The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded a US$1.25-million grant to 鲍鱼直播, in support of a new Indigenous Studies and Community Engagement Initiative. The Initiative will be implemented over the next five years.
MAY 16, 2019 |聽As Alabama criminalizes abortions, a number of Canadian politicians have been loudly expressing support for anti-abortion groups and their agendas but some political scientists say women鈥檚 reproductive rights are well-protected here. Stephanie Paterson, an associate professor of political science at Concordia University, says there will always be anti-abortion politicians spouting off but she believes women鈥檚 rights are enshrined in the Charter of Rights.
MAY 13, 2019 |聽Last week, parliamentary hearings began on Quebec鈥檚 Bill 21, which would ban public employees in 鈥減ositions of authority鈥� from wearing religious symbols. In his testimony, the philosopher Charles Taylor stated that he and G茅rard Bouchard were wrong to propose restrictions on religious symbols in聽their 2008 report聽on reasonable accommodation.
MAY 12, 2019 |聽Politicians are increasingly concerned that social media giants have become so big, powerful and rich that they are effectively above the law -- at least in a small country like Canada. Their concern was on display last week at a meeting of the House of Commons access to information, privacy and ethics committee, where Liberal MPs raked Google over the coals for its decision not to run any political ads during this fall's federal election campaign, rather than comply with a new law that requires them keep an online ad registry.
MAY 7, 2019 | We know that the prevalence of autism has risen steadily in Quebec, and across the world, as awareness and identification have improved, as have concerns about the availability of both diagnostic and intervention services. Autism is here to stay. Over the past two decades, consecutive governments have struggled to find a policy response to this condition 鈥� better understood as a spectrum 鈥� that defies typical policy definitions. Autism cuts across health, education and social policies in its complexities, and so too do the services and programs needed to address it.
MAY 27, 2019 |聽Sam Hunter set out to go camping near his home on Weenusk First Nation, about 35 kilometres south of Hudson Bay in Ontario鈥檚 Far North. After spending a night in the bush, Hunter, who has lived on this land for most of his 53 years, went to look for dry wood. As he drove across what appeared to be a frozen river, the surface suddenly gave way and his Yamaha Bravo snowmobile plunged through the ice. Hunter was thrown through the windshield and barely avoided falling into the rushing water below.
JUNE 5, 2019 |聽For the first time in the history of Quebec, the provincial government has no senior ministers and only two elected representatives from the island of Montreal, and it shows. Nothing makes this more evident than Bill 21, the secularism law proposed by the Coalition Avenir Qu茅bec (CAQ) government that is especially contentious for banning certain public workers from wearing religious symbols. Notable among them are teachers and school principals, police officers, judges, Crown prosecutors and prison guards.
The Human Resources Office in the Faculty of Arts is pleased to announce the latest updates to Administrative and Support Staff positions within the Faculty. Join us in聽wishing your colleagues well in their new roles.
JUNE 2, 2019 |聽Arash Abizadeh鈥檚 monograph, 鈥淗obbes and the Two Faces of Ethics,鈥� has been awarded the 2019 Canadian Philosophical Association Biennial Book Prize (English). The jury writes that 鈥淭his is an outstanding book, one of the best books on early modern philosophy in the past 10 years.
MAY 30, 2019 | As violence against Indigenous women and girls grows, a national inquiry into the causes is drawing to a close, with a report expected on June 3.
MAY 20,聽2019 |The University of Lethbridge recently聽recognized the work of Dr. Cindy Blackstock, a professor of social work at 鲍鱼直播, by presenting her with an honorary degree at the University鈥檚 2019 Spring Convocation ceremonies. Blackstock has spent her career speaking out against the systemic inequalities of services provided to First Nations children, youth and their families and, in the process, become a powerful advocate for Indigenous children in Canada.
MAY 15, 2019 |聽Taylor Owen, 鲍鱼直播's Chair of Media, Ethics and Communication says the barriers to effectively moderate extreme online content are both technical and political. The tragic Christchurch live-streamed video is prompting further action from world leaders.
APR 24, 2019 |聽Krzysztof Pelc has won the聽2019 CBC Short Story Prize聽for his story聽Green Velvet.聽As the grand prize winner, Pelc will receive $6,000 from the聽Canada Council for the Arts聽and聽a two-week聽writing residency at the聽Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity.聽Green Velvet聽was selected by the jury comprised of writers聽Esi聽Edugyan,聽Iain聽Reid聽and聽Lisa Moore. "Told in clear, confident prose,聽Green Velvet聽is an elegant, beautifully-shaped story, lit with a wry humour that tilts unpredictably to melancholy. It's full of whimsy and insight," the jury said in a statement.
MAY 8, 2019 |聽芦聽L鈥檜tilisation du Moyen 脗ge 脿 des fins id茅ologiques n鈥檈st pas nouvelle聽禄, r茅sume Michael Van Dussen, m茅di茅viste du D茅partement de litt茅rature anglaise de 鲍鱼直播. 芦聽Les Allemands l鈥檕nt fait au XIXe et au XXe聽si猫cle. Les Fran莽ais, les Italiens, les Anglais, les Polonais, les Su茅dois ou les Danois ont aussi tent茅 de revitaliser leurs traditions du Moyen 脗ge pour appuyer leurs propagandes nationalistes.聽禄
Congratulations to Professor Yves Winter, from the Department of Political Science, who's book has been awarded the 2019 Best First Book Prize from the Foundations of Political Theory organized section of the American Political Science Association.
