School of International Development and Global Studies

• Canada’s largest academic unit specializing in international development
• Pursues a mission to engage both theory and practice
• Offers courses abroad in developing and developed countries
• Provides CO-OP option to combine working and learning
• Research intensive with an interdisciplinary PhD in International Development
• Provides networking opportunities in a G8 capital city

Turning the Tables

 At this juncture in world history, and in a world in tumult, we invite you to an exploratory workshop to initiate dialogue on emerging world politics and (dis)order, to be held at the University of Ottawa on November 5, 2019.

English
Sub-title: 
International Development and the Games of Empire
Date: 
Tuesday, 5 November 2019 - 1:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Event organizer: 
School of International Development and Global Studies
Intended audience: 
Open to all, Students, Undergraduate students, Graduate students, Professors, Staff, Alumni, Public
Event type: 
Lectures & conferences, Conference, Lecture/talk, Panel, Reception
Event language: 
English and French
Where: 
Social Sciences Building, 120 University

MA Thesis Defense in DVM

We are pleased to announce that the oral defense for Courtney Sabey (M.A. in DVM) will take place on :

Tuesday, November 19th at 9:30 am, CRX C323   

Thesis title

“Implementation of Mental Health Reform and Policy Implementation in Post-Conflict Countries: the case of post-genocide Rwanda”

Supervisor: Professor Marie-Eve Desrosiers

Examiners: Professors Sanni Yaya & Christopher Huggins  

English
Date: 
Tuesday, 19 November 2019 - 9:30 am to 11:30 am
Event organizer: 
Faculty of Social Sciences, School of International Development and Global Studies
Intended audience: 
Open to all, Students, Undergraduate students, Graduate students, Professors, Staff, Alumni, Public
Event type: 
Lectures & conferences, Conference, Lecture/talk
Event language: 
English
Where: 
Learning Crossroads, 100 Louis Pasteur

Sand mining :

The School of International Development and Global Studies presents:

Vince Beiser

Journalist, TEDX presenter, and author of The World in a Grain: The story of sand and how it transformed civilization

Sand mining: the global environmental crisis you’ve probably never heard of  (poster below)

Monday October 21st, 15:30, FSS 7035

 

English
Sub-title: 
The global environmental crisis you've probably never heard of
Date: 
Monday, 21 October 2019 - 3:30 pm to 5:30 pm
Event organizer: 
Faculty of Social Sciences, School of International Development and Global Studies
Intended audience: 
Open to all, Students, Undergraduate students, Graduate students, Professors, Staff, Alumni, Public
Event type: 
Lectures & conferences, Conference, Lecture/talk, Networking
Event language: 
English
Where: 
Social Sciences Building, 120 University

Soutenance de thèse doctorale

Nous sommes heureux de confirmer que la soutenance de thèse de Stéphanie Maltais (Doctorat en développement international) aura lieu le mercredi 16 octobre à 11 h dans la salle MRT-07.

 

Titre de thèse

 

« La gestion résiliente des crises sanitaires dans les États fragiles :

étude de la crise d’Ebola en Guinée »

 

Directeurs de thèse

French
Date: 
Wednesday 16 October 2019 à 11 h 00 to à 14 h 00
Event organizer: 
School of International Development and Global Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences
Intended audience: 
Open to all, Students, Undergraduate students, Graduate students, Professors, Staff, Alumni, Public
Event type: 
Lectures & conferences, Conference, Lecture/talk
Event language: 
French
Where: 
Morisset Hall, 65 University

The SIDGS' Brown Bag Series presents: Lauchlan T. Munro

“What can we learn when we compare neoliberalism with other things that don’t exist?”

English
Date: 
Tuesday, 29 October 2019 - 11:50 am to 12:50 pm
Event organizer: 
Faculty of Social Sciences, School of International Development and Global Studies
Intended audience: 
Open to all, Students, Undergraduate students, Graduate students, Professors, Staff, Alumni, Public
Event type: 
Lectures & conferences, Conference, Lecture/talk
Event language: 
English
Where: 
Social Sciences Building, 120 University

Occupying Schools, Occupying Land:

School of International Development and Global Studies presents

Occupying Schools, Occupying Land: How the Landless Workers Movement Transformed Brazilian Education

Rebecca Tarlau, Assistant Professor of Education and of Labor and Employment Relations, Pennsylvania State University

English
Sub-title: 
How the Landless Workers Movement Transformed Brazilian Education
Date: 
Wednesday, 2 October 2019 - 11:30 am to 12:50 pm
Event organizer: 
Faculty of Social Sciences, School of International Development and Global Studies
Intended audience: 
Open to all, Students, Undergraduate students, Graduate students, Professors, Staff, Alumni, Public
Event type: 
Lectures & conferences, Conference, Lecture/talk
Event language: 
English
Where: 
Social Sciences Building, 120 University

Vox Pop Politique

Soyez à l'affût des enjeux électoraux!

L'équipe d'IMPACT vous invite à sa foire pré-électorale le 1er octobre de 12h30 à 14h sous la tente devant la Faculté des sciences sociales.

Participez au Vox Pop Politique d’IMPACT, une foire bilingue et non partisane, conçue pour vous aider à en savoir davantage à propos des grands enjeux auxquels sont confrontés les Canadiens et les Canadiennes avant les élections du 21 octobre.  

French
Sub-title: 
Foire pré-électorale
Date: 
Tuesday 1 October 2019 à 12 h 30 to à 14 h 00
Event organizer: 
Faculty of Social Sciences, Institute of Feminist and Gender Studies, School of Sociological and Anthropological Studies, School of Social Work, Department of Criminology, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, Department of Economics, School of International Development and Global Studies, School of Psychology, School of Political Studies
Intended audience: 
Open to all, Students, Undergraduate students, Graduate students, Professors, Staff, Alumni, Public
Event type: 
Partners & affiliates
Event language: 
English and French
Where: 
Social Sciences Building, 120 University

Vox Pop Politics

Be on the lookout for the elections issues! The IMPACT team invites you to its great pre-elections fair event on October 1st from 12:30--2:00 pm under the tent out front of FSS.

Take part in IMPACT’s Vox Pop Politics – a bilingual, non-partisan fair designed to help you know more about key issues facing Canadians before the election on October 21.

English
Sub-title: 
Pre-election fair
Date: 
Tuesday, 1 October 2019 - 12:30 pm to 2:00 pm
Event organizer: 
Faculty of Social Sciences, Institute of Feminist and Gender Studies, School of Sociological and Anthropological Studies, School of Social Work, Department of Criminology, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, Department of Economics, School of International Development and Global Studies, School of Psychology, School of Political Studies
Intended audience: 
Open to all, Students, Undergraduate students, Graduate students, Professors, Staff, Alumni, Public
Event type: 
Partners & affiliates
Event language: 
English and French
Where: 
Social Sciences Building, 120 University

The SIDGS' Brown Bag Series presents: Joshua Ramisch

The School of International Development and Global Studies presents as part of the Brown Bag series:

“Rejecting “waithood”: Youth, masculinity, and motorcycles on the road to development in Kenya. ”

English
Sub-title: 
Rejecting "waithood": Youth, masculinity, and motorcycles on the road to development in Kenya.
Date: 
Tuesday, 17 September 2019 - 11:30 am to 1:00 pm
Event organizer: 
Faculty of Social Sciences, School of International Development and Global Studies
Intended audience: 
Open to all, Students, Undergraduate students, Graduate students, Professors, Staff, Alumni, Public
Event type: 
Lectures & conferences, Conference, Lecture/talk
Event language: 
English
Where: 
Social Sciences Building, 120 University

2019 G78 Annual Policy Conference:

2019 G78 Annual Policy Conference: Global Markets, Inequality and the Future of Democracy

English
Sub-title: 
Global Markets, Inequality and the Future of Democracy
Date: 
Friday, 27 September 2019 - 5:00 pm to Saturday, 28 September 2019 - 5:00 pm
Event organizer: 
Faculty of Social Sciences, School of International Development and Global Studies
Intended audience: 
Open to all, Students, Undergraduate students, Graduate students, Professors, Staff, Alumni, Public
Event type: 
Lectures & conferences, Conference, Lecture/talk, Panel
Event language: 
English
Where: 
Social Sciences Building, 120 University

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