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MEMORANDUM

TO: Membess of the Univcrsity Senatc and thc Board of Ciovclnors m: FROM: Ted Hewitr, Vice-l'resident (Research & Tntesnational Relations)

DATE: April 9, 2009

RE: Ilu~nan Rights and Genocide related teaching anci rcscal.ch

At its mecting of June 24, 2008, tlie Boarcl of Governors passcd tlic following motion: "That the Provost and Vice-I'rcsidcnt (Academic), ant1 the Vice-President (Research & Inteniational Relations) prepare a summary of thc tcaching and ~.cscarcl~ curr-ently done at Wcstern on human ~.iglits, genocide and rclatcd issucs for Senatc and Boartl, ancl that these issucs be discussed during the planning process for the 2009-201 0 budgct to dctcrminc where there might be oppol-tunities to increasc support for these entieavours :untI/or develop new projects." 'rliis I-eport has now been finalized and is attached. The repost is cliviclecl into two parts. This Iisst part lists activities at Wcstern tclating to teaching, Icaniing, ancl rcscarch of direct relevance to human rights and genocide. '1:'Iie seconcl part lists tcaching ancl rcsca~.cli activities that arc tangentially but not centrally rclatcd to tliese topic ascas. All rcsearclicrs whose work is citecl in tlie document have given pesmission fol both tlicir names and hsief tiescriptions of their projects to appear i n tliis report.

Following discussions with the Provost and student gl.oups with a clircct interest in (lie arcas cited, tlie Vice-President (Resca~.cli & International Relations) has agseed to provide hinds on a one-tinie basis for the establish~iicnt of a co~npetitive studcnt research fund at Wcstern to proiiiote the stiidy of human rights, genocide and sclatcd issues. Additional funds may be allocated to this hind pending the success and impact of thc initial round of tliis competition.

Board of Governors April 30, 2009

APPENDIX V Annex 1

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO

ACTIVITIES IN THE AREAS OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND SOCIAL JUSTICE (18 March 2009)

PROJECTS:

1. Project: Western Heads East Founded: 2004 Role: Teaching, Research, Training, Student Engagement. Faculties: Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Social Science, Information

and Media Studies. Region: Tanzania, Kenya. Selected Partners: Lawson Health Research Institute, Brescia University College, The

Canadian Research and Development Centre for Probiotics, National Institute for Medical Research (Tanzania), Kivulini Women’s Rights Organization (Tanzania), Tukwamuane Women’s Group (Tanzania), Kenya Medical Research Institute (Kenya).

Synopsis: Since 2004, Western Heads East (WHE) has been the University’s

flagship project in its community response to the HIV/AIDS and malnutrition crises in East Africa. Four months at a time, Western students live in Mwanza, Tanzania and work with a local women’s group to manage the project’s daily operations, which include making and distributing probiotic yogurt to at-risk individuals. In 2008, the project expands to Kenya.

2. Project: Rebuilding Health in Rwanda Founded: 1999 Role: Teaching, Research, Training, Student Engagement. Faculties: Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Health Sciences. Region: Rwanda. Selected Partners: Fanshawe College, York University, St. Francis Xavier University,

National University of Rwanda (Rwanda), Kigali Health Institute (Rwanda).

Synopsis: The initial focus of the Rebuilding Health in Rwanda project was to

educate nurses and build capacity at the Kigali Health Institute. This mandate has been expanded to include curriculum renewal and intensive faculty development at the National University of Rwanda, with the ultimate goal of doubling the number of physicians in the country in just six years. Plans are also in place to provide exchange opportunities for students in the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry.

3. Project: Engineers/Doctors/Librarians Without Borders Role: Student/Staff Engagement. Faculties: Engineering, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western

Libraries.

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Region: Global, including Canada, Malawi, Ghana, Tanzania, Angola. Synopsis: Students and staff providing assistance through medical help,

technological expertise and access to information as a means of helping address concerns related to global poverty.

4. Project: Students Taking Action Now: Darfur (STAND) Founded: 2005 Role: Student Engagement Region: Sudan. Synopsis: STAND Canada was founded by Fadi Hamadani and Ben Fine at

Western in 2005 to mobilize a critical mass of Canadian students, citizens and decision makers to end the crisis in Darfur, and to respond to future threats of genocide.

5. Project: Alternative Spring Break Founded: 2003 Role: Student Engagement Region: Global, including Canada, United States, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Mexico and Peru. Synopsis: The program was designed to allow Western students to take part in

organized service learning projects during the University’s Reading Week. In 2007, more than 170 students participated in Canada and abroad. Students get a chance to learn about different communities by working with various service organizations and gain both an increased level of civic engagement and an idea of how the experience connects to their academic study and future careers.

ACADEMIC PROGRAMS:

1. Program: Media and the Public Interest Role: Teaching, Student Engagement.

Faculty: Information & Media Studies. Region: Global, including Malaysia. Synopsis: The Media and the Public Interest degree studies the relation of

communication practices to issues of equity, democracy and civic inclusion. The MPI degree is aimed at those who plan to work with communication issues in civil society movements, the non-profit sector of the public service.

2. Program: Diploma in Ethics Role: Teaching, Student engagement. Faculty: Arts and Humanities Region: Global.


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Synopsis: The Diploma in Ethics is offered as a response to a wide and growing interest in the ethical dimensions of professional and public life. Its purpose is to enable participants to strengthen and develop their understanding of ethics so as to enhance their ability to recognize and respond to ethical issues in a wide variety of social settings.

3. Program: International Law Internship Program Founded: March 2006 Role: Student Engagement

Faculty: Law Region: Global, including Switzerland, the Netherlands and Trinidad. Selected Partners: International Labour Organization, United Nations High Commission

for Refugees, World Health Organization, Special Court for Sierra Leone, International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, Caribbean Court of Justice.

Synopsis: The International Law Internship Program (ILIP) provides Western Law

students with summer international internship placements. In summer 2008, six students were placed at the partners listed. The students have the opportunity to expand their knowledge of international law and international issues, apply their legal knowledge and skills in a professional environment and acquire legal experience in the practice of international law.

CENTRES, GROUPS and INSTITUTES:

1. Centre: Western Centre for Research on Migration and Ethnic Relations Role: Research, Teaching. Faculty: Social Sciences Region: Global Synopsis: The Western Centre for Research on Migration and Ethnic Relations studies

a variety of topics of immediate interest in today's globalized society. Its primary research interests include prejudice and discrimination, immigration, ethnic relations, gender relations and attitudes toward overweight individuals. The lab’s researchers aim to understand and facilitate more productive interactions between groups through laboratory studies and survey analyses.

2. Centre: Centre for Research & Education on Violence Against Women and Children

Role: Research, Teaching. Faculties: Education, Health Sciences, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Law. Region: Global, including Yemen, Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania. Selected Partners: London Coordinating Committee to End Woman Abuse, Fanshawe

College, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health.

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facilitate the cooperation of individuals, groups and institutions representing the diversity of the community to pursue research questions and training opportunities to understand and prevent abuse. The Centre serves local, national and international communities by producing useful information and tools to assist in the daily work against violence toward women and children. Helene Berman and Mohamed Baobaid are also in the process of establishing collaborations with Yemen, Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania.

3. Group: Nationalism & Ethnic Conflict Research Group Founded: 1998 Role: Research, Teaching. Faculties: Interdisciplinary, based in Social Science. Region: Nations having experienced ethnic conflict, including Uganda and

Sudan. Synopsis: The Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict Research Group brings together

scholars from various departments and faculties who have expertise and research interests in specific aspects related to nationalism and ethnic conflict. Its aim is to promote the study of cultural, historical and territorial dimensions of ethnopolitical conflict, issues of national identity and processes of conflict management and reconciliation.

4. Group: Moral, Political and Legal Research Group Role: Research, Teaching. Faculties: Arts and Humanities, Social Science. Synopsis: Fosters research in all areas of moral, political and legal philosophy,

including justice, human rights, rule of law, moral psychology and collective responsibility.

5. Institute: Holocaust Literature Research Institute Founded: 1992 Role: Research, Teaching Faculty: Arts & Humanities Region: Global. Synopsis: The primary role of the Holocaust Literature Research Institute is to

search for, and collect holocaust survivor narratives and witness testimonials. The institute now contains more than 3,400 volumes in 22 languages accessible through a searchable online database and is the largest such collection outside Israel. Goldschläger, who is also the Ontario Region Co-Chair of the League for Human Rights, hopes the preservation of stories from the holocaust can help us build a better future.

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Role: Research, Teaching. Faculties: Interdisciplinary, based in Arts & Humanities and Social Sciences. Region: Global, including Costa Rica and Rwanda. Synopsis: The department of Women’s Studies & Feminist Research has recently

been asked to set up a Regional Gender Studies Centre in Rwanda. Previous collaborations have included work with the University of Costa Rica to begin to determine the financial impact of violence against women and children in the country.

7. Centre: Building Sustainable Value

Role: Research, Teaching, Outreach. Faculty: Richard Ivey School of Business Region: Global. Synopsis: This Centre aims to foster research in business sustainability and

create greater impact through knowledge. Topics explored in this Centre include environmental management, corporate social responsibility, business-government relationships, organizational diversity, workplace violence and ethics.

8. Group: Digital Labour Research Cluster Role: Research, Teaching. Faculty: Information & Media Studies Region: Global. Synopsis: This group is actively concerned with issues of rights, justice and

social issues in contemporary global, digitalized working environments.

RESEARCH:

1. Researcher: Carol Agocs Faculty: Social Science Region: Europe and North America. Research: Comparative study of employment equity policies and their

effectiveness.

2. Researcher: Anton Allahar Faculty: Social Science Region: Global, including Cuba and the Caribbean. Research: Dependent capitalism and the challenge to democracy in the

Caribbean; The Impact of government policy on internal migration and urbanization in Cuba.

3. Researcher: Danièle Bélanger Faculty: Social Science Region: Global, including Vietnam, Taiwan, China and Cuba.


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Research: As the Canada Research Chair in Population, Gender and Development, Bélanger examines relationships between demographic change, globalization and the wellbeing of individuals and families in the developing world. She also pays particular attention to gender issues emerging in the context of low fertility and migration.

4. Researcher: Oana Branzei Faculty: Richard Ivey School of Business Region: Global, including Kenya and Sudan. Research: Base of the pyramid, NGO partnerships.

5. Researcher: Nandi Bhatia

Faculty: Arts and Humanities Region: Global, including South Asia and Britain. Research: British imperialism and South Asian Colonial and Post-colonial

literatures of the twentieth century; The role of theatre and performance in the historical context of nationalism and colonialism; The development of theatrical practices in diasporic spaces of post-war Britain and their links to the question of migration and the post-colonial condition.

6. Researcher: Samantha Brennan Faculty: Arts and Humanities Region: Global. Research: Global justice and human rights, feminist social and political theory,

children’s rights.

7. Researcher: Jason Brown Faculty: Education Region: Global Research: Adult Learning in Aboriginal Community-based Inner-city

Organizations.

8. Researcher: Regna Darnell Faculty: Social Science Region: Global Research: Aboriginal human rights and social justice.

9. Researcher: Nick Dyer-Witheford Faculty: Information and Media Studies Region: Global Research: New Networked Socialisms is a SSHRC-funded research project

investigating the uses of computer networks and information technologies in projects of social and economic equality. The overall direction is towards conceiving how computer networks can be deployed in systems of public ownership that would avoid the


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authoritarianism of state-command economies, but are better able than the free market to confront the global social and ecological crises of the new millennium.

10. Researchers: Victoria Esses and Richard Vernon Faculty: Social Science Region: Global Research: Explaining the Breakdown of Ethnic Relations: Why Neighbours Kill.

11. Researcher: Julia Emberley

Faculty: Arts & Humanities Region: Global Research: Global Queeries: Sexualities, Globalities, Poscolonialities.

12. Researcher: Randa Farah Faculty: Social Science Region: Global, including Western Sahara Africa and the Middle East. Research: Generational and Gender Relations among refugees of Western

Sahara; Western Sahara: Displacement and the Reproduction of Identity; Palestinian Refugees.

13. Researcher: Neal Ferris Faculty: Social Science Region: Global Research: Aboriginal human rights, social justice. Ferris is an archaeologist

interested in how to interpret archaeological findings to access the long term histories of individuals’ and communities’ lived experiences and their internal and external notions of identity, as well as the ongoing revision and reinforcement of these. He also is interested in the contemporary practice of archaeology and how that intersects with the rights and interests of Indigenous groups to their material past, and how inclusive involvement in archaeological heritage can redress past colonial injustices to Aboriginal sovereignty and identity.

14. Researcher: Marilyn Ford-Gilboe Faculty: Health Sciences Region: Global Research: Translation and Psychometric Evaluation of Selected Measures of the

Social, Economic and Health Impact of Intimate Partner Violence in Tamil Immigrant Women; Towards a global, interdisciplinary evidence-informed practice: The case of intimate partner violence in the Sri Lankan-Canadian context.

15. Researcher: Amanda Grzyb Faculty: Information & Media Studies Region: Global


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Teaching: Media and the Public Interest (MPI); Genocide, Activism and the Mainstream Media; Communicating Holocaust History.

Research: Activism, social justice and media studies; Holocaust and Genocide Studies; American and African-American literature and cultural studies; Interdisciplinary approaches to homelessness; Theory and Criticism. Grzyb is also exploring opportunities for collaboration with Rwandan institutions in media and communications related to western media coverage of the 1994 genocide and national genocide memorials. She recently edited and contributed to The World and Darfur: International response to crimes against humanity in western Sudan.

16. Researcher: Karl Hele Faculty: Social Science Region: Global Research: Aboriginal human rights and social justice.

17. Researcher: Ted Hewitt Faculty: Social Science Region: Global, including Brazil. Research: NGO participation, human rights and citizenship building in Brazil

and Canada; Access to government services and citizen empowerment in Brazil.

18. Researcher: Grant Huscroft Faculty: Law Region: Global Research: Bills of Rights and judicial review.

19. Researcher: Tracy Isaacs Faculty: Arts & Humanities Region: Global Research: Genocide, Collective Action, and Collective and Individual moral

responsibility for genocide.

20. Researcher: Charles Jones Faculty: Social Science Region: Global Teaching: International justice, history of political thought, contemporary

political thought. Research: Cosmopolitanism, theories of justice, international political theory,

normative aspects of nationalism.

21. Researcher: Dennis Klimchuk Faculty: Arts and Humanities Region: Global Research: Private law theory, the rule of law, reparations for historical injustices.


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22. Researcher: Michael Lynk Faculty: Law Region: Global Teaching: Constitutional law, labour law, Canadian human rights law. Research: Labour law and human rights law. Prior to joining the Faculty, Lynk

worked with the United Nations in the Middle East on refugee and human rights issues. He has written widely on human rights issues in the Middle East and in the Canadian workplace.

23. Researcher: Lilian Magalhaes Faculty: Health Sciences Region: Global, including Tanzania. Research: Workforce Globalization, Gender and Health Inequities:

Undocumented Workers in Ontario; What is the Essence of Play Experience to Children Living in Poverty in Tanzania?

24. Researcher: Carolyn McLeod Faculty: Arts and Humanities Region: Global Research: Health Care ethics, feminist philosophy, reproductive rights.

25. Researcher: Michael Milde Faculty: Arts and Humanities Region: Global Research: Democracy and judicial review, secession, multiculturalism, theories

of justice.

26. Researcher: Valerie Oosterveld Faculty: Law Region: Global, including Sierra Leone and Rwanda. Teaching: International Criminal Law, International Human Rights Law, Public

International Law. Research: Gender issues within international criminal justice. Oosterveld is also

examining legal obligations that continue after the United Nations-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone, which resulted from crimes against humanity during the country’s civil war in 1996, and will be closing its doors in 2010. Additionally, she is exploring collaborations with the Faculty of Law at the National University of Rwanda, and with the Rwandan Judiciary.

27. Researcher: Ajit Pyati Faculty: Information and Media Studies Region: Global, including India. Research: Covering international library development and other themes, Pyati’s

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including equity of access to information, social justice and the social structures surrounding information access.

28. Researcher: Joanna Quinn

Faculty: Social Science, Department of Political Science/ Region: Global, including Uganda. Teaching: Genocide, Transitional Justice, Democratization, International

Relations. Research: Truth Commissions, Transitional Justice. Quinn is Co-Chair of the

Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict Research Group and is affiliated with the Uganda Human Rights Commission.

29. Researcher: Marjorie Ratcliffe Faculty: Arts and Humanities Region: Spain, Colonial Spain. Research: Civil rights during the Inquisition, expulsions of 1492 and 1505.

30. Researcher: Goli Rezai-Rashti Faculty: Education Region: Global, including Iran. Research: Women and Education in Post-revolutionary Iran (1979-2004).

31. Researcher: Susan Rodger Faculty: Education Region: Global Research: Providing Opportunities for Adult Learning and Employment in

Aboriginal Inner-City Organizations.

32. Researcher: Christine Roulston Faculty: Arts & Humanities Region: Global Research: No Alleged Existence: Lesbianism on Trial.

33. Researcher: Sara Seck

Faculty: Law Region: Global Research: Corporate social responsibility, international sustainable development

law and third world approaches to international law. Seck has been an invited participant to two experts meetings with the Special Representative to the UN Secretary-General on Business and Human Rights, the first in New York in 2006 on whether corporations have direct obligations under international human rights law, and the second in Copenhagen in 2007, on the scope of the state’s duty to protect human rights.


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34. Researcher: Terry Sicular Faculty: Social Science Region: Global, including China and developing countries. Research: Inequality, Poverty and Public Policy in China; Inequality in China: A

Survey Research Project; Inequality and Schooling in rural China.

35. Researcher: Sandra Smeltzer Faculty: Information & Media Studies Region: Global, including Southeast Asia, especially Malaysia. Teaching: Media and the Public Interest (MPI), Information and Communication

Technologies (ICTs) for Development, Alternative Media, Global Political Economy of Information/Communication, Political Economy of Media. Smeltzer’s students have also participated in internships with Western Heads East (Tanzania) and the Centre for Independent Journalism (Malaysia).

Research: Development communication; how public discourse surrounding high-tech promises of ‘progress’ is managed by domestic and international stakeholders, with a particular focus on Southeast Asia; new media; Malaysian resistance to bilateral trade agreements; and alternative media pedagogy in Canada. Smeltzer is also a member of the Western Heads East steering committee.

36. Researcher: Shelley Taylor Faculty: Education Region: Mexico and India. Research: Indigenous language retention: Zapotec-speaking children schooled in

Spanish in Mexico.

37. Researcher: Ernest Yanful

Faculty: Engineering Region: Global, including Ghana. Teaching: Environmental Engineering. Research: Provision of safe water and international development; Alternative

and renewable energy including bio‐fuel development and production; Unsaturated soil behaviour and applications to design covers for landfills and sulphide waste; Geotechnical behaviour of cohesive sediments and tailings; Design of waste containment systems. Yanful was also the Convener and Chair of the first International Conference on Environmental Research Technology and Policy, Accra‐Ghana, in 2007. He is the Editor of Appropriate Technologies for Environmental Protection in the Developing World. Springer 2009, XIV, 362 p., ISBN: 978‐1‐4020‐9138‐4

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1. International Student Services: ISS has been designed to provide a full range of services and programs specifically tailored to meet the needs of international students, while enhancing their academic, social and cultural experience at the University. ISS has seen clients who are:

• Refugees (often potential university students inquiring about fees, financial

assistance and how the university system works); • Students awaiting decisions about refugee claim applications, or wanting to apply

to become refugee claimants.

Along with Psychological Services, ISS has also assisted clients who are refugee claimants, or have convention refugee status.

2. Refugee Student Aid: Through the World University Service of Canada (WUSC), Western

has provided funding for housing and living costs for refugees. Western’s Financial Aid office covers the full cost of tuition and books through a bursary.

• In 2006, Western provided 14 awards valued at $43,950; • In 2007, Western provided 15 awards valued at $53,900; • Through half of 2008, Western has provided nine awards valued at $24,750.


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APPENDIX

ACTIVITIES WITH POTENTIAL RELEVANCE TO HUMAN RIGHTS AND SOCIAL JUSTICE

ACADEMIC PROGRAMS:

1. Program: Ecosystem Health Graduate Program Founded: 2008 Role: Teaching, Research Faculty: Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry Region: Global, including Kenya. Synopsis: The "Ecosystem Health Graduate Program" involves research into the

interrelationships between humans and all aspects of their environment, including disease, health and well being. In this context, the health of all parts and individual species of the ecosystem is important, particularly where illness is due to exposures to pollutant chemicals or biological agents in the environment. As an example, one current research project is testing for toxins in fish found in Lake Naivasha, Kenya. The two major goals of this graduate program are to promote wellness and sustainability, and to prevent illness within all components of the environment.

2. Program: Ivey Connects Role: Student Engagement Faculty: Richard Ivey School of Business Region: Southwestern Ontario.

Synopsis: Ivey Connects has been designed to build stronger connections in the

local community through service activities, such as tree planting and other volunteer activities, pro bono community consulting projects, fundraising activities and student internships at local non-profits.

3. Program: China Teaching Project Role: Student Engagement Faculty: Richard Ivey School of Business Region: China. Synopsis: The China Teaching Project offers a unique opportunity for MBA

students to positively impact China’s future business leaders while obtaining valuable international experience. Each year, a team of 12 Ivey MBA volunteer teachers enact our mandate of engaging business students in the Ivey case method of learning at leading Chinese Universities.

4. Program: Leader

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Region: Global, particularly Eastern Europe and China. Synopsis: Students spend a month in an emerging country and teach business to

local business people, with the intent of building capacity.

5. Program: Bridge Project Role: Student Engagement Faculty: Richard Ivey School of Business Region: Developing nations. Synopsis: Ivey students, in conjunction with Bridge personnel, are partnered

with CARE Canada and Care International to work with local entrepreneurs in emerging countries. They offer intense, hands-on consulting with the end goal of transforming economic realities in the local market, one company at a time.

6. Program: PhD Sustainability Academy

Role: Student engagement (national and international doctoral students) Faculty: Richard Ivey School of Business Region: Canada, United States and International. Synopsis: The PhD Sustainability Academy is a four-day event bringing together

15-20 doctoral scholars working in the area of sustainability. The goal is to help nurture and advance participants’ academic thinking and teaching capabilities by fostering new knowledge and encouraging broad-based dialogue.

7. Program: Civil Engineering and International Development Founded: 2007 Role: Teaching, Training, Student Engagement, International Development. Faculty: Engineering Region: Global, including Canada and Ghana (presently), Kenya and Peru

(2009). Selected Partners: Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi,

Ghana, Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly, Ministry of Water and Irrigation, Kenya.

Synopsis: The Civil Engineering and International Development program provides

undergraduate students with an opportunity to study the impact of technology on emerging communities and apply their engineering skills to assist local residents, Civil Societies and NGOs with various development projects. Students are encouraged to complete a summer field placement in an ‘at-need’ community within Canada or in a developing country. The international aspect of the degree provides graduates with an excellent grasp of global issues, making them highly sought after by multi-national companies and government agencies.


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1. Centre: The Centre for Inclusive Education Founded: 1985 Role: Research, Teaching Faculty: Education Region: Global Synopsis: The Centre for Inclusive Education is a research association comprised of

faculty members, research associates and graduate students who share an interest in inclusive education research. The Centre’s goal is to encourage collaborative investigations of theories and practices in an effort to enhance the educational opportunities of all students with exceptionalities. The Centre is committed to sharing research findings and resources with academics, educators and families.

2. Group: The Science, Ethics, and Epistemology Research Lab (SEER) Role: Research, Teaching Faculty: Arts and Humanities Synopsis: The SEER Lab is a collaborative research space in the Department of

Philosophy at The University of Western Ontario funded by the Canada Foundation for Innovation. It houses Canada Research Chairs Charles Weijer and Robert Batterman, post-doctoral fellows and graduate students, who work on science, epistemology and ethics research broadly construed.

3. Centre: Research Network for Business Sustainability Role: Teaching, Outreach Faculty: Richard Ivey School of Business Region: Canada. Synopsis: This Network draws researchers, students, managers and policy

makers across Canada to address issues pertaining to business sustainability through evidence-based knowledge. Currently, more than 250 Canadian researchers and 500 practitioners are involved in the Network.

RESEARCH:

1. Researcher: Tima Bansal

Faculty: Richard Ivey School of Business Region: Global Research: The Research Network for Business Sustainability; The Internal

Consistency of Corporate Sustainable Development; Building Canadian Corporate Competitiveness through Sustainable Development; Responsible Decision Making; The Internal Consistency of Corporate Sustainable Development.


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2. Researcher: Roderic Beaujot Faculty: Social Science Region: Global Research: Family and Work: Models of Earning and Caring.

3. Researchers: Jack Bend, Charles Trick and Irena Creed Faculty: Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Science. Region: Global, including Sub-Saharan Africa. Research: A comparison of American and European models; Relationships

between pesticide use and human and ecosystem health in Sub-Saharan Africa.

4. Researcher: Andrew Botterell Faculty: Arts and Humanities/Law Region: Global Research: Philosophy of law, infringement of rights.

5. Researcher: Irena Creed Faculty: Science Region: Africa Research: Sustainability of Lake Naivasha watershed and its communities.

6. Researcher: Joerg Dietz Faculty: Richard Ivey School of Business Region: Global Research: Workplace violence, prejudice.

7. Researcher: Cheryl Forchuk Faculty: Health Sciences Region: Global Research: Poverty and Mental Health: Issues, Challenges and Solutions;

Preventing homelessness among mental health patients; Diversity in the context of homelessness;

8. Researcher: Chris Higgins Faculty: Richard Ivey School of Business Region: Global Research: Work life balance.

9. Researcher: Elisa Hurley

Faculty: Arts and Humanities Region: Global Research: Ethics, bioethics.


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10. Researcher: Rob Klassen Faculty: Richard Ivey School of Business Region: Global Research: Forward supply chains. Green operations.

11. Researcher: Patrick Mahon Faculty: Arts and Humanities Region: Baker Lake, Nunavut, Arctic Canada. Research: Art and Cold Cash: histories and practices regarding art, money and

social values in Northern/Inuit and Southern Canadian contexts.

12. Researcher: John Maxwell Faculty: Richard Ivey School of Business Region: Global Research: Business response to NGOs. Environmental policy.

13. Researcher: Jeff Nisker Faculty: Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry Region: Global Research: Reproductive health, reproductive technologies, human embryonic

stem cell research.

14. Researcher: Veronica Schild Faculty: Social Science Region: Global Research: From ʹSistersʹ to Clients? Comparative Reflections on the Question of

Class in Contemporary Feminisms; Comparative Study of Feminism, Gender Rights, and Neoliberal State Formation.

15. Researcher: Anthony Skelton Faculty: Arts and Humanities Region: Global Research: Ethics, social welfare.

16. Researcher: Charles Trick Faculty: Science Region: Global, including Russia, Kenya, Canada, USA. Research: Ecosystem health and the rights of communities to healthy and

sustainable ecosystems.

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Region: Kenya Research: The health of Maasai girls and women in rural Tanzania and Kenya: A

pilot study.

18. Researcher: Andrew Walsh Faculty: Social Science Region: Global, including Madagascar. Research: After the boom: Living with decline in a Malagasy mining town.

19. Researcher: Pauline Wakeham Faculty: Arts and Humanities Region: North America, Europe. Research: The intersections, tensions, and radical spaces of divergence between

Euro-North American representations of Aboriginality (particularly in the fields of ethnographic cinema and museology) and the cultural production (i.e. writing, filmmaking, performance, and visual art) of First Peoples living in Canada and the United States from the early twentieth century to the present.

20. Researcher: Charles Weijer Faculty: Arts and Humanities/Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry Region: Global Research: Bioethics.

21. Researcher: Tony Weis Faculty: Social Science Region: Global, including Jamaica. Research: The global food crisis and the future of farming; Vulnerability to

climate change.

22. Researcher: Jerry White Faculty: Sociology Region: Global Research: Aboriginal Policy Research Conference; The Social Determinants of

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