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Intersectionality, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Access (5)
This resource examines five interrelated concepts that underpin equal opportunity policies and practices in higher education and research industries: intersectionality, equity, diversity, inclusion and access.
You are on Chapter 5 of 5: Access and notes
Introduction and intersectionality
Access (current page)
Accommodations for student accessibility
Discrimination of disabled faculty
Curriculum, skills and support
Disabled women of colour
Text Box 13: How to begin addressing accessibility
Notes (current page)
Access is about creating, measuring and redesigning opportunities to enhance participation by underrepresented groups. In this resource, I focus on disability accommodations and recognition.
The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities identifies that disabled people deserve the same rights and opportunities as others, which includes dignity, respect and autonomy. However, in academia (and other workplaces), processes and systems are built to exclude and deny these rights to disabled people.
From lacking or inconsistent resources and gaps in curriculum, research from Australia shows that one in five students in public schools have a disability, yet less than 14% receive assistance and only 6% receive funding. This shows there is a connection between learning disadvantages at school and university success. This includes curriculum that is delivered in ways that make accessibility a problem, to being excluded from excursion and practical class exercises, students with disabilities and chronic illness have much to contribute, but are often left behind, despite policies that supposedly address their needs.
5.1 Accommodations for student accessibility
In 2017, a senior White male academic in the USA made headlines because he refused to make his lecture slides available electronically to a disabled student. He argued he did not favour special treatment and that making his slides available would negatively impact class attendance. Ignorance alongside discriminatory attitudes make students less willing to disclose their disability status or seek help.
Making lecture materials available is only one small but practical example of the myriad of issues that students with physical disability, chronic illness and learning disabilities face in academia. Other examples include timetabling that makes it physically impossible to attend classes; having to continually and explain to individual lecturers and teaching assistants their needs and then justify adjustments to make the classroom more inclusive.
While there are policies and there may be programs to help disabled faculty and students, the research shows that professors don't understand how to help disabled students, and disabled learners often don't always know how or where to go for help on funding opportunities and support with courses. Disability policies often have more emphasis on some forms of disability (usually physical disabilities), but not on others that are less visible (notably mental health and learning disabilities). People with disabilities require flexibility, which is often tokenised and framed as special accommodation, rather than what it is: levelling the playing field for groups that face multiple disadvantages.
This story is not uncommon, as ableism is rife in academia and research organisations.
5.2 Discrimination of faculty
Professor Vera Chouinard (1995) first wrote about the difficulties of negotiating accommodations as a White Canadian disabled woman academic in the mid-1990s. From having to fight for a sense of belonging, to constantly being told she was "below par" in her academic performances, it was clear that she was not being fairly evaluated for her academic performance.
Reflecting more than two decades later, (2018: 320-338) Chouinard remembers that striking a more equitable agreement with her the director of her academic unit was no easy feat, as the dean of science (who supported the agreement), was criticised for the perception that a "special deal" was letting Chouinard off easy (this was not the case!). The backlash from peers continued to play out in other areas, as Chouinard was effectively left out of social events held in places that she could not physically access with her motorised scooter (from Christmas parties to welcome-to-term events). By 1998, even when promoted to full Professor, Chouinard's salary remained frozen at a lower level. One year later, after Chouinard's formal complaint, the institution's response was not favourable and forced her to take legal action. It took another year to reach a settlement and she felt she continued to be punished for speaking up. Chouinard's fight continued until late 2003, with the negotiation of a more inclusive accommodation plan—two decades after the first agreement was implemented. Unfortunately, discrimination continues to the present-day, as Chouinard's salary potential is hampered by having "slower scholarship," despite having physical and mental impairments that include pain, fatigue and mental distress.
5.3 Curriculum, skills and support
Lauren Lindstrom and colleagues (2018) ran a randomised control trial testing a specialised curriculum to bolster young disabled women's education and job outcomes. Teachers received training on delivering the practical-skills-based modules to young girls. The study tracked the outcomes of 49 mostly-White (81%) disabled girls who participated in the learning program as part of the intervention group (the trial had a total sample of 136 participants). The girls mostly had learning or intellectual disabilities, and half were additionally experiencing difficult family circumstances or mental health issues, 47% had no paid work or volunteering experience, and around one-third had chronic absences from school or were behind on credits towards graduation. Most of the girls participated in focus groups and completed a survey to examine their learning outcomes. The disability curriculum centres on:
self-awareness in academic settings, such as practising critical thinking for post-school success, decision-making and teamwork;
disability knowledge, building an understanding of different disabilities, how to make informed career choices, and their legal rights to accommodation in education and employment;
gender identity in the workplace, including role models, strategies for finding work/life balance, awareness of the gender pay gap and traditional vs non-traditional career pathways;
career readiness, such as identifying personally meaningful goals, planning a pathway to university and the paid workforce, job-seeking skills, finding work experience post-school, and managing a career long-term.
Girls enrolled in the specialised curriculum showed statistically significant improvement on disability and gender awareness, self-realisation and vocational self-efficacy, and some improvement on career development. The curriculum did not lead to improvement on other measures such as autonomy, career outcome expectations, student engagement and self-advocacy.
The focus groups showed that the girls felt more empowered, especially having the opportunity to practice their newfound skills in classes with other girls (no boys), and seeing clear examples of the varied career choices available to them as disabled students. One girl said:
"I found my voice even more and being able to understand how many doors are actually open to me. Not just the few doors that I had seen, but now more doors have opened."
This study reinforces the need for educators in higher education to build-in vocational development specific to disabled learners, including disabled role models, knowledge, skills and advocacy as part of curriculum.
5.4 Disabled women of colour
Disabled women, especially women of colour, are often economically disadvantaged. This makes intersectionality an important framework to address inclusion.
In their review of disability critical race theory (DisCrit), Subini Ancy Annamma, Beth Ferri and David Connor (2018) show how children of colour are overrepresented in special education, achievement gap, the school-to-prison pipeline, and other inequalities in graduation, employment and higher education. Scholarship exploring race and disability can be traced back to 1943, with over 18,000 academic articles, books and chapters, though DisCrit as a specialised subfield yields only 31 papers available through online databases. These academic sources identify the links between race, disability and intersectionality, such as the politics of care, the need for intersectionality in teaching and undoing teacher beliefs and attitudes, microaggressions, and policy reform. DisCrit illustrates how Black disabled students are positioned differently than White disabled students, with teachers lowering their expectations of disabled students of colour, and exhibiting open disdain. In one study a teacher said to a student of colour, 'You make me sick,' when they were unable to take a test.
MUST READ: Black #Disabled Woman Syllabus: A Compilation https://t.co/XTN2ZtPJK0 #BDWSyllabus #WOCwD #BlackWomen #Disability
— Vilissa Thompson (@VilissaThompson) May 14, 2016
Apart from an equity and diversity strategy, institutions will have policies covering bullying, sexual harassment, racism and other recruitment or empoloyment grievances. This approach often essentialises experiences of disadvantage, atomising race from gender from disability and other forms of inequity. This is the antithesis of intersectionality, which is an attempt to understand the interlocking aspects of structural inequalities.
Here are some ideas to start reviewing your organisation's equity and diversity strategic plan so it has accessible at its core:
User testing and inclusive design: when undertaking building planning, purchasing software, designing systems and other physical and online environments, ensure that contractors will meet accessibility requirements. Payroll systems, including timesheets, and managerial programs are often built in ways that are not necessarily accessible. If people with disability cannot easily apply for jobs, access course materials, carry out performance management and other daily duties, then systems are contravening disability rights. Ensure all built environments include disabled people in key decision-making roles, that systems are user tested by people with diverse disabilities, and that IT, buildings and other assets are regularly reviewed by people with disabilities to ensure their needs are being met, so they can concentrate on research and learning.
Ensure curriculum, online environments and resources meet accessibility standards: Australian law requires information to meet accessibility requirements. In academia, where excellence is a primary pursuit, we should not merely seek to meet the basics, but exceed best practice. This includes using research software and packages that are accessible – many are not. Lecture slides and other materials should be made available online prior to class. Workshop materials, including by outside facilitators, should also be made available in an accessible electronic format prior to the course.
Analyse faculty and staff awareness of flex-work policies, as well as uptake and managerial practices. Flex work is often promoted in terms of supporting parents. Disabled workers can be parents (or not) and may still need additional leave to manage long-term illness or routine check ups. As such, disabled people may benefit from working from home more regularly, or being able to vary their hours. However, they are often prevented from accessing such arrangements due to negative attitudes that they are receiving special privileges. Flexibility is an accessibility issue. Executives should be responsive to the leave, working hours and other arrangements of people with disability, and monitor the connection between flexible work, career satisfaction and promotion.
Make workplace adjustments easier: disabled people often waste a lot of time having to tell multiple managers, in different parts of the organisation, about their disability, accessibility needs and agreed reasonable adjustments. Often, this means copious and repetitive paperwork, plus excessive medical examinations. This is inefficient and often humiliating, as the expectation is that disabled people need to keep proving their disability. Having an opt-in, centralised record of agreed workplace adjustments that travel with the employee or student as they move from departments or roles might be a better way. For example, see the The Reasonable Adjustment Passport and its use by the Australian Taxation Office.
Fund inclusion: just as organisations invest in regular IT upgrades, new furniture and better facilities, accessibility requires capital investment. The Employment Assistance Fund provides employers with some (limited) funding to make workplace adjustments. In addition, research organisations should make available centralised funding to enhance disability inclusion, including through inclusive recruitment practices, role modifications, specialist equipment, scholarships and other bursaries to support disabled scholars at every stage of their career, from student to Executive. Bear in mind intersectionality; structure identified roles so that First Nations and other disabled people of colour, LGBTQIA disabled people, and disabled people from rural and remote regions are benefiting from funded programs and other career opportunities.
This is a living document. I may add to it from time to time.
*Throughout, I use the full acronym LGBTQIA+ to refer collectively to lesbian, gay, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual and other gender minorities. Where I use a shortened form (e.g. LGBT), this matches the specific study I've cited.
Read more of my work on equity, diversity, inclusion and intersectionality in academia.
2018: How to Support Equity and Diversity in Academic and Science Events
2018: Challenging the March for Science: Intersectionality at the Coal Face
2017: Interview: Many Women Of Colour Feel Unsafe Working In Science
2016: Ways to Enhance Gender Equity and Diversity in STEMM
2016: How to Stop the Sexual Harassment of Women in Science: Reboot the System
2015: Addressing Sexism in Scientific Publishing
2015: The Myth About Women in Science? Bias in the Study of Gender Inequality in STEM
2015: Sociology of Gender Bias in Science
2014: Science Fellowships and Institutional Gender Bias in STEM
2014: Everyday Sexism in Academia
2012: Google's Glass Ceiling: A Case Study of Why Organisations Lose Innovative Women
To cite this article:
Zevallos, Z. (2020) 'Equity, Diversity, Intersectionality, Inclusion and Access,' The Other Sociologist, 16 February. Online resource: https://othersociologist.com/intersectionality-equity-diversity

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It's just what I do – I cut people from my life and I run. I run as far away as fast as I can. Because that betrayal, that hurt – it reminds me of a time and place. A place I can't go to, a way I can't let myself feel. It's so dark that it rips pieces and parts of your soul so deep that even if you could, you would never want to feel again.
Running from that place and cutting that darkness from your life – it's the only way you'll survive. Sometimes doors are closed, the handles are locked, the deadbolts are switched and the hinges are glued because it's a place you can never see. If you let yourself go back there – you'll never find yourself again. You'll be so lost in the darkness, you'll forget what light was like. You'll feel so much pain that you'll beg for someone to put an end to it all. You'd rather feel nothing than ever feel that way again.
So I run. I run as far away as fast as I can. Even if I have nothing to run to. It's time to put my running shoes on – I'm ready to chase the pavement.
My dilemma? I'm a woman of love. I long for love; self love, love of my career and to be in love with someone (and have that love returned). When I woke up this morning I realized I'm missing love from my life.
I used to get up at 5 a.m. to go to the gym, then I'd meal prep and get ready for work. I'd walk into work excited for the day, for the challenges I'd face. I loved feeling caught up the tasks; so overwhelmed by my work load that, by the time I could catch a breath, it was already well passed the end of my work day. I used to feel so much pride; pride from my work, my health and fitness – pride in who I was.
I can't pin-point exactly when my habits changed. I tried, exhaustingly, to form new ones. I tried to get back into doing what I had done for so long. But there wasn't any light to be found in my darkness. There wasn't any flicker of motivation or hope. There was just the underlying question of who the f*** had I become?
Now I'm staring at a grey canvas. Not the light grey that calms and soothes you, not the dark grey that shows in the sky before a storm. It's the kind of grey found on the wallpaper in church basements – the old looking grey with a twinge of yellow; the kind of grey that never sees the sun.
My life, right now, is a grey canvas. It terrifies me – I'm stuck staring at a grey canvas begging God to splash some sort of color on it, something – anything, to motivate me again. Because this life I'm living without love; love of self, love of my career – the slightest possibility of love from another – just won't do.


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Madras High Court Bans Medical Attempts To Cure Sexual Orientation; Suggests Changes To School Curricula To Educate Students On LGBTQ [READ ORDER]
by curiousforlaw
In S. Sushma v. Commissioner of Police, the Court has also suggested comprehensive measures to sensitise the society and various branches of the State including Police and judiciary to remove prejudices against LGBTQIA+ community.
By: Nidhi N. Anand, Ramaiah College of Law
The Madras High Court has recommended comprehensive measures to sensitise the society and numerous branches of the State along with Police and judiciary to eliminate prejudices against LGBTQIA+ community and to make sure that they're delivered into the mainstream of the society.
Towards this end, the Court advised that modifications be made to curricula of schools and universities to train students on information about the LGBTQIA + community. The Court additionally ordered strict action against those observed to be indulging in tries to cure/change sexual orientation.
The judgment was rendered by Justice N Anand Venkatesh on a plea by a lesbian couple seeking protection from their relatives. Some of the significant directions by the Court are as follows:
Educational institutions:
Parent Teachers Association (PTA) meetings should be used to make the parents aware and make them understand about the LGBTQIA+ community and gender non confirming students leading to supportive families. Further, the necessary amendments must be made to policies and resources to include students belonging to LGBTQIA+ community in all spheres of school and college life.
Certain ways to ensure this were by ensuring availability of gender-neutral restrooms for the gender-nonconforming student, by including 'transgender' in addition to M and F gender columns in application forms for admission, competitive entrance exams etc.
Judiciary:
Holding awareness programs for judicial officers of all levels in coordination with NGO's and to provide suggestions/ recommendations to ensure non-discrimination of persons belonging to the LGBTQIA+ community.
Police and Prison authorities:
Prevention of crimes against the LGBTQIA+ community by holding awareness programs at regular intervals, conduct sensitization about legal rights of LGBTQIA+ community at regular intervals, ensure that transgender and gender-nonconforming prisoners are housed separately from cis-men prisoners to eliminate chances of sexual assault by the latter on the former.
Besides the above, the Court also issued the following interim directions:
A. The police, on receipt of any complaint regarding girl/woman/man missing cases which upon enquiry/ investigation is found to involve consenting adults belonging to the LGBTQIA+ community, shall upon receipt of their statements, close the complaint without subjecting them to any harassment.
B. The Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment (MSJE), should enlist Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) including community-based groups which have sufficient expertise in handling the issues faced by the LGBTQIA+ community.
The list of such NGOs along with the address, contact details, and services provided should be published and revised periodically on the official website.
C. Any person who faces an issue for the reason of their belongingness to the LGBTQIA+ community may approach any of the enlisted NGOs for safeguarding and protecting their rights.
D. The concerned NGO in consultation with the MSJE, shall maintain confidential records of such persons who approach the enlisted NGOs and the aggregate data shall be provided to the concerned Ministry bi-annually.
E. Such problems should be addressed with the best-suited method depending on the facts and circumstances of each case be it counselling, monetary support, legal assistance with the support of District Legal Services Authority, or to co-ordinate with law enforcement agencies about offenses committed against any persons belonging to the LGBTQIA+ community.
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Giada's Feel Good Food (Hardcover)
My Healthy Recipes and Secrets
By Giada De Laurentiis
Clarkson Potter, 9780307987204, 256pp.
Publication Date: November 5, 2013
Food Network's most beautiful star reveals her secrets for staying fit and feeling great in this gorgeous, practical book with healthy recipes including nutritional information, and personal lifestyle and beauty tips.
Finally answering the question her fans ask most often, "How do you stay so trim?," Giada De Laurentiis shares the delicious easy recipes and tips she uses to maximize energy and remain fit. Here are 120 recipes for breakfasts, juices, lunches, snacks, dinners, and desserts that can be combined into a month of delicious feel-good meals. So that everyone can enjoy these dishes, many are gluten-free, dairy-free, vegetarian, and/or vegan, with helpful icons to call them out—and, for the very first time, each recipe includes a calorie count and nutritional analysis. Special sections delve into Giada's everyday life, including her beauty and exercise routines, how she satisfies sugar fixes, what's always in her bag, and her ordering tips for eating in restaurants. With 100 color photographs, Giada's Feel Good Food is a beautiful guide to staying on track while still eating everything and enjoying life to its fullest.
GIADA DE LAURENTIIS is the Emmy award-winning star of Food Network's Everyday Italian, Giada at Home, and Giada in Paradise; a judge on Food Network Star; a contributing correspondent for NBC's Today show; and the author of six New York Times bestselling books. She attended the Cordon Bleu cooking school in Paris and worked at Wolfgang Puck's Spago restaurant before starting her own catering company, GDL Foods. Born in Rome, she grew up in Los Angeles, where she now lives with her daughter, Jade.


Kenneth Cordray of Cordray's Taxidermy is ramping up his production now that the deer season is near completion for Cordray's Venison Processing. Kenneth is mounting ducks, geese, bass and of course has the best-priced variety of deer mounts anywhere. Cordray's Taxidermy was commissioned with making my first ever European mount for the 10-point trophy I was able to harvest back on September 28. The skull is immersed in a de-greaser before being dried and mounted with a thru-bolt onto a handsome piece of wood. The skull-mount seemed to be a good compromise decision for me because while this was my first-ever 10-point buck, I already had some full mounts on the wall that are comparable to this 2009 harvest. I am hoping to bag a goose during waterfowl season so I can ask Kenneth to 'stuff' my first goose mount.
To read my blog entry about Cordray's beef sales click here.
PhotosByJeffDennis: Kenneth Cordray holds the European mount that he crafted for Lowcountryoutdoors.com; just look at the oddball buck that one customer had Cordray's Taxidermy mount; Kenneth is now doing fish mounts, like this walleye!


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Waimea District/Regional Park Master Plan
The County of Hawai'i Department of Parks and Recreation is proposing to develop a district/regional park in Waimea, South Kōhala district. The 50-acre park will offer diversified types of recreational activities, including active play areas such as fields for soccer, baseball, and football; a community gymnasium; a multi-purpose community building; a multi-use walkway and trail system; and passive recreational areas.
As consultant to the County of Hawai'i, PBR HAWAII was responsible for: 1) conducting background research and analysis: 2) conducting community outreach services; 3) developing the Master Plan; and 4) preparing an environmental assessment.
The proposed Waimea District/Regional Park Master Plan will be developed in two phases. In the first phase, approximately 28 acres will be developed as a district park. In the second phase, an additional 22+ acres will expand the district park into a regional park. The primary purpose for the Waimea District/Regional Park is to address a deficiency of athletic and recreational opportunities for Waimea residents and for other surrounding communities in the South Kōhala district. The park will include fields for football, rugby, soccer, baseball, and softball as well as a covered play court for sports such as volleyball and basketball. The park will also provide a larger community gathering area to address existing and future demand.
Community Outreach Entitlements & Permitting Environmental Studies
Waimea, Hawai'i
2014 American Planning Association, Hawai'i Chapter, Community-Based Planning Award


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Q: Disable CSS transitions on SLOW compouter I have an expensive CSS transition on my website (I created a cloud, which becomes more transparent if you scroll down from the top). On older computers, my whole page starts lagging (scrolling also lags), so is there any solution for these?
- Make the transition less smooth, but leave CPU for scrolling, etc
- or detect older/slower computers, and disable the whole transition.
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Transition time: 10 sec.
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$(window).scroll(function() {
  if ($(window).scrollTop() < 100) {
    $("#cloud-back").css('box-shadow', '100vw 110vh 30px 0px #fff')
  } else {
    $("#cloud-back").css('box-shadow', '100vw 110vh 200px -100px #fff')
  }
});
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News & Media To Alaska and back: Combs completes rigorous leg
To Alaska and back: Combs completes rigorous leg
September 13, 2010 By Jill W. Tallman
Touching down in Ketchikan, Alaska, last week, Michael Combs and the Flight for the Human Spirit finished up one of the most challenging parts of the epic journey.
Combs and copilot Bob Warner flew into the northern territories in Canada to make their way along a 1,200-nautical-mile segment to Ketchikan. Warner accompanied sport pilot Combs as pilot in command because he has a private certificate and a medical. "Alaska was a big, big piece of this puzzle, and to touch down in Alaska was fantastic," Combs said in his podcast.
They spent just a short time in Alaska because of a very brief window of good weather that would have permitted them to return to the United States, Combs said. En route to Ketchikan, he and Warner spent three days in Prince George, British Columbia, waiting out the weather. Local pilots and others familiar with flying in this part of the country told Combs that above all, when flying in Canada and Alaska, one must be patient. "That's good advice for everything we do in life," he said, but it was especially important to keep safe and not to push the weather.
This week Combs and the Remos GX light sport aircraft will travel to Idaho, which is actually the forty-ninth state in the flight's mission to land in all 50 states, and then to Lake Havasu, Ariz. Still to come is Hawaii. It is unclear how the Remos GX will get to Hawaii, but Combs said he's optimistic that a solution will present itself.
You can follow the Flight for the Human Spirit via the website or AOPA Online.
Jill W. Tallman
AOPA Technical Editor
AOPA Technical Editor Jill W. Tallman is an instrument-rated private pilot who is part-owner of a Cessna 182Q.
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Congratulations pour for Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala who has been appointed the new chief of the World Trade Organization (WTO)
IndustryBy Iwejuo Ugochukwu February 16, 2021
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has been appointed the new chief of the World Trade Organization, becoming the first woman to ever lead the…
Business, Economy, Insight and AdvocacyBy Iwejuo Ugochukwu February 11, 2021
The Chamber played host to the newly appointed Consul-General to Atlanta, Georgia, United States, Her Excellency, Ambassador Amina Maria Smaila yesterday, 10th…
VISIT TO THE NIGERIAN EXPORT PROMOTION COUNCIL
Business, Economy, Industry, Insight and Advocacy, News ArchiveBy Iwejuo Ugochukwu November 25, 2020
The Secretariat of the Nigerian American Chamber of Commerce has paid a scheduled courtesy visit to the Regional Director (SW)…
NACC HOPEFUL OF IMPROVED TIES BETWEEN NIGERIA, UNITED STATES
Business, Economy, Industry, Insight and Advocacy, News Archive, Online, Press Releases, PrintBy Iwejuo Ugochukwu November 18, 2020
Although Nigeria's implementation strategy of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) might have affected the benefits from the scheme,…
REGULATORY LANDSCAPE AND DIGITAL ECONOMY
According to Mbwana Alliy Venture Capitalist from Savanah Fund, there are four metrics to be used in assessing the ease…
Digital Economy and Business Friendliness
Business, Economy, Industry, Insight and Advocacy, News Archive, Online, Press Releases, PrintBy Iwejuo Ugochukwu September 11, 2020
Ease of doing business within the digital economy across African countries… The World Bank annually publishes the Ease of…
Appointment of NACC New Director General
Business, Economy, Industry, Insight and Advocacy, News Archive, Online, Press Releases, PrintBy Iwejuo Ugochukwu July 5, 2020 6 Comments
We are pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Olusola Obadimu, 57, as Director-General of Nigerian-American Chamber of Commerce with…
Importance of Financial and Tax Management for Startups: Summary
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Importance of Financial and Tax Management for Startups Morolake Ade-John, Intern NACC February 2020 The article talks about the…
Nigeria on the Right Path to Greatness
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Nigeria is now ranked 131 globally on the World Bank's Ease of Doing Business ranking, moving up by 15 places…
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The Vikings quarterback carousel should come to a stop on Christian Ponder this Sunday, according to some trustworthy speculation.
Leslie Frazier said earlier in the week that he had made up his mind between Josh Freeman and Ponder (Matt Cassel is definitely number three at this point), but wasn't going to announce it until the end of the week.
As BringMeTheNews reported Wednesday, Jerome Simpson thinks it's Mr. Samantha Steele.
And here's what the Star Tribune Vikings beat writers have to say: "Ponder was seen taking first-team reps during the portion of practice open to reporters. Freeman stayed after practice to run plays with the young backups. And Ponder's body language suggested he has been given another shot to jump-start what's left of his career in Minnesota."
Freeman has been cleared to play after a concussion he suffered two weeks ago, and Ponder is clearly over whatever rib issue was plaguing him earlier in the season.
SB Nation points out that one lonely soul, EPSN's Ed Werder, thinks Freeman will start.
This is all speculation, of course. the way Vikings 2013 has been going, anything could happen. Might we suggest a platoon system, where they alternate on each play?


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Queen's Players decide to cancel winter show
Comedy theatre troupe deals with new reality facing performing arts
Pamoda Wijekoon
Queen's Players cancel Winter show.
Illustration by Xinyuan Hu
Queen's Players' winter sketch comedy show, The Tonight Showhemian Rhapsody: An Evenin' wif the Big Fab Woolf, was set to open this Wednesday, March 18.
As their last show of the year, it was meant to be a final send-off for the cast and crew that had devoted hours to producing it over the course of the semester. They spent hours casting the show, writing the script, choreographing the scenes, and arranging musical number after musical number.
Unlike the previous two shows that the Queen's Players have put on this year—one in the summer and another in the fall—the winter show was an opportunity for graduating students to say goodbye and close off their time at Queen's. This show was an opportunity to share the art that they've devoted so much of their time and passion to.
However, with the many closures and cancellations that have come as Canada prepares to weather the novel coronavirus, Queen's Players, like so many other clubs and teams, had their plans swept out from underneath them.
"You never believe that you could ever cancel your show," Mark Polese, vice-president of Queen's Players, said in an interview with The Journal.
"Then, slowly, you realize more and more that there's no way to make it happen and it just hits everyone like a ton of bricks. We had all our equipment loaded in [to The Mansion], we were ready to go. Now, today, we just cleaned it all out. We're sitting here right now. It's really grim."
Like many artists and performers, Polese and the club's president, Sean Begy, spent the week grappling with what to do moving forward.
Just one week earlier, not getting the chance to bring their winter show to the stage felt impossible. Since then, the group has had to face their harsh new reality head-on. Though they wanted to continue with the show whatever the circumstances—they even proposed a livestream—the group quickly realized that bringing the full cast and crew together would pose too great a health risk.
As the group works to provide refunds to those that had bought tickets prior to the cancellation, the impact of the loss of performing arts events like this one, is undeniable. As a charitable organization, the group pools the revenue from each show at the end of the year and distributes the money in the form of grants to a variety of local charities.
This offers support to the arts and sends children to summer camps in the Kingston area. Over the past two years, the group has raised $52,000 for various charity initiatives. Now, Queen's Players will instead lose a third of its yearly charity earnings.
This is an experience shared by many Queen's clubs that donate the proceeds of their end-of-year shows back to the community like Queen's Dance Club, whose 25-year anniversary show was also cancelled this week.
Polese was quick to bring attention to the difficulties facing local performing arts venues such as The Mansion, which are now going without a revenue stream.
"Another thing we're realising now is that the venues that host arts are getting hit even harder," he said.
"Who knows how long this is going to last, or what it's going to look like after? If you've bought a ticket for a show, maybe consider not asking for a refund and donating [that money] directly to your local music venue. As much as this sucks for us as students, it's worse for people [for whom] this is their livelihood."
Still, the team has hope for the future of art and music, even as venues close their doors indefinitely.
"I think especially at a time when we're all closed in, people really start looking toward the arts," Begy said.
"Your soul is your art, it's your music, your playwriting, your comedy, whatever you find that you really love," Polese said. "People are turning to art as a way for them to get through it."
Although their show may never make it to the stage, Begy and Polese want their team to know that they're just as much a part of Queen's Players as any other cast and crew have been. They emphasize the heart of Queen's Players will always be in bonding together and encouraging members to embrace who they are.
"It's rough […] but you can look at it both ways," Polese said. "How lucky we are to have something that we feel so passionately about, and a group of people we care about so much, that we're this affected when it's taken away from us."
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Navigating the Global Broadband Internet's Opportunities & Vulnerabilities with Jim Cashel
Over the past 25 years, the Internet has become a central part of our everyday lives. Even so, there are still over three billion people in the world who don't have access to broadband internet. Thanks to a combination of new technologies, this will change rapidly over the next 5 years. This change will open a wide range of potential opportunities and vulnerabilities as the Internet experiences its largest, and final, population boom. In this episode, Jim and I discuss key aspects of the Great Connecting, including ways to prepare for, and participate in, this transformative event.
The technologies that will allow the parts of the world who don't have internet currently to have it in the next two to three years - 5:59
What potential benefits and vulnerabilities the internet will bring to areas that previously didn't have it - 10:33
Why the benefits of the internet and social platforms outweigh the negatives - 20:53
How companies can prepare for and participate in this great connection - 25:01
What roles AI will play in this future state of connectivity - 30:02
Jim Cashel is the co-founder and chairman of Forum One Communications. As Forum One's Chairman, he works with the senior management team on strategic and leadership issues, helping to support a continuing mission of applying new and promising technologies to address societal problems of importance. He has a bachelor's degree in human biology from Stanford, a master's degree from Harvard's Kennedy School, and a medical degree from Harvard Medical. In 2018-2019 Jim was a Visiting Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy. He also recently published the book The Great Connecting: The Emergence of Global Broadband and How That Changes Everything.
Find Jim on Twitter @cashel as well as at ForumOne.com.
The Great Connecting: The Emergence of Global Broadband and How That Changes Everything by Jim Cashel


FORT WORTH, Texas (May 10, 2013) – Sundance Square has announced the additions of Colleen Joyce as plaza manager and Anita Simmons as communications specialist to the marketing team.
Joyce has 13 years experience in the marketing and entertainment industry in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. As the new plaza manager, she will be responsible for live entertainment and events in and around the new plaza to make the visitors' experience in Sundance Square unforgettable.
Simmons, a marketing professional with seven years experience, has also joined the team and will manage interactive web productions, special events and social media.
Kathryn Grenig, who has been employed by Sundance Square for nearly three years, was recently promoted to plaza coordinator. Grenig will assist Joyce with event planning and onsite coordination of events in the plaza.
Sundance Square's marketing department recently won numerous ADDY® Awards for creative excellence in advertising with "The Biggest Comic Strip in Texas" campaign.


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Young Investigator Grant
Thematic Projects
Research, Innovation and Dissemination Centers
São Paulo School of Advanced Science
Post-doctoral Fellowships
Research Internships Abroad
Visiting Researcher Award
Fellowship Opportunities in São Paulo
Code of good scientific practice
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Research Institutions & Companies
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FAPESP-Michigan Call for Proposals 2012
Public Call for Proposals for the support of research projects involving the Exchange of Researchers under the Scientific Cooperation Agreement between the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP), Brazil and The Regents of the University of Michigan (U-M), USA.
FAPESP and the Regents of the University of Michigan make public this Call for Proposals and invite interested researchers affiliated with the University of Michigan and researchers affiliated with Higher Education and Research Institutions in the State of São Paulo, who are, in addition, Principal Investigators of ongoing research projects funded by FAPESP within the following support lines: Regular Research Awards, Thematic Projects, Young Investigators, or Research, Innovation and Dissemination Centers (CEPIDs/RIDCs), to submit research proposals for the exchange of researchers between the State of São Paulo, Brazil and Michigan, USA, under the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth.
The purpose of this Call is to define the conditions for submission of proposals for the collaboration of researchers from the State of São Paulo, Brazil and from the U-M, USA (researchers and post-doctoral fellows) within the scope of the Scientific Cooperation Agreement between FAPESP and the The Regents of the University of Michigan. This Call for Proposals is being announced simultaneously by FAPESP and the U-M.
Researchers regarded as eligible to submit proposals within the scope of this Call are:
3.1 By FAPESP: Principal Investigators of ongoing research projects funded by FAPESP within the support lines: Regular Research Awards, Thematic Projects, Young Investigators, or Research, Innovation and Dissemination Centers (CEPIDs/RIDCs).
3.2 By University of Michigan: Faculty members and researchers who are assistant, associate or full professors, research professors or research scientists.
3.3 Proposals should include the names of the collaborating researchers from both the State of São Paulo and the U-M and clearly state the mutual benefits of the collaboration.
4 Fields of knowledge
The present Call invites Research Proposals in the following fields of knowledge: medicine, the health sciences, humanities, social sciences, the arts, natural resources and the environment.
5. Timeline
Call announced on FAPESP and the University of Michigan websites
Closing date for submission of proposals
Successful proposals notified
6. Duration of the project for the exchange of researchers
The collaborative activities foreseen in this project should start while the researcher holds a FAPESP research grant related to the activities of this Call for Proposals. The maximum duration of each project is 24 months.
7. Funding principles
7.1 FAPESP will provide funding of up to US$10,000 per proposal and per year and the University of Michigan will provide funding of up to US$10,000 per proposal and per year, for the period established in the award, to cover reasonable research-related expenses including mobility expenses, under the provisions of item 3 of the Agreement between FAPESP and U-M (www.fapesp.br/7216)
7.2 FAPESP will provide the selected proposals with funds for research related expenses, which will normally include travel (air tickets), health insurance and living allowances for researchers from the State of São Paulo, Brazil to visit Michigan, USA.
7.3 University of Michigan will provide the selected projects with funds for research related expenses, which will normally include travel (air tickets), health insurance, and living allowances for researchers from Michigan, USA to visit the State of São Paulo, Brazil.
7.4 Each Party will commit up to the equivalent of US$ 100,000 per year in the present call.
8. Proposal characteristics
Each proposal, submitted in English, shall contain:
8.1 Research Proposal form and Researcher's Registration form.
8.2 Summary of the CV of the Principal Investigators and collaborating researchers on both sides, FAPESP and the University of Michigan (bio sketch instructions at www.fapesp.br/en/6351).
8.3 Budget worksheets specifically designed for this Call (please enclose detailed budget according to FAPESP standards – worksheet available for download at www.fapesp.br/chamadas/michigan/Budget_Spreadsheet-FAPESP-MICHIGAN.xlsx).
8.4 Research project with a maximum of ten (10) pages of scientific content, including the following items:
8.4.1 Summary of the project to which the proposal is related, including current and expected results;
8.4.2 Description of which lines of activity of the ongoing project of the PI in São Paulo related to the proposal will benefit from the exchange;
8.4.3 Description of which lines of activity of the ongoing or proposed project of the PI in Michigan, USA will benefit from the exchange.
8.4.4 Description of each researcher and institution involved from the State of São Paulo and the University of Michigan;
8.4.5 Description of the expected academic gains for the project as a result of the proposed cooperation, emphasizing their singularity and specificity;
8.4.6 Details of the activities foreseen in the exchange, objectively described, including justification and relevance, and the definition of the corresponding performance indicators. The role of the technical team from the executing institution must be explained;
8.4.7 Description of infrastructure and financial resources available for developing the research project in São Paulo, Brazil and in Michigan, USA, excluding the mobility expenses requested in the proposal;
8.4.8 Actions to add to the impact of the exchange in the research activity in the State of São Paulo, Brazil and in Michigan, USA, by means of seminars, short courses, visits to other institutions that carry out research activities in cognate areas;
8.4.9 Timeline of each mission, provided that the total amount of missions per year do not surpass the funds stipulated in the seventh clause of this call for proposals;
8.4.10 Official document stating the formal commitment of the U-M participant, guaranteeing the availability of the facilities and equipment to develop the project (for researchers in São Paulo this is already stated in the submission form that must be signed by the institution's Director).
8.4.11 Official document stating agreement with the provisions of item 9 and 10 of the cooperation agreement, related to "Confidentiality and Publications" and "Intellectual Property and Protection of Results", respectively.
9. Submission of proposals
9.1 Each proposal must be submitted, before the deadline specified in section 5, both to FAPESP by the Principal Investigator from the State of São Paulo, Brazil and University of Michigan by the Principal Investigator from Michigan, USA.
9.1.1 The Research Proposal, described in item 8.4 must be in the form of one single 10 pages document written by the PI in State of São Paulo and the PI from the University of Michigan;
9.1.2 Submissions to FAPESP must be in the form of a Regular Research Award related to the ongoing project (enter information in the field 6 of the FAPESP form for Regular Research Grant of the submission form). This grant must be exclusively directed to this call and abide to its rules. Submissions to FAPESP can only be accepted in paper, via mail (not through the on-line system SAGe);
9.1.3 Submission to the University of Michigan must be in the form of standard internal grant submissions used by the University of Michigan.
9.2 Proposals not received by both Parties before the deadline or not in conformity to the specifications herein will not be reviewed.
9.3 Each Party will select the proposals according to their own procedures.
9.4 Only the proposals selected by both Parties will be funded.
9.5 No proposal will be accepted after the closing date for submission, nor will any addendum or explanation be accepted, unless those explicitly and formally requested by FAPESP or University of Michigan.
9.6 Submission must be sent to:
9.6.1 On the FAPESP side: all proposals either related to grants processed via FAPESP's electronic system (SAGe), or not, shall be sent to FAPESP in paper copy, to the following address: Rua Pio XI, 1500, Alto da Lapa, CEP 05468-901 – São Paulo/SP, with "Chamada FAPESP/UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN 2012" written on the envelope.
9.6.2 On the University of Michigan side: all proposals should be sent to The Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies with a copy to the office of the Vice-Provost for International Affairs.
9.7 Proposals submitted by any other means will not be accepted.
10. Analysis and selection
10.1 The process of analysis, qualification and selection of the proposals received at FAPESP will be carried out by an ad hoc committee especially appointed by the Foundation's Scientific Director
10.2 The Vice-Provost for International Affairs of the University of Michigan will convene a similar ad hoc committee to consider proposals received at the University of Michigan.
10.3 The proposals will be pre-qualified and, subsequently, reviewed by way of a competitive process which will evaluate the merit and relevance of the project and the academic excellence of the candidate, the relation of the proposed project to the researcher's ongoing project funded by FAPESP, and the interest of the institution that will host the researcher.
10.4 Proposals which do not comply with the terms of this Call for Proposals will be considered "not qualified".
11. Result of the analysis
Final results will be announced on FAPESP (www.fapesp.br) and the University of Michigan web portals and by means of a communication to the interested parties.
12. Contract for selected projects
12.1 The selected proposals will be the subject of a research agreement in writing to be signed by FAPESP and the Principal Investigator in São Paulo and an agreement between the Principal Investigator and the University of Michigan.
12.2 For signature of the grant agreement with FAPESP and of the grant agreement with the University of Michigan it will be necessary for both PIs to present a signed agreement between the Sao Paulo research institution and the University of Michigan covering the items under item 10 of the FAPESP-University of Michigan Agreement (https://fapesp.br/7216) .
13. Grant cancellation
FAPESP may cancel funding if, during grant implementation, a fact is of sufficient gravity to justify cancellation, at the Scientific Board of Directors' discretion, without prejudice of any other appropriate actions.
14. Information about the Call for Proposals
All questions related to this Call for Research Proposals must be directed to:
14.1 FAPESP:
Dr. Patrícia Brant Monteiro
Email: chamada_umichigan_fapesp@fapesp.br
14.2 University of Michigan
Professor Mark Tessler
Email: tessler@umich.edu
Proposals Review form
URL: https://fapesp.br/7219/fapesp-michigan-call-for-proposals-2012
Page updated on 03/28/2013 - Published on 09/19/2012
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Published on September 27th, 2015
Larchmont, NY (September 27, 2015) – Interest is building as the early entry discount deadline approaches for the 2016 edition of Quantum Key West Race Week, organized by the Storm Trysail Club. Nearly 80 entries hailing from 10 countries have already signed up and taken advantage of the $4/foot discount on entry fees that expires soon on Thursday, October 1st.
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Johnson, a Wisconsin native, has cruised all over the world and often participated in races held out of numerous foreign ports, including the ORC World Championship in Cres, Croatia in 2011. He owns a slip at Conch Harbor and therefore has sailed in and out of Key West many times upon departure or return from various voyages.
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Rod Johnstone of J/Boats fame has been coming regularly to Key West Race Week since its inception over two decades ago, and believes the advent of daily distance racing is a brilliant idea. J/Boats has been a loyal supporter and sponsor of the regatta, and thinks the Performance Cruising class can really take off.
"I think it's an absolutely great idea. That's the type of racing a lot of people like to do these days and there are so many boats out there that would fit perfectly into that class," Johnstone said. He also thinks a well-appointed cruising boat would provide housing for its crew.
"I would think another good thing about this new class is that skippers don't need to strip out their boats in order to do some distance racing."
For more information and to enter 2016 Quantum Key West Race Week, visit www.keywestraceweek.com.
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For more information on obtaining an ORC Club certificate, visit www.orc.org/clubapplication.
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