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Deadline for applications:
3rd Friday in October, 3rd Friday in May.
Applications go to:
Faculty of Arts office, EA3109
The committee will meet, make funding decisions, and send notification of funding to applicants within one month of the application deadline.
The Arts Scholarly Events Council exists to encourage and support relevant events which are of benefit to faculty and students at Mount Royal. Such events include, but are not limited to, the organization of conferences, workshops, symposia and speakers' series.
Terms of Reference
To develop and communicate guidelines for the assessment of applications
To evaluate applications and determine the level of support for each
To provide information about external finding sources
To maintain a liaison with other groups within the College who are involved in similar activities
Purpose of Allocation
Arts Scholarly Events Council funding is intended to underwrite a portion of the costs of mounting an event that meets the council's purpose. Applicants are encouraged to seek additional funding from other sources (e.g., registration fees, sponsorships, grants, donations).
Deadlines for Submission
There are two funding periods in each academic year. The deadline for funding is the third Friday of October for events to be held in the period January 1 to June 15 and the third Friday of May for events to be held during the period August 15 to December 31.
Criteria for allocating funds
- Relevance to the Faculty of Arts
- Relevance to the discipline
- Affordability
- Whether or not the applicant has had a successful applicaton in the previous year
- Availability of other resources/funding sources
- Reasonability of costs
- Appeal to a broader audience in the Faculty of Arts (more than one department)
- Appeal to students
- Appeal to the broader community
There is a form that must be filled out before a project is started.
Note: Please do not try to print and fill-out the online form. It is designed for on-line use only.
Below you will find relevant links to Canadian sources of funding and other information. Note: Clicking on links below will open new window.
Canada Council — http://www.canadacouncil.ca/
Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council of Canada — http://www.sshrc.ca/
| Sabrina Reed | Associate Dean, Faculty of Arts, Chair |
| Ginger Mullen | English |
| Kim Williams | Humanities |
| Rob Surdu | Interior Design |
| Maria Teresa Arbulu | Languages & Cultures |
| Richard Sutherland | Policy Studies |
| Naomi Grant | Psychology |
| Tracy Nielsen | Sociology and Anthropology |
| Andrea Katz | External Relations |
History of Special Events Programming in the Faculty of Arts:
Recognizing the importance of providing a forum for the discussion of issues of broad social, political and cultural significance, the Faculty of Arts created a Special Events Committee in 1989. Over the decade of its existence the committee sponsored numerous forums, lectures and conferences for both internal and external audiences. In recent years there has been a noticeable shift from community-based events to more department-specific activities, including symposia and conferences. In response to the changing needs of the Faculty, the committee decided to reinvent itself as a funding body for projects initiated by departments or groups within the Faculty. This newly constituted body is called the Arts Scholarly Events Council. It has published terms of reference, criteria for assessing proposals, forms for application, information regarding other funding sources and checklist for event organizers. These are all available on the Council's web site. Those events sponsored by the Special Events Committee for the past decade are listed below. As the new Arts Scholarly Events Council funds projects, these too will be added to the list.
Summary of Events
2011-2012
Dr. John Loxley and Dr. Ian Hudson, "The Role of the State in Fostering Aboriginal Community Economic Development." Public lecture, Friday, October 21, 2011 in EA3001/3003, from 12-2 pm.
Dr. Nikky-Guninder Kaur Singh. "Sikhism and Women: Sacred and Secular Interpretations." Lecture and classroom visit, Monday, October 3, 2011.
2010-2011
Arts Faculty Forum on Social Media, Arts Faculty Forum - Thursday, November 25, 2011
C.W. Mills Memorial Speakers series. Talk by Dr. Dan Jaffee on international trade and the coffee industry, "Brewing Justice:Fair Trade Coffee, Sustainability, and Survival". Monday October 18, 2:30 - 4:00 in EC1050.
"Under Western Skies" Climate, Culture and Change in Western North America with keynote speakers Dr. Vandana Shiva, Dr. Richard White, Andrew Nikiforuk, Maude Barlow, Leo Jacobs and Dr. Bron Taylor, at MRU from October 13, -16, 2010. For information and registration, see www.skies.mtroyal.ca.
Forum: "Debating Issues in Aboriginal Policy" May 5, 2011
Michael N. Yahulganaas: Department of English writer in residence, public lecture. April 6-8, 2011
Dr. Linda Hutcheon: Public Lecture. March 22, 2011
Conference on Teaching History, a one-day conference involving high school and university teachers, as well as MRU Education students, February 18, 2011
2009-2010
A symposium titled, " New Directions in Aboriginal Policy," a sequel to the symposium held in June 2009, was held on May 5, 2010.
Dr. Doris Jakobsh's public lecture, "Sikhizing the Sikhsa: The Role of 'New Media' in Historical and Contemporary Identity Construction" was held on Thursday, April 8, 4-5:30 in EA1024.
The Intercollegiate Model U.N. was hosted this year by MRU over the March 5-7 long weekend.
Jane Cawthorne's play, The Abortion Monologues, had its Canadian premiere on February 4, 2010.
Carmine Starnino was the writer in residence for a week in November, culminating in a poetry "Cage Match" between Starnino and Christian Bok on November 26, 2009
At the 5th Annual C. W. Mills Lecture, October 29, 2009, Dr. Sherene Razack spoke on "An Astonishingly Callous Disregard: Aboriginal Deaths in Custody"
Lecture by Dr Jennifer Passey on "Causal Uncertainty" in October, 2009.
2008-2009
Fourth annual C. W. Mills Lecture, "Global Metal" by Sam Dunn
"Into the West": Canadian Association of Irish Studies Conference. June 3-6, 2009
"New Directions in Aboriginal Policy Symposium" June 12, 2009
Department of English visiting author series, Yvette Nolan, March 2009
Lecture by Dr. Nancy Janovicek, "I wasn't interested in the political part back then". Connecting the Personal and the Political in the Battered Women's Shelter Movement, 1970-1985. November 2008
2005-2006
Homophobic Violence in Canada
Lecture by Doug Janoff
Positive Space Speakers Series
Transgender Awareness Day
Positive Space Speakers Series
Inaugural series lecture by Kathryn Mills, daughter of C. Wright Mills
C. Wright Mills Memorial Speakers Series
The Fall of the Second Empire and Zola’s Debacle
Lecture by Professor David Baguley
Bone Songs: An Afternoon of Poetry
Kateri Akiwenzie-Damn and Gregory Scofield
Celebration of Language and Culture
Poetry Reading
Claire Harris
2004-2005
Women’s History Month Panel Discussion
Pacific Northwest Renaissance Conference
Plenary Speakers: Daniel Woolf and David Scott Kastan
Faculty of Arts Interdisciplinary Forums
2003-2004
"Transcultural Dialogues: An International Bilingual Colloquium on the Works of Nancy Huston"
May, 2004
Future Visions: A Symposium on Science Fiction and Social Change
February, 2004
Interfaculty Contemporary Issues Forums on Same Sex Marriage and Canada/United States Relationships
2002-2003
Spring, 2003"Celebration au Centre"
Event recognizing student excellence in foreign language classes, opening of new language labs in East Wing l.
Winter, 2003"A Delicate Balance: Dialogue on Conflict, Peace, Logic, and Hope"
Keynote Address: Trudy Govier"Logic and Violence."
Commentators: Stephen Engler and Stefan Sikora
Winter, 2003"Jumping off the Titanic: Meditations on Education and Culture"
Public lecture by writer and thinker David Solway on the future of teaching Social followed, with wine, cheese, questions, dialogue the following noon.
Fall, 2002"Teaching Spanish Through Communicative Tasks: A Workshop for Spanish Teachers."
2001-2002
English Department Satellite Reading Series: Fall/Winter
2000-2001
May 3-6, 2001"Technology/Pedagogy/Politics: What's Next?"co-sponsored with the Department of English, MRC
April 3, 2001 Une Célébration au Centre, Languages and Cultures Department, MRC
March 5, 2001 Public Lecture by Denis O. Lamoureux:"Beyond the 'Evolution vs. Creation' Debate."
1999-2000
October 29 - 31, 1999 Canadian Society for Traditional Music Conference. Co-hosted by the Departments of English and Humanities.
1998-1999
May 7-8, 1999 Technology Pedagogy Politics — Critical Visions of New Technology in Education. Co-sponsored by the Department of English and the Centre for Communication Studies.
October 1-3, 1998 The 27th Annual Victorian Studies Association of Western Canada Conference. Co-hosted with the University of Calgary.
1995-1996
October 12, 1995 Debate — Strong Medicine - A Debate on the Future of Health Care. Dr. Michael Rachlis and Dr. Robert Mitchell debated.
1994-1995
May 18, 1995 Forum — Ethics in Scholarship. Co-sponsored with the U of C, Faculty of General Studies.
March 20, 1995 Lecture —The Quebec Referendum&the Future of Canada featuring Daniel Latouche. Co-sponsored with the U of C Political Science Alumni Forum.
November 2, 1994 Lecture-Pierre Trudeau: The Last Left Liberal in the Whole Wide World featuring Christina McCall&Stephen Clarkson.
1993-1994
March 16, 1994 Forum — Redefining the family? New reproductive technologies: the case of in vitro fertilization. Moderated by Nancy Betkowski with Brenda Baker, Sheilah Martin, Fiona Nelson as panelists.
December 7, 1993 Lecture Series — Dr. Peter Morton — Descartes and Computational Psychology: Is There Still a Ghost in the Machine.
October 20, 1993 Lecture Series — Niall Shanks — A Critical Analysis of the Use of Animals in Biomedical Research.
October 6, 1993 Lecture Series — Dr. Theodore S. Jojola - Aboriginal Culture and Modern Film.
September 24, 1993 Lecture Series — Veronica Jane Strong-Boag - Independent Women, problematic men: first and second wave anti-feminism in Canada from Goldwyn Smith to Betty Steele
1991-1992
March 26, 1992 Forum on Focus on Quebec. Co-sponsored with The Calgary Herald; moderated by Robert Bragg; panel members — Lori Williams, Josée Legault, Dr. Roger Gibbins, and Dr. Barry Cooper.
March 11, 1992 Lecture Series — featuring Tom Kerr — A New Theatre - And Why Hamlet
February 20, 1992 Lecture Series — featuring Dr. John Robertson — Current Archeological Research into an Ancient African Civilization
January 28, 1992 Lecture Series — featuring Dr. Naldo Lombardi — Contemporary Latin American Narrative
December 10, 1991 Lecture Series — featuring Dr. Jerre Paquette — Thought, Language, and Learning
November 13, 1991 Lecture Series — featuring Gwynne Dyer — After the Wars
November 12, 1991 Lecture Series — featuring Dr. Pat Roome — Feminism and History: on Emily Spencer Kirby and Henrietta Muir Edwards
October 30, 1991 Lecture Series — featuring Dr. Mahfooz Kanwar — Murder and Homicide in Pakistan
1989 - 1990
March 2&3, 1990 Conference on the political philosophy of George Grant and one of the speakers was T. Wood.
January 18, 1990 Panel discussion on the legal, ethical and social dimensions of the abortion issue. Co-sponsored with The Calgary Herald; moderated by William Gold.
March 8, 1989 Forum on the Meech Lake Accord. Co-sponsored with The Calgary Herald; moderated by William Gold; panel members — Dr. Roger Gibbins, Andrew Bear Robe, Dr. Malcolm Brown, and Kathleen Mahoney.
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