THE CENTRE FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES!

OCTOBER 26, 2010

NEWSLETTER
Getting involved Weekly speakers! How novel.
at the level right for you Every Friday we have interesting, innovative, and expert
speakers at Mount A"ison. Come out and hear them!
CIS is an extensive organization, Leading up to our formal launch, We’d like to thank you for your
which makes it even easier for we had scheduled a couple speakers interest thus far and strongly
you to customize how you can to to keep interest in our initiatives. suggest that if there’s a person you
be a part of it! You can... What we had not imagined was know is passing through the
Be a regular attendee how quickly students and Maritimes, or an author you just
Simply coming to events and
offering your feedback is an
excellent way to support us!
Join a Working Group, be a
presenter, or get published
Our academic initiatives are the
backbone of CIS. Students and
professors sharing their ideas and
research in conferences, journals,
and innovative Working Groups
that produce concrete final professors took advantage of our read that you’ll like to see, or
products. That was our founding services! Thanks to your someone you’ve always wanted to
vision and we’d love for you to be suggestions for speakers, we have hear speak and even spend an
a part of it! been able to start filling our afternoon with, we want to make it
Become a volunteer calendar for the semester and even happen!
start looking into winter semester!
Currently, there are two student
coordinators in charge of making
everything happen. We’d love
some help! Simply e-mail us and
UPCOMING EVENTS IN 60 WORDS OR LESS
we can send you a volunteer form Friday, October 29 Friday, November 5
so you can tell us when you’re
3:30-4:30, 125 WMSC 3:30-4:30, 125 WMSC
available. We love company!
Journalists for ATLIS Critical
Join our managing board Human Rights Discussion Group
CIS is governed by a student- Latest work of the The importance and
professor managing board. It speakers in Ghana effect of major
authorizes the budget, and the role of sporting events in
operational guidelines, and long- media in the less developed
run strategic plan of the Centre. developing world in countries (LDCs).
We are looking for one more informing people of
professor and student to complete their rights.
our board! E-mail us if interested!

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issues and Delhi Games the United What would you
violations. and Beijing. Nation. like to see?

Fe at ure How do I get published?

CIS
CIS is currently submissions. Once you
sponsoring two academic submit, the journal editors
journals: The Atlantic will review the work and
International Studies consider it to be sent to
Journal, the journal of peer reviewers.
ATLIS, and CIS’ own Peer reviewers are fellow
cross-discipline journal. students and professors
In the case of CIS’ who will read the work
journal, as this is the first and make any editorial,
year of the centre, this research, or content
year’s publication will also suggestions. The editors
be its inaugurating will compile these reviews
journal! and send them to you.
Both journals are ISSN Once you review the
registered, meaning its feedback and make any
volumes are held in changes you deem
Canada’s national archive. pertinent, you simply
It also means you can resubmit and the editor
include it in your resume takes one more look at Last year’s ATLIS journal
as an official publication, your paper.
should you get published. If the editor believes the
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The process is very paper to be of high quality, Last not out ever ything
we have on
they will publish it in the check
similar to any other Don’t forget to
academic journal. CIS (or next issue! CISMTA.CA gs,
ATLIS) will call for te rn sh ip an d exchange listin
including in ty more!
l o f o u r in it ia tives, and plen
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