RISE Team enjoyed its second-ever trip to the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences this past week in Vancouver on the stunning campus of UBC. Congress is the annual convening of over 80 scholarly associations to one site for a massive conference; the Congress draws roughly ~8000 scholars from across Canada. This year RISE Team participated in panels, events, and ceremonies organized by WGSRF (Women's and Gender Studies et Recherches Féministes) and CSA (Canadian Sociological Association).
We are especially proud that Laila Omar (PhD student and RA) won a conference-wide award: Honourable Mention, Best Student Paper for her second-year practicum paper, which uses RISE Team data to explore how Syrian mothers imagine their futures. President-elect of the CSA Dr. Tina Fetner (Sociology, McMaster University) presented the award to Laila on behalf of the award committee. Dr. Fetner noted that Laila's theorization of the temporal aspects of forced migration is poised to make a major contribution to the discipline. Here's to Congress 2020 at the University of Western Ontario next summer! Special thanks to our graduate department and especially the Province of Ontario's Early Researcher Award for providing financial support to make this travel possible.
We are especially proud that Laila Omar (PhD student and RA) won a conference-wide award: Honourable Mention, Best Student Paper for her second-year practicum paper, which uses RISE Team data to explore how Syrian mothers imagine their futures. President-elect of the CSA Dr. Tina Fetner (Sociology, McMaster University) presented the award to Laila on behalf of the award committee. Dr. Fetner noted that Laila's theorization of the temporal aspects of forced migration is poised to make a major contribution to the discipline. Here's to Congress 2020 at the University of Western Ontario next summer! Special thanks to our graduate department and especially the Province of Ontario's Early Researcher Award for providing financial support to make this travel possible.