The Religion and Diversity Project 2013 Annual Team Meeting on the topic of "A Cultural Divide?" will be bringing together team members, student team members, post-doctoral fellows and selected guests.
Events for November 2013
Religion and Diversity Project Annual Team Meeting
Fri, November 01, 2013
Whose Religion?: Education about Religion in Public Schools Workshop
Mon, November 04, 2013
University of Ottawa, Ottawa
Our workshop, “Whose religion: Education about religion in public schools”, will be held at the University of Ottawa on November 4 – 6, 2013. The goal of this workshop is to examine the complex intersection of religion and education from a variety of theoretical and transnational perspectives. While there are unique features to the Canadian scene where education is a matter of provincial jurisdiction, the controversies in Canada have their parallels in other countries where the role of religion in education is also being contested by educators, policy makers, religious groups and parents. While it engages current ...
RDP Graduate Student Workshop Series 2, Session 1
Mon, November 04, 2013
Adam Dinham - Public Lecture
Mon, November 04, 2013
Location: University of Ottawa, Simard Hall, Room 125
Time: 4pm-5:30pm
Title: Religious Literacy Recovered: Talking Well About Religion After a Century of Secularism
Abstract: This talk will examine a context of public anxiety and ambivalence about faith as revealed in public policies and their related professional practices. Taking first of all the higher education sector in Britain as emblematic of wider concerns about religious faith and its place in the public sphere, the growing range of religiously-orientated policy demands on higher education institutions in the UK will be considered, along with the responses universities make to them. Specifically, four ...
Whose Religion?: Education about Religion in Public Schools Workshop
Tue, November 05, 2013
University of Ottawa, Ottawa
Our workshop, “Whose religion: Education about religion in public schools”, will be held at the University of Ottawa on November 4 – 6, 2013. The goal of this workshop is to examine the complex intersection of religion and education from a variety of theoretical and transnational perspectives. While there are unique features to the Canadian scene where education is a matter of provincial jurisdiction, the controversies in Canada have their parallels in other countries where the role of religion in education is also being contested by educators, policy makers, religious groups and parents. While it engages current ...
Graduate Student Workshop Series 2, Session 1
Tue, November 05, 2013
Whose Religion?: Education about Religion in Public Schools Workshop
Wed, November 06, 2013
University of Ottawa, Ottawa
Our workshop, “Whose religion: Education about religion in public schools”, will be held at the University of Ottawa on November 4 – 6, 2013. The goal of this workshop is to examine the complex intersection of religion and education from a variety of theoretical and transnational perspectives. While there are unique features to the Canadian scene where education is a matter of provincial jurisdiction, the controversies in Canada have their parallels in other countries where the role of religion in education is also being contested by educators, policy makers, religious groups and parents. While it engages current ...
Media Democracy Days
Fri, November 08, 2013
MDD is designed to raise awareness of media democracy, and to provide a networking opportunity for the local alternative media community, interested activists, and academics. Registration is FREE.
Media Democracy Days is a small non-profit progressive organization that offers free events to the public. We will be accepting donations on the day of the event so that we can improve the audience experience in years to come. MDD Ottawa is co-sponsored by the Ottawa Multicultural Media Initiative, Diversity and Equity Research Group (DERG), the University of Ottawa’s School of Information Studies , and Carelton University’s School of Journalism and ...
Media Democracy Days
Sat, November 09, 2013
MDD is designed to raise awareness of media democracy, and to provide a networking opportunity for the local alternative media community, interested activists, and academics. Registration is FREE.
Media Democracy Days is a small non-profit progressive organization that offers free events to the public. We will be accepting donations on the day of the event so that we can improve the audience experience in years to come. MDD Ottawa is co-sponsored by the Ottawa Multicultural Media Initiative, Diversity and Equity Research Group (DERG), the University of Ottawa’s School of Information Studies , and Carelton University’s School of Journalism and ...
Série de conférences religion et sphère publique-Howard Kislowicz
Mon, November 11, 2013
Location: Salon François-Chevrette - Faculté de Droit (3101 Chemin de la Tour), Université de Montréal
Time: 4:30pm
Title: Faithful Translations? Cross-Cultural Communication in Religious Freedom Litigation
Le professeur Kislowicz nous présentera les résultats de sa recherche à propos de trois cas légaux liés à la liberté de religion ayant été entendus par la Cour Suprême du Canada. L’objectif de cette investigation est le développement de critères pouvant être utilisés pour mesurer l’efficacité du dialogue interculturel, qui seront utiles à la gestion de cas semblables dans le futur.
Howard Kislowicz est professeur adjoint à la Faculté de droit de ...
Laboratoire de recherche empirique des groupes religieux-Jean-guy Nadeau
Wed, November 20, 2013
Location/lieu: Local 4030 – Faculté de théologie et de sciences des religions (Pavillon D’Youville, 2375, chemin de la Côte-Ste-Catherine, 4ème étage)
Time/heure: 11:30am to 1pm/11h30 à 13h00
Title/titre: Enquêter auprès de victimes d'abus sexuels: défis méthodologiques
Le professeur Nadeau est co-auteur de l’ouvrage Autrement que victimes. Dieu, enfer et résistance chez les victimes (Novalis 2012). Lors de sa présentation, il nous exposera les principaux défis méthodologiques soulevées par cette épineuse mais nécessaire recherche explorant les liens entre agression sexuelle, religion et soumission.
Un lunch sera servi, prière de confirmer votre présence au plus ...
Cycle de conférences - SoDRUS - Barbara Thériault
Wed, November 27, 2013
Location/lieu: Université de Sherbrooke, Agora
Time/heure: 12:00pm to 1:30pm/12h00 à 13h30
Title/titre: Porter le chapelet. Formes religieuses dans une prison de femmes