

FAMILY AND FRIENDS ARE ALL WELCOME!

TICKETS: Adults – $40
Youth – $20
Children – Free.

Please feel free to contact our Facebook page, 613-662-9721 or 613-863-9394 for your tickets or more information!!

We are seeking to recruit two post-doctoral fellows to join the Migration and Health Project Southern Africa (maHp) – a research project at the African Centre for Migration & Society (ACMS), Wits University.

1 x Post-doctoral fellowship: Migration and Health Project Southern Africa (maHp)
Involving a series of unique research and public engagement projects maHp aims to explore (and evaluate) ways to generate and communicate knowledge in order to improve responses to migration, health and wellbeing in the SADC region. Multiple disciplinary perspectives, mixed method approaches, and the involvement of various stakeholders – including migrants themselves – are central. Central areas of investigation link to issues of public health responses to migration; migration, labour and health; migration and health policy making; gender, health, sexuality and migration. Starting in February 2018 (negotiable), the successful applicant will join an interdisciplinary team of scholars exploring health and migration in southern Africa. With a home base in Johannesburg, post-doctoral fellows are encouraged to develop and participate in projects across the region.

1 x Post-doctoral fellowship: MOVE (method:visual:explore)
A key focus area within maHp is the development of visual and other involved methodologies to research the lived experiences of migrants in southern Africa. The MoVE project aims to integrate social action with research, and involves collaboration with migrant participants, existing social movements, qualified facilitators and trainers, and research students engaged in participatory research methods. This work includes the study and use of visual methods – including photography, narrative writing, participatory theatre, collage – and other visual and narrative approaches in the process of producing, analysing, and disseminating research data. These approaches to research facilitate story-telling and self-study, incorporating various auto ethnographic approaches. Central areas of investigation link to issues of social justice in relation to migration, with a specific focus on sexuality, gender, health, and policy. Starting in February 2018 (negotiable), the successful applicant will join an interdisciplinary team of scholars exploring knowledge production, research methodologies and ethics in relation to health and migration in southern Africa. With a home base in Johannesburg, post-doctoral fellows are encouraged to develop and participate in projects across the region.

Essential qualifications and experience: A PhD in a Migration & Displacement or an associated discipline; experience in developing and implementing health and migration research in southern Africa; competency in more than one regional language would be desirable. For the MoVE fellowship, experience in designing and implementing arts-based and/or visual methodologies in relation to migration and health in southern Africa is essential.

Timeframe: one year with possibility for renewal dependent on performance and availability of funding.

Remuneration: ZAR 220,000 per year, plus Wits medical aid and ZAR 10,000 research funding.

Application process: Please submit an application to Jo Vearey (jovearey@gmail.com) by Friday 13^th October 2017.  Only short-listed applicants will be contacted and invited for interview in early November 2017.  Anticipated start-date:  1^st February 2018 (negotiable).

Applications should include:

• full CV
• cover letter outlining your reasons for applying for the position
• academic writing example
• overview of experience working on migration and health in southern Africa
• [for the MoVE fellowship] evidence of involvement in design and delivery of arts-based and/or visual research projects in southern Africa
• details of two referees

For further information email jovearey@gmail.com.

Proceeds to the Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign, Stephen Lewis Foundation

When: Saturday, October 14th at 7:30 pm

Where: Centretown United Church 507 Bank St. (just North of the Queensway) 613-232-9854

Featuring Big Soul Project with Deep Groove Band Directed by Roxanne Goodman with guest artist Coco Love Alcorn

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Fatima El-Issawi, a senior lecturer in Journalism at the University of Essex, will visit Carleton University on Tuesday, Oct. 17 to talk about her research on the relationship between Arab traditional national media and the political sphere within the context of the political change in the Arab world enabled by recent popular uprisings. The research generated original empirical data from journalists and media stakeholders in five countries in North Africa (Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Morocco and Algeria) on the intricate link between news media and politics in a transition to a democratic rule. Her book, Arab National Media and Political Change details journalists’ perceptions of their role as watchdogs of democracy in the Arab uprisings. You can hear Fatima El-Issawi at an event being hosted by the School of Journalism and Communication.

When: Tuesday, Oct. 17 at 7 p.m.
Where: Reader’s Digest Resource Centre, Rm 4400 Richcraft Hall

Please register online here

Nearly forty years after he began one of music’s most remarkable careers, Johnny Clegg is embarking on his Final World Tour, titled The Final Journey. The tour will be built around Clegg’s unparalleled repertoire of songs which began with the release of Juluka’s Universal Men in 1979 and continued through the Savuka years and his more recent solo work.

Through his bands Juluka and Savuka, Clegg pioneered a uniquely South African hybrid music during a tie of cultural and racial segregation. His music always offered a vision of how South Africans could find each other and the possibilities of non-racial future.

Johnny Clegg : The Final Journey World Tour represents the peak of a career that has combined near matchless music success with sustained – and significant – social, political and cultural impact.

When: October 19th 8:00pm

Where: Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier

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An event honouring those who have made a difference in our community as our nation celebrates 55 years of independence.

Guest Speaking will be Rev. Karen Redwood 6:00pm

When: Saturday October 21st

Where: St. Anthony Banquet Hall 523 St. Anthony St. Ottawa

Dinner will be serves at 7:00pm, four course sit-down dinner with wine.

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Bargains, treasures, fashion and fun!

Proceeds to the Stephen Lewis Foundation supporting African grandmothers & millions of children orphaned by HIV/AIDS

When: October 22nd 10:00am-3:00pm

Where: Aberdeen Pavilion, Lansdowne Park

• Women’s clothing & accessories

• Jewelry

• Children’s clothing & toys

• Books

• Crafts & gifts

• Christmas décor

• Treasures for your home

• Fabric

• And much, much more!

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Three brilliants novels investigate the ways that history shadows every moment and seek to illuminate how understanding how history informs the future. Join us for a taste of the new books and a conversation on lessons not yet learned.

Brother is the second novel from David Chariandy, whose debut, Soucouyant, was nominated for nearly every major literary prize in Canada. It explores questions of masculinity, family, race, and identity as they are played out in a Scarborough housing complex during the sweltering heat and simmering violence of the summer of 1991.

Strangers with the Same Dream by Alison Pick, the Man Booker Prize nominated author of Far to Go, whisks us back to 1921 Palestine, when a band of young Jewish pioneers, many escaping violence in their homelands, set out to realize a utopian dream: the founding of a kibbutz on a patch of land that will, twenty-five years later, become part of the State of Israel.

Scotiabank Giller prize-winner Linden MacIntyre is back with The Only Café a timely and gripping novel in which a son tries to solve the mystery of his father’s death–a man who tried but could not forget a troubled past in his native Lebanon.

Books available for purchase at every event: Proceeds support our free children’s literacy programs.

When: October 23rd 6:30pm

Where: Christ Church Cathedral • 414 Sparks St.

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Mr. Nola Kianza, President, and CEO of the Canadian Council on Africa will be a speaker at this event to represent its members.

Participants will benefit from a dynamic program that will bring together leading investors, firms and government ministers from across Africa and North America to discuss ways of increasing trade and investment.

Join us if you have an interest in the African & Canadian Private Sector, B2B & B2G Investment Advisers, Professionals (ICT, Finance, Energy, Power, Infrastructure, and Transport), Legal (Regulators & Associations), Enterprises (Transport, Power, Digital, Technology, Real Estate, Hospitality), African and Multinational Corporations, Global Private Sector and a general interest in doing business in African markets.

Partnership forum 2017 on doing business in Africa for Canadians

When: October 24 – 25 | 8:30am – 5:30pm
Where: The Verity Club, Toronto | Tickets from $185

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A panel discussion with Mariam Diallo (founder of the Malian NGO Femmes, Leadership et Développement durable), Ketty Nivyabandi (Nobel Women’s Institute) and Jane Parpart (Adjunct Professor at University of Ottawa and Carleton University) chaired by Marcia Burdette. The presentations will be in English; however, questions and comments in both languages are welcome.

When: October 25th 5:30pm-7:30pm

Where: University of Ottawa, Desmarais Building, Room 1110 (ground floor), Laurier Ave East

Bios:

Mariam Diallo Drame

Mariam Diallo Drame has ten years of experience in promoting youth leadership, gender equality, and the rights and well-being of women and children. She has a degree in political science from the Université de Montréal. Mariam was the Regional Sub-Saharan Africa Coordinator of the International Knowledge Network of Women in Politics (iKNOW Politics). She was also the President of the Association Femmes Leadership et Développement Durable (AFLED), which works towards the development of women and girls. She is engaged in advocating for climate justice and strengthening the resilience of African women. Mariam attended President Obama’s first Forum with young leaders in 2010. Mariam has a pan-African experience with the African Union as an Electoral Observer. She also co-authored Gender and Election, a manual published in Mali in 2013. Mariam is also a member of the UN Women Advisory Group, a recipient of the Medal of Merit, and a member of the Harvard Kennedy School of Government Women and Power Alumni.

Dr. Jane Parpart

Jane L. Parpart is emeritus professor at Dalhousie University in Development Studies, Gender and History as well as adjunct professor at the University of Ottawa in International Development and Global Studies and Carleton University in Sociology, African Studies and the Institute of Political Economy. Her PhD research in Zambia focused on labor relations and class formation on the Zambian Copperbelt mines. She soon added gender to her analysis, writing on gender in the copper mines as well as the role of gender in development projects and programs. She co-directed a CIDA project on women studies in Nigeria, based at Ibadan and Ife Universities. She was the Dalhousie University director for an Agriteam led CIDA project on women in Indonesia for five years as well. She co-directed, with Professor Pat Connelly, an IDRC funded summer institute on gender and development which brought women scholars, development experts and activists together from around the world. These activities inspired articles on women and empowerment, women and development as well as feminism, postmodernism and development. In the last fifteen years, she has been increasingly concerned with issues around gender inequality, masculinities and conflict, with a particular focus on Zimbabwe. She is currently writing on gender, silence and power in insecure sites and new approaches to women, peace and security.

Ketty Nivyabandi

Ketty Nivyabandi is a passionate advocate for social justice and human rights. She moved to Canada after she mobilized and led women marches for peace in her home country, Burundi, and was forced into exile in 2015 as a result of her activism. As a refugee, Ketty continues to raise awareness on ongoing human rights violations in her country, particularly against women. She has appeared before the Canadian House of Commons as a human rights defender, and in the international media on several occasions speaking on human rights, refugee issues, and the effects of conflict on women’s lives. She is a founding member of Burundi’s ‘Women Movement for Peace and Security’, a strong apolitical voice ensuring women have a front seat at the peacemaking table. As the media associate at Nobel Women’s initiative, she is responsible for amplifying the voices and feminist vision of the Nobel Laureates and grassroots women leaders from conflict areas to a broad range of media in North America and around the world. She is also a member of the dynamic “Women Peace and Security- Network” in Canada. Prior to joining Nobel Women’s Initiative, Ketty worked with the U.S State Department in Burundi managing the country’s “American Spaces” program, and as a communications specialist with the United Nations in Uganda. Ketty studied International Relations, is a former journalist and a published poet.

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The Wits Centre for Diversity Studies (WiCDS) will host an international conference on 5, 6 & 7 December at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg on the theme, Troubling Seasons of Hate.

Globally, it is becoming clear that we are in trouble. Humanity may be on the brink of repeating some of the most destructive and dehumanizing chapters of modern history as populist ethno-nationalism gains currency, working to overturn many of the gains made by anti-colonial, civil rights, feminist, disability and sexual minority rights movements. Expressions of violence and exclusion directed towards those constructed as racial, ethnic, religious, national, sexed/gendered ‘others’ are gaining a level of respectability as some political leaders and popular movements endorse inhumane and bigoted attitudes and behaviors against those regarded as non-normative. The dehumanizing effects of this rising tide of hatred are already reverberating throughout our societies, with severe consequences for the human dignity and safety of everyone, even those who deploy hate in the face of difference. While overt acts of violence directed at people because of perceived group belonging are often spectacularized in the media, we seek to understand the quotidian permissions that enable trans/homophobia, racism, misogyny and more to circulate and become diffused in society in the first place.

The fees for the conference are linked to the World by Income Index compiled annually by the World Bank. Registration fees per region will be posted on the website. A limited number of waivers of the registration fee are available for students (national and international).

All attendees are required to register via our conference website www.troublinghate.com. Registration opens on 11 September 2017 and closes on 17 November 2017. Students and staff of the University of the Witwatersrand who wish to attend should also register via the website.

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Applications are now being accepted through December 8, 2017 11:59 PM EST for the Fall 2017 competition of the Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Program (CADFP)

• Accredited universities in Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania and Uganda can submit a project request online to host a scholar.
• Scholars born in Africa, who live in the United States or Canada and work in an accredited college or university in either of those two countries, can apply online to be placed on a roster of available candidates for a fellowship. Scholars must hold a terminal degree in their field and may hold any academic rank.

Links to the African host institution project request application, scholar roster application and guidelines are posted on the CADFP website. Selection decisions will be made in March 2018; project visits can begin as early as May 1, 2018 and must be completed by August 31, 2019.

For more information, please register for one of the How to Apply Webinars on
Wednesday, October 4th from 8:30-9:30 AM EDT (3:30 PM EAT) and
Wednesday, October 18th from 2:00-3:00 PM EDT (9:00 PM EAT)
to learn more. After the webinars, we will post a recording on our YouTube Channel.

Fellows will spend a minimum of six months at the World Bank offices in Washington, D.C. or in field offices, getting hands-on experience in development work. This includes knowledge generation and dissemination, design of global and country policies, and the building of institutions to achieve inclusive growth in developing countries. While benefitting from research and innovation in multiple sectors, fellows will also work on research, economic policy, technical assistance, and lending operations that contribute to the World Bank goal of eliminating poverty and increasing shared prosperity.

This year, thanks to a generous contribution from the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID), there are 10 additional fellowship positions with a special focus on forced displacement. The 10 selected fellows will work on forced displacement research in the context of operations led by the World Bank Group (WBG) or the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, or the Middle East. For these additional 10 positions, candidates from refugee and internally displaced communities and/or with proven experience on forced displacement will be given a priority. Selected candidates with a strong interest in the area of forced displacement will work on research programs targeting refugees, internally displaced persons (IDPs), and host communities.

Fellows will be expected to complete a research project or prepare a research paper to present to staff. High-standard papers may be published internally. Specifically, selected participants will:

• Gain a better understanding of the World Bank Group’s mission and operations
• Access quality data for their research work
• Interact with seasoned experts in the field of development
• Contribute to the World Bank Group’s mission

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Since the end of the Second World War foreign aid has been substantially directed at disseminating a model of journalism practice and education aligned with the interests of donor nations. This one-day symposium will examine the contemporary and complex relationship between aid and journalism and the role of foreign aid/development assistance, along with the impact these processes have had on fostering independent national media sectors. It will bring together academics and practitioners (donors, NGOs, and journalists) to continue an ongoing conversation about issues and problems arising from the intersection between journalism, foreign aid, media development assistance, foreign investment in media, and how this has affected the development of a critical and independent media sector in Africa and Latin America.

Papers with a particular focus on these processes in a West African context or an African context are especially welcome. Papers from the symposium will be reviewed for consideration in one of two special issue journals; see details at ajn.leeds.ac.uk.

This is the last of three public meetings of the Development Assistance and independent journalism in Africa and Latin America: A cross-national and multidisciplinary research network project funded by the (UK) Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and Department for International Development (DFID) under the auspices of the Global Challenges Research Fund. The first symposium was held at the University of Leeds, in April 2017. The second was an IAMCR preconference held in July 2017 in Cartagena, Columbia. For further detail and information on our research programme, see ajn.leeds.ac.uk.

Questions for Consideration

We invite papers and presentations that will address (but are not limited to) the following questions:

• What has been the role of international development assistance in shaping journalistic approaches and practices in Africa/Latin America and what are the consequences?
• What has been the role of development assistance in shaping journalism education in Africa and Latin America?
• To what extent has international development assistance fostered or inhibited independent journalism in Africa/Latin America?
• What are the similarities and differences in the direct and indirect impacts on journalism of development assistance from the US, UK and other donors such as China?
• What are the continuities and discontinuities concerning the impact of development assistance on journalism practice and education in the post-Cold War era?
• What has been the impact of development assistance as compared with other foreign investment on African/Latin American media?
• How has international development assistance either directly or indirectly impacted the development of the media industry in Africa?
• How has international development assistance affecting journalism been perceived by journalists, politicians and the general public in the beneficiary countries?
• What interventions could be developed to counter any negative consequences of these traditions?

Convenors: Dr. Audrey Gadzekpo, School of Information and Communication Studies, University of Ghana; Dr. Jairo Lugo-Ocando & Dr. Chris Paterson, School of Media and Communication, University of Leeds; Dr. María Soledad Segura, Facultad de Ciencias de la Comunicación, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba; Professor Herman Wasserman, Centre for Film and Media Studies, University of Cape Town, South Africa; Dr. Cosette Castro, Director of the Postgraduate Program in Communication at the Catholic University of Brasilia (UCB).
Relevant research papers and reports on research in progress are invited for presentation to the symposium and will be considered for publication.
Please send a 300 word abstract by November 1, 2017 to Gadzekpo and Paterson at audreygadzekpo@gmail.com and c.paterson@leeds.ac.uk.
Invitations to attend will be issued by 15 November. There is no registration fee. A limited number of non-presenting delegates may be accommodated with prior registration; please email us to enquire.
Advice on travel and accommodation will be provided at ajn.leeds.ac.uk in November.

Position Rank: Full Time Tenure Stream – Assistant Professor
Discipline/Field: International Development Studies
Home Faculty: Liberal Arts & Professional Studies
Home Department/Area/Division: Social Science
Affiliation/Union: YUFA
Position Start Date: July 1, 2018

Posting End Date: November 1st, 2017

The Department of Social Science, Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, York University, invites applications for a tenure-stream position in International Development Studies at the rank of Assistant Professor to commence July 1, 2018. More information about the Department can be found at http://sosc.laps.yorku.ca/; information about the International Development Studies Program can be found at http://idst.sosc.laps.yorku.ca/; information about the MA program in Development Studies can be found at http://dvst.gradstudies.yorku.ca/.

The successful candidate will hold a PhD in a relevant social science discipline or interdisciplinary degree program related to the social sciences and must demonstrate excellence or promise of excellence in teaching, research, and publication. We are looking for a critical development studies scholar with expertise in the determinants, policies, interventions, and/or discourses of displacement in the Global South. Primary consideration will be given to scholars working on development-related dimensions of displacement and forced migration resulting from economic policies, trade and investment regimes, large-scale development projects, environmental degradation, climate change, extractive economic activities, conservation policies, preferably with expertise in issues of race/ethnicity, and/or gender in relation to displacement and development. Preference will be given to candidates focusing on one or more of the following regions: Africa, Asia, and the Middle East.

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