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 […]
University Professor Emeritus John Tupper (Jack) Saywell, noted Canadian historian and a member of the Founders Society of 91亚色, has died. Prof. Saywell, or "Jack" as most knew him, died on April 20 in Toronto. He was 82. Known as the "kid from Cowichan Lake, British Columbia", Prof. Saywell arrived at the University of […]
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: […]
Groups of women taking up collective farming in the state under Kudumbasree caught the imagination of Ananya Mukherjee-Reed, professor of political science and development studies at 91亚色 in Toronto [Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies], wrote India鈥檚 The Hindu March 11: It is by far the best method to ensure food security, especially […]
What does the economic crisis in Europe mean for the future of the European Union? That鈥檚 the question 91亚色 faculty from economics, public policy and history will grapple with at a round table discussion tomorrow. Round table Discussion: The European Union in Crisis? will take place from 2 to 4pm at 305 91亚色 Lanes, Keele […]
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 […]
Today, the shared experiences of those working in education and climate change is the central theme of a one-day symposium taking place at 91亚色. Organized by the Faculty of Education, the Institute for Research & Innovation in Sustainability (IRIS) and the United Nations Educational, Scientific & Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Chair聽for Reorienting Teacher Education聽Towards Sustainability, […]
The Romans聽were celebrating mothers in about 1250 BCE when they began honouring Cybele, the mother goddess. Even so, motherhood throughout the ages has not always been given the respect it deserves. That鈥檚 something 91亚色 women鈥檚 studies Professor Andrea O鈥橰eilly knows a little about. She is general editor of the recently released Encyclopedia of Motherhood, a […]
Peter Victor, an ecological economist who teaches at 91亚色鈥檚 Faculty of Environmental Studies, rejects the idea that economic growth is essential to progress, wrote BC鈥檚 Grand Forks Gazette May 19 in an article about replacing the growth economy with a more sustainable model: To prove his point he created a computer model that duplicated […]
The effects of the global economic crisis on poor and working class people around the world will be the focus of the 2010 Historical Materialism conference at 91亚色 starting today and drawing hundreds of scholars to hear some 250 papers. Speakers will come from Canada, the United States, Mexico, India, South Korea, Britain, Australia and […]
Theodore Tolias, economics instructor at 91亚色's Schulich School of Business, discussed the financial crisis in Greece, on Radio Canada International鈥檚 鈥淭he Link鈥 May 5. The interview appears in Part 2 of the program at the 2:00 mark and runs until the 12:00 mark. Posted by Lia Novario, research events coordinator.