EDII Project Awards

The role of women in education has been an important and evolving topic globally, with Afghanistan being the only country where girls and women are denied the right to study. The conference aimed to shed light on the challenges faced by Afghan women and girls under Taliban rule and emphasize the importance of education for their empowerment.

A dozen events including workshops, live performances, exhibitions and lectures were held at Mary Immaculate College on Tuesday 28 March as part of this year's Arts for All day.

Supporting the needs of Gifted LGBTQ+ Learners in Ireland

The ambition within this partnership project with colleagues in CTYI is to build on their recent research findings which have explored the experiences of gifted learners across Ireland to address some of the gaps in provision, and to provide some of the much needed awareness raising and practical resources necessary to support these learners.

Community sponsorship is a new way to welcome refugees to Ireland; it is a unique collaboration between Government, UNHCR (the UN Refugee Agency), NGOs and civil society. The MIC Community Sponsorship Group of 32 MIC staff has partnered with Doras and look forward to welcoming and supporting the integration and settlement of two refugee families into the Limerick community.

In the Diaspora is a weekly radio programme that the stories of Irish migrants. The programme follows the lives of people living in Ireland, who left their home country, either for work, study, business or asylum. The individuals share their personal experiences, focusing on their unique journey to the North; their cultural immersion; their cultural shocks; and indeed, their adaption in Ireland

This Intercultural World Café welcomed 13 parents and 20 children from across the EDNIP primary schools in Limerick City. parents and children acted as hosts to the students who are taking a Global Education module, as they rotated from table to table to engage in discussions. The focus of each of the tables was decided by the parents and children, examples included food, language, religion, customs and traditions. Ten different countries were represented at the event.

MIC FemFest 2023 was delighted to welcome renowned intersectional feminist, Sara Ahmed, to MIC for a public lecture entitled ‘Travelling with Feminist Killjoys’ on International Women’s Day this year. Sara Ahmed is an independent feminist scholar of colour who worked as a feminist academic for over twenty years. Introduced by Dr Susan Liddy, Dr Ahmed’s lecture reflected on her experience of writing her latest book: The Feminist Killjoy Handbook (2023).

This project aims to explore and celebrate religious and belief diversity by fostering safe, constructive, respectful opportunities for dialogue about religious and belief difference, in MIC and in the local community.

This project ‘Cooking for Cohesion’ project provided a formative culturally and linguistically responsive learning and sharing experience for migrant parents, school staff in ‘Our Lady of Lourdes’ school, DEIS elective student teachers, TEAL Project teachers and academic staff, in a three staged process. This is an experiential approach towards cultural and linguistic diversity education through the shared enjoyment of food.

In this polit programme, students were recruited and trained to become Peer Mentors. The role of the Peer Mentor is simply to be there for the students should they have any questions. Over the course of the semester they received in person group trainings with the MIC Counselling Team and external providers like the HSE and an Occupational Therapist. It was a great success, they are a brilliant group and we look forward to helping them get this up and running next year.

This project delivered two Science for Fun sessions/classes with third and fourth class children and their parents in 3 DEIS primary schools that have high numbers of Traveller families. A collaboration between the LSRE Department and Enterprise & Community Development the project brought parents and pupils together to explore the wonders of science in an exciting and enjoyable way. Dr Maeve Liston MIC missing from the photograph below.