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• Le Prix Maupassant 2020
  Dr. Larissa Sloutsky won a Prix Maupassant 2020 for her doctoral thesis on the famous short story by Guy de Maupassant, "Boule de suif", and its cinematographic adaptations. Dr. Sloutsky received her PhD in French Literature, entitled 'Consécration d'Élisabeth Rousset: de l'encre à l'écran 'Boule de Suif' de Guy de Maupassant par l'iconographie filmique,' from Western University. The Awards Ceremony took place virtually on August 5, 2020. Les Prix Maupassant is an exclusive annual event organised by the Maupassant museum to celebrate and commemorate the life, great achievements and contributions of the French and international author, Guy de Maupassant.
• Design Challenge on Climate Change
  In March 2021,the User Experience Design Program hosted a nationwide design challenge on climate change called the "Laurier Design for Change User Experience (UX) competition". Over 120 participants from nearly 50 universities and colleges across Canada were challenged to develop and design solutions to transform social behaviour toward greener and more sustainable practices.
• Ripper’s Whitechapel: The Digital Humanities and Perceptions of Space in late-Victorian England
  Victorian Whitechapel is synonymous with Jack the Ripper and not much else. And yet this was a vibrant, complex, and multifaceted community. This pilot project looks at newspaper representations of Whitechapel before, during, and after the 1888 murders. The heart of the project is an interactive map that tracks stories about Whitechapel associated with a specific location, and charts whether they were positive, negative, or neutral. In this way, users can get a fuller picture the place of this fascinating neighborhood in popular culture.
• The Libellus de Patientia Project
  This digital humanities resource provides several open access sources for the Libellus de patientia, a treatise composed in 1524 by the Dutch humanist Cornelius Aurelius (d.1531) while he was in prison suspected of Lutheran sympathies.
• WinSights: Research-backed Resources for Inclusive Science by the Laurier Centre for Women in Science (WinS)
  In collaboration with over 40 talented students from 2018-2021, the Laurier Centre for Women in Science (WinS) presents research-backed resources for inclusive science.
• firstphilosophy.ca
  firstphilosophy.ca is an aggregator website to help students and novices find reliable resources to learn about philosophy on their own.
• Keynote Address at The 7th International Conference on Cognitive Research on Translation and Interpreting
• Bank of Canada-Laurier Conference on the Structure of Financial Markets
  A series of academic research projects relating to the structure and efficiency of financial markets were presented and discussed. PhD students presented their research via a poster session.
• The Tshepo Institute African Women Leaders Public lectures: Inaugural lecture - Inspiring the Next Generation: African Women in Academia
  Wilfrid Laurier University’s Tshepo Institute for the Study of Contemporary Africa, in partnership with the Centre for Student Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, will present an International Women’s Day panel discussion focusing on African women in Canadian academia. The panel will feature five Ontario professors who emigrated from Africa and completed their PhDs and postdoctoral studies in Canada. The event is the first in the Tshepo Institute’s new African Leadership Lecture Series, which showcases and celebrates rising African leaders both on the African continent and in the diaspora. nspiring the Next Generation celebrated the accomplishments of Black African women scholars and explored important topics, including the underrepresentation of Black African women in academia; the discrimination Black African women experience in universities and academic publications; and the similarities and differences between the stories of Black African women and Black women born in Canada.
• The School and Labour Market Transitions of African Youth in Canada
  On average, immigrants tend to be better educated than non-immigrant Canadians, an outcome that is at least partly due to Canada’s immigrant selection rules in the economic stream, which favour education. Our research has shown that while many students face academic challenges in transitioning to high school and university, including those related to course selection, a lack of guidance both at school and home when making decisions is particularly pronounced for Black African youth with refugee backgrounds. Beyond mentorship and tailored information about educational choices and career possibilities, African youth also need the tools, training, and confidence to make their own educational and career decisions. This paper and lecture provided an overview of our research with African youth, highlighting projects designed with our community partners to build the skills and confidence among the youth and their parents to make decisions that affect their education and lives.
• A History of Female Conributions to Guitar Orchestras
  Presented at the Guitar Foundation of America online conference in June 2020, this lecture is a history of women's contributions to Guitar Orchestras from the 1800s to present day.
• Body-Worn Cameras: What We Know and Where to Go
• Maple Leaf Route Webinar Series
  The Laurier Centre for the Study of Canada (formerly the Laurier Centre for Military Strategic and Disarmament Studies), in partnership with the Canadian Battlefields Foundation and the Gregg Centre for the Study of War and Society and the Juno Beach Centre Association, presented the Maple Leaf Route Webinar Series. Airing every two weeks, from May to September, the series followed Canadian and British Commonwealth soldiers as they landed on D-Day in June 1944 and fought their way inland at the Battle of Normandy.
• Research Chat Episode 2: Signpost Creation to Envision a More Just, Safe Climate
• Research Chat Episode 4: Stateless Babies: Birth Registration as Bordering Practice
  The fourth episode of Research Chat features Allison Petrozziello, a feminist migration researcher and human rights advocate who is pursuing a PhD in Global Governance at the Balsillie School of International Affairs and is affiliated with the International Migration Research Centre. A specialist in gender, migration, human rights, and development, she spoke about her research on the exclusion of migrant and refugees’ children from birth registration and how it creates a risk of statelessness.
• Handpicked: Stories from the Field
  Handpicked: Stories from the Field features stories about sustainable food systems research and action affiliated with the Laurier Centre for Sustainable Food Systems. The podcast series includes conversations with researchers, community partners, students, and food systems actors.
• The Great Battles in History Podcast
  Great Battles in History explores some of the most famous battles in world history. Each three- to four-hour episode dives deeply into a single battle, investigating its origins, the course of combat, and the outcomes.
• CRSP Talk Podcast Episode 1: Exploring Podcast Options for Knowledge Mobilization
  In this podcast episode, we discuss the advantages of using podcasting as a way of sharing research findings. Because there is a diverse range of podcasting formats, selecting the one most appropriate for communicating your research stories can be difficult. To make choosing the right format a little easier, we explore the characteristics of four popular podcasting styles.
• The One Market Podcast
  The One Market podcast was launched in March 2020 as a way to help keep the Laurier Brantford community connected as we worked, learned, and taught remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic. Over the course of one year, it aired 35 episodes featuring 111 guests, 43 of whom were students or alumni, 37 were staff, and 31 were faculty or librarians. The podcast featured a special episode focused on Homecoming, produced with Development & Alumni Relations, as well as a series of special episodes featuring segments produced by fourth-year capstone students in the Digital Media and Journalism program. Between 2020 and 2021, the podcast was downloaded more than 3,200 times by about 1,700 unique listeners. It received a Minister’s Award of Excellence from the Ontario Ministry of College and Universities in October 2020, one of 39 recipients selected from more than 260 submissions in the areas of digital transformation and community impact for its work in keeping the Laurier Brantford community connected.
• Sharing Like We Mean It Working Co-operatively in the Cultural and Tech Sectors
  A hybrid co-op primer and research report, Sharing Like We Mean It: Working Co-operatively in the Cultural and Tech Sectors is based on a survey of more than 100 co-operatives in Canada, the UK, and the US. It offers a snapshot of the co-op landscape in creative industries, explores what co-operative work can look like in practice, and features profiles of several worker co-ops.
• Schoolyards Count
  Schoolyards Count is a collaboration between a Laurier researcher and Ophea, Ontario's Healthy Schools organization. We undertook a citizen-science project to understand schoolyard quality across Ontario, with a focus on promotion of physical activity, environmental opportunities, and the impact of community wealth.
• Rewriting the Narrative on Homelessness in Mid-Sized Canadian Cities
  How do we define security? Does security mean increased surveillance and weaponization? Is it the feeling of home and belonging? This research consisted of a qualitative case study analysis that sought to address the contentious issues surrounding homelessness and public safety in a mid-size urban community in British Columbia, Canada. The goal of the project was twofold: to create a fact-based counter-narrative on the experiences of homelessness and community sasfety and security, and to think about strategies to address these demographc and social changes while fostering community resilience.
• Marx's Capital
  Social Theory Audio is a site for audiobooks intended as teaching aids for high school social studies and university theory courses. Marx's Capital explains Marx's three-volume work Capital for an undergraduate audience.
• Connecting Children with Classics
  This children's literature guide focuses on children's reading needs and "the classics" to better engage with young readers and encourage lifelong reading. This unique readers' advisory and collection development guide for librarians and others who work with children focuses on readers and their needs, rather than simply categorizing books by their characteristics and features as traditional literature guides do. Taking this unusual perspective brings forth powerful new tools and curricular ideas on how to promote the classics, and how to best engage with young readers and meet their personal and emotional needs to boost interest. The guide identifies reader-driven appeals essential to a successful readers' advisory: Awakening new perspectives Providing models for identity Offering reassurance, comfort, strength, and confirmation of self-worth Connecting with others Giving courage to make a change Facilitating acceptance Building a disinterested understanding of the world.
• Engaging International Alumni as Strategic Partners
  Every international educator knows the value international students bring to campus, but few have tapped their institution’s international alumni to their full potential. In Engaging International Alumni as Strategic Partners, experts on international alumni relations describe how higher education institutions can develop international alumni networks—and keep alumni connected to their alma mater by nurturing two-way relationships.