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Dimensions of Work and Employment

Debbie Laliberte Rudman from Western’s School of Occupational Therapy (and member of the CRHESI executive team) will be speaking at the City Symposium on September 16 (this Monday) at Aeolian Hall.

The title of her presentation is Reimagining Problem and Solution Frames: Beyond the Individualization of Unemployment. This is one of four public talks exploring the theme of work and employment in London and the region from various perspectives.

Susana Caxaj from the Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing will also present at the symposium. In this short video, she discusses her recent paper, “I Will Not Leave My Body Here”: Migrant Farmworkers’ Health and Safety Amidst a Climate of Coercion (published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health)

Susana will present a talk titled Access Without or Despite Fear? Border Walls in the Lives of Temporary Migrants at Monday’s event.

Debbie and Susana will present alongside Carol Stewart (Employment Sector Council) and Clark Bryan (Aeolian Hall). Special live music by Caroline Blumer and Hevaldo Souza. The City Symposium is an 8-part series that brings together an artist, a researcher, a civil servant, and an activist, to discuss a theme from unique perspectives.

City Symposium: Work and Employment
Monday, September 16
Pre-event concert at 6:40 PM
Speakers 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Aeolian Hall (795 Dundas Street)
More details on Eventbrite, Facebook, and via the City Symposium newsletter
Admission is free and all are welcome

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Neighbourhood Organizing for Inclusive Economies (September 26, 2019)

Who benefits from neighbourhood renewal? When capital investment and community improvement plans are directed at low-income neighbourhoods, who wins and who loses?

At this event, we ask: how can neighbourhood regeneration be undertaken inclusively? How have other neighbourhoods in the country organized themselves to assure that municipalities and developers respond to the unique needs of their respective communities?

Speakers will share their experiences, perspectives, and stories of neighbourhoods who have organized and fought to assure that development serves everyone.

Presenters

Alejandra Bravo
Director, Power Lab
Director of Leadership & Training, Broadbent Institute

Michael Courey
Centre Coordinator, London Poverty Research Centre

Jenn Miller
Director of Social Investment, Atkinson Foundation

Details

Thursday, September 26, 2019
7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Goodwill (255 Horton Street East)

RSVP via Eventbrite

This event is jointly supported by the Urban League of London, London Poverty Research Centre at King’s, Centre for Research on Health Equity and Social Inclusion, and the SoHo Neighbourhood.

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City Symposium: an inquiry into work and employment

The next City Symposium explores the theme of work and employment in the region, from a variety of vantage points. Speakers include Debbie Rudman (School of Occupational Therapy), Susana Caxaj (School of Nursing), Carol Stewart (Employment Sector Council), and Clark Bryan (Aeolian Hall). Read full presenter bios for more information.

Monday, September 16, 2019
Pre-event concert at 6:40 PM
Speakers 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM
Aeolian Hall
Indicate intention to attend via Eventbrite

The City Symposium is a CRHESI-supported series that brings together an artist, a researcher, a civil servant, and an activist, to discuss a theme from diverse perspectives. Learn more about the event format.

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CRHESI Reorganizes Around Four Annual Member and Community Events

Bringing communities together to collaboratively identify, research, understand, and address ‘wicked problems’ that prevent access to justice, health, and belonging for all people. (CRHESI Objective)

Since the launch of CRHESI in November 2015, we have learned a great deal about building effective university-community collaborations. Now it is time to build upon what we have learned. Over the last twelve months, we have synthesized and incorporated the experience of the past four years into our working priorities and directions for the next phase of our journey.

As a result, beginning this September, the ‘CRHESI calendar’ year will be organized around four key events per year: two ‘lightning talks’ sessions and two community research incubator sessions. Together, these four events serve as our foundational programming strategy for instigating and reporting back on membership and community partnerships.

The lightning talk events are, in essence, biannual mini-conferences. Each event provides wide-ranging updates about research and collaboration endeavours in the region that relate to health equity and social inclusion. Lightning talk events also feature a community reception as well for informal connecting.

The community research incubators establish a bi-annual, adaptive and engaging forum for connecting community leaders, academics, local organizations, and students around new issues, community needs, and research opportunities.

▪The next community research incubator is September 24, 3:00 – 4:30 PM (RSVP)

▪The next lightning talks event is Thursday, November 21, 3:00 – 4:30 PM (RSVP)

▪The schedule for all upcoming lightning talks and community research incubators through 2022 are posted on the CRHESI events page.

All CRHESI members are strongly encouraged to prioritize participation in these events. We are refocusing/reallocating significant coordination resources to maximize the effectiveness and value of these sessions as core engagement priorities. In short: these four yearly event events are the four most important CRHESI events in the year.

If you are interested in becoming more involved, presenting, or utilizing these sessions in order to galvanize new projects or forge new collaborations, please email us at info@crhesi.ca. If you are interested in becoming a CRHESI member, click here to learn more about joining our ecosystem of community and university partners.

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