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

[Day, Moira]

Ditto. I did the same, and it worked fine.

Moira
On 2013-04-04, at 2:33 PM, Aida Jordao wrote:

> Thanks for bringing this to our attention, Louise. 
> (Copying the entire URL and pasting works, Craig)
> Aida
> 
> --
> Aida Jordão
> PhD Candidate, The Centre for Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies
> University of Toronto
> 
> 
> ________________________________________
> From: Canadian Theatre Research [CANDRAMA at LISTSERV.UNB.CA] on behalf of Louise Forsyth [louise.forsyth at SHAW.CA]
> Sent: April 3, 2013 12:43 PM
> To: CANDRAMA at LISTSERV.UNB.CA
> Subject: Lack of childcare at Congress of Social Sciences and Humanities, 2013
> 
> Dear colleagues in the Canadian Association for Theatre Research
> 
> 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. It could have a particularly
> negative impact on any initiatives CATR/ACRT wishes to take to encourage
> cultural and demographic diversity in our program and our membership. 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
> 
> Any attempt to curtail diversity and equity at our academic gatherings
> concerns us all.
> 
> Best,
> 
> Louise Forsyth
> 
> Adaptation of a message received from Dr. Wendy Robbins and
> 
> Dr. Anna Guttman
> Associate Professor
> Department of English
> Lakehead University