Presentations, Professional Activities, Accomplishments
Economic Commission for Europe Conference
Roderic Beaujot attended the Economic Commission for Europe Conference on How Generations and Gender Shape Demographic Change, organized by the Population Activities Unit in Geneva on 14-16 May. He was also that Rapporteur at the final session, summarizing the conference. His remarks are available as ECE/AC.31/2008/2 of the United Nations Economic and Social Council.
Meetings of the Institute of Public Administration of Canada
Roderic Beaujot presented "Demographic change, the labour force and work-family conflicts: the challenge of public policy adaption" to the 25-27 August meetings of the Public Administration of Canada, in Quebec City.
August Conference of the Association Internationale de Démographes de Langue Française
Roderic Beaujot was a member of the Organizing Committee of the 25-29 August conference in Quebec City of the Association Internationale de Démographes de Langue Française, on Démographie et Cultures and chaired the session on "Contrastes de Genre et de Génération"
2008 Annual Edwin O. Reischauer Lecture Series
Dr. Danièle Bélanger will participate in the 2008 Annual Edwin O. Reischauer Lecture Series on “Population in the Rise of Global China and Vietnam” being held at Fairbank Center for East Asian Research at Harvard University. On April 17, 2008 she will be discussant for the talk on “Transforming Society: Making Global Persons and Families.”
Faculty Scholar
Dr. Danièle Bélanger has received a University of Western Ontario Faculty Scholar award. Faculty Scholars are nominated by deans and selected by the faculty selection committee, which is chaired by the Provost. Recipients have an international presence in their discipline and are considered all-round scholars. Winners hold the title of Faculty Scholar for two years, and receive a stipend of $7,000 each year for scholarly activities.
Needs Assessment Survey
Members of the Population Studies Centre at Western are helping the Office of Community Development of the City of London, to take a needs assessment survey in the Kipps Lane area. This has been identified as a high needs area of the city, that also receives a number of new immigrants to Canada. The survey seeks to "knock on every door" to establish a bench line and the needs of the community. Danièle Bélanger, Roderic Beaujot, Zenaida Ravanera and Stanislav Rajic are involved in this Kipps Lane Initiative.
Recent PhD Graduate
On January 24, Eric Tenkorang successfully defended his PhD dissertation, Perception of HIV/AIDS Risks and Sexual Behaviour Among Youth in Cape Town, South Africa. Congratulations, Eric!
New Research
The year 2007 is memorable because several large collaborative projects were initiated by members of the Population Studies Centre. The 2.1 million SSHRC Strategic Knowledge Cluster ‘Population Change and Life Course,’ led by Roderic Beaujot, began its activities. The cluster gathers researchers and graduate students from nearly 30 universities and government agencies and involves all faculty and researchers at the PSC as members. In December 2007, the cluster met to discuss its strategic plans in Ottawa at the 3rd Symposium of the Population, Work, and Family Research Collaboration. Danièle Bélanger began her four-year project funded by IDRC (International Development Research Centre of Canada) in collaboration with researchers from Vietnam, Taiwan, South Korea and Japan. The project, entitled ‘Transnational Migration of Vietnamese Women in Asia: Experiences, Rights, and Citizenship,’ received $360,000 from IDRC and $120,000 from SSHRC. Alain Gagnon obtained a SSHRC grant for his project ‘Can Early Life Conditions Explain Survival to a Very Old Age?’ Also, Roderic Beaujot and Zenaida Ravanera’s project entitled ‘Family and Work: Models of Earning and Caring’ received SSHRC funding. All these grants involve the continuation of previous partnerships and the building of new ones, further increasing the PSC’s national and international visibility and reputation.