PAST EVENTS 過去のイベント情報
"Could Womenomics save Tohoku…? Declining Birthrates, Young Women's Citizenization,and the Politics of Community Sustainability" Presenters Ms. Megumi Ishimoto, Executive-Director, NPO Women’s Eye Dr. Jackie F. Steele, ISS, University of Tokyo (JSPS Research Grant) Ms. Sachiko Anetai, Lawyer, and Director, Morioka Gender Equality Center, Iwate Ms. Chigusa Tanzawa, Secretary, Shishiori Machizukuri Kyogikai, Kessenuma, Miyagi Ms. Maki Sahara, Board Director, NPO Fukushima 30-year Project, Fukushima Commentators: Dr. Kiyoung Shin, Associate Professor, Ochanomizu Women’s University Dr. Osawa Mari, Director, Institute of Social Science, University of Tokyo
JSAC Conference 2016: Globalizing Japan
October 13th - 16th
Peter Allard Faculty of Law, UBC, Vancouver, Canada
JCIRN Panel: October 15, 2016, 11:00am - 12:30pm
Co-Chairs: Jackie F. Steele and Natasha Fox
Disaster Resilience, Citizen Empowerment, and Diverse Citizenship: New Perspectives on Risk Governance
"Geographies of Exclusion: Fukushima Dai-ichi at Five, Chernobyl #4 at 30"
- Presenter: David W. Edgington,University of British Columbia
"After “Reconstruction” in Disaster Areas: Comparing Kotaki, in Sakae Village, Nagano Prefecture, and Genkai Island in Fukuoka Prefecture"
- Presenter: Kiwa Nakano,Daito Bunka University
"Young Women’s Citizenization in Post-Disaster Tohoku: Reconstructing Hope, Equality, and Inclusive Community through Diverse Women’s Empowerment"
- Presenters: Jackie F. Steele, University of Tokyo & Natasha Fox, University of British
For more information, see the Institute of Social Science website: http://jww.iss.u-tokyo.ac.jp/symposium/sympo27.html
2016 February 16 Commemorating 3.11 Five years On
2015 May 20-23 Conference held at the Canadian Embassy
JCIRN will support the first ever Joint Conference of the Japan Studies Association of Canada / Japanese Association of Canadian Studies, to be held in Tokyo at the Canadian Embassy and Chuo University, May 20-23, 2015.
See the JSAC Website or the Link below for the Complete Programme: www.jsac.ca/jsac2015/ocs/public/conferences/1/schedConfs/1/program-en_US.pdf
* Due to security protocols, advanced registration is required.
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On May 20th, JCIRN hosts two panels on the theme
"Disaster Research: Lessons from Tohoku"
Part I Chair: Jackie
F. Steele
- Haruka Danzuka (Todai), "Voluntary Evacuation by Young Mothers from
Fukushima"
- David Slater (Sophia), "The Political Mobilization of ''Women'
"
- Natasha Fox (UBC) and Azusa Yamashita (Hirosaki), "DRR and LGBTQ
Communities: Inclusion,
Invisibility, and Challenges in Post-3.11 Tohoku"
- Mari Osawa (Todai), "Challenges in Supporting Employment
and Promoting Industries in Tohoku, The 2014 Recommendations of the
Science Council of
Japan"
Part I Chair: Natasha Fox
- David Edgington (UBC), "How Safe is Safe: The Geography of
Decontamination in Fukushima"
- Sebastien Boret (Tohoku IRIDES), "Remembering Disasters in Japan:
Memorial Monuments, Religion and the
State"
- Sunhee Lee (Tohoku), "Japan's Post-3.11 Agenda and the Experiences of
Migrant Women"
- Jackie F. Steele (Todai) and Hiroko Hara (Josai Kokusai Daigaku), "From
National Challenges to International Opportunities: The Policy Impact of
the Japan Women’s Network on Disaster
Risk Reduction”
FRIDAY MARCH 6, 2015
RESEARCH AND POLICY LECTURE
"Resilience by design: Using science to reduce the earthquake risk in Los Angeles, California"
SPEAKER: Dr. Lucy Jones, US Geological Survey
DATE/TIME: Friday 6th March 2015 17:00-19:00
ABSTRACT In 2014, the US Geological Survey entered a technical assistance agreement with the City of Los Angeles to apply the results of the 2008 ShakeOut Scenario of a M7.8 earthquake on the southern San Andreas fault to develop a comprehensive plan to increase the seismic resilience of the City. The critical science needed to support policy decisions is to understand the probable consequences to the regional long-term economy caused by decisions to undertake (or not) different levels of mitigation. The arguments against mitigation are the immediate financial costs, so a better understanding of the eventual benefit is required. However, the direct savings rarely justify the mitigation costs, so the arguments in favor of mitigation are driven by the potential for cascading failures and the potential to trigger the type of long term reduction in population and economic activity that has occurred in New Orleans since Hurricane Katrina.
The plan was released December 8, 2014 and is online at http://www.lamayor.org/earthquake.
The goal of the seismic resilience plan is to:
- Protect the lives of residents during earthquakes
- Improve the capacity of the City to respond to the earthquake
- Prepare the City to recover quickly after the earthquake, and
- Protect the economy of the City and all of southern California
SPEAKER PROFILE Dr. Lucy Jones has been a seismologist with the US Geological Survey and a Visiting Research Associate at the Seismological Laboratory of Caltech since 1983. She currently serves as Science Advisor for Risk Reduction in the Natural Hazards Mission of the US Geological Survey, leading long-term science planning for natural hazards research, and the SAFRR Project: Science Application for Risk Reduction to apply USGS science to reduce risk in communities across the Nation. In 2014, she is leading a partnership between the USGS and the City of Los Angeles to create solutions to four of the most significant seismic vulnerabilities in the City. ! Dr. Jones has authored over 100 papers on research seismology with primary interest in earthquake statistics and integrated disaster scenarios, especially in southern California, including leading the science projects that created the ShakeOut Earthquake Scenario, the Great ShakeOut Drill and the ARkStorm Scenario. Dr. Jones received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Chinese Language and Literature, Magna Cum Laude, from Brown University in 1976 and a Ph.D. in geophysics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1981.
“A Japan-Canada Policy Dialogue on Democracy, Diversity, Disasters: From Ottawa to Tokyo”
「日本・カナダ 民主主義、多様性、災害に関する
政策対話ーオタワから東京へ」
On March 14th, 2014, the Embassy of Canada, in collaboration with the Japan-Canada Interdisciplinary Research Network on Gender, Diversity and Tohoku Reconstruction (JCIRN), held a “Japan-Canada Policy Dialogue on Democracy, Diversity, and Disasters.” This was the sister event to the “Japan-Canada Policy Dialogue on Risk Governance”, hosted by the Embassy of Japan in Ottawa on February 6, 2014 to conclude JCIRN's first academic conference. Marking the third anniversary of 3.11, and looking forward to the UN Third World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in Sendai in 2015, this two-hour session featured presentations and discussion with policy experts, decision-makers and opinion-leaders from Japan, Canada, and the UN. It provided a valuable opportunity to reflect upon the lessons of the past three years and to explore new avenues for women's empowerment.
Canadian Embassy Website:
www.canadainternational.gc.ca/japan-japon/jcirn-rricj.aspx?lang=eng
プログラム
第一部:日本、カナダ、国際社会による政策的洞察
開会の辞:駐日カナダ大使マッケンジー・クラグストン
谷公一復興副大臣
佐村知子内閣府男女共同参画局長
スティール若希博士(日加学際研究ネットワークの召集者、東京大学社会科学研究所准教授)
Dr. Marika Morris(カナダ研究科、カールトン大学准教授)
Hang Thi Thanh Pham(UNISDRアジア・太平洋地域事務局所長)
第二部:被災地の課題からグローバルな機会へ
進行役:スティール若希博士
斎藤文栄、公益財団法人 ジョイセフ (JOICFP)
武蔵野美和(いわて男女共同参画サポーターの会、陸前高田市)
「草の根からの復興への挑戦:子育て支援、男女共同参画」
李善姫博士(東北大学研究員)
「移住女性の3.11の経験と法制度改革の優先順位」
堂本暁子(男女共同参画と災害・復興ネットワーク代表)
「政策実施と次の災害リスク軽減についての多国間協定」
討論・質疑応答
閉会の辞: 共催者、大沢真理(東京大学社会科学研究所教授、日加学際研究ネットワーク)
レセプション
PROGRAMME
Part I: Policy Insights from Japan, Canada, and the International Community
Opening Remarks: Mackenzie Clugston, Ambassador of Canada to Japan
Mr. Kouichi Tani, Senior Vice Minister for Reconstruction
Ms. Tomoko Samura, Director-General, Gender Equality Bureau, Cabinet Office
Dr. Jackie F. Steele, Institute of Social Science, the University of Tokyo, and Convenor,
Japan-Canada Interdisciplinary Research Network on Gender, Diversity, and Tohoku Reconstruction
Dr. Marika Morris, Adjunct Professor, School of Canadian Studies, Carleton University
Ms. Hang Pham, Head, Asia-Pacific Office, United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR)
Part II: From Local Challenges to Global Opportunities
Co-chairs: Dr. Jackie F. Steele, Associate Professor, Institute of Social Science, University of Tokyo
Ms. Fumie Saito, Japanese Organization for International Cooperation in Family Planning
Ms. Miwa Musashino, Iwate Gender Equality Supporters Group, Rikuzentakata, Iwate
“Grassroots reconstruction: childcare supports and gender equality”
Dr. Sunhee Lee, Post-doctoral Fellow, Tohoku University
“Migrant Women’s Experiences of 3.11 and Law Reform Priorities”
Ms. Akiko Domoto, Representative, Japan Women’s Network for Disaster Risk Reduction
“Policy Implementation and the next DRR Multilateral Accord”
Discussion/Questions
Concluding Remarks: Dr. Mari Osawa, Professor, Institute of Social Science, University of Tokyo
Reception
企画: スティール若希准教授(東京大学社会科学研究所)/ジェンダー、多様性、東北復興に関する 日加学際研究ネットワーク(JCIRN)(国際交流基金・知的交流補助金および東京大学社会科学研究所・所内支援プロジェクト)召集者
Organizer: Dr. Jackie F. Steele, Associate Professor, ISS, University of Tokyo /
Convenor, Japan-Canada Interdisciplinary Research Network on Gender, Diversity and Tohoku Reconstruction
* With Gratitude: Japan Foundation Funds for Intellectual Exchange / ISS Project Funding.
共同企画者: 大沢真理教授(東京大学社会科学研究所)/科学研究補助金プロジェクト「社会的脆弱性/レジリエンスの比較ジェンダー分析」研究代表者
Co-Organizer: Dr. Mari Osawa, Professor, ISS, University of Tokyo / JCIRN Member
* With Gratitude: JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Research on "Comparative Gender Analysis of Social Vulnerabilities/Resilience"
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2014 February 2014年2月
“Democracy, Diversity, Disasters: A Japan-Canada Policy Dialogue on Intersectionality and the Challenges of Contemporary Risk Governance”
「デモクラシー・多様性・災害:インターセクショナリティ及び最近のリスク・ガバナンスにおける挑戦に関する日加政策対話」
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Day 1 - Wednesday February 5th
Keynote Address:
Ms. Akiko Domoto, Representative of the Gender Equality and Disaster/ Reconstruction Network / Former Member of the Japanese House of Councillors and the Former Governor of Chiba Prefecture.
International and Canadian Commentators
Dr. Elaine Enarson, Distinguished Faculty Affiliate, Department of Emergency Management, Jacksonville State University, and Founding Member, International Network on Gender and Disaster
Mr. Joseph Caron, Former Canadian Ambassador to Japan, Former Assistant Deputy Minister for Asia-Pacific at the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
Day 2 - Thursday February 6th
Opening Address: Ms. Elina Palm, Head, UNISDR New York Liaison Office
Panel 1: Canadian Evidence and the Policy Implications
Ms. Valérie Assoi, City for All Women Initiative, Ottawa
Ms. Rakhi Ruparelia, Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa
Ms. Marcilyn Cianfarani, Toronto Emergency Medical Services
Dr. Marika Morris, Canadian Studies, Carleton University
Panel 2: Japanese Evidence and the Policy Implications
Dr. Mari Osawa, Institute of Social Science, University of Tokyo
Dr. David Edgington, Geography, University of British Columbia
Dr. Sunhee Lee, Center for Northeast Asian Studies, Tohoku University
Dr. Hiroko Hara, Josai International University
Roundtable Discussion: Governance Challenges and Forthcoming Opportunities for the International Post-Hyogo Consensus
Download the detailed Conference Programme.
プログラムはここからダウンロードしてご覧ください。
CONCLUDING EVENT (2014.02.06)
Japan-Canada High-Level Policy Dialogue on Risk Governance
Host: Ambassador Okuda, Embassy of Japan
Chair: Mr. Len Edwards, Former Canadian Ambassador to Japan and Former Deputy-Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
Keynote: Ms. Akiko Domoto, Former Governor of Chiba, and Representative, “Japan Women’s
Network for Disaster Risk Reduction”, Tokyo
Canadian Perspectives: Mr. Joseph Caron, Former Canadian Ambassador to Japan
Closing Remarks: Professor Mari Osawa, ISS, University of Tokyo
Conference Organizers 主催者
Professor Caroline Andrew, Director, Centre on Governance, University of Ottawa
キャロライン・アンドリュー教授/オタワ大学ガバナンス・センター
Associate Professor Jackie F. Steele, Institute of Social Science, University of Tokyo
スティール若希准教授/東京大学社会科学研究所
Co-sponsors 共催
Professor Mari Osawa, JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Research on "Comparative Gender Analysis of Social Vulnerabilities/Resilience," Institute of Social Science, University of Tokyo
大沢真理教授/東京大学社会科学研究所
Professor Nathalie Des Rosiers, Dean, Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa
ナタリー・デ・ホジエ教授/オタワ大学法学部長
Conference Funding Acknowledgements
We wish to acknowledge the Japan Foundation’s generous financial support of intellectual exchange between scholars and policy specialists in Japan and Canada.
この会議は国際交流基金よりご支援いただいております。日本及びカナダで活躍する学者並びに政策専門家の知的交流に対する寛大なご支援にこの場をお借りし感謝申し上げます。
2013 March 2013年3月 PUBLIC TALKS IN CANADA
Public Talk: "Gender, Diversity and Tohoku Reconstruction: Governance Challenges and Opportunities Two Years on"
講演会「ジェンダー、多様性、東北復興--3年目に続くガバナンスの課題と機会」
http://jftor.org/whatson/20130304Gender_311.php
The triple disaster of the Tohoku earthquake, tsunami and nuclear meltdown has been the cause of tragic destruction, loss and trauma for the affected communities, surrounding areas, and indeed, for the country as a whole. At the same time, this moment in Japan’s history has created unique windows of opportunity for deepened democratization, critical thinking about gender, diversity and social vulnerability, and notably for civil society and women’s active participation in the rebuilding of Tohoku and of Japan.
At events in Toronto, Ottawa and Vancouver, Professor Jackie Steele and Professor Mari Osawa, members of the Japan-Canada Interdisciplinary Network on Gender, Diversity and Reconstruction, will present the preliminary interdisciplinary insights, the gaps in the existing literature on disaster mitigation, as well as the findings from the fieldwork of Network Members. Presentations will be followed by a question period and open discussion with the audience.
Toronto Event Info:
Date: Monday, March 4, 6:30 pm
Location: The Japan Foundation, Toronto
Address: 131 Bloor St. W., 2nd Floor of the Colonnade Building
Admission: free
Language: English
Ottawa Event Info:
Date: Wednesday , March 6, 5 pm
Location: University of Ottawa
Address: 12F, Desmarais Building, 12F 55 Laurier Avenue East Admission: free
Language: English
Vancouver Event Info:
Date: Monday March 11, 6 pm
Location: Simon Fraser University
Address: Asia-Pacific Hall, Morris J. Wosk Center for Dialogue
580 W Hastings Street
Admission: free
Language: English
Main Presenters at all venues:
Dr. Mari Osawa
Professor at the Institute of Social Science, University of Tokyo
Tokyo Branch Leader of the Global COE on Gender Equality and Multicultural Conviviality in the Age of Globalization.
Dr. Jackie F. Steele
Associate Professor, I.S.S. University of Tokyo
Research Associate, Global COE on Gender Equality and Multicultural Conviviality, Tohoku University, Japan
For additional participants, see the PDF below.
2012 June 2012年6月
Workshop on Post-311 Challenges and Opportunities: Gender and Diversity Mainstreaming in the Priorities and Planning of Tohoku Reconstruction, 2012-2015
ワークショップ:ポスト3/11におけるチャレンジと機会:2012年ー15年に向けた東北復興の優先課題と計画におけるジェンダー・多様性の主流化