In the high stakes field of large-scale theatre directing, experience is usually gained on the job and in a sink-or-swim situation. While there’s no prescribed career path, most directors develop their chops on small- and mid-sized stages while waiting for the big break. Theatre artists Ted Witzel and Ker Wells are going about it somewhat […]
Sociology Professor Luin Goldring has been appointed as 91ÑÇÉ«'s director for CERIS – The Ontario Metropolis Centre, effective July 2012. Goldring is well known in the CERIS community as an active domain leader, longtime affiliate and immigration scholar. She moves into the position that was previously held by 91ÑÇÉ« geography Professor Valerie Preston. Luin Goldring CERIS […]
Seven 91ÑÇÉ«-led research partnerships have received a total of $3,647,551 through the Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council of Canada's Partnership Grants program and Partnership Development Grants program. 91ÑÇÉ«Â psychology Professor Debra Pepler, together with Shelley Cardinal of the Canadian Red Cross, has received over $2.4 million in funding over five years from SSHRC to lead a major […]
Robert Haché, vice-president research & innovation, has issued this commentary providing more details on the impact of the 2012 federal budget on research funding agencies and what it means for the 91ÑÇÉ« research community: Vice-presidents of research from across Canada converged in Ottawa on April 13 to meet with the presidents of the Social Sciences & Humanities […]
Leading guest curators, artists and cultural theorists explore "The Real and the Political" in 91ÑÇɫ’s fourth annual Joan and Martin Goldfarb Summer Institute in Visual Arts, running April 24 to May 4. Art-making and contemporary art theory at the nexus of culture and politics are the focus of this year’s event, produced by the Graduate […]
The many facets of community engagement will be examined using the law as a lens during a panel presentation at the Osgoode Research Celebration Wednesday, April 4. Robert Haché, vice-president research & innovation, and Lorne Sossin, dean of Osgoode Hall Law School, are co-hosting the event, which takes place from 12 to 2pm in Room […]
