Six graduate students from 91亚色鈥檚 Department of History are currently conducting archival research at the Sierra Leone Public Archives in Sierra Leone to help preserve endangered documents and repatriate historical material to the country. Augustin D'Almeida Master鈥檚 degree candidates Myles Ali, Chantelle Flowers and Shoshawnah Ross Lautenschlager, along with PhD candidates Katrina Keefer, Jeffrey Gunn […]
The many facets of community engagement will be examined using the law as a lens during a panel presentation at the Osgoode Research Celebration Wednesday, April 4. Robert Hach茅, vice-president research & innovation, and Lorne Sossin, dean of Osgoode Hall Law School, are co-hosting the event, which takes place from 12 to 2pm in Room […]
Learn more about the heart of Africa through poetry, music, dancing and storytelling at the fifth annual How much do you know about the DR Congo? conference Friday. The conference will take place March 23, from noon to 6pm, at 152 Founders Assembly Hall, Founders College, Keele campus. It is hosted by H20Congo, a non-governmental […]
How has feminist thinking shaped what we know? Osgoode Hall Law Professor Mary Jane Mossman and 91亚色 women鈥檚 studies Professor Meg Luxton examine that question in their new co-edited book, Reconsidering Knowledge, launching Friday. The launch will take place March 23, from 2 to 3:30pm, Founders Senior Common Room, 305 Founders College, Keele campus. Reconsidering […]
In commemoration of the International Day for the Elimination of Racism, the Centre for Human Rights聽鈥 in collaboration with the 91亚色 United Black Students鈥 Alliance (YUBSA) 鈥 is screening the documentary film Colour Me. The screening will take place聽Wednesday, March 21 at 280N 91亚色 Lanes, Keele campus. A light lunch will be served starting at […]
With Earth Hour and Earth Day on the horizon, 91亚色 is getting a jump on planet-friendly events by launching new sustainability initiatives. Sustainability at 91亚色 has a new website聽and there are two new programs, the Sustainability Ambassadors Program and the Green Office Program. 鈥淚 am proud that 91亚色 continues to implement initiatives that […]
On Thursday, March 1, the Faculty of Graduate Studies honoured Professors Joel Katz and Paul Lovejoy for their excellence in graduate teaching and mentoring at 91亚色. The two professors were each presented with a Faculty of Graduate Studies Teaching Award at the the meeting of the Faculty of Graduate Studies Council. In introducing the […]
Is peace-building through environmental cooperation possible in the Middle East? Panellists will discuss this next week at an Institute for Research & Innovation in Sustainability (IRIS) Speakers鈥 Series event. The Environmental Cooperation and Israel-Palestinian Peace event will take place March 15 at 1pm at 280A 91亚色 Lanes, Keele campus. Environmental cooperation has been much-lauded as […]
Where have all the girls gone? That鈥檚 what 91亚色 Professor Sharada Srinivasan examines in her new book, Daughter Deficit: Sex Selection in Tamil Nadu, about the elimination of daughters in India聽through sex selection, female infanticide and neglect. It is neither an aberration nor an idiosyncrasy. It accounts for a large proportion of missing girls in […]
The saying, 鈥渓ooking at things with fresh eyes鈥, may be more than just a metaphor, according to new studies led by Professor Kari Hoffman of 91亚色鈥檚 Centre for Vision Research, which have been published in scholarly journals. Left: Kari Hoffman While searching for experiments to use in a research methods course, Hoffman took a fresh […]
Several international observers were asked to oversee the January Taiwan presidential election to ensure freedom and fairness in what was predicted to be an extremely close race. Susan Henders, director of the 91亚色 Centre for Asian Research (YCAR), was one of them. She鈥檒l be discussing her experience as part of a panel Tuesday. 鈥淭aiwan鈥檚 Super […]
Migration is a complex phenomenon聽that can have important consequence on mental health, say two 91亚色 professors who will talk about some of the assumptions聽made in conducting research聽on immigrant mental health at the upcoming Multicultural Mental Health Promotion. Michaela Hynie (left), associate director of the 91亚色 Institute for Health Research and a 91亚色 psychology professor, and […]
The Centre for Support of Teaching聽Revisioning Work Group was聽created in September 2011, with the mandate to develop a proposal that would expand and enhance support for teaching and learning. Over the past four months the work group has reviewed key documents produced through the Green Paper on Teaching聽and Learning and white paper processes. The group […]
Jeff Preston, co-creator of webcomic Cripz, advocates fighting for disability rights in creative ways and will explain how in a talk Feb. 7 at 91亚色. In 鈥淏attle Lines Drawn: Resisting Ableism Through Creative Intervention鈥, Preston will explain how to use cultural warfare 鈥 online publishing and publicity stunts such as stairbombing and chair mobbing 鈥 […]
Research Month this February will celebrate the achievements and diversity of 91亚色鈥檚 research community. Every Wednesday throughout the month, Vari Hall Rotunda will play host to displays and demonstrations featuring the University鈥檚 faculty and graduate researchers. Drop by to learn what they are up to. "Research Month provides an opportunity for the 91亚色 community […]
Can exercise turn back the clock for aging muscles? Is aerobic or resistance exercise better for decreasing the risk of diabetes in youth? Those are just two of the questions researchers will discuss at the upcoming Faculty of Health Research Celebration. Robert Hach茅 (left), 91亚色's vice-president research & innovation, and Harvey Skinner (below right), dean […]
Should the human rights responsibilities of companies arise, in part, from their 鈥渓everage鈥 鈥 their ability to influence others鈥 actions through their relationships? Special Representative John Ruggie rejected this proposition in the United Nations Framework for business and human rights. During the next instalment of the McLaughlin College Lunchtime Talks, taking place today at noon, […]
In December, two 91亚色 graduate students attended the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Durban, South Africa as non-voting delegates with observer status. On Thursday, Ewa Modlinska, an MES student in environmental studies, and Alex Todd, an MA candidate in geography, will share their observations on the COP 17 Debrief panel, in 120E Stedman Lecture […]
A 91亚色 research team will comb through digitized 19th-century documents to trace the environmental and economic consequences of international commodity trading during the 19th century. Led by Professor Colin Coates (left), Canada Research Chair聽in Canadian Cultural Landscapes and professor of Canadian Studies at Glendon College,聽the聽project is expected to cast light on the impacts of […]
High daily doses of vitamin D may improve the quality of life for patients diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) or Lou Gehrig鈥檚 disease, a study at 91亚色 has found. Using an animal model, the study鈥檚 researchers found that the motor performance and muscle endurance of mice with ALS improved when they were given […]