Career Opportunities
Trent in Ecuador Program: Call for applicants
To whom it may concern:
The deadline for students who wish to apply for the Trent in Ecuador program has been extended to February 27, 2012. We would be grateful if you could make the information available to students.
Summer Job Posting - Labourer-Teacher Program, Frontier College
POSITION AVAILABLE
Title of Position Labourer-Teacher
Term: Full-time
Location: Farms around Ontario
Start date: May 1st to August 18th, 2012
Frontier College is a national, non-profit literacy organization, founded in 1899. We work with children, teens, adults and families to improve their literacy skills.
Labourer-Teachers work as paid manual labourers during the day on farms in South Western and Central Ontario. In addition to the physical work, they volunteer their time to provide educational and recreational opportunities for their co-workers who are predominantly migrant farm workers from Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean.
We are seeking mature and dedicated individuals looking for challenging and rewarding summer job opportunities and who possess a keen interest in literacy and teaching as well as community development work to fill the positions of Labourer-Teachers in the Frontier College Labourer-Teacher program for 2012.
Overall Accountability
Labourer-Teachers are employed by growers in Ontario and volunteer for Frontier College to provide educational and recreational opportunities for workers in their volunteer time. Through the Labourer-Teacher program, Frontier College is accountable to the Government of Ontario to ensure that farm workers further develop their literacy and work skills.
Vacancy: Senior Lecturer in Global Health Policy - University of London
LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE & TROPICAL MEDICINE
(University of London)
FACULTY OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND POLICY - DEPARTMENT OF GLOBAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT
Senior Lecturer in Global Health Policy
Website: http://bit.ly/wRzVZQ
The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) seeks to consolidate and build on its strengths as the lead institution in Europe on global health research, teaching and policy through the appointment of a Senior Lecturer in Global Health Policy.
The Senior Lecturer in Global Health Policy will enhance a number of strategic activities to significantly raise the School’s profile in global health. The successful individual will hold a PhD in political science, politics, international relations, policy analysis or a closely allied subject area, and be an experienced scholar in analysing health concerns. The individual would complement existing staff with expertise in politics, international relations, development studies and social policy. As an appointment within the Department of Global Health and Development, the Senior Lecturer would work to unify existing activities within the broad field of global health policy and play an important teaching role.
New Masters Program in Environmental, Resource and Development Economics at the University of Winnipeg
The Economics department at the University of Winnipeg is launching a new graduate program this coming Fall - a Master of Arts in Environmental, Resource and Development Economics. See the attached brochure for more details.
New summer course on India in Toronto
York is offering an intensive seminar entitled India in the 21st Century: Justice, Development, Democracy.
The course is open to graduate and 4th Year undergraduate students of other universities as well (see attached poster for information).
CANADA RESEARCH CHAIR IN CHILDREN AND GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT
The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) at Dalhousie University invites applications for a Tier I Canada Research Chair on “Children and Global Development.” The appointment will be at the rank of Professor and will be conditional on the successful applicant being approved as a Tier 1 Research Chair by the CRC secretariat. The position is open with regard to disciplinary specialization, with a primary appointment in one of the Faculty's Departments (Classics, English, French, German, History, International Development Studies, Music, Philosophy, Political Science, Russian Studies, Sociology and Social Anthropology, Spanish and Latin American Studies or Theatre). A research emphasis on the area of children and conflict would be an asset.
Dalhousie University has growing strength in the broad area of “Children in Challenging Contexts”, including researchers in the School of Social Work and the Faculty of Medicine as well as FASS. This strength is reflected, for example, in a new Network Centres of Excellence Knowledge Mobilization grant on Children in Challenging Contexts and the Centre for Foreign Policy Studies Child Soldier/Conflict Affected Youth initiatives. The successful candidate will be expected to sustain a strong research program of their own, and in so doing actively contribute to intra- and inter-faculty collaborations in this area of emphasis.
Skills for Social Change certificate program at Coady International Institute
Are you eager, passionate and committed to creating positive social change in your community? Are you looking to share your ideas, stretch your mind and imagine new possibilities for collaboration? Are you ready to explore your role and gain new skills as a facilitator of change?
Skills for Social Change is a three-week certificate program for youth, bringing together community practitioners, allies and activists seeking to explore the personal, local and global complexities of community engagement and development. You will be invited to share your experiences, challenge each other's realities and gain new skills to better participate in people-centered social transformation.
You will also have the opportunity to learn alongside experienced community practitioners from across the world who will be gathered at the Coady International Institute for courses being offered concurrently.
Application deadline is 20 March 2012 for our May 2012 program
Limited scholarships available: apply by 20 February 2012 to be considered
www.coady.stfx.ca/education/
T: 902-867-3953 | E: coadyreg@stfx.ca
We gratefully acknowledge the financial support of our donors, partners and the government of Canada through the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA).
Masters of International Development Administration - Andrews University
Message from Dawn Dulhunty, Director,International development program
Masters in Media Practice for International Development at Sussex
Sussex University is launching a brand new MA in Media Practice for International Development. The MA will bring together practical training in documentary, interactive and creative media practice and a critical grounding in development studies, linking the School of Media, Film and Music with the School of Global Studies, which houses the departments of International Development, International Relations, Anthropology and Geography. It has two pathways: full-time and a part-time version which is organised as an intensive one day per week, to facilitate part-time students who need to combine study with work.
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2012 Annual Conference Call for Papers!!
- To download the Paper Submission Form - click here
- To download the Panel Proposal Form - click here
- To download the Travel Grant Request Form - click here
Please submit your forms by email to the Conference Coordinator.
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