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Research Commons Workshops for December
All of the news, events and workshops offered by the UBC Research Commons in December 2015.
Topics this month include: thesis formatting, citation management, NVivo, R, SPSS, FIRETalks, a Graduate Student writing group, copyright, research and data management.
http://koerner.library.ubc.ca/services/research-commons/research-commons-newsletter/
Call for Paper Proposals: Exploring Diversity in Children’s Literature, Librarianship, and Education
Many Worlds to Walk In: Exploring Diversity in Children’s Literature, Librarianship, and Education
Call for Paper Proposals Deadline for submission: February 15, 2016
A peer-reviewed graduate student conference on children’s literature, media, and culture
University of British Columbia – Saturday, April 30, 2016
Many Worlds to Walk In: Exploring Diversity in Children’s Literature, Librarianship, and Education is a one-day conference on April 30, 2016 showcasing graduate student research in children’s literature. You are invited to submit an academic paper proposal that contributes to research in the area of children’s and young adult literature, librarianship, education, media, or cultural studies. Submissions of creative writing for children and young adults are also welcome. We are particularly interested in research and creative pieces that draw on the broadly interpreted theme of diversity–including research on narratives that depict diversity and the diverse formats we use to create and share narratives.
Topics may include, but are not limited to:
- Diverse theoretical perspectives on children’s and young adult literature (e.g. postcolonial, feminist, queer, eco-critical approaches)
- Multiculturalism and stories of underrepresented, marginalized, or disabled populations
- Underrepresented formats of stories for children and young adults (graphic novel, picture book app, etc.)
- Inclusive programming and services in children’s librarianship and education
- Indigenous and aboriginal narratives
- Oral storytelling and sign language storytelling
- Newcomer, refugee, and immigrant narratives
- Otherness and trans-national identities
- Problematic interpretations and definitions of diversity
- Diversity within genres: boundary-pushing books, films, etc.
- Cross-media adaptations of children’s and young adult texts
- Translated and multilingual texts for children and young adults
- Resources and services for multilingual readers and families
- Empathy-building through story
- Imagined identities: diversity in fantasy, created worlds
- Multiple perspectives on historical events (Holocaust narratives, etc.)
The topics above are a guideline for the proposals we would like to see, but we are eager to receive paper proposals on any facet of diversity in children’s and young adult texts.
Academic Paper Proposals
Please send a 250 word abstract that includes the title of your paper, a list of references in MLA format, a 50 word biography, your name, your university affiliation, email address, and phone number to the review committee at submit.ubc.conference@gmail.com. Please include “Conference Proposal Submission” in the subject line of your email.
Creative Writing Proposals
Submissions of creative writing for children and young adults in any genre are welcome, including novel chapters, poetry, picture books, graphic novels, scripts, etc. Please send a piece of work no longer than 12 pages double spaced. (Anything shorter is welcome– poetry, for example, might only be a page). The submission should include the title of your piece, a 150 word overview of your piece (describe age group, genre, and links to the conference theme), a list of references in MLA format (if you have any), a 50 word biography, your name, your university affiliation, email address, and phone number. Please send to the review committee at submit.ubc.conference@gmail.com. Please put “Creative Conference Proposal Submission” in the subject line of your email.
For more info, please contact ubc.conference.2016@gmail.com.
Authorfest 2015
Authorfest, an annual UBC children’s author panel, will take place in Scarfe 100 on Monday, November 23, 2015 from 4:30-6:00 pm.
This year’s panel of speakers consists of Robert Heidbreder, Dan Bar-El, and Shar Levine, and is hosted by the UBC Education Library and the Vancouver Children’s Literature Roundtable.
See you there!
BC Drop Everything and Read (DEAR) Challenge, Oct. 26th, 2015
October 26th, 2015 is the 9th anniversary of the BC Drop Everything and Read (DEAR) Challenge!
DEAR began when the BC Teacher-Librarians’ Association (BCTLA) challenged schools in BC to participate in twenty minutes of simultaneous reading on a Monday morning in October. Over the years DEAR has gathered momentum and involved:
- athletes
- business leaders
- politicians and
- provincial and municipal government offices.
The simple, but powerful idea of DEAR is to promote the importance of literacy by having as many students and adults as possible read at the same time on the same day.
The DEAR Challenge for October 26th, 2015 is for EVERYONE in BC to put down their work, turn off their computer screens, pick up a book, magazine or newspaper and read for 20 minutes.
You are invited to join BC teachers and students on October 26, 2015 as they Drop Everything And Read!
Please add this event to your calendar.
National School Library Day Colloquia, October 27 5-6pm
Please join with us in celebrating National School Library Day! We are honouring Professor Judith Saltman.
The Place and Space for Canadian Children’s Literature in Our Lives and Libraries”
Panel presenters: Maggie DeVries, Jan Hare, Yukiko Tosa, Judith Saltman
Why should we care about Canadian Children’s literature in our lives and libraries? Is Canadian identity critical in a digital, global, pop culture world? Do parents, teachers, teacher-librarians, librarians and young people really care whether they read Canadian or not? Join with our panel presenters as they discuss these questions and more. Maggie DeVries will offer her perspective as a writer for children who has situated both her fiction and non-fiction in BC. Jan Hare will comment as a First Nations scholar and Associate Professor of Indigenous Education at UBC. Yukiko Tosa will provide insights into public and school library collections in her role as head of Britannia Community School Library. Judith Saltman will conclude with remarks based on her research as a Canadian children’s literature scholar.
Where: Room 185, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre
When: 5:00-6:00 p.m., Tuesday October 27, 2015