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MSC announces recipient of first Elizabeth Buckland Memorial Scholarship
MSC is pleased to announce that Ashley Henry has been awarded the first Elizabeth Buckland Memorial Scholarship.
The scholarship is awarded to a student majoring in International Development Studies (IDS) or Conflict Resolution Studies (CRS), who is of Indigenous identity or is a newcomer Canadian, and who recognizes the potential of education to overcome particular challenges.
Read MoreMental Health First Aid workshop
A workshop for MSC and CMU students offered by the Canadian Mental Health Assocation
This 2-day training course was developed to help people provide initial support to someone who may be developing a mental health problem or experiencing a mental health crisis. The course is a skills workshop with a focus on mental health first aid skills and can be taken for credit as CRS-2111(1.5).
Read MoreRestorative Justice Week events
Opening Ceremony
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Some Canadians have limited options for financial learning
Canadians with low-incomes have limited opportunities for learning about finances, argues Dr. Jerry Buckland, Dean at Menno Simons College, in a newly published article.
In Structural Barriers, Financial Exclusion, and the Possibilities of Situated Learning for Financial Education, Buckland draws on the concept of situated-learning, or practice-based learning, to explain the limited options low-income people have for increasing their financial literacy.
Read MoreIDS Senior Seminar translation assignment
IDS students pursuing 4-year and honours degrees take a final, integrative seminar course to reflect on their learning and to think ahead to challenges they can expect in this field after graduation. The professor, Dr. Ruth Rempel, asked students in the 2014 Senior Seminar class to work on projects that ‘translated’ something they had learned into a form useful in a non-university setting. The assignment was inspired by Michael Woolcock’s suggestion that people working in international development require the skills of detectives, diplomats, and translators.
Read MoreFaculty: In Their Own Words
Karen Ridd, Teaching Associate Professor, Conflict Resolution Studies
Dr. Jonathan Sears, Associate Professor of International Development Studies
Dr. Jodi Dueck-Read, Assistant Professor of Conflict Resolution Studies
Dr. Jerry Buckland, Professor of International Development Studies
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