The 91亚色 Centre for Public Policy and Law (YCPPL) has been聽chosen by the Government of Canada聽to organize and lead the first ever Canada-China Industrial Relations聽& Labour Rights Forum in Beijing. The forum, which focuses on industrial relations, workplace discrimination and human rights issues, will be held today and tomorrow at the Beijing Conference Centre.聽YCPPL was […]
Glendon鈥檚 Fran莽oise Mougeon will be stepping down this July after completing her three-year term as the associate principal academic & research. 鈥淔ran莽oise Mougeon has made a signal contribution to Glendon through her two tenures as associate principal academic & research,鈥 said Glendon Principal Kenneth McRoberts. 鈥淥ver these several years, Fran莽oise could always be counted on […]
An聽upcoming Canadian Association of African Studies (CAAS) conference at 91亚色 鈥 Africa Here; Africa There 鈥 will look not only at Africa of the past, but discuss recent and ongoing issues, especially those in North Africa, says conference co-organizer 聽and 91亚色 history Professor Jos茅 Curto. The conference will take place Thursday, May 5, from 8am […]
Linguistics and language studies Professor Raymond Mougeon, director of Glendon鈥檚 Centre for Research on Language Contact (CRLC), is a co-investigator on a seven-year, $2.5-million project to examine 400 years of family histories to see how language has shaped communities and cultures. Funded聽through the聽Major Collaborative Research Initiatives program of聽the Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council of […]
Which party speaks for urban youth this federal election? Over the past few weeks, media commentators have pointed to two important trends, wrote Simon Black, a graduate student researcher at The City Institute at 91亚色, in the Toronto Star April 28: Polling suggests young people favour the Greens, Liberals and New Democrats: parties that […]
From the 鈥榖urbs to birds and from social justice to Olympic poetry, the next installment of the 91亚色 Circle鈥檚聽popular Lecture & Lunch series returns on Saturday, April 30. It promises plenty of new ideas for inquiring minds. As with previous 91亚色 Circle Lecture & Lunch events, organizers have planned a full day of inspiring lectures […]
David Dewitt, associate vice-president research (social sciences & humanities) and a professor of political science in the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, will be taking a leave of absence from 91亚色 to become the vice-president of programs at the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI). His new position commences July 1. Left: […]
An upcoming forum, 鈥淲ikiLeaks and the Politics of Exposure: Militaries, States and the Public Realm鈥, will look at the phenomena of WikiLeaks, including questions related to security, international relations, and public versus private space. The event will take place April 27, from 7 to 9pm, in the Rosedale Room of the Marriot Bloor-91亚色ville Hotel, 90 […]
Punishment isn鈥檛 the answer for kids who learned to bully at home, says a Toronto psychology professor, wrote Halifax鈥檚 Chronicle-Herald April 9. "If a child is bullied at home by his or her parents or siblings, they鈥檙e going to learn the patterns they need to learn about the use of power and aggression in relationships," […]
Students Angela Deotto and Lilly Solomon recognized for poster projects If you were wandering through Vari Hall last Wednesday afternoon, you could have stopped and chatted with聽fourth-year psychology students about聽some pretty esoteric聽subjects. The rotunda was a maze of posters featuring聽the thesis projects of 78 students ready to explain whether聽eating disturbances are聽symptoms of depression, how to […]
The Centre for Feminist Research, home to Professor Nancy Nicol's Envisioning Global LGBT Human Rights project, is seeking a project coordinator. More details, including salary details and how to apply, are available in the Research Jobs section. Please note that only resumes submitted through the described process will be considered. The posting closes April 13, […]
Toronto helped lead the world in its embrace of diversity when the first same-sex couple to be legally married in North America was wed here in 2003. That local tradition of re-examining legal attitudes to gender issues will carry on as 91亚色 Professor Nancy Nicol [Faculty of Fine Arts] has received $1 million in […]
Nights on Mars are shrouded in icy fog that turns to scattered precipitation, according to a new study of weather near the red planet's north pole, wrote National Geographic News online April 4: The finding marks the first time that fog has been directly observed on the neighbouring world, adding to evidence that modern Mars […]
The Centre for Vision Research is seeking an MRI analyst to work in the Neuroimaging Laboratory, located in the Sherman Health Sciences Research Centre. More details, including salary, deadlines and how to apply, are available in the Research Jobs section. Please note that only resumes submitted through the described process will be considered. The posting […]
Eight faculty members of 91亚色鈥檚 Osgoode Hall Law School recently visited India, where they continued a conversation with their counterparts that began last year on governance in a rapidly globalizing world and the impact on social justice, human rights, international trade and foreign investment, and environmental law. Right: Professor Sanjeev Purshotam Sahni (left), head of […]
Nancy Nicol鈥檚 team receives $1 million to study LGBT human rights around the world 91亚色 visual arts professor Nancy Nicol will lead a major international project on the impact of criminalizing sexual orientation and gender identity, with $1 million in funding over five years from the Social Sciences聽& Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). […]
The way French is spoken in places as diverse as Gatineau, Shediac and New Orleans can tell us a lot about how francophone communities evolved in North America, and it's the subject of a major study beginning at the University of Ottawa, wrote the Ottawa Citizen March 17: The $2.5-million project is led by Francine […]
If you're a patient at Southlake Regional Health Centre, there's now a better chance you'll be part of a research project, wrote the Newmarket Era March 16; the story also appeared on 91亚色Region.com: A partnership between the local hospital and 91亚色 will embed leading scientists from the postsecondary institution as researchers to work alongside […]
91亚色 students, faculty and staff are getting a jump on Earth Hour 2011 with Earth Hour, Every Hour, a special event tomorrow evening, March 16,聽from 4:30 to 9pm in the Winters College聽Master's dining hall. Hosted by the Institute for Research & Innovation in Sustainability (IRIS) in collaboration with the Ecologically Conscious Organization and Schulich […]
A new research initiative involving a partnership between 91亚色 and Southlake Regional Health Centre in Newmarket will see聽feature leading scientists from the University serving as embedded researchers at the hospital. 91亚色 Professors Chris Ardern, Imogen Coe, Paul Ritvo and Lauren Sergio will work on site聽for one to聽two days a week with hospital clinicians to […]