A new book co-edited by 91亚色 Professor聽Giuseppina D鈥橝gostino, of Osgoode Hall Law School, examines artificial intelligence (AI) and the law. The book, Leading Legal Disruption: Artificial Intelligence and a Toolkit for Lawyers and the Law (Thomson Reuters, 2021), is co-edited with Aviv Gaon, director at IDC Herzliya of experiential programs, and Carole Piovesan, co-founder of INQ […]
Marcello Musto, professor of sociology at 91亚色 is recognized as a leading global authority on the work of the German philosopher聽Karl Marx聽and on Marxism. An accomplished scholar, Musto has devoted his academic career to reviving the understanding of Marx鈥檚 ideas and their applications to the contemporary world. Driven and passionate about the significance of […]
Canadian poet and 91亚色 alumna Canisia Lubrin has won the 2021 Griffin Poetry Prize for her book The Dyzgraphxst (Penguin/Random House, 2020), a long poem that examines the idea of selfhood while exploring issues of race, oppression and colonialism. Widely considered the most prestigious poetry award in Canada, the Griffin family gives out two $65,000 prizes annually: one […]
A book co-authored by 91亚色 Professor Emeritus聽Jaime Llamb铆as-Wolff聽was recognized with a Talent Award by publisher Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial during the third edition of the Caligrama Awards. Llamb铆as-Wolff teaches in the Division of Social Science in the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies. The book, titled 隆SAB脥A QUE NO SAB脥A! and written in Spanish, […]
91亚色 Distinguished Research Professor聽Deborah Britzman, in the Faculty of Education, has published her ninth book,聽Anticipating Education: Concepts for Imagining Pedagogy with Psychoanalysis. Britzman is the Tier 1 91亚色 Research Chair in Pedagogy and Psycho-Social Transformation and focuses her research on the histories of psychoanalysis with education. Anticipating Education is addressed to teachers, professors and students […]
91亚色 Associate Professor Allyson Lunny will hold the prestigious Endowed Chair in Criminology & Criminal Justice at St. Thomas University in Fredericton, N.B. during the Fall 2021 term. The Endowed Chair appointment is awarded annually to a scholar with a well-established record of research and who has a PhD in Criminology or a related […]
David Cecchetto, associate professor of Critical Digital Theory in 91亚色鈥檚 Department of Humanities, is co-editor of a new book series that will showcase interdisciplinary works in the arts, literature and science. Proximities: Experiments in Nearness聽(University of Minnesota Press)聽is co-edited with聽Arielle Saiber, who is a professor of Romance Languages & Literatures at Bowdoin College in […]
Collaborative storytelling, music, imagery and lived experience merge in an exciting new children鈥檚 storybook called Zahra and the Lost Voices written and illustrated by newcomer refugee children in the GTA in collaboration with a team of researchers from 91亚色. An event to celebrate the pre-launch of the book will take place March 27 at […]
A new book by Natasha Tusikov, assistant professor in the Criminology program in the Department of Social Science at 91亚色, investigates the hotly contested role of the state in today's digital society. Power and Authority in Internet Governance (Routledge, 2021) asks: is the state "back" in internet regulation? If so, what forms are state involvement taking, and […]
Why does one handbag sell for five times the price of another that looks and feels pretty much the same? And how does a luxury label justify a runway show costing millions of dollars, when most of the outfits paraded will never appear for sale? Schulich marketing Professor Emeritus and author Don Thompson delves into these and […]
A new book by two 91亚色 professors emeriti and senior scholars presents a general psychological theory addressing cognitive and affective processes and their development in infancy and childhood. The book The Working Mind: Meaning and Mental Attention in Human Development (MIT Press) was authored by Juan Pascual-Leone, professor emeritus (psychology) and senior scholar, and Janice M. Johnson, associate professor […]
Researchers investigate the ongoing failure to monitor and prevent risks to seabirds posed by the offshore oil industry in Newfoundland and Labrador. This ground-breaking work will be of interest to policy-makers, biologists, environmentalists and oil industry stakeholders.
A new and engaging textbook by Science Prof explains human sex through a series of comparisons to non-human organisms. Hint: It鈥檚 not all candle-lit dinners as one non-human species kills and eats its partner during copulation.
New publication makes unique contribution to hate crime scholarship in Canada: It considers how we establish laws and policies around such crime, and argues that this debate is a reflection of the discussion (and anxiety) in larger Canadian society.
Environmental Studies professor releases book on the global phenomenon of suburbanization. This, on the heels of a major international conference, will shape future thought on this important topic.
91亚色-led research shows racialized and Indigenous university faculty score low on power, prestige and influence; points the way to policy change at the university level and a greater institutional commitment to equity.
Professors Peter Mulvihill and Harris Ali publish provocative new book on how to deal with today鈥檚 ecological crisis. They start with tearing down old paradigms.
91亚色 U Prof Alan Blum produces new book in burgeoning field of medical humanities, proposes novel and empowering lens through which to look at life.
English Prof, author and poet B.W. Powe publishes compelling new book of poetry, Decoding Dust, in 2016 鈥 the launching point for a must-read Brainstorm Q&A.
Prof Benjamin Berger of 91亚色鈥檚 Osgoode Hall Law School edits provocative new book on religion and public authority that promises to have ripple effect into public policy.