| Summary: | Highlights the Prentice Institute's activities, initiatives and research affiliations. Inside this issue: Fall 2013 The Prentice Institute does research on the changing human population and its potential impacts on social and economic issues, and communicates its findings widely. The Prentice Institute and its research collaborators seek to understand long-term changes in the human and economic environments, within a historical context, with particular attention to the role human actions play in influencing those out-comes. We conduct and integrate research on the dynamics of Canadian and global demog-raphy and their impacts on economic well-being through migration, culture, trade and natural resource availability. We communicate widely the output of our work and that of others to stimulate fur-ther research and to enable individuals, governments, and corporations to make better-informed decisions. We educate students and future researchers. Director’s Note 1 Our New Postdoctoral Fellow 1 Prentice Institute New Affiliate 2 Prentice Institute Research Affiliates Feature 2 Prentice Institute Says Goodbye 2 Prentice Institute Outreach 3 Prentice Institute Published 3 Spotlight 4 In the News 5 Prentice Brownbag Seminars 6 Prentice Pillar 7 In the Media 8 Mission Statement 1 Di rec tor’ s Note Prentice Post Our New Postdoctoral Fellow The Prentice Institute welcomes our New Postdoctoral Fellow in January 2014. Dr. Jing Shen obtained her Ph.D. degree in Sociology from University of Toronto in 2013. Her research interests include: social inequality and stratification, employment and labour markets, population studies, urban sociology, and research methods. Her doctoral dissertation addresses the formation and consequences of labour market inequality in the context of China's transitional economy. Her current work also includes the formation and consequences of ethnic economies and immigrants' residential concentration in Canada. Dr. Shen will join the Prentice Institute for Global Population and Economy as a Post-doctoral fellow in January, 2014. During her two-year post-doctoral ten-ure, Dr. Shen will be engaged in life course studies focusing on job search behav-iors and late-stage career success in multiple societies, such as Canada, China, and the United States. She will also work on various ongoing projects at the Prentice. As is apparent from this issue of the Prentice Post, the Prentice Institute is ever more active in realizing its mission and mandate. We have expanded on all fronts: Our research in both numbers of publications and grant support (validation for the value and importance of our research) has increased exponentially over the past year. Our outreach to students, public audiences, the media, and policy makers has accelerated. We have grown the numbers of graduate students associated with the Prentice Institute to seven, and regularly receive inquiries about graduate studies from all over the world. We have been successful in recruiting a number of top post-doctoral fellows. We have been active in building partnerships and connections with fellow institutes, most recently with the newly created Centre for Population Dynamics at McGill University. We are building collaborations across the University of Lethbridge and Alberta, most recently teaming with Agricultural Economics with a Brown Bag Series guest who spoke about global food security. We are also pleased that a special Prentice Institute issue of Canadian Studies in Population is in preparation, where some of our research with be highlighted. Last but hardly least, we have been honoured by a donation from the Society of Edmon-ton demographers to support graduate students at the Prentice Institute in Population Studies and Demography, a clear recognition of our contributions in population studies in Alberta. The Prentice Institute is becoming increasingly recognized across the world as a source of cutting-edge research and information about global population and economy. In early summer 2014, we will be celebrating five years of operation of the Prentice Institute. Watch for our birthday celebration and a special publication with highlights of our achievements over those five years. Prentice Post Fall 2013 Dr. Abdie Kazemipur returns from the East Coast to the U of L and the Prentice Institute. Abdie Kazemipur is Professor of sociology at University of Lethbridge. He conducts research in two broad areas of immigrant integration in Canada and the socio-cultural trends in the Middle East. Among the many awards he has received are numerous research grants from SSHRC, as well as the Stephen Jarislowsky Research Chair at Memorial University. Abdie is the author of six books, with his seventh - a UBC Press publication on the integration of Muslim immigrants in Canada - expected to be out by early 2014. He is currently working on another book manuscript on religious developments in Iran, Egypt, and Turkey, which has a signed contract with Wilfrid-Laurier University Press. 2 Associate Professor Shelley Clark, (Director - Centre on Population Dynamics, McGill University) is a demographer whose research focuses on gender, health, and life course transitions in sub-Saharan Africa. After receiving her Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1999, Dr. Clark served as program associate at the Population Council in New York (1999-2002) and as an Assistant Professor at the Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago (2002-2006). In the summer 2006, she joined the Department of Sociology at McGill as an Associate Professor. Prof. Clark is the founding Director of the Centre on Population Dynamics and also directs the CFI-funded Life History, Health, and HIV/AIDS data laboratory. Prent ice Inst itute New Research Af filiates Professor Kevin McQuillan, (Sociology and Public Policy, University of Calgary), taught at the University of Western Ontario from 1977-2007 in the Department of Sociology and served as department head and Director of the Population Studies Centre. He moved to the University of Calga-ry as Professor of Sociology and Dean of Social Sciences in 2007. Following the creation of a new Faculty of Arts, he served as the first dean of the new Faculty. His recent work focuses on the continuing influence of religion on population change including his widely-cited article “When does religion influence fertility?”, Population and Development Review. He is also exploring Canada’s changing demography and is currently looking at the impact of population change on Canada’s labour market. His recent analysis, “All the Workers We Need: Debunking the Myth of Canada’s Labour Shortage,” was published by the University of Calgary School of Public Policy. Prent ice Research Af filiates Feature In December of 2013 we say farewell to one of our Postdoctoral Fellows, Dr. Sara Zella. Sara has been an integral part of the Prentice Institute for the past two years and we are going to miss her greatly. We wish her well in all her future endeavours. Prent ice Inst itute Says Goodbye 3 Fall 2013 Prentice Post Prent ice Inst itute Dist inguished Lecture Series Munir A. Sheikh, Ph.D. former Chief Statistician of Canada and Executive Fellow at the School of Public Policy, University of Calgary, visits the Prentice Institute for Global Population and Economy at the U of L. Thursday 21, November 2013 7:00 PM PE 261 The Need for Evidence in Public Policy Development Professor Reginald W. Bibby, Beyond the Gods & Back: Religions Demise and Rise and Why it Matters Associate Professor Glenda Tibe Bonifacio, Gender, Religion and Migration: Pathways of Integration and Pinay on the Prairies: Filipino Women and Transnational Identities Professor Trevor W. Harrison - Editor, Against Orthodoxy: Studies in Nationalism Prent ice Inst itute Published Prentice Affiliate Funding Awards for 2013 Jean Harrowing, Co-Investigator SSHRC - Partnership Grant - headquartered at Simon Fraser University “Art for Social Change: An integrated research program in teaching, evaluation and capacity building.” Richard Mueller, SSHRC - Partnership - University of Victoria “Borders in globalization: Cultures, governance, market and migration flows, history, security, sustainability.” Cheryl Currie, Health Sciences CIHR $195,404 - Operating Grant “What social determinants contribute to high allostatic load among Aboriginal adults.” Susan McDaniel, Principal Investigator SSHRC - Knowledge Synthesis Grant, $24,309 “Is the math sufficient? Aging workforce and the future labour market in Canada.” Susan McDaniel, Co-Investigator SSHRC - Partnership Grant - headquartered at University of Toronto, $2.85 million “Gender, migration, and the work of care: Comparative perspectives.” Olu Awosoga, Co-Investigator Graduate Student Award $2,500 - Recipient Monique Sedgwick “Mobile decision making support and undergraduate nursing students' clinical decision making at the point of care.” Constantine E. Passaris received Onassis Foundation fellowship funding for the research project. "A New Economic Governance Model for Greece in the European Union.” University of Lethbridge: Chinook Summer Research Award (undergraduate) Each award is valued at $5,625. Recipient Department Faculty Supervisor Michele Charest Health Sciences Bonnie Lee Sierra Dakin Kuiper Anthropology Jan Newberry Abdou Makalo Economics Alexander Darku Prentice Post Fall 2013 4 Spot light To be added or removed from the Prentice Institute Newsletter list please email prentice@uleth.ca Fall 2013 Prentice Post In the News 5 U of L Water Main Breaks, extensive damage ensues. “It was a river, to put it into perspective,” says John O’Keeffe, Executive Director of The University of Lethbridge’s Secu-rity Department. Fortunately the break happened in June; unfortunately the damage was immeasurable. Crews scrambled to get the gushing water under control as it snaked its way through hallways, into the library, down flights of stairs into The Centre of the Arts and University Hall. Air circulation, flood lights, odd smells and lock out inconvenienced all who worked in the library including the Prentice Institute staff. All the while, the roof was being repaired, the Giants of Jupiter thundered their way upon our roof top and work was often stopped for a break to find solace in silence off campus. Now, it is well into October and there are only skeletons of reminders of the disaster that once was. Floods continue, Southern Alberta is Hit Shortly after the main break at the UofL, Lethbridge and most of southern Alberta suffered severe flooding from high rain falls and melting snow in the mountains. Many homes were, in less than a few hours, completely destroyed by raging riv-ers. High River, Gleichen, Calgary and many areas in the mountains were dam-aged beyond repair while hundreds of families were left homeless. The news was plastered daily on several media outlets with stories of both heroism and loss. Various communities, several business and institutes stepped in to assist in what ever way shape or form was most immediate. The UofL opened its doors, allow-ing displaced families and individuals to live, temporarily, in student housing for the summer months as they mourned their losses and began the daunting process of rebuilding their homes, and their lives. Changes to the Prentice Boardroom The Prentice Institute boardroom has had a facelift. The boardroom is a hive of activity and only recently we were able to add modern day technologies to our international activities. We now, in the comfort of our own spaces, can join our cohorts around the world using various social media software to connect and build instantaneously. The lure of foreign countries still beckon, but we now have the power to dial in where ever our minds and research teams take us. Never underestimate the joy people derive from hearing something they already know. -- Enrico Fermi (1901-1954) I n th e News… c ont inues 6 Prentice Post Fall 2013 Susan McDaniel June 2013 on “Power Play”, CTV News Video Network, with Don Martin Highlights of the National Household Survey www.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=954902 Susan McDaniel Vice-Chair of the Scientific Advisory Committee Council of Canadian Academies releases “Paradox Lost: Explaining Canada's Research Strength and In-novation Weakness” October 2013 Prentice Affiliate Jim Byrne CBC radio interview with David Gray. Professor and climate scientist Jim Byrne discusses the link between recent natural disasters and climate change. www.cbc.ca/video/news/audioplayer.html?clipid=2396287279 blogs.redding.com/dcraig/archives/2013/07/dr-james-byrne.html Prentice Affiliate Kevin McQuillan on Calgary CBC Eyeopener podcast, July 9, 2013 on Alberta's population growth. www.cbc.ca/player/Radio/Local+Shows/Alberta/Calgary+Eyeopener/ID/2396110057/ Asian Studies Minor - Prentice Institute Director Susan McDaniel along with Prentice Institute Researcher Tre-vor Harrison and affiliates Janice Newberry, Wei Xu, Bonnie Lee and Glenda Bonifacio join the team to develop a new Asian Study Minor available at the University of Lethbridge. www.uleth.ca/artsci/asian-studies Please take the time to check out all of our affiliates publications, news releases, conferences and opportunities on the Prentice Institute website www.uleth.ca/prenticeintsitute Special Note: Pleased to learn on 25 October 2013 in a special jointly sponsored Prentice Institute Brown Bag with Economics & Agricultural Studies that our guest speaker, Dr. William Kerr, knew John Prentice from Agricultural Economics meetings. Dr. Kerr commended us at the Prentice Institute on the excellent work we are doing. “We don't have to engage in grand, heroic actions to participate in the process of change. Small acts, when multiplied by millions of people, can transform the world.” ― Howard Zinn Hungary Ontario Ghana Texas British Columbia Manitoba Malawi Uganda Alberta Quebec Jamaica Massachusetts Kenya South Africa Australia Taiwan Japan China Germany Singapore Malaysia Saskatchewan Minnesota Newfoundland Nova Scotia Prince Edward Island Susan McDaniel University of Lethbridge Affiliates International Affiliates San Francisco Louisiana Iceland Florida We, at the Prentice Institute have the pleasure of gathering information from all our affiliates, associates, partners and colleagues. Where they have been, where they are going and what they plan to accomplish once they get there. It truly amazes me, as I get one piece of the puzzle from one area and one from another, just how widespread the knowledge is as it grows from single seed to fruition in any area at any given moment. Singularly we sometimes miss seeing the enormity of the collective reach we have in the Prentice Institute. In our busy lives we find it hard to recognize all the work that is being accomplished. We read the news and watch what is happening from economics to environment to political change to foreign trade. What we see in our own exploration, will it be enough to make changes in every day lives? When the moments get tough, as we well know they do, as we watch academic jobs in Alberta dangle on frayed rope, how do we know what we are doing is making significant difference? We have to remain hopeful in the knowledge all the hours and time and effort that goes into all that is accomplished is making its way across oceans and continents. Our part, here at the Prentice Institute, is to eagerly bring our connections along with research and knowledge to openly speak, teach and spread the word like connecting the dots on a map. Bringing manageable, doable pieces together thrills me as our future is an immediate, collaborative, successful progress. Comforting really. Look at where we have been. There is a difference being made. And we all get to be a part of it. What a thrill! Nancy Metz Administrative Assistant Prent ice Pillar Argentina Brazil Philippines 7 Brown Bag Seminars 8 Prentice Post Fall 2013 We had a well rounded and informative array of Brown Bag lectures this Fall Semester and are already working on our Spring Sessions. We encourage all of you to watch our webpage for upcoming Brown Bag events. The Prentice Institute Brown Bag Series – Fall 2013 Bring your lunch and enjoy an interesting talk. *Friday 18 October 2013 Susan McDaniel “Transnational Caring. More than demand and demographic aging.” Friday 25 October 2013 The Prentice Institute in collaboration with Economics and Agricultural Studies presents William Kerr "Food Security for 9 billion: Availability, Incomes and Productivity" Friday November 1, 2013 Brian Titley “Called or Chosen? Recruitment to Catholic Religious Sisterhoods in the U.S., 1945-1965” ~and~ Heidi McDonald “Disappearing Identities: The Impact of Falling Membership in Canadian Religious Sisterhoods since the 1960’s” *Friday 29 November 2013 Rick Mueller “Earnings Differentials of Males and Females in Same-sex and Different-sex Couples in Canada, 2006-2010” * Podcast videos can be found on the website at www.uleth.ca/prenticeinstitute
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