Written by Elaine Coburn in conversation with Angele Alook Indigenous peoples have inherent rights to the lands on which they have lived since time immemorial. That is the message from Professor Angele Alook, member of the Bigstone Cree Nation and faculty in the School of Gender, Sexuality and Women鈥檚 Studies. These rights, Alook emphasizes, bring […]
Former students of residential schools for aboriginal people, members of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and representatives of the United Nations and human rights organizations will all converge at 91亚色 for a symposium aptly titled Linking Arms Together, to join hands in upholding aboriginal rights, Friday. Linking Arms Together, a public symposium, will take […]
The Robarts Centre for Canadian Studies is launching a new series of Annual Robarts Lectures by distinguished Canadianists at 91亚色. Professor Bettina Bradbury of history and women鈥檚 studies at Glendon and the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies will speak on Twists, Turning Points and Tall Shoulders: Studying Canada and Feminist Histories Wednesday, Oct. […]
91亚色 welcomes the appointment of Christian Haas as its new Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Arctic Sea Ice Geophysics and the renewal of a CRC in the History of Modern China for Joshua Fogel. As Tier 1 CRCs, Haas and Fogel will each receive $1.4 million over seven years. The CRC is part of […]
If you聽love meeting talented writers,聽like to listen to聽some of CanLit's rising stars read from their books, or just want to be a part of a dynamic and popular discussion of literature,聽be sure to attend聽the 13th edition of Canadian Writers in Person聽Lecture series, which debuts聽Tuesday at聽7pm聽at 206 Accolade West Building on the Keele campus. "The series […]
"Generation Y" has been dubbed the most tech-savvy generation on record, but despite being submersed in Internet and web-based culture from an early age, researchers from the Ethnographic Research in Illinois Academic Libraries (ERIAL) project suggest that many GenY students have yet to develop adequate information literacy skills. 91亚色 Libraries (YUL) is collaborating with […]
Workers of all ages see their jobs and employers in a similar light and want many of the same things, this according to a study of 1,000 people in 50聽American states聽conducted by researchers聽in the School of Human Resource Management聽in the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies聽at 91亚色. The findings will be presented at […]
Award-winning author and scholar James Laxer will discuss his latest book, Tecumseh and Brock: The War of 1812, Sunday as part of Luminato at the Library. Laxer, who teaches in 91亚色鈥檚 Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, will 聽talk about the effect of the War of 1812 on the Native struggle for nationhood, as […]
91亚色 will honour two of its professors during Convocation ceremonies for their scholarship, teaching and participation in University life and contribution to it as a community. Professors Stanley Tweyman (right) of 91亚色鈥檚 Department of Philosophy in the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (LA&PS) and Jan Rehner of 91亚色鈥檚 Writing Department in LA&PS have […]
Who really wrote the plays and poems that were performed and published under the name 鈥淲illiam Shake-Speare?鈥 This is the question that won鈥檛 go away, even after 400 years. Could it have been a pen name, and if so, why? It begs the question, who was the real William Shake-Speare? Shakespeare: The Authorship Question, a […]
91亚色's Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies will celebrate research with a week-long program of midday events starting Monday and continuing through Thursday. Organized by the Faculty's Committee on Research Policy & Planning, the celebration comprises four themed presentations from noon to 1:30pm daily. Scheduled venues include the Senate Chamber, Scott Library Atrium and […]
Oscar-nominated screenwriter and accomplished American playwright Bruce Jay Friedman has a new collection of selected works coming out, and it鈥檚 being published by 91亚色鈥檚 Leaping Lion Books, which is run by students in the Professional Writing Program. The launch of 3.1 Plays will take place Thursday, March 1, from noon to 3pm, at the […]
Where have all the girls gone? That鈥檚 what 91亚色 Professor Sharada Srinivasan examines in her new book, Daughter Deficit: Sex Selection in Tamil Nadu, about the elimination of daughters in India聽through sex selection, female infanticide and neglect. It is neither an aberration nor an idiosyncrasy. It accounts for a large proportion of missing girls in […]
Research Month this February will celebrate the achievements and diversity of 91亚色鈥檚 research community. Every Wednesday throughout the month, Vari Hall Rotunda will play host to displays and demonstrations featuring the University鈥檚 faculty and graduate researchers. Drop by to learn what they are up to. "Research Month provides an opportunity for the 91亚色 community […]
Administrative studies Professor Richard Leblanc was named one of Ontario鈥檚 most outstanding university teachers by the Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations (OCUFA) on Saturday.聽 Leblanc teaches governance, law and ethics in the School of Administrative Studies in 91亚色鈥檚 Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, and is an adjunct faculty member at 91亚色鈥檚 Osgoode […]
Hugh Raffles is a professor of anthropology at Eugene Lang College at The New School for Social Research in New 91亚色 City. Raffles will聽deliver a special guest lecture today titled, "Rocks, Stones & Other Vital Things" as part of the fourth annual lecture hosted by the Department of Anthropology at 91亚色. The lecture, which […]
The Financial Planning Standards Council (FPSC) has honoured four members of the School of Administrative Studies聽(SAS) in 91亚色's Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies聽by naming them among 33 inaugural fellows of the FPSC. Honoured are聽91亚色 Professors Joanne Magee and Chris Robinson,聽grad Alan Golhar and course director聽Jury Kopach for their contributions聽to the financial planning profession […]
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 […]
Five 91亚色 professors have been appointed directors at聽91亚色 research centres.聽 The new directors are Professor Colin Coates, director of the Robarts Centre for Canadian Studies (RCCS); Professor Laurence Harris, director of the Centre for Vision Research (CVR); Professor Christina Kraenzle, director of the Canadian Centre for German聽& European Studies (CCGES); Professor David Mutimer, director of […]
Canada may be renowned for its tolerance, multiculturalism and respect, and pride itself on its Charter of Rights and Freedom, but during the Second World War this country forced citizens of Japanese and Italian heritage out of their homes and into internment camps. It was a dark moment in the nation's history.聽 On Wednesday, David […]