Notice Board

Early childhood education, care and development programs have spread across the globe since 2000.  These programs dedicated to school-readiness and the development of healthy brains are a powerful global assemblage that connects education enterprise, brain science, and community-led development.  Based on fieldwork in Indonesia, Jan Newberry, considers these “developments” in terms of childhood studies and global political economy to argue for the continuing relevance of social reproduction.

A talk by Sarah M. Pike, California State University, Chico

J. Douglas Willms is a Professor and Co-Director of the Canadian Research Institute for Social Policy at the University of New Brunswick (UNB), and holds the Canada Research Chair in Literacy and Human Development. He is a Member of the US National Academy of Education, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and President Elect and Fellow of the International Academy of Education.

A co-sponsored public event - Prentice Institute for Global Population & Economy and the Institute for Child and Youth Studies, University of Lethbridge

Please join us for a photo exhibit reception which will feature photos of local Blackfoot families in everyday moments of child rearing. These are a testament to resilient families

Dr. Stevenson explores the SNWM's in­volvement in resisting child welfare intervention and con­nects the SNWM to the nascent indigenous reproductive jus­tice movement that was emerging around the globe.

Exploring the role of the child in post-apocalyptic and dystopic fiction and film
~ Dr. Nick Morwood, Department of English