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. […]
A 91亚色 research team will comb through digitized 19th-century documents to trace the environmental and economic consequences of international commodity trading during the 19th century. Led by Professor Colin Coates (left), Canada Research Chair聽in Canadian Cultural Landscapes and professor of Canadian Studies at Glendon College,聽the聽project is expected to cast light on the impacts of […]
The Robarts Centre for Canadian Studies will host a lecture series in 2011-2012 centred around the theme of 鈥淭ransforming Canada: Histories of Environmental Change.鈥 The series reconsiders the transformation of the northern half of the continent through time as a foundation for sensible engagement with the environmental challenges facing Canadian society in the 21st century. […]
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 […]
The walls of the Sat Gupta's flag store were once stocked with Canadian paraphernalia, but today, the Canadiana sits in boxes, reported The Canadian Press June 29. Instead, precedence is being given to the flags of 32 nations competing in the World Cup: Spotting the unexpected countries is what Seth Feldman, director of 91亚色鈥檚 Robarts […]
In 2009, 91亚色 Professor Seth Feldman in the Faculty of Fine Arts' Department of Film marked the 150th anniversary of the publication of Charles Darwin鈥檚 transformational and contentious book,聽On the Origin of Species, by producing his 26th documentary for CBC Radio鈥檚 "Ideas". Feldman is the director of 91亚色鈥檚 Robarts Centre for Canadian Studies. His series […]