Workshops
Upcoming Workshops
Media and Religion, May 17, 2012, Université de Montréal
The Study of Religion in Atlantic Canada, May 23-34, 2012, Saint Mary's University
Past Workshops
Multiculturalism and Religious Identity, September 23-25, 2010, University of Ottawa
Religion in the Public Sphere, November 4-6, 2010, Université de Montréal
Varieties of Religious Establishments, November 12-13, 2010, St. Thomas University
Pluralisme et radicalisations : regards croisés sur les expériences canadiennes et françaises, January 7-8, 2011, Université de Montréal
Sexual Diversity and Religious Diversity, March 31-April 2, 2011, Queen’s University
Drama Queen/Malika: fashion, beauty, humour, in a context of constrained visibility, September 30, 2011, Paris
Internet Survey: Research: Design and Recruitment, November 3, 2011, University of Ottawa
Catholicisme, religion culturelle, institutions et diversité religieuse, January 19-21, 2012, Université de Montréal
May 17, 2012: Media and Religion, Université de Montréal
Co-Organizers: Solange Lefebver and Kim Knott
Brief Description of Workshop:
This workshop will bring participants together to share their experiences and expertise of studying media coverage of religion. Religion and Diversity Project student team members David Michels and Roger Alfani Bantea will share their research results from data collected on media coverage of religion in Canada between 2009 and 2010. Kim Knott and Joyce Smith, who have both done extensive research on the media and religion, will share their own strategies and experiences of studying this topic.
May 23-24, 2012: The Study of Religion in Atlantic Canada: Diverse Diciplines, Theories, Methods and Contexts, Saint Mary's University
Co-Organizers: Nancy Nason-Clark, Paul Bowlby, Rubina Ramji, Sam Reimer, Cathy Holtmann
Brief Description of Workshop:
The purpose of the workshop is twofold: it will be the first step in creating a network for scholars of religion in the region and secondly, it will be an opportunity to gauge what kinds of research on religion and are being carried out and whether or not this includes the study of religious diversity in Atlantic Canada. According to Statistics Canada, the Atlantic region is less ethnically and religiously diverse than other regions of the country. Yet citizens of the region are more likely to be active in religious institutions than Canadians elsewhere. Organized religion continues to play a strong role at the heart of communities in this largely rural region. As provincial governments and local industries seek to attract and retain greater numbers of immigrants in order to stimulate the economy and stabilize population growth, the academic study of religion offers opportunities in understanding the role of religious diversity in Atlantic Canadian culture and its contributions to social change. How are religious identities socially constructed in Atlantic Canadian society? How are established religious groups responding to changes in the region? How does religion contribute to growth and stagnation in the region? What are particular flashpoints when it comes to religious debates relating to gender and sexuality? How does religious diversity show up on the radar screen of government policy makers in the region?
Past Workshops
January 19-21, 2012: Catholicisme, religion culturelle, institutions et diversité religieuse. Problématiques contemporaines et comparatives France/ Québec, Université de Montréal
Co-organizers: Solange Lefebvre, Martin Meunier et Céline Béraud
Brief description of the workshop:
Il s’agit d’un atelier scientifique financé par le Conseil de recherche en sciences humaines du Canada. Cette rencontre vise à revisiter et requestionner les acquis de la recherche, à travers la confrontation des points de vue interdisciplinaires et la prise en compte des influences entre les contextes intellectuels français et québécois. La nouveauté attendue inclura aussi la prise en compte des formes institutionnelles du catholicisme ainsi que sa situation dans la culture.
November 3, 2011: Internet Survey Research: Design and Recruitment, University of Ottawa
Organizer: Pamela Dickey Young
Team Member Participants: Lori Beaman, Pamela Dickey Young, Donald Boisvert, Nancy Nason-Clark, Heather Shipley, Morgan Hunter
Brief Description of Workshop:
This research workshop will be open to team members and student team members at the University of Ottawa who are interested in attending to develop their own research streams. This workshop will result in concrete recruitment and implementation strategies to push forward the internet survey projects funded by the MCRI in 2011-2012 and will be crucial to deliver the online surveys, with assistance in ethics proposals, developing questionnaires and recruitment strategies.
September 30, 2011: Drama Queen/Malika: fashion, beauty, humour, in a context of constrained visibility, Paris
Co-Organizers: Valérie Amiraux and Nacira Guénif
Team Member Participants : Valérie Amiraux, Valérie Behiery, Nacira Guénif and Rubina Ramji
Brief Description of Workshop :
This workshop is conceived as a place where artists and scholars will engage in discussion and conversation regarding the variety of tones that compose visual cultures (including fashion, internet, contemporary art and Islamic culture, music scenes, theater experiments, comedy, advertising, etc.). The aim is to explore the impact of the intersection of norms carried by images coming from fashion, comedy, art and beauty industry and the way they interact with the figure of the Muslim(s). We wish to set up the stage for a constructive dialogue between scholars and artists that analyze the contiguity of their respective work: on the one hand, academic analysis of practicing religious people, on the other hand irony and humor, artistic performances based on the same practicing religious people. We in particular wish to invite to participate into this session scholars and artists that have developed projects at the intersection of different disciplines and offer alternative and new modes of expression of the power relations that shape the specific unfair treatment of Muslim women in secular Western public spaces.
March 31-April 2, 2011: Sexual Diversity and Religious Diversity, Queen’s University
Organizer: Pamela Dickey Young
Team member and student participants: Rukhsana Ahmed, Donald Boisvert, Gary Bouma, Pamela Dickey Young, Cathy Holtmann, Nancy Nason-Clark, Rebecca Johnson, Heather Shipley.
January 7-8, 2011, Pluralisme et radicalisations : regards croisés sur les expériences canadiennes et françaises, Université de Montréal
Organizer: Valérie Amiraux
Team member participants: Valérie Amiraux, Nacira Guénif-Souilamas, Barbara Thériault, Lori Beaman, Pascale Fournier
November 12-13, 2010: Varieties of Religious Establishments, St. Thomas University
Co-organizers: Lori Beaman, University of Ottawa and Winnifred Sullivan, SUNY-Buffalo Law School
Team member participants: Lori Beaman, Winnifred Sullivan, Peter Beyer, André Laliberté, James Richardson, Nancy Nason-Clark, Benjamin Berger
November 4-6, 2010: Religion in the Public Sphere, Université de Montréal
Co-organizers: Solange Lefebvre, Université de Montréal, and Lori Beaman, University of Ottawa
Team member participants: Avigail Eisenberg, Lori Beaman, Jean-François Gaudreault-Desbiens, Paul Bowlby, Nancy Nason-Clark, Natasha Bakht, Rubina Ramji, Pamela Klassen, Peter Beyer, Paul Bramadat
September 23-25, 2010: Multiculturalism and Religious Identity, University of Ottawa
Co-organizers: Sonia Sikka and Lori Beaman, University of Ottawa
Team member participants: Natasha Bakht, Lori Beaman, Peter Beyer, André Laliberté, Avigail Eisenberg, Solange Lefebvre