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January 28th, 2012 - 7:39 pm § in Academics, Awards, Books, Campus Activism, Centers/Working-Groups, Conference, Films, Music

2012 ICAS Award Winners

The Institute for Critical Animal Studies is pleased to announce our 2012 Annual North American Conference for Critical Animal Studies Awards of the Year. Awards will be bestowed on March 3, 2012 during the conference at Canisius College in Buffalo, NY (March 2-4). We thank the many nominees for sub[...]

March 8th, 2011 - 11:34 am § in Academics, Books, Campus Events, Centers/Working-Groups, Conference, Media Releases

10th Annual N.A. Conference for CAS at Brock U.

THINKING ABOUT ANIMALS CONFERENCE March 31 and April 1, 2010 10th Annual N. American Conference for Critical Animal Studies The Department of Sociology at Brock University announces a conference on “Thinking About Animals” to be held March 31 and April 1, 2011 at Brock University, St. Catharines[...]

February 5th, 2011 - 10:06 am § in Campus Activism, Centers/Working-Groups, Student Activism/Group

Starting a Student Group

The importance of starting a student group at your college cannot be emphasized enough. Starting a student group is more than a symbolic gesture, it is a real step towards building an animal rights community and accomplishing goals on campus.[...]

January 16th, 2011 - 11:41 am § in Centers/Working-Groups

Gene Baur to speak at Penn State

Farm Sanctuary President and co-founder Gene Baur will be speaking at Penn State University on Thursday, February 3, 2011. Presentation: “Farm Sanctuary: Changing How Society Views Animals and Food” a presentation by Gene Baur[...]

September 6th, 2010 - 6:01 pm § in Centers/Working-Groups

Letter: Going vegan is the best way to become energy-efficient

Letters to the editor are one of the best ways to alert your campus of animal issues and events. Just thirty minutes of thoughtful writing can reach tens of thousands of students: more than you could reach leafleting for an entire day![...]

March 25th, 2010 - 9:20 am § in Centers/Working-Groups

Intern or Volunteer with ICAS!

ICAS now offers unpaid internships and volunteer positions for anyone interested in learning how to run a program or project, delegate tasks, edit articles, public relations, write policy reports, and conduct research and analysis. This is a great experience for college students and activists to gai[...]

March 8th, 2010 - 10:47 am § in Campus Events, Centers/Working-Groups, Conference

Discount Lodging and Message Board Active

Lodging and Travel 9th Annual North American Conference for Critical Animal Studies Unveiling Anarchist Studies Initiative & Farm Sanctuary Tour April 9, 10, and 11, 2010 SUNY, Cortland, NY http://www.criticalanimalstudies.org/conference-for-critical-animal-studies/north-american-conference-for-[...]

March 2nd, 2010 - 11:38 am § in Centers/Working-Groups, Media Releases, Peace/Social Justice, Veganism

ICAS Now Partners with Vegan Police Radio!

In January 2010, The Institute for Critical Animal Studies (ICAS) and The Vegan Police Radio, located in St. Catharines, Canada developed a partnership rooted in the tradition of Paulo Freire’s philosophy of dialoguing for liberation and freedom. “[T]he more radical the person is, the more fully[...]

February 22nd, 2010 - 10:26 pm § in Campus Events, Centers/Working-Groups, Conference, Film Showings, Media Releases

Conference Schedule, Registration Form, and Flyer are Up!

9th Annual North American Conference for Critical Animal Studies April 10, 2010 SUNY Cortland, NY Moffett Center 9AM to 7PM Theme: Abolition, Liberation, and the Intersections within Social Justice ______________________ $15.00 Registration Fee. **Free for SUNY Cortland students **People tabling nee[...]

February 9th, 2010 - 8:54 pm § in Books, Centers/Working-Groups, Conference, Courses/Workshops, Journals

Call for Nominations for Annual 2010 Critical Animal Studies Awards

**Call for Nominations for Annual 2010 Critical Animal Studies Awards. Deadline Feb 25, 2010. Please send nominations to Sarat Colling: editor@politicalmediareview.org **There are four awards see below for descriptions. ______________________________________________________________ 1. Critical Anima[...]

January 18th, 2010 - 4:47 pm § in Academics, Books, Centers/Working-Groups, Journals

Now Accepting Commentary and Summaries for JCAS

Most recently to build a bigger and better bridge between academics and activists the Journal for Critical Animal Studies (JCAS) is now accepting for the first time commentary and summaries of events, forums, lectures. etc. See below for submission guidelines. Please read these guidelines below and [...]

January 16th, 2010 - 3:13 pm § in Academics, Books, Centers/Working-Groups

New Publication – Animals in Schools

From ICAS’s Co-Senior Editor of the Critical Animal Studies Book Series, Helena Pedersen comes, “Animals in Schools: Processes and Strategies in Human-Animal Education” an outstanding and pivotal short 128 page easy publication to read. Pedersen opens the book with a detailed analy[...]