Month: February 2016

Network Member Finalist for Distinguished Dissertation Prize

Recently, an article published on the University of Waterloo’s website recognized the achievements of CNHH member and professor at St. Mary’s University in Halifax, Dr. Jill Campbell-Miller.  Her dissertation, “The Mind of Modernity: Canadian Bilateral Foreign Assistance to India, 1950-60,” was selected as a finalist for the Council of Graduate Studies/ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Award.  Visit the University of Waterloo website for the complete article including comments about her dissertation and experience from Dr. Campbell-Miller and her supervisor, Dr. Bruce Muirhead.

Conflict Minerals, Gender and (In)Security in Africa’s Great Lakes Region

Presented by the Institute of African Studies at Carleton University and part of the lunch-time Brownbag lecture series, this talk was delivered by Joanne Lebert of Partnership Africa Canada (PAC).  Fully titled: “Conflict Minerals, Gender and (In)Security in Africa’s Great Lakes Region: the limitations of the sexual violence paradigm,” this talk was hosted on 4 March 2015.