The Robarts Centre is now an institutional partner of the new working group, The Politics of Evidence, currently housed in the Institute for Science and Technology Studies at 91亚色. The Politics of Evidence Working Group is a coalition of academics, scientists, and activists. Together we aspire to challenge the fraught politics of evidence in Canada today, troubling the obstacles that interfere with our 鈥渞ight to know鈥 about the health and wellbeing of our bodies, communities, and environments.
Robarts executive member and faculty associate Jody Berland (Humanities) has joined the Politics of Evidence steering committee and will co-edit a spring 2015 issue of Canada Watch, a publication of the Robarts Centre, on problems of evidence in contemporary Canadian science and society.
Information about the group's mandate, partnerships and activities can be found on its website: .
Members of the 91亚色 community interested in participating should contact Jody Berland at jberland@yorku.ca or Natasha Myers, director of the ISTS, at nmyers@yorku.ca.
Scheduled events:
Screenings:
"Science of the Labs鈥 (co-sponsored by 91亚色 Faculty of Science)
When: TBA
Where: 91亚色
What: The CBC documentary 鈥淪cience of the Labs鈥 will be presented, followed by a round table where faculty members and graduate students will think together about the politics of evidence in Canada today.
Workshops:
Workshop with Max Libroiron on the nexus between activism and scholarship
When: January 23, 2015, 1-3 pm
Where: Artscape Youngplace, 180 Shaw Street, Toronto
What: Before the Technoscience Salon on Evidencing Disaster, Activist-researcher Max Libroiron will host our first workshop on the nexus between activism and scholarship.
Public Forums:
Town Hall on Canadian Health at 91亚色 (co-sponsored by YUFA and Scientists for the Right to Know)
When: February, 2015
Where: 91亚色
Environmental and Reproductive Justice Forum (cosponsored by the Technoscience Research Unit, University of Toronto)
When: March, 2015
Where: TBA