“Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work,” (Aristotle, 384 BC – 322 BC): The Quotations Page).

“Do not trust all men, but trust men of worth; the former course is silly, the latter a mark of prudence,” (Democritus, 460-370 BC: The Quotations Page).

“And we should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once. And we should call every truth false which was not accompanied by at least one laugh,” (Friedrich Nietzsche: Wisdom Quotes).

Indigenous, Immigrant, Migrant Labour & Globalization Conference

British Columbia, Canada, June 6 – 8, 2008

A joint conference sponsored by the Pacific Northwest Labor History Association and the Labor and Working Class History Association Simon Fraser University at Harbour Centre Downtown Campus 515 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, BC. Immigrants and indigenous communities throughout North America made their own labour and political landscapes as they adjusted to changing economic, colonial and cultural contexts. This conference will connect these histories with contemporary globalization, and consider how the labour movement can respond to the new demands of workers in shifting political and geographical locations. For more information see the conference website: http://www.pnlha.org or contact Joey Hartman, pnlha@shaw.ca or Colleen O’Neill at colleen.oneill@usu.edu.

Sponsored by the SFU Centre for Labour Studies.

Colleen O’Neill

Email: colleen.oneill@usu.edu

Visit the website at http://www.pnlha.org

Today, April 22, is Earth Day. The focus of activities mirrors the different challenges we are facing right now. Millions of people around the world are rallying behind a Call for Climate, the global warming action theme. The planet is heating up and with the rising temperature comes the problems associated with global warming (food crisis, rice shortage, changing weather patterns, etc.). What started 38 years ago in San Francisco, USA, has now spread to all corners of the globe. In the Philippines, the theme is “Tubig Buhay Natin, Ating Pagyamanin.” Let us do our part in preserving the Integrity of Creation. Make every day, Earth Day.

MA in Migration Studies, University of Kent at Brussels, a master’s program at the interdiscplinary postgraduate campus of the University of Kent at Brussels, investigates migration within an interdiscplinary context. It is a one-year course (two terms of coursework and a dissertation) with entry to the program either in September or in January.

The course’s core modules investigate the broad diversity of migrants and migration, both thematically (e.g. trafficking and smuggling, forced migrants including IDPs, asylum-seekers and refugees, family unification, labor migration, etc.) as well as theoretically (e.g. theories of migration, theories of integration, theories of citizenship and of belonging/participation).

Understanding different actors’ perspectives is emphasized throughout. In specialist modules, particular attention is paid to immigrant integration, citizenship and national identity as well as migration law and the particular challenges facing forced migrants. A key aspect of the program consists of integration with related fields; as part of their program, students may select modules such as International Human Rights Law, Theories of International Conflict, Politics of International Development or Development Economics.

They thereby craft (in consultation with the program convenor) a Migration Studies program tailored specifically to their interests. Other MA and LLM degrees, as well as a PhD in Migration Studies, Law, Conflict Analysis or International Relations can also be pursued at UKB. For more information or to apply, go to: http://www.kent.ac.uk/brussels or contact mailto:bsis@kent.ac.uk
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Amanda Klekowski von Koppenfels, Ph.D.
Lecturer
Migration Studies

University of Kent at Brussels
Tel: + 32 2 641 1721
Tel: + 32 2 641 1725 (direct line)
Fax: + 32 2 641 1720
Advanced International Studies in the Capital of Europe
http://www.kent.ac.uk/brussels

“Studies indicate that the one quality all successful people have is persistence. They’re willing to spend more time accomplishing a task and to persevere in the face of many difficult odds. There’s a very positive relationship between people’s ability to accomplish any task and the time they’re willing to spend on it,” (Dr. Joyce: Quote World).

“Courage is doing what you’re afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you’re scared,” (Eddie Rickenbacker, 1890-1973: Quotations Page).

“A city is a place where there is no need to wait for next week to get the answer to a question, to taste the food of any country, to find new voices to listen to and familiar ones to listen to again,” (Margaret Mead: Memorable Quotations).

“By and large, mothers and housewives are the only workers who do not have regular time off. They are the great vacation-less class,” (Anne Morrow Lindbergh, American writer and aviation pioneer, 1906-2001: Think Exist).