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Award News

Dr. Benita Bunjun (SJCS) was awarded the Father William A. Stewart, S.J. Medal for Excellence in Teaching (2022) AND the Dr. Geraldine Thomas Educational Leadership Award (2022) For more on Dr. Bunjun's latest awards see:

Dr. Rachel Zellars (SJCS) received the SMUSA Award for "Overall Excellence in the Field of Education” (2021), recognizing her work in creating rigorous, respectful learning spaces and teaching challenging subjects with great care.

Dr. Benita Bunjun (SJCS) received the SMUSA Award for Overall Excellence in the Field of Education (2020), recognizing her selflessness and sincerity in dealing with students and positive influence on students’ academic careers.

The Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami's 2018 Inuit Cultural Repatriation Award recognized the collaborative work of the Inuvialuit Cultural Resource Centre (ICRC, Inuvik, Inuvialuit Settlement region), the Inuvialuit Regional Corporation, Val Marie Johnson (SJCS), and the Anglican Church General Synod Archives (Toronto), to repatriate copies of archival documentation from Shingle Point Eskimo Residential School (1929-1936), to the ICRC: "National Inuit org honours Inuit and Inuit allies: Precious archival materials from 1930s-era residential school returned to the Inuvialuit," (August 17, 2018)

SJCS applauds the work of its stellar faculty.

For Dr. Rachel Zellars’ work on the uprisings against racist, including state, violence see: Reakash Walters & Rachel Zellars, “We don't need the police. We need each other,” rabble.ca (June 10, 2020) 

For SJCS-organized guest speaker,  see:

"Diversity and equity scholar Dr. Malinda Smith shares knowledge," SMU Campus News (October 30, 2019)

For media engagement with Dr. Val Marie Johnson's research see:
Julia Jacobs, "Their Land Became Part of Central Park," New York Times (October 20, 2019) 

For a recent brief interview with SJCS faculty see: 
 (March 01, 2018)
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SJCS & Inuit Cultural Repatriation: 
See recent news on the collaboration of the Inuvialuit Cultural Resource Centre (ICRC in Inuvik, Inuvialuit Settlement region), the Inuvialuit Regional Corporation, Dr. Val Marie Johnson (SJCS, SMU), and the Anglican Church General Synod Archives (Toronto), to repatriate to the centre copies of archival documentation from the Shingle Point Eskimo Residental School (1929-1936), recently awarded the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami's Inuit Cultural Repatriation Award:
" National Inuit org honours Inuit and Inuit allies: Precious archival materials from 1930s-era residential school returned to the Inuvialuit," NUNATSIAQ NEWS (August 17, 2018)