Over the last 40 years, tax expenditure analysis has reshaped the way policy makers and practitioners around the world think about the design of tax systems. On Monday, Oct. 17, Jeffrey Simpson (right), The Globe and Mail's award-winning national affairs columnist, will be the keynote speaker at the official launch of Tax Expenditures: State of […]
The Critical Border Studies Speaker Series (CBSSS) is a new initiative being spearheaded by Dr. Elizabeth Lunstrum (Geography), PhD Candidate David Moffette (Sociology) and the 91亚色 Centre for International and Security Studies (YCISS). The purpose of this series is to bring to together developing and established scholars from within and beyond the 91亚色 community in […]
Leading investigative journalists, media lawyers and academics from Canada, the US and the UK will gather at Osgoode Hall Law School at 91亚色 on Friday, Oct. 14,聽for a day-long, original program dealing with such hot topics as freedom of the press, defamation law, media accountability, confidentiality of sources and access to information. The conference, […]
What is the connection between Canadian literature and the environment? That question is what the Faculty of Environmental Studies wants to explore through its three-day event, Green Words/Green Worlds: Environmental Literatures & Politics in Canada, encompassing a public forum, a conference and writing workshops. Notable Canadian environmental poets Brian Bartlett, Armand Garnet Ruffo and Rita […]
Leading researchers, industry representatives and academics in science and engineering from Canada and India are gathering today at 91亚色's Keele campus聽as part of a two-day聽Canada-India Frontiers workshop, which聽will聽explore new developments聽in science and engineering The first event of its kind,聽the聽workshop,聽which began yesterday and continues聽today,聽offers a forum for participants to share ideas, resources and聽technologies, and聽engage in discussions […]
A cross section of creative artists from the Faculty of Fine Arts is on deck for tomorrow's聽all-night art party. Scotiabank Nuit Blanche, which will take place throughout downtown聽Toronto, features the work of more than 500 local, national and international artists聽 Theatre Professor Shawn Kerwin collaborated with Laurel McDonald to create "Alone Together", an 鈥渁rt-app鈥 for […]
A singer-songwriter, poet, musician and spoken-word artist, C.R. Avery will be at 91亚色 Tuesday as part of the Creative Writing Speaker Series. The event will take place Oct. 4,聽from noon to 2pm, in the Paul Delaney Gallery, 320 Bethune College. Everyone is welcome. C.R. Avery (right)聽will perform his music, poetry and spoken-word, as well as […]
Four films will screen as part of the Taiwanese Film Festival at 91亚色 starting Monday, including the top-selling film of all time in Taiwan. The 2011 Taiwanese Film Festival will take place from Oct. 3 to 7. All films will screen at 3:30pm in the Nat Taylor Cinema, N102 Ross Building. The films will have […]
World-renowned mrdangam virtuoso Trichy Sankaran launches the 2011-2012 Faculty Concert Series of 91亚色鈥檚 Music Department with 鈥淩hythms of India鈥, a showcase performance Oct. 4 at 7:30pm in 91亚色鈥檚 Tribute Communities Recital Hall. Sankaran is known internationally for his rhythmic dexterity, tonal nuance and consummate mastery of the mrdangam, the traditional double-headed drum of classical […]
The Robarts Centre for Canadian Studies will host a lecture series in 2011-2012 centred around the theme of 鈥淭ransforming Canada: Histories of Environmental Change.鈥 The series reconsiders the transformation of the northern half of the continent through time as a foundation for sensible engagement with the environmental challenges facing Canadian society in the 21st century. […]
The 91亚色 community is invited to a Research Open House.聽 Meet Robert Hach茅, the new vice-president research & innovation (VPRI),聽and learn more about research services at 91亚色. The Research Open House will take place on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2011, 聽from 1 - 3 p.m., on the 5th Floor of the 91亚色 Research Tower.聽聽 […]
Tricky math and haunting messages accumulate in unresolved poetics this fall at the Art Gallery of 91亚色 (AGYU).聽 The AGYU invites you to "surge out there" as it joins with Raqs Media Collective: technological poets for an India in transition, to present their newest exhibit 聽Surjection. Of the current generation of Indian artists, the […]
How does climate change affect those living in a Nunavut community? Talk directly with members of the northern hamlet of Arviat on the western shore of Hudson Bay as part of the Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit Film Festival next Tuesday. Inuit Knowledge and Climate Change, by Zacharias Kunuk and Ian Mauro, will screen simultaneously at 91亚色 and […]
When Ian Dejardin first encountered the Group of Seven in the late 1980s, he was stunned by their visual impact and was determined to learn everything he could about these seminal figures in the history of 20th-century Canadian art, wrote Postmedia News Sept. 20, in a story about a new European tour of the group鈥檚 […]
Legendary quarterback Matt Dunigan will give the keynote address at a symposium on sport concussion at 91亚色 next Monday. Blow by Blow: The Second Annual Donald Sanderson Memorial Symposium on Sport Concussion聽is open to the public 鈥 athletes, coaches, parents,聽researchers and anyone interested in the聽physical and psychological impact head injuries can have on individuals and […]
Starting today and continuing until聽Nov. 30, 91亚色's聽McLaughlin College will present the聽fall instalment in its highly popular series of informal lunchtime talks. The subjects covered this month include聽a personal reflection on volunteering in Ethiopia; the similarities and differences between the Nigerian High Court and the Supreme Court of Canada; a two discussions about the聽current challenges in […]
The Markham Convergence Centre Open House聽is looking for 91亚色聽student volunteers to assist with this exciting event. Volunteers are invited to stay for the event and listen to the keynote speaker, Michael 鈥淧inball鈥 Clemons. Refreshments and lunch will be served. Transportation will be provided for the volunteers if needed. Volunteers will be needed on Saturday, […]
The Markham Convergence Centre (MCC) is holding an Open House to introduce to you who we are, what we do and what we can do in the 91亚色 Region. Our goal is to create awareness by showcasing the different resources that are available in the Markham Convergence Centre, how we aim to support our community […]
De Grassi Point on the west shore of Lake Simcoe is the last tall grass, red oak, white pine savannah remnant north of the Oak Ridges Moraine. It features the largest red oak woodland in Ontario, the largest butternut concentration in Simcoe County and a wetland of provincial significance.聽聽 Next Monday, retired geographer Conrad Heidenreich […]
Don鈥檛 forget to join President & Vice-Chancellor Mamdouh Shoukri and the rest of the senior executive team at the President鈥檚 Town Hall on Wednesday for an interactive dialogue bringing 91亚色 faculty, staff and students together. The town hall will take place Sept. 21, from 11am into the noon hour, in the Sandra Faire & […]