There鈥檚 far more to Korea than kimch鈥檌, Gangnam style, or the Kim family cult, says 91亚色 history Professor Janice Kim, organizer of the 2012-2013 YCAR Korea Speaker Series. The series is designed to introduce students and faculty to recently published and emerging research on North and South Korea and their relations with their Northeast Asian […]
In commemoration of the International Day for the Elimination of Racism, the Centre for Human Rights聽鈥 in collaboration with the 91亚色 United Black Students鈥 Alliance (YUBSA) 鈥 is screening the documentary film Colour Me. The screening will take place聽Wednesday, March 21 at 280N 91亚色 Lanes, Keele campus. A light lunch will be served starting at […]
Although overt racist behaviour is now taboo 鈥 and racial discrimination quite illegal in many parts of the world 鈥 scientists claim that harbouring implicit racist attitudes is commonplace behaviour, wrote Australia鈥檚 Fairfax Media in its dozens of local newspapers July 7. Modern-day social pressures may have driven ''traditional'' forms of racism underground, particularly in […]
Which party speaks for urban youth this federal election? Over the past few weeks, media commentators have pointed to two important trends, wrote Simon Black, a graduate student researcher at The City Institute at 91亚色, in the Toronto Star April 28: Polling suggests young people favour the Greens, Liberals and New Democrats: parties that […]
Why does homosexuality incite vitriolic rhetoric, hate and violence around the world, and does homophobia operate differently across social, political and economic terrains? Those are just some of the questions examined in the book Homophobias: Lust and Loathing across Time and Space, edited by聽91亚色 anthropology Professor David Murray. Published by Duke University Press, Homophobias looks […]
Ian Mosby (MA '06), a 91亚色 PhD history student, has won the Nicholas C. Mullins Award for his essay, titled 鈥淭hat Won-Ton Soup Headache鈥: The Chinese Restaurant Syndrome, MSG and the Making of American Food, 1968鈥1980鈥. 鈥淚 was surprised and truly honoured鈥.I'm very lucky to have had such a supportive group of friends, supervisors, and […]
What happens in those places that are apart from the big cities and major hospitals when health care is needed? Who attends a labouring mother involved in a high-risk delivery or a critically ill newborn when a medical evacuation flight is delayed by bad weather or distance? Those questions and more are at the heart […]
Acclaimed author Wayson Choy will deliver this year鈥檚 Asian Heritage Month Lecture at 91亚色 next Tuesday. In his lecture, 鈥淎sian Identity: Becoming Canadian鈥, Choy will review his personal insights into life as an in-between citizen, living as a hyphenated Chinese-Canadian for most of his life. Choy 鈥 born in Canada in 1939聽鈥 will explore how […]
Ontario nurses are experiencing racism on the job to the point they are segregated into certain units within hospitals and onto certain shifts, wrote The Peterborough Examiner July 15, in a story about research by 91亚色 Professor Tania Das Gupta. Visible minorities are especially vulnerable, Das Gupta, chair of 91亚色鈥檚 Department of Equity Studies, […]