PPUPA Conference

This was just forwarded on to me.

Greetings Everyone,

Please accept my apologies for the delay in getting this information out. Attached is the information for the upcoming PPUPA (Prairie Province Undergrad Philosophy Association Conference) Call for Papers which is currently planned for March 21-22, 2009.

If there are indications that this date is unacceptable there is the possibility that we may be able to move it to the weekend either before or after.

The keynote of the conference will focus on religion and metaphysics. This topic will address the high value placed on all religious or spiritual views and the deep need for some kind of metaphysics to support such a view. the Call for Papers deadline is January 3, 2009.

Undergraduates are encouraged to present papers on all topics. Abstracts must be submitted so that similar topics can be grouped into sessions. Forward Abstracts to: Cliff Baum at cliff.baum@uleth.ca. Further details will follow as they become available.

Thank you for your time and patience.

Sincerely,

Cliff Baum

Uwphsa student paper presentations

Anyone interested in presenting a paper this year should get in contact with me at uwphsa@gmail.com. We can discussion a time line that works for you.
I hope to get this up and running as soon as possible.

Uwphsa discussion night

Our discussion night will be Wed and will be held at The Toad on Osborne. The discussion group will start around 8pm. At around 10 the U of M student association has their discussion group so those who would like to stay late can meet up with them and join their discussion.
Hope to see you all out there.

Uwphsa meeting Friday

There is another meeting this Friday Oct.9 12:30-1:30 room 3M67. I will be going to class rooms this week to invite students to the meeting, to sign up for the email list, join the discussion group and there will be pizza as an incentive. I hope everyone can make it out, this meeting will mostly be for newer members to meet and learn about what we do, I will also be interested in any ideas students have for projects that the association can put on or be involved with.

First general meeting

The first general meeting of the year will take place Monday, Sept.28 in room 3M65. I hope everyone that can make it will.

U of W student awarded

2008 University of Winnipeg Philosophy (Honours) graduate Abigail Klassen was recently awarded a SSHRC scholarship. Abigail is currently a graduate student at Concordia University.

UWPHSA has a facebook page

we now have a Facebook page, just search for university of Winnipeg philosophy student association.
This page will be a place where students can hold discussions with each other and find out about upcoming events.
check it out.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Winnipeg-MB/University-of-Winnipeg-philosophy-student-association/128839321463