2004-2005
News Release
REF NO.: 66
SUBJECT: ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ to host sexual harassment conference
DATE: October 19, 2004
Note to editors:
ÐÓ°É´«Ã½Universitywill host the 20th annual conference of the Canadian Association for the Prevention of Discrimination and Harassment in Higher Education. The national conference is titled Changing the Human Rights Landscape: Strategies for Preventing Discrimination and Harassment in Higher Education and Beyond and will be held from Oct. 25-28, 2004, at the Fairmont Hotel in St. John’s. The conference will address the ongoing quest for dignity at university campuses and in the workplace and examine the following questions: How can discrimination and harassment be prevented? How can these problems be strategically eradicated to create campuses and workplaces that are truly inclusive and safe?
Highlights of the conference include a discussion from Dr. Arjun Aggarwal, Canada’s leading expert on sexual harassment, on his latest book Sexual Harassment Investigations: How to Limit your Liability and More. The conference is open to all faculty, students and staff of ÐÓ°É´«Ã½Universitywho are committed to creating harassment-free environments, as well as counterparts in business, unions and government.
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ÐÓ°É´«Ã½’s Sexual Harassment Office will also sponsor a public talk from Dr. Christopher Kilmartin, professor of psychology at Mary Washington College in Virginia, as part of the Celebrate ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ 2004 festivities. The talk is titled Myths of Masculinity: Historical, Cultural and Social Contexts and will be held on Tuesday, Oct. 26, in Room AA-1043, located in the Arts and Administration building on ÐÓ°É´«Ã½’s St. John’s campus.
Celebrate ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ is an annual celebration of ÐÓ°É´«Ã½’s connection to the community. What began in 1999 with the Festival of Anniversaries, highlighting ÐÓ°É´«Ã½’s 50th anniversary as a degree-granting institution, has today become a celebration of the contributions that ÐÓ°É´«Ã½’s students, faculty, staff and alumni make to Newfoundland and Labrador.
For more detailed information about the upcoming conference, please visit www.mun.ca/capdhhe2004/.
REF NO.: 66
SUBJECT: ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ to host sexual harassment conference
DATE: October 19, 2004
Note to editors:
ÐÓ°É´«Ã½Universitywill host the 20th annual conference of the Canadian Association for the Prevention of Discrimination and Harassment in Higher Education. The national conference is titled Changing the Human Rights Landscape: Strategies for Preventing Discrimination and Harassment in Higher Education and Beyond and will be held from Oct. 25-28, 2004, at the Fairmont Hotel in St. John’s. The conference will address the ongoing quest for dignity at university campuses and in the workplace and examine the following questions: How can discrimination and harassment be prevented? How can these problems be strategically eradicated to create campuses and workplaces that are truly inclusive and safe?
Highlights of the conference include a discussion from Dr. Arjun Aggarwal, Canada’s leading expert on sexual harassment, on his latest book Sexual Harassment Investigations: How to Limit your Liability and More. The conference is open to all faculty, students and staff of ÐÓ°É´«Ã½Universitywho are committed to creating harassment-free environments, as well as counterparts in business, unions and government.
…/MORE
ÐÓ°É´«Ã½’s Sexual Harassment Office will also sponsor a public talk from Dr. Christopher Kilmartin, professor of psychology at Mary Washington College in Virginia, as part of the Celebrate ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ 2004 festivities. The talk is titled Myths of Masculinity: Historical, Cultural and Social Contexts and will be held on Tuesday, Oct. 26, in Room AA-1043, located in the Arts and Administration building on ÐÓ°É´«Ã½’s St. John’s campus.
Celebrate ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ is an annual celebration of ÐÓ°É´«Ã½’s connection to the community. What began in 1999 with the Festival of Anniversaries, highlighting ÐÓ°É´«Ã½’s 50th anniversary as a degree-granting institution, has today become a celebration of the contributions that ÐÓ°É´«Ã½’s students, faculty, staff and alumni make to Newfoundland and Labrador.
For more detailed information about the upcoming conference, please visit www.mun.ca/capdhhe2004/.
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