Dr. Debbie van den Hoonaard would like to announce that Wednesday, August 25th, a visiting Professor from India, Dr. Jamuna Duvvuru will be presenting a lecture at 1:30pm in BMH101. More details will follow from her office.
Also, The Atlantic Centre for Qualitative Research and Analysis is pleased to announce the Fifth Annual Qualitative Lecture and Workshop to be held on Friday and Saturday, September 24th and 25th. The 2010 conference keynote speaker and workshop presenter is Dr. Kerry Daly from the University of Guelph. His lecture is entitled: "Any time but now: Obstacles to mindfulness" and the workshop will discuss "The Art of Generating Theory from Data." The Friday lecture is open to the public and free of charge. Pre-registration is required for the Saturday workshop. Please visit http://w3.stu.ca/stu/sites/acqra/symposium.html for details and registration form. ________________________________
Research Office CENTENARY PROJECT
Dr. Lori Beaman, Canada Research Chair in Contextualization of Religion in a Diverse Canada will be on campus as a Visiting Scholar with the Atlantic Human Rights Centre, from SeptemberDecember, 2010, working out of the RO. She will be delivering a major guest lecture, and bringing in some significant speakers. A recent winner of a $2.1 million MCRI grant (5 were granted in the country this year), she will be conducting some of her research between here and her summer home on Deer Island. And she’s originally from Sussex!
Also, a talk will be given by Dr. Pam Dickey-Young, (Professor, Religion and Culture, Theology, Women's Studies, Queen’s University) as a part of Dr. Beaman’s stay here at STU. Dr. Dickey-Young is the RO’s contribution to the Equity Campaign by FAUST and we look forward to introducing her and Dr. Beaman to all faculty and staff at St. Thomas. ________________________________ We are now happily working to make our new section of the STU website accessible and up-to-date. We welcome all staff, faculty and students to peruse the many pages and provide us with questions, comments and feedback. Over the coming months we anticipate moving the majority of the