In 2011, CERLAC completed one IDRC-funded partnership project undertaken jointly with the Canadian Association for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CALACS), and commenced a second. The completed Networking and Research Project (2010-2011) partnership project was initiated in May 2010, when CALACS celebrated its 40th anniversary, as past of a longer-term process of renewal that built […]
"… [I am] old, without suffering, without fear and without shame. Today I am capable of doing all that I can. I am like a bird. I can fly with large wings." -Chuj Maya woman, July 2011 Over the past year, as part of the on-going SSHRC- and IDRC-funded project "Understanding Women's Struggles for Justice, […]
Prof. Viviana Patroni, CERLAC Fellow and former Director, is spearheading a collaborative CERLAC research initiative tentatively titled "Poverty, Inequality and Economic Insecurity in Latin America: Deciphering the Political Economy of Precarious Employment". The initiative's lead partners are based in York, Clark and Concordia Universities, but it engages a broader community of interested scholars throughout the […]
CERLAC Deputy Director Andrea Davis leads new project initiative In recent months, CERLAC Deputy Director Andrea Davis has been leading an effort to develop a new project initiative on youth violence in Canada and Jamaica. Her effort has thus far resulted in the submission of a SSHRC Partnership Development Grant proposal requesting $174,053 for a […]