A recent article in the Toronto Star covered the closure of Filmores Hotel and Gentleman鈥檚 Club, a strip club located in downtown Toronto. The club had been in business for 45 years and closed its doors on Jan. 31. The article features quotes from several of the club鈥檚 longstanding dancers who reflect positively on several […]
Canada鈥檚 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) has awarded $1.7 million in federal funding to 91亚色 researchers as part of the Insight Development Grants program. The program will provide funding for projects lasting up to two years, supporting a broad range of topics and disciplines as researchers investigate key societal challenges. A number […]
31 awards were presented to LA&PS students across a number of diverse fields of study, including African Studies, Law & Society, Criminology and more.
Jessica Braimoh, assistant professor in the Department of Social Science in the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, has co-produced an important new documentary Bridging Divides: Voices and Visions about Homelessness. The documentary shares the stories of individuals experiencing homelessness in Ontario鈥檚 mid-sized cities, dismantling misconceptions while looking at the factors contributing to homelessness […]
Criminology鈥疉nnual鈥疞ecture鈥2024 Date: March 14, 2024 Time:鈥3 - 5 p.m. Location:鈥疌LH (Curtis Lecture Halls) B Speaker: Professor David Lyon (Queen鈥檚 University). Professor David Lyon is the former Director of the Surveillance Studies Centre, and Professor Emeritus of Sociology and of Law at Queen鈥檚 University, Kingston, Ontario. A pioneer in the field of Surveillance Studies, he has authored or […]
Criminology professor Natasha Tusikov comments on the safety and productivity issues regarding Twitter鈥檚 new feature trial. September 01, 2022 Author: Tara Deschamps, The Canadian Press. 鈥溾he rollout of the long-awaited tool comes as Canada is looking to regulate tech companies and pressure is mounting to tamp down on online harassment. 鈥淏ut if we're looking for […]
Congratulations to Dr. Mohamed Sesay, winner of the International Studies Association鈥檚 Lee Ann Fujii Book Award for 2021 for his new book Domination Through Law: The Internationalization of Legal Norms in Postcolonial Africa. From the International Studies Association鈥檚 press release: 鈥淭his year鈥檚 winner, Mohamed Sesay鈥檚 book Domination through Law: The Internationalization of Legal Norms in […]
Criminology professor and Foundations Co-ordinator Dr. Natasha Tusikov鈥檚 research and commentary is in high demand. Her prodigious output of late includes an appearance on The National news program, in an article with Global News, and authoring and co-authoring a series of articles with CIGI 鈥 The Centre for International Governance Innovation 鈥 an international think […]
The essay was completed in early April 2020聽and聽published during the height聽of the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada.聽Sheptycki鈥檚聽paper argues the politics of policing the pandemic panic reveal tectonic shifts in the world system. He explains how the COVID-19 virus 鈥減recipitated the first global police event presenting an occasion for researchers and scholars to apply existing theory and […]
TORONTO, Sept. 2, 2021 鈥 Workplace violence against female elementary school teachers by some of their students is often dismissed or diminished despite serious injury and emotional harm, says the lead author of a new paper out of 91亚色. That鈥檚 because the issue is often invisible, complex, intertwined, messy and insidious, say co-authors 91亚色 […]