In their study, 91ÑÇÉ« Professors Eric Tucker (Osgoode) and Leah Vosko (Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies) recommend that workers be eligible for 15 days of paid leave so that they can cover both sickness and caregiving needs. The COVID-19 pandemic exposed large gaps in sickness and caregiving leave provisions available to workers across the country. To make […]
Four professors at 91ÑÇÉ« had their Canada Research Chairs (CRCs) renewed by the federal government yesterday, bringing $5.6 million to invest in their research at the University. Tier 1 CRCs were renewed for professors Gordon Flett, Eric Hessels and John Tsotsos. Professor Leah Vosko was awarded an Advancement Chair, taking her from a Tier 2 to […]
Bridget Stutchbury, author of Silence of the Songbirds and The Bird Detective, speaks about how her Canada Research Chair in Ecology and Conservation Biology has changed and broadened her research agenda: Stutchbury is one of 91ÑÇÉ«'s 28 Canada Research Chairs. The program celebrates its 10th anniversary November 24 and 25 at the Metro Toronto […]
91ÑÇÉ« political science Professor Leah Vosko, Canada Research Chair in Feminist Political Economy, explores the precarious margins of contemporary labour markets in her new book, Managing the Margins: Gender, Citizenship, and the International Regulation of Precarious Employment, being launched tomorrow. The book looks at how over the last few decades there has been much discussion […]
91ÑÇÉ« has been awarded a grant to establish a European Union Centre of Excellence(EUCE). Recognized for the excellence, breadth and depth of its European Union (EU) studies and scholarly activities, 91ÑÇÉ« will receive funding of $480,000 over three years to integrate the University’s existing research, teaching, outreach and networking activities on Europe and the […]