Communications Intern Job Posting

The Canadian Society for Studies in Higher Education (CSSHE) seeks a graduate student as an intern for a period of one year (October 2021-September 2022) to assist with the association’s communication strategy.    

CSSHE is a registered charitable organization, funded through membership fees, subscriptions, donations and a grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada whose primary mandate is to promote scholarship related to postsecondary education through publications and scholarly conferences.

The CSSHE internship program offers interns an opportunity to gain hands on experience in coordinating an effective communication strategy for a large national academic society, as well as an opportunity to expand the knowledge and understanding of the field; increase professional networks; and develop one’s own professional career pathways in the field.

Responsibilities

As an active member of the communications committee, your responsibilities will include assistance with and support for:

  • Maintaining & updating the association website, including overseeing the development of a content plan for the association’s blog    
  • Managing the association’s social media platforms: Twitter, Facebook, Vimeo, including developing a content plan for these platforms    
  • Preparing documents to be ‘media-ready’ and distributed to the association membership in collaboration with other association committees like the Conference Committee    
  • Other tasks as needed to support the communications committee and the association’s communication needs    

It is estimated that the intern may work anywhere from 1 to 2 hours per week in the initial 5-6 month period and up to 12-15 hours per week, closer to the 2022 conference.

Qualifications

Education: current or recent graduate student -Masters or PhD – in higher education or related field of study
Experience: excellent written and oral communication skills, relevant experience in communications, advanced computer skills and familiarity with use of social media.
Special requirements: Multi tasker, goal and team-oriented. Added asset: Bilingual  English & French.

Honorarium

The internship is a voluntary position with an honorarium of $1500. Conference registration fees will also be covered for the intern. To apply, please send resume and cover letter stating the skills required to: Vicki Squires, Communications Committee Chair at vicki.squires@usask.ca      

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DAY 3 AT #CSSHE2021

Welcome to #CSSHE2021! Here’s a breakdown of Tuesday June 1at the conference:

(ALL TIMES IN MOUNTAIN DAYLIGHT TIME)

8:30-16:00 – Greeting Table open
The greeting table will be hosted by a staff or volunteer from Congress and will be your go-to for questions and support navigating the online platform.

8:30-16:00 – CSSHE Lounge open
Network with colleagues and have those ‘hallway moments’! CSSHE leaders will facilitate networking and community building sessions throughout the day in the Lounge, so return here throughout the day to see who you can connect with!

Topic based networking and community building – 10:15-10:45 – Student Development, Experiences and Services; International and Comparative Higher Education; Culture, Civilization, and Communication. Facilitated by Adriana Marroquin, University of Toronto & Vicki Squires, University of Saskatchewan

Addressing current events and systemic racism – 12:00-12:30 – Facilitated by Emma Sabzalieva, UNESCO and York University & Phoebe Kang, University of Toronto

Topic based networking and community building – 15:30-16:00 – Policy, Governance, Funding and Planning; Curriculum, Teaching, and Learning; Administration, Leadership and Institutional Change. Facilitated by Phoebe Kang, University of Toronto & Rhonda Friesen, Booth University College.

Paper Sessions

09.00-10.15 // G1: Liberal Arts Education in the 21st Century: Insights and Innovation Across
Continents (Live)
09.00-10.15 // G2: Students’ Identity Formation, Experiences, and Post-Study Choices (Live)
09.00-10.15 // G3: The Growing International Education and Immigration Nexus: Implications for Higher Education (Live)
09.00-10.15 // G4: Connecting Today’s Postsecondary Classroom to the Open Future: Open
Education Resources (OERs) Empower the Teaching of Educational Administration, Policy, and Leadership (Simu-live)
09.00-10.15 // G5: Perspectives of Traditionally Underrepresented Students, Part 3: Programs and Policy (Live)

Annual General Meeting

10.45-12.00 // Flagship 3: CSSHE Annual General Meeting (AGM) & Awards Ceremony

Join CSSHE for the Annual General Meeting and 2021 Awards Ceremony.

CSSHE/Congress delegates: Join from within Virtual Event Place. All other CSSHE members: Join at
https://zoom.us/j/98606618065?pwd=cWxWaGVkc1NFR0VWTkxzNnhZUUo2UT09 (Passcode: 782836)

View AGM Agenda here.

Paper Sessions

12.30-13.45 // H1: Supporting the Campus Experience of Students with Disabilities (Live)
12.30-13.45 // H2: What Does it Take to Become a Successful Academic? Doctoral Formation and the Scholarly Role (Live)
12.30-13.45 // H3: CSSHE 2021 Award Winners – Celebrate and Learn More! (Live) Moderated by Christine Arnold, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Chair of the 2021 Awards Committee.
12.30-13.45 // H4: What’s at Stake for the Post-Pandemic University Classroom? (Live)
12.30-13.45 // H5: Roundtable: Enabling Early Career Researchers’ Pursuit of an Academic Career (Live)

14.15-15.30 // I1: Non-Academic Work, Internationalization, and Job Satisfaction: The
Experiences of Professors in Canada (Live)
14.15-15.30 // I2: CSSHE 2020 Award Winners – Celebrate and Learn More! (Live) Moderated by Michelle Nilson, Simon Fraser University, Chair of the 2020 Awards Committee
14.15-15.30 // I3: Exploring Approaches to Pedagogies (Live)
14.15-15.30 // I4: Story-telling: Stories about Assessment and Impact (Live)
14.15-15.30 // I5: Priorities Paradox: Interrogating Campus, Connecting with Community (Live)

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DAY 2 AT #CSSHE2021

Welcome to #CSSHE2021! Here’s a breakdown of Monday May 31 at the conference:

(ALL TIMES IN MOUNTAIN DAYLIGHT TIME)

8:30-16:00 – Greeting Table open
The greeting table will be hosted by a staff or volunteer from Congress and will be your go-to for questions and support navigating the online platform.

8:30-16:00 – CSSHE Lounge open
Network with colleagues and have those ‘hallway moments’! CSSHE leaders will facilitate networking and community building sessions throughout the day in the Lounge, so return here throughout the day to see who you can connect with!
Topic based networking and community building – 10:15-10:45 – Student Access, Pathways and Transitions; Academic Professions and Pathways; History & Philosophy of Higher Education. Facilitated by Alyson King, Ontario Tech University & David Peacock, University of Alberta
Post-study employment options – 12:00-12:30 – Facilitated by Emma Sabzalieva, UNESCO and York University & You Zhang, University of Toronto
Canadian Higher Education Quiz – 15:30-16:00 – Facilitated by Grace Karram Stephenson, University of Toronto & Leping Mou, University of Toronto

Paper Sessions

09.00-10.15 // D1: Perspectives of Traditionally Underrepresented Students, Part 2: Access and
Acculturation (Live)
09.00-10.15 // D2: Research from Grant-hunting to Funding to Perceptions of Knowledge
Production (Live)
09.00-10.15 // D3: Priorities Paradox: Stakeholders, Talent, Credentials (Live)
09.00-10.15 // D4: Diversification of Chinese Universities Serves Diverse Stakeholders (Live)
09.00-10.15 // D5: Differentiation and Variation in Private Higher Education Cross-Nationally: A
Flipped, Interactive Panel (Live)

Flagship Session

10.45-12.00 // Flagship 2: Enabling Indigenous Scholarship in Canadian Higher Education

Fully open access. CSSHE/Congress delegates: Join from within Virtual Event Place. All others: Join at
https://zoom.us/j/92013601123?pwd=M1RDR0h4TG4rV0I2T1RFRFAwWWJGdz09 (passcode: J8K8qC)

Sponsored by the University of Manitoba, Faculty of Education. Session will be recorded and made available on the CSSHE website after the conference.

Panellists:
Moderator: Deborah Saucier, President and Vice-Chancellor of Vancouver Island University
Frank Deer, Canada Research Chair & Associate Professor at the Faculty of Education, University of Manitoba
Florence Glanfield, Vice-Provost (Indigenous Programming & Research), University of Alberta (she/her)
Tosh Southwick, Independent Consultant and former Associate Vice-President of Indigenous Engagement and Reconciliation, Yukon University (she/her)

Paper Sessions

12.30-13.45 // E1: Career Development and the Academic Profession in Canadian Universities
(Live)
12.30-13.45 // E2: Strategies and Approaches in Internationalization and Regionalization (Live)
12.30-13.45 // E3: Examining Research on Models of Plurilingual/EAL Student Language and
Literacy Support in Canadian Higher Education (Live)
12:30-13:45 // E4: Stories from the Learning Space: Student Reflections on Their Experiences in
an Educational Leadership Doctoral Program (Simu-Live)
12.30-13.45 // E5: Priorities Paradox: Student Services, Support, Success (Live)

14.15-15.30 // F1: 2021 Presidential Session (Live)
Fully open access. CSSHE/Congress delegates: Join from within Virtual Event Place. All other CSSHE members: Join at
https://zoom.us/j/98516130106?pwd=Y3NSdm5IdWorU2p6azF5WHI5UmF2UT09 (Passcode: 113625)

Panellists:
David Peacock, University of Alberta (Moderator)
Mike DeGagné, Indspire
Val Walker, Business Higher Education Roundtable
Andrea Dicks, Community Foundations Canada
Duncan Phillips, Mitacs
Chad Lubelsky, McConnell Foundation

14.15-15.30 // F2: Uncertainties and Challenges: Covid-19 and Beyond (Live)
14.15-15.30 // F3: Networking conversation (Live)
14.15-15.30 // F4: Ask Me Anything: Employability skill development in higher education (Live)
14.15-15.30 // F5: Workshop – Critical Wikipedia Creation: Combining Scholarly Publication in
Wikipedia Creation (Live)

VIEW THE FULL CONFERENCE PROGRAM

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Access all sessions directly through the online platform by clicking Programme/Auditorium in the CSSHE menu (Found under Association Hall A). Contact Congress using the live support function or email info.congress21@gmail.com with any technical challenges!

DAY 1 AT #CSSHE2021

Welcome to #CSSHE2021! Here’s a breakdown of Sunday May 30 at the conference:

(ALL TIMES IN MOUNTAIN DAYLIGHT TIME)

8:30-16:00 – Greeting Table open
The greeting table will be hosted by a staff or volunteer from Congress and will be your go-to for questions and support navigating the online platform.

8:30-16:00 – CSSHE Lounge open
Network with colleagues and have those ‘hallway moments’! CSSHE leaders will facilitate networking and community building sessions throughout the day in the Lounge, so return here throughout the day to see who you can connect with!
Meet-up & Greeting – 10:15-10:45
Topic based networking and community building – 12:00-12:30 – Theories & Methods in Understanding Higher Education; Uncertainties, Challenges, and Visions for the Future; Community Engagement and Partnership; Facilitated by Rhonda Friesen, Booth University College & Vicki Squires, University of Saskatchewan
First time at CSSHE? – 15:30-16:00 – Facilitated by Jacqueline Beaulieu, University of Toronto & Kathleen Matheos, University of Manitoba

Paper Sessions

09.00-10.15 // A1: Global Perspectives on International Students (Live)
09.00-10.15 // A2: Community Engagement and Partnerships (Live)
09.00-10.15 // A3: Bridging Divides in Higher Education through Visual Research Methods (Simulive)
09.00-10.15 // A4: From Study to Industry: Partnerships, Politics, and Perspectives (Live)
09.00-10.15 // A5: Organizational Change, Restructuring, and Mission Shift (Live)

Flagship 1

10.45-12.00 // Flagship 1: Confronting Privilege in Internationalization of Higher Education during
COVID-19: What have we learned?

Fully open access. CSSHE/Congress delegates: Join from within Virtual Event Place. All others: Join at
https://zoom.us/j/95609700387?pwd=OFIwcVB4cUNPOUFKWGtvUGVCUnNCZz09 (Passcode: 173756)

Co-hosted by CSSHE & CIESC/SCECI. Supported by the Federation Interdisciplinary Fund. Session will be recorded and made available on the CSSHE website after the conference.

Panellists:
Discussant: Roopa Desai Trilokekar, Associate Professor, Faculty of Education, York University.
Crain Soudier, Chief Executive Officer, Human Sciences Research Council (South Africa)
Christina W. Yao, Assistant Professor and Program Coordinator, Higher Education & Student Affairs, Department of
Educational Leadership and Policies, University of South Carolina (USA)
Thashika Pillay, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Education, Queen’s University (Canada)

Paper Sessions

12.30-13.45 // B1: Advising and Administration as Process and Career (Live)
12.30-13.45 // B2: Pathways and Experiences of International Students (Live)
12.30-13.45 // B3: Contemporary and Historical Perspectives on Higher Education (Live)
12.30-13.45 // B4: Rech. francophone canadienne (1ère partie): Stratégies et Planification dans
les Institutions et les Systèmes (Live)
12.30-13.45 // B5: Navigating Leadership in Higher Education (Live)

14.15-15.30 // C1: Perspectives of Traditionally Underrepresented Students, Part 1: Inclusion and
Identity (Live)
14.15-15.30 // C2: Decision Making and Negotiation in Higher Education Politics and Policy (Live)
14.15-15.30 // C3: What’s Working? Evaluating Teaching, Learning, and Campus Services (Live)
14.15-15.30 // C4: Rech. francophone canadienne (2e partie) : Etudiant(e)s et Pedagogie:
Approches, Adaptation, et Satisfaction
14.15-15.30 // C5: Story-telling: Stories about Support, Care, and Community Building (Live)

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Access all sessions directly through the online platform by clicking Programme/Auditorium in the CSSHE menu (Found under Association Hall A). Contact Congress using the live support function or email info.congress21@gmail.com with any technical challenges!

Welcome to the 51st Annual CSSHE Conference

A warm welcome to all #CSSHE2021 presenters and attendees! The 51st Annual CSSHE Conference begins on May 30, 2021 and we are thrilled to welcome delegates from 74 institutions in 15 countries. This year’s conference features over 200 presentations from domestic and international delegates, graduate students, researchers and practitioners in higher education.

If you haven’t already, register for #CSSHE2021, and view the conference program. Follow us on Twitter for updates leading up to the conference!

CSSHE Presidential Session | May 31 | 2:15-3:30PM MST

Join CSSHE for the 2021 Presidential Session at the annual CSSHE conference: Experiential Learning and the Future of the Social Non-Profit Sector

May 31, 2021 2:15-3:30pm MST

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Across Canada, non-profit social organizations have been at the forefront of the responses to both COVID-19 and racial injustices this past year. Community engaged learning, community-based learning and other forms of experiential learning explicitly designed to boost the capacity of the not-for-profit sector can also play a crucial role in an equitable pandemic recovery. This session highlights the funding, policy, and partnership opportunities for experiential learning and community campus engagement as part of the recovery efforts.

With speakers:
David Peacock, University of Alberta (Moderator)
Mike DeGagné, Indspire
Val Walker, Business Higher Education Roundtable
Andrea Dicks, Community Foundations Canada
Duncan Phillips, Mitacs
Chad Lubelsky, McConnell Foundation

Register for #CSSHE2021 Annual Conference today!

Canadian Journal of Higher Education Vol 51, No 1 (2021): 51(1)

Read the current issue of the Canadian Journal of Higher Education.

Articles

Work Hard, Party Hard: Harm Reduction in a Postsecondary Setting
Victoria Ford, Alyssa Wooster, Mary Bartram (1-14)

Les acquis de la formation doctorale: perceptions des compétences développées
Marcelline Bangali (15-27)

Perspectives of Canadian Distance Educators on the Move to Online Learning
Cindy Ives, Pamela Walsh (28-40)

Accommodations and academic performance: First-year university students with disabilities
Jeanette Parsons, Mary Ann McColl, Andrea K. Martin, David W. Rynard (41-56)

Sessional Contract Faculty, Unionization, and Academic Freedom
Stephanie Ross, Larry Savage, James Watson (57-70)

Intersecting Roadmaps: Resolving Tension Between Profession-Specific and University-Wide Graduate Attributes
Samira ElAtia, Jason P. Carey, Marnie Jamieson, Bashair Alibrahim, Marcus Ivey (71-98)

Book Reviews

Book Review of “International Education as Public Policy in Canada”
Ruth Hayhoe (99-100)

Book Review of “Equity in Science: Representation, Culture, and the Dynamics of Change in Graduate Education”
Lianne Fisher (101-102)

Book review of “The Finest Blend: Graduate Education in Canada”
Alison Elizabeth Jefferson (103-105)

Looking Back/Looking Forward: CSSHE 50th Anniversary Webinar *UPDATED WITH REGISTRATION LINK

Celebrating 50 years of both the Canadian Society for Studies in Higher Education (CSSHE) and the Canadian Journal of Higher Education (CJHE)

Thank you to the Centre for Higher Education Research and Development at the University of Manitoba for supporting this webinar.

Thursday, May 6, 2021 from 12-1.30pm EST
REGISTER NOW: https://my.demio.com/ref/7MS3mjj2bd03k0cI

Moderators:

  • Roopa Desai Trilokekar, Associate Professor, Faculty of Education, York University
  • Merli Tamtik, Associate Professor, Educational Administration, Foundations & Psychology, University of Manitoba

Speakers:

Sheila Brown is President Emerita of Mount Saint Vincent University, having served two terms as its 9th President. She continues to be actively involved in professional development programs for university leaders. She is a long time member of CSSHE, and served as a Board member 1996-2000, Vice-President 2000-01, President 2001-04 and Past President 2004-05. She was named Distinguished Member in 2006.

Dr. Kathleen Clarke is currently an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Education at Wilfrid Laurier University, where she mainly teaches in the Master of Education – Student Affairs Field of Study. She graduated with her PhD in Higher Education from OISE/University of Toronto in 2019. Kathleen served as the Graduate Student Representative for the Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education for three years (2014-2017), during which time she was the Local Area Coordinator for the annual conference at Brock (2014) and conference co-chair at the University of Ottawa (2015) and the University of Calgary (2016). She also regularly presents at the annual conference for the society on topics related to graduate education, students with disabilities, and students’ mental health.

Dr. Amira El Masri is the Director of the Center for Global Education and Internationalization at Sheridan. She’s been an active CSSHE member since 2013. She was a member of the CSSHE Conference Planning Committee for two consecutive years (2020 and 2021) and is currently an elected member of CSSHE Board of Directors. She was the winner of the  2020 CSSHE Geis Doctoral Dissertation Award for her doctoral dissertation “International education as policy: A discourse coalition framework analysis of the construction, context, and empowerment of Ontario’s international education storylines”.

Alexander (Sandy) Gregor, retired from the University of Manitoba as Professor of Higher Education and Director of the Division of Postsecondary Studies and Director of Centre for Higher Education Research and Development (CHERD). Currently, part of Senior College at the University of Toronto, as a Founding Fellow; and Editor of the Senior College Encyclopedia.

Was President CSSHE (1986-87) and  Editor-in-Chief of the Canadian Journal of Higher Education in the 1990’s; and for a time CSSHE Executive Secretary, when the Society and Journal were administered through CHERD.

Glen A. Jones is professor of higher education and dean of the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto. He was President of the CSSHE in 1996-97 and co-editor of the CJHE from 1997-1999. He received the CSSHE Research Award in 2001 and the Distinguished Member Award in 2011. He received an honorary doctorate from the University of Manitoba in recognition of his contributions to the study of higher education in Canada.

Eric Lavigne is the Coordinator of Program Development at Université de l’Ontario français, the Editor of the French section of the Canadian Journal of Higher Education, and a lecturer in OISE’s Higher Education program. His research interests gravitate around higher education administration, organizational theory, and micropolitics.

CSSHE 2021: Letter to Members on Racial Injustice

Dear Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education members,

We hope that this finds you and those in your care all keeping well. On March 23, 2021, the CSSHE Board of Directors and CSSHE 2021 Conference Committee held a joint meeting to discuss the Black Canadian Studies Association’s (BCSA) decision to withdraw from Congress 2020 and 2021 (https://twitter.com/BlkCdnSA/status/1359136941346816006?s=20).

We understand, respect, and support the decision of the BCSA to withdraw from Congress again this year. (Last year, the BCSA withdrew from Congress in protest against the structural racism of the response to the 2019 incident and the inequities that a virtual conference would present.) We also respectfully acknowledge and are grateful for the work of those individuals and societies who have decided to withdraw in solidarity.

In light of these developments and discussions, the CSSHE Board of Directors has chosen to continue engaging with Congress in order to contribute to change and hold our profession and societies accountable as an expression of our shared commitments and values. CSSHE will continue to critically reflect, and to action our values, to create a more just society. We respect the views shared and wish to highlight just a couple of our Society’s most recent commitments as follows:

We recognize that the intersection of structural racism and the pandemic, both in the effects on health as well as economic security, has disproportionately affected communities with large proportions of racialized people, as well as those who are economically disadvantaged. This year, the CSSHE Board of Directors, working through its committees:

We hope to continue this work and invite you to join us at our AGM and Awards Ceremony (Tuesday June 1, 2021, 10.45am-12.00pm Mountain Daylight Time), where we will take some time to reflect on the role that higher education has played in reinforcing systemic racism and how we can continue to address this in our profession and scholarship. In advance of that discussion, we invite you to read the Congress Advisory Committee on Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Decolonization (AC-EDID) Report and Recommendations, Igniting Change and to sign the Charter on Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Decolonization in the Social  Sciences and Humanities.

For those who are unable to attend or would prefer to share their ideas, questions, or critiques through other means, we invite you to email, video chat, or set up a time to talk by phone.

With gratitude,

CSSHE Board of Directors

View the CSSHE2021 Conference Committee’s response to the Federation for the Humanities and Social Science Igniting Change Report

CSSHE Call for nominations to board of directors | Mise en candidature au conseil d’administration de la SCÉES

Dear CSSHE Members:

In accordance with By-Law No.1 and as permitted under subsection 128(4) the Act, terms of office for Directors of the Corporation shall be as follows:

Two (2) directors elected for a term of four (4) years
Two (2) directors elected for a term of three (3) years
Six (6) to eight (8) directors elected for a term of two (2) years

Vacancies 2021 
The Nominations Committee of the Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education (CSSHE) solicits nominations for Directors to fill positions on the Board of Directors that will become vacant after the Annual General Meeting, scheduled to be held virtually on Tuesday, 1 June 2021 from 10:45 A.M. to 12:00 P.M. (Mountain):

One (1) director to be elected for a term of four (4) years (in the presumptive role of vice-president)
Two (2) directors to be elected for a term of three (3) years
Two (2) directors to be elected for a term of two (2) years

Duties
The Board of Directors meets monthly except for July and August. Most meetings are one hour video/teleconferences, however, the Board also meets for several hours immediately before the spring conference at the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences. Board members who cannot attend the face-to-face meeting in person are expected to do so by some form of electronic means.

In addition to preparing for and attending the meetings of the Board, directors of the society participate and serve on committees. Examples of committee work may include service on: ·

  • Program Committee (which acts to plan and coordinate the annual and other conferences and events for the society),
  • Awards Committees
  • Policies and Procedures Committee
  • Communications Committee
  • Other committees formed as required to fulfill the objects and mandate of the society.

Directors may also be required to serve as liaisons to the society’s affinity groups, as conference track chairs, chair sessions at conferences, participate in the blind peer review process, and other duties of the Board of Directors as required under By-law No1.

How to Nominate

Self-nominations will be accepted. All nominators and nominees for positions on the Board of Directors must be members in good standing of the CSSHE for calendar year 2021. Before making a nomination for a colleague please ensure that the person you wish to nominate will accept the nomination.

If there are more nominees than positions in any one category, an election will be held. Interested nominees should view the lengths and terms of vacancies and specify the term vacancy (length of term of office) to which they are applying. 

Nominees are asked to undertake a personal skills assessment and highlight their knowledge of the society, governance, and higher education. Nominees shall provide a brief biographical statement (not to exceed 250 words) highlighting their particular interests within the field of higher education, their experience as a scholar and/or practitioner of higher education, and skills that would make them a valuable addition to the Board of Directors of CSSHE. These statements will be circulated to the membership in advance of the election.

Please submit your nomination or self-nomination by email to csshe-scees@csse.ca with subject line

“Nomination for Board of Directors” no later than Monday, 3 May 2021.

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Chers membres de la SCÉES,

Conformément au règlement intérieur no 1 et sous réserve de ce qui est autorisé aux termes au paragraphe 128(4) de la Loi BNL, les mandats des administrateurs de la corporation sont :

deux (2) administrateurs élus pour un mandat de quatre (4) ans;
deux (2) administrateurs élus pour un mandat de trois (3) ans;
six (6) à huit (8) administrateurs élus pour un mandat de deux (2) ans.

Postes vacants 2021
Le comité des candidatures de la Société canadienne pour l’étude de l’enseignement supérieur (SCÉES) sollicite des candidatures pour combler les postes au sein du conseil d’administration qui deviendront vacants après l’assemblée générale annuelle qui se tiendra virtuellement le mardi 1er juin 2021 de 10 h 45 à 12 h (heure des Rocheuses) :

un (1) administrateur à élire pour un mandat de quatre (4) ans (dans le rôle présomptif de vice-président).
deux (2) administrateurs à élire pour un mandat de trois (3) ans.
deux (2) administrateurs à élire pour un mandat de deux (2) ans.

Responsabilités
Le conseil d’administration se réunit une fois par mois, sauf en juillet et en août. Il s’agit la plupart du temps d’une téléconférence ou vidéoconférence d’une heure. Le conseil se réunit aussi pendant plusieurs heures immédiatement avant le congrès du printemps de la SCÉES, qui a lieu dans le cadre du Congrès des sciences humaines. Les membres du conseil d’administration qui ne sont pas en mesure d’assister sur place à la réunion sont priés de s’y joindre par voie électronique.

En plus de se préparer en vue des réunions du conseil d’administration et de participer à ces réunions, les administrateurs de la société font partie de comités. Il peut s’agir, par exemple :

·         du comité du programme (qui assure la planification et la coordination du congrès annuel et des autres congrès et événements de la SCÉES);

·        des comités des prix;

·         du comité des politiques et procédures;

·         du comité des communications;

·         ou d’autres comités mis sur pied au besoin en vue d’accomplir le mandat de la SCÉES et d’atteindre ses objectifs.

Les administrateurs peuvent également se voir demander de servir d’agents de liaison auprès des groupes d’affinité de la SCÉES, de présidents de l’une ou l’autre des volets du congrès annuel, de présidents de séance lors de congrès ou d’arbitres dans le cadre d’évaluations à l’insu par les pairs; ils peuvent aussi avoir à s’acquitter d’autres tâches qui incombent au conseil d’administration conformément au règlement intérieur no 1 de la SCÉES. 

Comment proposer une candidature

Vous pouvez présenter votre propre candidature. Les personnes qui proposent un candidat pour un poste au sein du conseil d’administration tout comme les candidats eux-mêmes doivent être des membres en règle de la SCÉES pour l’année civile de 2021. Avant de proposer un collègue comme candidat, assurez-vous que la personne que vous désirez proposer acceptera la mise en candidature.

S’il y a plus de candidats que de postes dans une catégorie, une élection aura lieu. Les candidats intéressés doivent prendre connaissance de la durée des postes vacants et préciser la durée du mandat  pour laquelle ils postulent.

Les candidats doivent se soumettre à une évaluation de leurs compétences personnelles et faire la preuve de leurs connaissances, qu’il s’agisse de la SCÉES, de la gouvernance ou de l’enseignement supérieur. Les candidats doivent en outre faire parvenir un profil d’au maximum 250 mots faisant étant de leurs intérêts particuliers dans le domaine de l’enseignement supérieur, de leur expérience en tant que chercheur et /ou praticien dans ce même domaine ainsi que de leurs compétences qui seraient un atout pour le conseil d’administration de la SCÉES. Ces documents seront acheminés aux membres avant les élections.

Veuillez faire parvenir par courriel, d’ici le 3 mai 2021, le nom de la personne que vous proposez ou votre propre candidature à csshe-scees@csse.ca en prenant soin d’indiquer dans la ligne objet « Mise en candidature pour le conseil d’administration Â».

Register for #CSSHE2021 by March 31 to win a University of Toronto Press higher education book!

Early bird registration for #CSSHE2021 Annual Conference ends on March 31. All early bird registrants will be entered into a draw to win their choice of a higher education publication from the University of Toronto Press.

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Announcing #csshe2021 Flagship Events

Confronting Privilege in Internationalization of Higher Education during COVID-19:  What have we learned?
Sunday May 30, 2021 | 10:45am-12:00pm MST
Co-hosted by CSSHE & CIESC/SCECI

This session is directed towards a critical, multidisciplinary examination of current, normative internationalization policies in higher education during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the interactions of these policies with mobilities of privilege. Internationalization has grown to be a high priority for higher education institutions in Canada, reflected in their strategic plans and policy documents. Yet, the pandemic has changed mobility across the globe, implicating internationalization engagments in HE. More than ever, Gorki’s reminder (2008) to international or intercultural educators is key, that “good intentions are not enough,” challenging us to question our practice if it does not first and foremost address issues of social reconstruction for equity and justice. In other words, he asks if without such questioning, we render “ourselves complicit to existing inequity and injustice”(p. 516). Institutions of higher education across the globe are at important cross-roads as they pivot, shift and remain steady during the COVID-19 pandemic. While on the one hand they are increasingly committed to international and intercultural education, and indigenizing their campuses, on the other they increasingly face pressures under neoliberal discourses to simplify, quantify and manage the increasing diversity on their campuses in a way that ensures institutional survival. These discourses have manifested in different ways during the pandemic – as mobility has shifted and online education dominated education this past year. Now there is more need than ever before to “slow down” and analyze the historical and socio-political power hierarchies that define and characterize international and intercultural relations, current discourses encourage expediency and managerialism that work towards ‘band-aid’ and ‘quick fix’ approaches, during the rush to keep education relevant during the pandemic.

Panel participants will address the theoretical and practical implications for challenging policies that have failed to incorporate critical pedagogical perspectives and will consider curricular concerns for the intersections of race, gender, class and ability in how internationalization is practiced in universities. They will critically analyse the discourses of internationalization and colonialism reflected in the practices of higher education institutions. As researchers operating from a position of care, inclusion, hope, and advocacy for an internationalism that dismantles socially-identified categories of difference and promotes equity and social justice, they will assist us in ‘interrogating’ internationalization at all levels of higher education institutions: governance (policy, administrative practices), curriculum and pedagogy, social relations (among students, staff, faculty, administrators and the wider community). 

The session is designed around an interactive session, focused on a question and discussion format between panelists and a discussant. The two questions guiding the session are: 1) What are the key moments in the year of the pandemic that open opportunities for institutional learning for practices that aim at equality and justice? 2) What’s at risk as institutions, faculty, students and community move forward in internationalization in the year ahead?

Panellists:

  • Crain Soudier, Chief Executive Officer, Human Sciences Research Council (South Africa)
  • Christina W. Yao, Assistant Professor and Program Coordinator, Higher Education & Student Affairs, Department of Educational Leadership and Policies, University of South Carolina (USA)
  • Thashika Pillay, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Education, Queen’s University (Canada)

Discussant: Roopa Desai Trilokekar, Associate Professor, Faculty of Education, York University.

Enabling Indigenous Scholarship in Canadian Higher Education
Monday May 31, 2021 | 10:45-12:00pm MST
Open event sponsored by the University of Manitoba Faculty of Education

Higher education has traditionally been seen as slow to adapt or even resistant to change. The dominant model of the higher education institution that can be found all over Canada has clear roots in the Anglo-European models that date back hundreds of years. As universities spread, so too did colonial ideas of how education should be organized and shared. The wealth of knowledge from Indigenous cultures and traditions that already existed on and about this land was excluded from the establishment of the Canadian higher education system. 

In today’s system, higher education institutions, operating as colonial institutions, still stand, stretching from Whitehorse to St John’s. And yet, while they might look the same from the outside, Indigenous wisdom and knowledge is beginning to transform higher education from within. 

This CSSHE flagship session will bring together Indigenous senior administrators and researchers, providing space for these leaders to share their stories and experiences and for participants to learn from them. The session aims to move beyond a deficit discourse that tends to package Indigenization and decolonization as buzzwords or merely jobs to be done towards focusing on the strengths of Indigenous research, knowledge, and worldviews, and how these strengths can rejuvenate Canadian higher education. The session will also provide a space to reflect on the paradoxes and difficulties of doing this within the existing structure of higher education, a key tension in the resurgence of Indigenous knowledges.

After a welcome by the moderator and introductions to each speaker, the speakers will be invited to share (whether through storytelling, a presentation with slides, through Q&A, or other format according to their preference) for 10-15 minutes each. This will be followed by audience interaction, facilitated by the moderator. This session is open to everyone, whether registered for Congress or not.

Moderator: Deborah Saucier, President and Vice-Chancellor of Vancouver Island University 
Frank Deer, Canada Research Chair & Associate Professor at the Faculty of Education, University of Manitoba 
Florence Glanfield, Vice-Provost (Indigenous Programming & Research), University of Alberta (she/her)
Tosh Southwick, Independent Consultant and former Associate Vice-President of Indigenous Engagement and Reconciliation, Yukon University (she/her)