This year's conference is being co-hosted with the BC Association of Professional Archaeologists (BCAPA).  The BCAPA AGM will be held on March 3, 2012, at Kwantlen Polytechnic University.

WorldMUN is the largest, most prestigious collegiate Model UN conference on the planet, annually bringing together more than 2,000 delegates from more than 270 universities from 65 countries.

Weber State University in Ogden, Utah, is hosting the 2012 National Conference on Undergraduate Research, March 29-31, 2012. Undergraduate students who have participated in research, or other forms of scholarly, creative or artistic work, may submit an abstract to NCUR for possible acceptance and presentation.

The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada is hosting a Regional Hearing in Victoria BC, for the Vancouver Island region. This is an opportunity for all Canadians, both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal, to learn more about and bear witness to the legacy of the Residential School system.

Join the TRC from April 13-14, 2012 for: • Statement Gathering
• Traditional Ceremonies • Survivor Gatherings • Education Day
• Witnessing Survivor Statements • Cultural Performances
• Films, and more

Call toll-free 1 (888) 872-5554

These events are free and open to everyone

Social crisis shakes Europe and the U.S., anti-immigration movements grow, nuclear meltdown radiates Japan, while spreading drought and floods are billboards for global warming. It seems the future has arrived and it doesn't look good.

Yet democratic movements spread like wildfire throughout the Middle East, youth movements come alive in the U.K., France, Chile and Spain, rebellion takes to the streets in Greece, and Occupy Wall Street wakes up the U.S. Dystopia and global rebellion indeed. This year's conference theme focuses our attention on the problems and alternatives we face in our struggle for a just and better world. (The GSA is a multi-disciplinary so all abstracts concerning globalization will be considered.)
Abstracts of 100 words should be sent to: Jerry Harris at gharris234@comcast.net
Deadline for Abstracts: April 7th, 2012

The overarching theme for the conference is “The Pre-Confederation Treaties of Vancouver Island – Fulfilling Treaty Promises and Living in Treaty Relationships.” In exploring this theme, the conference will combine two overlapping streams:

The papers and events in and around this conference will explore how anthropologists think about and respond to unanticipated, unpredicted, and surprising aspects of their research. CASCA 2012 presents a moment in which anthropologists, from the most senior to the most inexperienced and from every sub-discipline, can reflect on and share those aspects of their research typically reserved for more informal venues. We are delighted to host Prof. Richard Jenkins from University of Sheffield, whose keynote address, “Tales of the unexpected: doing fieldwork and doing everyday life,” promises to confront directly the often precarious and contradictory aspects of anthropological research.

The organizers of CASCA 2012 are proposing several thematic panels to which scholars may submit individual abstracts. These thematic panels will be built around a format of short (5-8 minute) presentations based on papers to be circulated prior to the conference with the goal of sparking a wider discussion among those presenting and those attending the sessions. The thematic panels will include the following:

• Ethics and the unexpected
• Experiencing the unexpected
• Planning for the unexpected
• Practicing the unexpected
• The unexpected in the global imaginary
• Unexpected connections in and through bio-archaeology
• Uh, oh!

Abstracts will be accepted through February 15th. For detailed information on registration and abstract submission, click here:
https://fedcan-association.ca/event/en/34/7

The conference now seeks roundtable, panel and paper proposals as well as poster presentations revolving around, but not limited to, the following topics:

• New Patterns of Migration
• Chinese Overseas Heritage Treasures: Transnational Discovery & Delivery
• Comparative Studies of Chinatowns in Asia, Europe, Australia and the Americas
• Overseas Chinese Rare Collections
• Emerging Communities and Descendants of Pioneers
• Ethnic Relations
• Identity Issues, Values and Culture
• Organizations, Documentations, Archives and Networks
• Immigration and Emigration Policies
• Chinese Overseas Literature

Proposals are welcome from academics, librarians, graduate students and undergraduate students. Continuing with the WCILCOS tradition, the conference will accept papers in both English and Chinese. For individual papers/ posters please submit a 300-500 word abstract, a 150 word personal bio and a CV of no more than 2 pages. Abstracts should include a phone number and email address. For panel presentations, please submit a panel abstract of 450 words or less, along with the names and paper titles of each presenter, contact information [phone and email] for the primary contact person, and a CV of no more than 2 pages for each presenter. Panels should include 3-4 presenters. We will provide moderators for each panel session.

Please email the abstract and proposal to wcilcos.2012@ubc.ca. All abstracts, bio and CV should be sent in one single attachment in either Microsoft Word document (.doc or .docx) or Rich Text File (.rtf) format. Name the attachment with your last name and the words “paper proposal” (for individual paper) or the panel organizer's last name and the words “panel proposal” (for panel presentation). The text should be prepared on letter/A4 size paper (8.5”x11”), single-spaced, and in 12-point font.

Important Deadlines:
Abstract Submission – September 15, 2011
Acceptance Notification – November 15, 2011
Final Paper Submission – February 15, 2012

We are seeking participant interest from scholars and practitioners wanting to pursue 19th century and / or early 20th century research on Barkerville and who have already researched and written about material culture. We hope to attract scholars to raise the awareness of the Barkerville artefact and archival resources. Senior and junior scholars, graduate students and others will spend two days discussing the potential for research opportunities.

On the morning of the 7th (UNBC Campus, Prince George), we will take a bus to Barkerville for orientation to the holdings by Curator, Bill Quackenbush; and, to experience the rich heritage programming; engage in group and individual discussions on potential research themes; and, stay overnight on site, returning to Prince George the afternoon of the 8th.

The conference will showcase progress made in British Columbia towards development of cultural competency training for health care professionals, and increasing cultural safety for Aboriginal people in BC.