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CASID Statement on the Kamloops Residential School Tragedy
We are mourning the 215 children found at the former Kamloops Residential School site alongside Tk’emlups te Secwepemc First Nation, all Residential School survivors, and all families affected by Residential Schools. Because every child matters, because every child is sacred, we join First Nations, Metis and Inuit communities across Turtle Island in calls to identify […]
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The 2021 CASID Institutional Membership Prize
The CASID Institutional Membership Prize is open to any student, graduate or undergraduate, of a university holding institutional membership in CASID (See list of Institutional Members here). The CASID Institutional Membership Prize is awarded annually to the best original essay by a student in the area of international development studies. The Prize includes $1000 cash and
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The 2021 Kari Polanyi-Levitt Prize
The Kari Polanyi-Levitt Prize is CASID’s annual Graduate Student Essay Contest. The Kari Polanyi-Levitt Prize is awarded annually to the best original essay by a graduate student in the area of international development studies. The Prize includes $1000 cash, and consideration of the essay in the regular editorial process of the Canadian Journal of Development
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CASID 2021 CONFERENCE UPDATE
The CASID 2021 Conference was originally scheduled to take place virtually from 2 – 4 June at the University of Alberta, Edmonton as a part of the Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences Annual Congress. Due to CASID’s withdrawal from Congress 2021 in solidarity with the Black Canadian Studies Association, the independent CASID 2021 Conference
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Call for Nominations: CASID Board of Directors 2021 Election
Call for Nominations Canadian Association for the Study of International Development (CASID) Board of Directors 2021 Election * Self-nominations are due May 7, 2021 and can be completed using this Google Form: https://forms.gle/sfkvbt6mtDfnStaf8 Positions Becoming Vacant Four positions on the Canadian Association for the Study of International Development (CASID) Board of Directors will
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CASID withdraws from Congress 2021 in solidarity with the BCSA
March 8, 2021 The Canadian Association for the Study of International Development (CASID)’s Executive Committee (EC) is appalled at the recent response of the Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences to the requests of the Black Canadian Studies Association (BCSA) regarding Congress 2021. The Federation’s response compounds the harms caused by earlier
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CASID 2021 Keynote Speaker – DR. FELWINE SARR
Felwine Sarr Decolonization and International Development, is it possible? https://www.facebook.com/events/144817474278869 The Canadian Association for the Study of International Development (CASID) is pleased to announce that the keynote speaker for our 2021 Conference will be the renowned Senegalese philosopher, economist, and musician–Professor Felwine Sarr, Duke University. In discussion with Rwando-Canadian scholar Jeanne-Marie Rugira, Université du Québec
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CASID 2021 CONFERENCE – CALL FOR PROPOSALS DEADLINE EXTENDED – FEB 1st
The deadline for submission of proposals for CASID 2021 has been extended to February 1st. The CASID 2021 Conference will take place virtually on 2 – 4 June at the University of Alberta, Edmonton. Owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, CASID’s 2020 Annual Conference was cancelled; this was especially disappointing given the incredibly timely theme around which the conference had been convened and the many
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CASID 2021 CONFERENCE – CALL FOR PROPOSALS
The CASID 2021 Conference will take place virtually on 2 – 4 June at the University of Alberta, Edmonton. Owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, CASID’s 2020 Annual Conference was cancelled; this was especially disappointing given the incredibly timely theme around which the conference had been convened and the many hours of hard work by CASID members and the Executive to bring the meeting to
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Call for Articles for a Special Issue in the CJDS – Agricultural and Food Dilemmas in Times of Crisis
Call for Articles for a Special Issue – 2022 Agricultural and Food Dilemmas in Times of Crisis Guest Editors: Pierre Janin (geographer, senior researcher at IRD, Unité mixte de recherche Développement et sociétés, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne/Institut de recherche pour le développement) Delphine Acloque (geographer, associate researcher at CEDEJ, Cairo) Saker El Nour (sociologist, associate researcher