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, […]
91亚色 will聽host Without a Home, a research symposium on contemporary issues in Canadian homelessness, that聽will bring together top academics next week聽to discuss some of the latest findings. The symposium will take place Thursday, Oct. 6, from 8:30am to 12:30pm, at 280N 91亚色 Lanes, Keele campus, followed by lunch from 12:30 to 2pm. The presenters will […]
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 […]
Canada may be renowned for its tolerance, multiculturalism and respect, and pride itself on its Charter of Rights and Freedom, but during the Second World War this country forced citizens of Japanese and Italian heritage out of their homes and into internment camps. It was a dark moment in the nation's history.聽 On Wednesday, David […]
A summer institute organized by the Faculty of Education in collaboration with the Faculty of Environmental Studies (FES) will bring together teachers, educators, community members and local artists to explore new ways of teaching and learning with a specific focus on the inter-relationships of art, environmental knowing and social justice. Organized by the 91亚色 Centre […]
Research methodologies in maternal and child health will be the focus of a one-day institute at 91亚色 on Sept. 23. Organized by Nazilla Khanlou, Echo's Chair in Women's Mental Health Research, in partnership with the Faculty of Health, the first Lillian Wright Maternal-Child Institute offers a chance for students, faculty and community members to share […]
Non-ecologists, here is your word for the day: biome. It means a very large ecosytem, and the boreal聽biome comprises about 60 per cent聽of Canada鈥榮 land area. It聽includes聽more than two million lakes and聽accounts for about 85 per cent of Canada's聽freshwater and聽some 25 per cent聽of global wetlands. Despite the magnitude of this resource, an increasing number of […]
Enslavement, slaveholders, international law, wartime abuses and forced marriage are just some of the areas speakers from Canada, the聽US and the UK will discuss at an upcoming conference on modern slavery. Modern Slavery, Human Rights and Development will take place from June 26 to 28 at 91亚色鈥檚 Keele campus. The conference is organized by 91亚色聽Professor […]
The brain's ability to change or adapt across a person's lifespan is much greater than originally thought and scientists are still discovering just how far that plasticity goes. At the upcoming International Conference on Plastic Vision at 91亚色, some 24 researchers from around the world will discuss their latest findings. "We try to touch on […]
Conference driven by 91亚色 research in digital media, psychology, vision and computer science The Toronto International Stereoscopic 3D Conference, a one-of-a-kind gathering of experts in stereoscopic 3D art and entertainment, takes place in Toronto June 11 to 14. Major figures from the USA, UK, Russia, Germany and Canada will convene at TIFF Bell Lightbox to […]
After a two-year hiatus, the highly popular Empire series of interdisciplinary talks returns to 91亚色's Keele campus this Thursday. Empires II is a joint project of the Departments of Anthropology, History and Sociology in 91亚色's Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, and offers University community members an opportunity to participate in free talks that […]
Most people think of slavery as a thing of the past. But that鈥檚 a misconception, says 91亚色 PhD history candidate Karlee Sapoznik of the newly formed Alliance Against Modern Slavery (AAMS). Human trafficking alone is a $32 billion annual industry today and, at聽any聽given time,聽there are聽up to 27 million slaves around the world 鈥撀爐he majority of […]
Chancellor Roy McMurtry and three 91亚色 professors will discuss social justice and human rights on a panel next Wednesday as part of the聽Research Matters Speakers Series. McMurtry, former attorney general of Ontario, will open with remarks on social justice in Canada. Each panelist will speak about a different aspect of the theme, followed by a […]
How can we respond faster and better to disasters such as last year鈥檚 earthquake in Haiti? That鈥檚 the challenge speakers, first-response practitioners, emergency managers, researchers and educators will discuss at聽the The Haiti Earthquake of Jan. 2010: Lessons Learned seminar next week at 91亚色. The seminar, being held one year after the earthquake, will take place […]
Humanities聽Professor Jody Berland will take a critical look聽at how militarization has become so common in society that it is now seen as the norm. Berland's lecture,聽鈥淐ultures of Militarization鈥, takes place today from 4聽in the聽Vanier Senior Common Room, 010 Vanier College. All are welcome. The lecture's title and topic are borrowed from聽Cultures of Militarization, which Berland聽co-edited聽with […]
The Victorian Studies Network at 91亚色 (VSNY) will delve into New Directions in Victorian Research at its third annual symposium this Friday. Faculty and students from English, history, political science, science & technology, and the Scott Library will discuss their current scholarship during the symposium, which will take place Oct. 22, from 10am to 2:45pm, […]
91亚色 will host a TEDx91亚色U event at Glendon on Saturday, Nov. 6.聽Based on the popular TED Conference, TEDx91亚色U invites speakers to share their important visions for the future and involves audience participants in sharing ideas, addressing new perspectives and spreading inspiration. 91亚色 community members are invited to apply to be an audience participant […]
91亚色 law & society Professor Annie Bunting (LLB '88) and The Harriet Tubman Institute for Research on the Global Migrations of African Peoples are聽hosting聽an international workshop on forced marriage in conflict situations today and tomorrow in Room聽305 91亚色 Lanes on the Keele campus. Left: Annie Bunting Bringing together historians of slavery and women's human rights […]
The changing nature of work in the global economy, modern labour movements, challenges faced by workers and their organizations, as well as forms of collective action undertaken to resist neo-liberalism 鈥 all of this will be explored at an upcoming conference, New Voices in Labour Studies 2010: Emerging Perspectives on Workers and Workplaces. The conference […]
There鈥檚 a tendency to think that the problems faced by people with precarious status 鈥 temporary workers, refugee claimants, failed claimants and people without status 鈥撀燼re not Canadian issues, but 91亚色 sociology Professor Luin Goldring disagrees. To shed light on the emerging body of research in this area, the Research Alliance on Precarious Status, which […]