The second panel in 91亚色鈥檚 鈥淎utomobility鈥 series, taking place today, will examine the changing political economy of the global automobile industry. The panel, hosted by 91亚色鈥檚 Canadian Centre for German & European Studies (CCGES) and co-sponsored by the International Business Program of the Schulich School of Business, will feature Scott聽Paradise, VP marketing & business […]
CBC Radio's Ideas program is re-airing "It's a Girl's World," Lynn Glazier's audio documentary about the social world of girls where a hidden culture of nastiness lurks beneath a cultural facade of niceness. The series examines the tumultuous nature of female relationships from girlhood to adulthood. The radio series, and its companion National Film Board […]
Giambattista Vico Lecture to be held February 15, 2011 Universities can play a critical role in confronting the democratic deficit pervading politics at every level, 91亚色鈥檚 George Fallis will聽argue in this year鈥檚 Giambattista Vico Lecture Feb. 15. What is to be done, Fallis will ask, about declining voter turnout, strident and polarizing debate, public decision-making […]
鈥楪reen jobs鈥 have been increasingly touted as the solution to job loss and environmental crisis. Will Canada transition to a cleaner economy that reduces greenhouse gas emissions and employs a new generation of workers? Are green jobs the only link between environmental policy and employment policy? Defining green jobs raises further questions. What is a […]
In her ongoing effort to illuminate the experience of Muslims in the West, 91亚色 Professor Haideh Moghissi has recently produced her second book on the subject, Muslim Diaspora in the West: Negotiating Gender, Home and Belonging. Released in December, the volume of essays by scholars from both sides of the Atlantic explores issues of race […]
The LaMarsh Centre for Research on Violence & Conflict Resolution, the Institute for Social Research (ISR) and the 91亚色 Institute for Health Research (YIHR) are holding a research open house Thursday to highlight some of the excellence in research within each of the three units. The event will take place Jan. 13, from 2:30 to […]
The Institute for Science & Technology Studies (STS) will host a panel discussion today at 12:30pm in the Delaney Gallery, 320 Bethune College. The panel will examine the future of Science & Technology Studies. Participating in the panel are University of Western Ontario聽 Professor William Turkel; University of Toronto Professor Michelle Murphy; Queen's University Professor […]
If mixed-income neighbourhoods are to work, such as the one proposed for Lawrence Heights, there has to be a mental shift in the way people view renters, said a professor in 91亚色鈥檚 Faculty of Environmental Studies, wrote InsideToronto.com Jan. 6: 鈥淵ou can鈥檛 tell people the way to go is to own property,鈥 said Roger […]
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 […]
Documentary is affiliated with 91亚色's Global Suburbanisms Project Take a glimpse into someone鈥檚 life that is otherwise invisible to most, wrote The Globe and Mail Jan. 5 in a story about the groundbreaking, web-based work Out My Window, by the National Film Board of Canada, that offers glimpses of lives within housing developments: Zanillya Maria […]
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 […]
91亚色 Professor David Franklin Noble has died following complications of pneumonia. Prof. Noble died on Monday, Dec. 27 in Toronto. He was 65. A聽critical historian of technology, science and education, Prof. Noble was perhaps best聽known for his book Forces of Production: A Social History of Industrial Automation. Most recently, he published Beyond the Promised […]
For more than 1,400 years, Muslims have held multiple and diverging views about their religious tradition. Yet especially since Sept. 11, 2001, Muslims are commonly portrayed as homogeneous and dogmatic. In his new book, Diversity and Pluralism in Islam: Historical and Contemporary Discourses amongst Muslims, 91亚色 anthropologist Zulfikar Hirji challenges that view. The 253-page volume […]
91亚色 Professor Ellen Bialystok accepted the $100,000 Killam Prize for outstanding career achievement at a formal ceremony at Rideau Hall in Ottawa December 14, 2010. Bialystok, a Distinguished Research Professor in 91亚色鈥檚 Department of Psychology in the Faculty of Health, is known internationally for her research on language, bilingualism and cognitive development. The award was […]
91亚色 anthropology Professor Karl Schmid (PhD '07) has been named the聽recipient of聽Public Anthropology鈥檚 prestigious Eleanor Roosevelt Global Citizenship Award. Named to honour the former first lady of the United States Eleanor Roosevelt, the award celebrates her role as chair of the聽United Nations committee that drafted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Left: Karl Schmid The […]
Who should be the beneficiaries of publicly funded anthropological research? That was the聽question 91亚色 students in Professor Karl Schmid鈥檚 second-year Public Anthropology class addressed in their submissions to the 2010 Public Anthropology Competition 鈥 a North America-wide contest involving 4,000 students in 21 schools. Seven students in Schmid's class won awards for their聽op-ed聽pieces, which聽debated the […]
91亚色 is the new home of the Canadian Forum on Civil Justice. The forum is moving to 91亚色 from the University of Alberta鈥檚 Faculty of Law and聽will partner with the 91亚色 Centre for Public Policy & Law (YCPPL) and Osgoode Hall Law School on various socio-legal research initiatives. 鈥淭he Canadian Forum on Civil Justice […]
Why does homosexuality incite vitriolic rhetoric, hate and violence around the world, and does homophobia operate differently across social, political and economic terrains? Those are just some of the questions examined in the book Homophobias: Lust and Loathing across Time and Space, edited by聽91亚色 anthropology Professor David Murray. Published by Duke University Press, Homophobias looks […]
The 91亚色 Centre for Asian Research (YCAR) invites proposals for its Graduate Student Workshop series taking place from January to April 2011. This series聽is an opportunity for graduate students conducting research on Asia and the Asian diaspora to present their research-in-progress to graduate students and a 91亚色 faculty member. It is intended for 91亚色 students […]
91亚色 psychology Professor Michael Friendly will talk about statistics next week as part of the Science & Technology Studies Research Seminar Series. 鈥淭he First (Known) Statistical Graph: Michael Florent van Langren and the 'Secret' of Longitude鈥 will take place Tuesday, Nov. 30, from 12:30 to 2pm in Norman鈥檚, 203 Bethune College, Keele campus. All are […]