Lack of childcare at Congress of Social Sciences and Humanities, 2013

[Craig Walker]

Further to Louise's message:

The problem seems to be that only part of the address appears as a hyperlink.  But I found that cutting and pasting the entire url rather than clicking on it leads one to the petition.


Craig Walker
Head, Department of Drama
Professor of Drama and English

Queen's University
018 Theological Hall
Kingston, ON
K7L 3N6

craig.walker at queensu.ca

613-533-6000 ext. 74329
Fax: 613-533-6268



-----Original Message-----
From: Canadian Theatre Research [mailto:CANDRAMA at LISTSERV.UNB.CA] On Behalf Of Louise Forsyth
Sent: April-03-13 2:50 PM
To: CANDRAMA at LISTSERV.UNB.CA
Subject: Lack of childcare at Congress of Social Sciences and Humanities, 2013

Dear colleagues,

I sent you a message an hour or so ago inviting you to sign a petition opposing the abolition of day care services at Congress. For some reason, the web address in my message does not work.

I am here sending you a copy of the message which I received through PAR-L from the wonderful Dr. Wendy Robbins. I believe that the address in her message should work for you.

Regards,

Louise

-----Message d'origine-----
De : Policy Action Research List/Liste politique action recherche [mailto:PAR-L at LISTSERV.UNB.CA] De la part de Wendy J. Robbins Envoyé : 3 avril 2013 10:03 À : PAR-L at LISTSERV.UNB.CA Objet : [PAR-L] Lack of childcare at Congress of Social Sciences and Humanities, 2013

I am forwarding this message as it no doubt concerns large numbers of academics across Canada;  it was circulated by CACLALS (Canadian Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies), of which I am a member.

Yours,
Wendy Robbins
wjr at unb.ca

Last year, at Congress 2012 in Waterloo, in contrast to previous years, no child care was available to the children of attendees.  Currently, no arrangements have been made to offer child care at Congress 2013.  The decision to stop offering childcare limits the ability of graduate students and faculty members to attend Congress, arguably the most prestigious academic event in the social sciences and humanities in Canada, one which is central to hiring, promotion and tenure. This is an equity issue that particularly impacts women and young academics.  Please join the campaign to bring affordable child care back to Congress by signing the petition below:

http://www.change.org/en-CA/petitions/canadian-federation-for-the-humanities
-and-social-sciences-offer-affordable-childcare-to-attendees-at-the-annual-c
ongress

Thank you for your support!  I know that this is not a matter directly related to CACLALS per se, but any attempt to curtail diversity and equity at our academic gatherings concerns us all.

Best,


Dr. Anna Guttman
Associate Professor
Department of English
Lakehead University