Check out the latest Arts faculty publications and projects from Summer/Fall 2022:
- Criminology Professor Emeritus Dr. Yvon Dandurand:
- Wrote an article published on the Global Initiative website on the criminality-resilience nexus and its connection to improving the country’s response to illicit economies.
- Participated in a panel discussion organized by The Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime (GI-TOC) on the UN Convention Against Corruption and the Sustainable Development Goals.
- Presented on global crime at the 32nd Session of the United Nations Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice in Vienna, Austria. Jahn, J., & Dandurand, Y. (2022, May 18). The Future of International Cooperation Against Global Crime. 32nd Session of the United Nations Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, Vienna, Austria.
- Along with Criminology Associate Professor Dr. Hayli Millar, Dr. Dandurand has also contributed his expertise on the topic of human rights issues in supply chain transparency in a recent media article “Supply chain transparency: Will Canada lead or follow in developing laws to prevent child and forced labour in our supply chains?”.
- Produced a report in partnership with Professor Emeritus Dr. Darryl Plecas on police relationships with visible minorities. Dandurand, Y., Maxim, P., & Plecas, D. (2022, August). Police Relationships with Visible Minorities: A Review of the Impact of the 20-Year Effort by Police in British Columbia and Canada to Improve Visible Minorities’ Assessments of Police Services. Vancouver, BC: International Centre for Criminal Law Reform and Criminal Justice Policy.
- Presented as part of a panel discussion on international cooperation. Dandurand, Y. (2022, June 13). Anticipated Obstacles to Effective International Cooperation in Countering the Use of Information and Communication Technologies for Criminal Purposes. Second intersessional consultations of the Ad Hoc Committee to Elaborate a Comprehensive International Convention on Countering the Use of Information and Communications Technologies for Criminal Purposes, Vienna.
- Participated in an expert preparatory roundtable on transnational organized crime, co-hosted by the United Nations University Centre for Policy Research. Dr. Dandurand spoke about the “Challenges of International Cooperation Against Transnational Organized Crime.”
- Philosophy Emeritus Professor Dr. Peter Raabe recently published an essay in the peer-reviewed journal Cognitive Science No.1 2022 (Vol.6) pp. 142-179, titled “The Artificial Therapist (AT–version 1.0): Promises and Problems”. The paper was published by the World Scientific Publishing House LTD. through the auspices of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an City, Shaanxi Province, China.
- Modern Languages Department Head Alan Cameron published an open-ed article on The Province website about the current situation in Russia and the tensions caused by Vladimir Putin’s actions towards the unprovoked attack on Ukraine.
- Criminology Associate Professor Dr. Hayli Millar co-presented with Dr. Satwinder Bains at UFV’s PD Day on the topic of the exploitation of international students and the importance of understanding the unique challenges international students face within and external to the University.
- History Assistant Professor Ian Rocksborough-Smith got the lead publication for Reviews in History, about an important book on recent U.S. history, “Race for Profit: How Banks and the Real Estate Industry Undermined Black Homeownership.”
- Criminology Associate Professor Dr. Jon Heidt published an article on cannabis criminology. Wheeldon, J., & Heidt, J. (2022). Cannabis criminology: Inequality, coercion, and illusions of reform. Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy.
- Arts Studies Assistant Professor Dr. Dale McCartney published an article on the Active History website on “Virtual authenticity: The potential risks of historical video games.”
- Associate Professor in the School of Culture, Media and Society Dr. Eric Spalding has guest-edited a special issue of Scholarly & Research Communication entitled “Towards a Better Appreciation of Online Educational Videos.”
- Criminology Associate Professors Dr. Amanda McCormick and Dr. Irwin Cohen published a report on intimate partner violence. McCormick, A., Cohen, I., & Davies, G. (2022, September). “The Complexities of Investigating and Clearing Harassment Related Intimate Partner Violence Files.” University of the Fraser Valley: Centre for Public Safety and Criminal Justice Research.
- Assistant Professor at the School of Culture, Media and Society and CHASI Faculty Associate Dr. Sarah Beaulieu has published a new article in Historical Archaeology. It focuses on the Morrissey Internment Camp, one of Canada’s 24 World War I internment camps, with the aim of using the material culture record at the camp as a point of access to examine the coping strategies prisoners of war adopted to help mitigate mental-health issues triggered by confinement.
- English Associate Professor Dr. Prabhjot Parmar co-authored an article published in the Journal of Sikh and Punjab Studies titled “Kisan [Farmers’] Protests in Punjab 1907-2021: A Literary Lineage of Resistance.” Special Edition on Farmers’ Agitation, Journal of Sikh and Punjab Studies. 29.1 & 2, Spring/Fall 2022, 163-186.
- Dr. Geetanjali Gill, Assistant Professor in Global Development Studies, has been invited to present on “Using play-based tools to understand refugee and adolescents’ experiences with gender-based violence in Lebanon and Uganda” at the Annual Conference for the Canadian Association of Refugee and Forced Migration Studies (CARFMS), November 2-4, 2022.
- Limited Term History Instructor Dr. Sebastian Huebel was invited to speak about his book “Fighter, Worker, and Family Man: German-Jewish Men and Their Gendered Experiences in Nazi Germany, 1933-1941” at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on September 8. The event was held virtually, and you can watch the recording on YouTube.
- Dr. Geetanjali Gill, Assistant Professor in Global Development Studies, Catherine Liao, Associate Professor in Nursing, and Sarah N’Gaiwa, Director of Albinism Royal Foundation Sierra Leone, presented their project, “Leaving No One Behind: Empowering Persons with Albinism, particularly women and girls in rural regions of Sierra Leone,” at the Foundation for Innovation and Transformation (FIT) Community of Practice on Gender on July 13, 2022. They have also been invited to present at the ‘Innovation, Research, and Knowledge Exchange session at the Ontario Council of International Cooperation Annual General Meeting, September 22, 2022.