The Conversation Canada is looking for faculty and PhD students who can write the following articles for the general public. Here are the latest topics they are hoping to feature:
Arts:
What is the role of commemorative arts in Indigenous Peoples’ and settler Canadians’ respective social, political and cultural tasks? Seeking pitches on specific projects or approaches.
Deadline: ASAP
Editor: Susannah Schmidt, susannah.schmidt@theconversation.com
Italian novelist Elena Ferrante’s “Neapolitan novels” show how post-World War II workers’ movements in Italy intersected with fascism. In light of the rise of Italy’s Giorgia Meloni, seeking an explainer of what this work illuminates or anticipates about this political climate.
Deadline: Oct. 3, 2022
Editor: Susannah Schmidt, susannah.schmidt@theconversation.com
Health/Medicine:
COVID travel restrictions lifted: Is the pandemic over?
Deadline: ASAP
Editor: Patricia Nicholson, patricia.nicholson@theconversation.com
Looking for an update on COVID control and outbreaks in long-term care.
Deadline: ASAP
Editor: Patricia Nicholson, patricia.nicholson@theconversation.com
Science & Technology:
NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test made successful impact—what are the implications? And what are the possible scenarios in which the lessons learned from DART could be applied in the future?
Deadline: ASAP
Editor: Nehal El-Hadi, nehal@theconversation.com
Education:
The Crown and citizenship: Ontario’s Education minister told a school board it had to honour the Queen on the day of her funeral after the board advised staff to avoid commemoration. What do Canadian schools teach about the Crown; how has this changed or what does this conflict reveal about citizenship education? Seeking pitches.
Deadline: ASAP
Editor: Susannah Schmidt, susannah.schmidt@theconversation.com
We ask authors to please sign up and then pitch an article idea, rather than email a fully written article to the editors.
Monday, September 26, 2022 in News, Research
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