91亚色 PhD Candidate in English Samantha Bernstein (BA 鈥06, MA 鈥09), daughter of Canadian poet Irving Layton, explores the complex world of families, life, love, politics and trying to live ethically in a corporatizing world in her epistolary memoir, Here We Are Among the Living: A Memoir in Emails. The launch of Here We Are […]
Late last semester, 91亚色's Canadian Writers in Person course and lecture series presented author聽Camilla Gibb reading from her latest book The Beauty of Humanity Movement (Doubleday, 2010).聽Special correspondent Chris Cornish (BA Hons. '04, MA '09) sent the following report to YFile.聽 The history of Vietnam lies in this bowl, for it is in Hanoi, the […]
The Art Gallery of 91亚色 starts 2012 by looking back. The exhibition Will Munro: History, Glamour, Magic is about the history that Toronto artist Will Munro based his work on and the history he was聽鈥撀爃is glam subjects and the glamorous one he was 鈥 and聽the magic dimension of his last work. Munro, who was […]
Toronto-based playwright and director of theatre and opera, Alistair Newton will digitally screen some of his work and engage in a discussion and Q&A with film Professor Marie Rickard, the master of 91亚色鈥檚 Winters College, in January. The event, Queering Theatre in Toronto, will take place Thursday, Jan 5, 2012, from 2 to 4pm in […]
Prize named to honour Professor Emeritus Donald V. Smiley A new book by Osgoode Hall Law School Professor Stepan Wood (LLB '92) and University of Toronto political economist Stephen Clarkson has been nominated for the Canadian Political Science Association's prestigious 2011 Smiley Prize for the best book on Canadian politics. Examining Canadians鈥 complicated roles as […]
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 […]
After three terms in office, hockey legend Ken Dryden couldn't save his seat in 91亚色 Centre on Monday, giving up a riding the Liberals have safely held for almost half a century, wrote The Canadian Press May 3 (via The Record.com): Considered one of the most vulnerable Liberal incumbents heading into the federal election, Dryden […]
Elections Canada requires the publishers of public opinion surveys during elections to publish some facts about the methodology, so readers can gauge how reliable the poll is, wrote Global Television News online April 28: Anyone transmitting the results of a poll has to include the name of the sponsor and the company that did the […]
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 […]
Faculty of Fine Arts professors are bringing three plays to Canadian stages聽this week 鈥 each packing a聽political punch. The thought-provoking plays tackle the Rwandan genocide, the Canadian election and the untraceable ghost population of the city of Whitehorse. A聽catalyst for dialogue and healing is 91亚色 film Professor Colleen Wagner鈥檚 Governor General鈥檚 Award-winning play The Monument. […]
Is having an ordinary-guy, awshucks image really that important when it comes to an election race? wrote the Toronto Sun April 3: A 91亚色 political science prof says it's hit or miss. "Populism is an overused term," said Robert Drummond. "It means having ordinary people making decisions rather than experts 鈥 it's appealing, but […]
With the West suffering from the after-effects of the financial crisis and revolution in the air in parts of the world, could it possibly be springtime for Marx? wrote The Globe and Mail March 26: "I'm optimistic about the explosion that's happened in Wisconsin," says Leo Panitch, a political science professor at 91亚色 [Faculty […]
Income-splitting for families with dependent children under 18 is a huge policy initiative for Stephen Harper鈥檚 majority-hungry Conservative party, wrote the Financial Post March 28, in a story outlining the details of the plan. So huge, you wonder why it wasn鈥檛 the centrepiece of last week鈥檚 dead-on-arrival federal budget. But the Family Tax Cut plan […]
With Tuesday鈥檚 budget, the federal government continued its love affair with tax expenditures, those special breaks that target tax relief to select causes or groups, wrote Lisa Philipps, professor in 91亚色鈥檚 Osgoode Hall Law School, in the Toronto Star March 23: Like many Liberal budgets before them, every one of the Conservative budgets since 2006 […]
Edited recording of Fallis鈥 presentation available on LA&PS Youtube聽 channel Can universities cure political indifference? Yes they can, according to 91亚色 Professor George Fallis. 鈥淯niversities must address the democratic deficit,鈥 said Fallis, this year鈥檚 Giambattista Vico Lecturer. They can play a critical role in confronting the democratic deficit pervading politics at every level聽鈥 declining voter […]
Professor Emeritus Arthur Siegel of the Communication Studies聽Program聽in 91亚色鈥檚 Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (LA&PS) died on Wednesday, April 7, in Toronto. A leading scholar in the field of politics and media communications policy in Canada, Prof. Siegel was instrumental in shaping 91亚色鈥檚 Communication Studies聽Program, which has grown to become a full-fledged […]
91亚色 will host a major international conference on November 4 and 5 that will bring together more than聽120 students, academics and artists to examine interactions between popular culture and world politics. For further information, visit the聽Popular Culture聽& World Politics Conference Web site. The conference, which is hosted by the 91亚色 Centre for International & […]