SEDE's 2012-2013 "Rethinking Community" Calendar Project
The McGill Social Equity and Diversity Education (SEDE) Office is now accepting submissions from McGill researchers, community groups and artists for the 2012-13 SEDE Calendar.
This year’s calendar will feature research by faculty and students at McGill, paired with community-building efforts of groups and organizations at McGill and beyond. In keeping with SEDE calendar projects over the past five years, the calendar will be illustrated with artwork from emerging and established McGill-affiliated artists.
The SEDE calendar is one way in which the McGill community celebrates and values social equity and diversity and contributes towards the development of strong collegial bonds and mutual respect among its members. This will mark the fifth year the SEDE calendar is published and distributed on the McGill campus, and we look forward to hearing from all those interested in being a part of the SEDE calendar in 2012-13
What we are looking for
- Research content: A summary of qualitative or quantitative research by a McGill faculty member, or graduate or advanced undergraduate student.
- Community initiative: A summary of a McGill or Montreal-based organization’s community-building work.
- Visual Art: A photograph, painting or any other graphic work.
The Theme: "Rethinking Community"
The theme of the 2012-13 SEDE calendar is Rethinking Community, focusing on the concept of community from a social equity and diversity perspective.
Communities have undergone rapid changes in the latter half of the twentieth century, and into the 21st century. During this time, communities in advanced capitalist societies became increasingly urban, diverse, and unequal. While communities once were depicted by strong kinship ties experienced by people living in close proximity to each other, they are now characterized by strings of social networks, sometimes overlapping and sometimes not.
Communities can arise out of a sense of place, common interests or affiliations. Communities can foster a sense of belonging, or exclusion, and can be shaped not only by social ties, but also by the built environment, civil society, innovation, communication networks and by macro political and economic structures. In recent times, the exponential growth of the Internet has given rise to a new type of community, the “online” or virtual community. In this, the fifth year of the SEDE calendar, the concept of community will be explored within a diversity and social equity perspective, and by looking at the normative notions that communities ought to be sustainable, equitable, diverse and inclusive.
Who can submit
We encourage submissions from researchers, community workers and artists who are members of equity-identified groups, and/or who conduct research, community-building or art projects about equity-identified groups. Equity-identified groups include indigenous peoples, visible minorities, ethnic minorities, persons with disabilities, women, persons of minority sexual orientations and gender identities, and all other underrepresented groups. We are actively seeking French language submissions and research, community initiatives and artwork by francophones and/or focused on francophone communities.
How to submit a proposal (Research and Community Initiatives)
If you would like your research or community initiative to be reviewed for possible inclusion in 2012-13 SEDE calendar, please email a proposal containing the following by October 7, 2011 to equity [dot] diversity [at] mcgill [dot] ca
- 50-100 word summary describing the research or community initiative and how it fits into the 2012-13 theme of “Rethinking community”
- Your name, title and academic department or organization
How to submit a proposal (artwork)
If you would like your artwork to be reviewed for possible inclusion in 2012-13 SEDE calendar, please email the following by January 27th, 2012 to jorge [dot] espinosa [at] mcgill [dot] ca:
- Your name and McGill affiliation (if applicable).
- Title of the work
- Description of the technique used
- A high resolution .jpeg or .png of the artwork (at least 2048 x 1536 pixels and 300dpi)
- Brief description of how the piece fits into the 2012-13 theme of “Rethinking community”.
- A brief biography of the author