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New faces: Six new postdoctoral fellows join the Faculty of Graduate Studies

In聽January, six new Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Postdoctoral Fellows joined the Faculty of Graduate Studies (FGS) at 91亚色. 鈥淚 warmly welcome our most recent cohort of SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellows to 91亚色 and congratulate them on being awarded this prestigious fellowship,鈥 said Barbara Crow, FGS dean. 鈥淚 wish them the […]

91亚色's chief knowledge mobilizer nominated for a major award

David Phipps, executive director of research and innovation services and adjunct professor in the Faculty of Graduate Studies, has been nominated and selected by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) as one of three finalists for the prestigious SSHRC Impact Award, recognizing his outstanding achievements in postsecondary knowledge mobilization. David Phipps […]

Call for nominations for Distinguished Research Professor

Nominations are now being accepted for the title of Distinguished Research Professor, to be conferred at the spring or fall 2013 convocation. The title of Distinguished Research Professor is awarded for life and evolves into a Distinguished Research Professorship Emeritus/a, on retirement. All of 91亚色鈥檚 Distinguished Research Professors are encouraged to continue their involvement in […]

Call for nominations for Distinguished Research Professor

Nominations are now being accepted for the title of Distinguished Research Professor, to be conferred at the spring or fall 2013 convocation. The title of Distinguished Research Professor is awarded for life and evolves into a Distinguished Research Professorship Emeritus/a, on retirement. All of 91亚色鈥檚 Distinguished Research Professors are encouraged to continue their involvement in […]

91亚色 prof president of Royal Canadian Institute

University Professor Emeritus Ronald Pearlman of 91亚色鈥檚 Faculty of Science & Engineering has been named president of the prestigious Royal Canadian Institute (RCI) for the Advancement of Science. Pearlman, currently first-vice-president of the RCI, is the director of 91亚色鈥檚 Core Molecular Biology/DNA Sequencing Facility and former dean and associate dean of 91亚色鈥檚 Faculty of Graduate […]

New book, Laughing at the Gods, looks at eight great judges

Great judges change the way we see the law, says Allan Hutchinson, associate vice-president graduate and dean of 91亚色鈥檚 Faculty of Graduate Studies. In his new book, Laughing at the Gods; Great Judges and How They Made the Common Law, Hutchinson highlights the work of eight judges he calls 鈥済ame changers鈥. Laughing at the Gods […]

Graduate Studies honours two professors for excellence in teaching

On Thursday, March 1, the Faculty of Graduate Studies honoured Professors Joel Katz and Paul Lovejoy for their excellence in graduate teaching and mentoring at 91亚色. The two professors were each presented with a Faculty of Graduate Studies Teaching Award at the the meeting of the Faculty of Graduate Studies Council. In introducing the […]

Allan Hutchinson named dean of grad studies and AVP

Osgoode Hall Law School Professor Allan Hutchinson has been appointed the new associate vice-president graduate and dean of the Faculty of Graduate Studies, effective March 1. The announcement was made yesterday by 91亚色 President & Vice-Chancellor Mamdouh Shoukri. The appointment of Hutchinson for the five-year term was made after extensive consultation and was approved by […]

Three 91亚色 profs nominated for Heritage Toronto Awards

Two 91亚色聽academics are finalists for a Heritage Toronto Award for books 鈥 one on the city's sculptures, the other an imagined look at the city through the eyes of various writers. A third 91亚色聽professor聽is involved聽with the work of the Psychiatric Survivors Archives of Toronto, which was nominated聽under the Community Heritage Category. 91亚色 Professor Emeritus John […]

Save the date! Research Open House set for Oct. 11

91亚色 students, staff and faculty are invited to a Research Open House on Tuesday, Oct. 11, from 1 to 3pm, on the fifth floor of the 91亚色 Research Tower. Remarks will begin at 2:30pm. Come out and meet Robert Hach茅,聽the new vice-president research & innovation,聽and learn more about research services at 91亚色. Staff聽from聽the Office […]

Join us for a Research Open House Oct. 11

The 91亚色 community is invited to a Research Open House.聽 Meet Robert Hach茅, the new vice-president research & innovation (VPRI),聽and learn more about research services at 91亚色. The Research Open House will take place on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2011, 聽from 1 - 3 p.m., on the 5th Floor of the 91亚色 Research Tower.聽聽 […]

Three-way legal philosophy partnership between Osgoode, 91亚色 and McMaster promises new research collaborations

91亚色s's Osgoode Hall Law School and the departments of philosophy at 91亚色 and McMaster University have recently joined forces to facilitate academic collaborations in the field of legal philosophy. The Ontario Legal Philosophy Partnership (OLPP), which聽celebrates its founding with a launch reception聽on Friday, May 13 in the Great Hall of McMaster鈥檚 University Club, is the […]

CRC and Professor Caitlin Fisher to keynote at 91亚色 humanities conference April 14-16

Everyday life. Everyday people. Most of us say "everyday" almost every day. Academically, it is a term that聽has been theorized, used as a concept and developed into narratives. But what does it really mean? The Everyday: Experiences, Concepts, Narratives is an upcoming Graduate Program in Humanities conference looking at the "everyday" as it relates to […]

Asian Television Network founder supports Fine Arts research and undergraduate students

Shan Chandrasekar (Hon. LLD 鈥10) once said that 鈥渆ducation is the greatest opportunity.鈥 Now, the founder, president and CEO of Asian Television Network (ATN) has ensured that students in 91亚色鈥檚 Faculty of Fine Arts will benefit from a unique opportunity. Making good on a collaboration he first outlined as part of last spring鈥檚 convocation address, […]

Passings: Historian Richard Storr was briefly acting president of 91亚色

Professor Emeritus Richard Storr, a historian who聽was briefly 91亚色's acting president, died earlier this week at the聽Sunnybrook聽Health Sciences Centre in Toronto following a brief illness. Prof. Storr was born and educated in the United States, receiving a PhD from Harvard University in 1949. After teaching at various American colleges, he accepted a position at the […]

PhD student in the Tubman Institute selected as Nahum Goldmann Fellow

Winnipeg born and raised Karlee Sapoznik, a PhD candidate in history at the Harriet Tubman Institute at 91亚色, was selected as a fellow for the Nahum Goldmann Fellowship that will take place in Israel from June 12 to June 20, wrote the Jewish Tribune March 9: She was recommended by Ruth Klein, national director […]

YCAR accepting applications for three different awards

The 91亚色 Centre for Asian Research (YCAR) will be accepting applications for three awards offered in the winter 2011 term 鈥 the Vivienne Poy Asian Research Award, the YCAR Language Award and the Albert C.W. Chan Foundation Fellowship. The application deadline for all three awards is 4pm on Monday, Feb. 14. There is one Vivienne […]

Popular Empire series resumes after two-year hiatus on Feb 3

After a two-year hiatus, the highly popular Empire series of interdisciplinary talks returns to 91亚色's Keele campus this Thursday. Empires II is a joint project of the Departments of Anthropology, History and Sociology in 91亚色's Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, and offers University community members an opportunity to participate in free talks that […]

Psychology researchers to train youth outreach workers

Psychology researchers in 91亚色鈥檚 Faculty of Health, PhD student Gregory Knoll (MA 鈥07) and Debra Pepler, Distinguished Research Professor, along with Professor Wendy Josephson of the University of Winnipeg, will provide three days of training to youth outreach workers and supervisors this month as part of a growing program. Stages of Change training will involve […]