The flip side, of course, is that it also takes some of the mystique out of national selection. The side can be a stepping stone for aspiring talent while also adding a few extra dollars to the 28 players’ payslips (not to mention the coaches, management and other support staff who also travel with the team). On the one hand, you can see where Cass is coming from NZ’s top professionals now have a second team to aim for should their dreams of earning an All Blacks call-up fall short. “ will aid with retention of players and personnel in New Zealand, which will benefit our Super Rugby clubs and provincial unions as well as the All Blacks,” he added. 'The Racial Justice Research Fund is critically needed to understand this pandemic, and I look forward to the ways these projects will equip us all to fight it in every aspect of our lives and our society.“This is a fantastic opportunity for those players to experience a national team environment and prove themselves on the international stage, or for those who have already worn the All Blacks jersey to get more game time at this level and potentially earn a recall to the team,” said New Zealand Rugby’s chief rugby office Nigel Cass in early 2020, when the new venture was first announced.

'Universities have a collective responsibility to create and apply solutions-oriented research as our state and our nation are seized by another pandemic, one much older and more pernicious than COVID-19-the pandemic of racial discrimination, inequality, and injustice,” said Vice President for Research Fred H. It’s expected that the first round of funding will be followed by an additional round of support in early fall. IU’s Racial Justice Research Fund is jointly supported by the Office of the Vice President for Research and the Office of the Vice President for Diversity, Equity and Multicultural Affairs. Using a survey of training academies and programs, the researchers will examine the factors that influence adoption of non-stress training regimes and the impact of those practices on officer behavior in the field, including on use of force.įabio Rojas, a professor of sociology in the IU Bloomington College of Arts and Sciences, will analyze large-scale quantitative data from social media, public opinion surveys, and publicly available datasets to develop a comprehensive understanding of how the Black Lives Matter movement has changed American society. The impact of training on police reforms is the focus of a study by Jill Nicholson-Crotty and Sean Nicholson-Crotty, both professors in the O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs. This is just one of the projects funded by IU’s new Racial Justice Research Fund, established in June 2020 to provide seed funding for projects from across IU that address the systemic conditions fostering racism in our country. Understanding what prompts disengagement from organizations has important implications for racial and ethnic parity and more equitable outcomes for all.” “Investigating this is particularly important given that these statements are often designed specifically to engage members of marginalized groups. “Many organizations aim to disseminate statements that signal allyship with Black Americans, but there is limited understanding of what may cause these efforts to backfire,” Derricks said.

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