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Engage 2010: The engaged university - embracing change
Gisèle Yasmeen, Vice President Partnerships, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Guest Contributor Surrounded by the pageantry of Church House – a beautiful historical building which is now a conference facility in the courtyard behind...
‘I’m Métis: What’s your excuse?’: On the optics and misrecognition of Métis in Canada
Chris Andersen, University of Alberta Guest Contributor This blog post is part of the Federation Equity Issues Portfolio’s ‘Transforming the Academy: Indigenous Education’ series, which will be the focus of the Portfolio’s programming at Congress...
Beyond multiculturalism: Reclaiming tolerance and human judgment
Frank Furedi, University of Kent Guest Contributor At a security conference in Munich earlier this month, British prime minister David Cameron mistakenly argued that tolerance was responsible for the failure of multiculturalism. “Frankly, we need a...
Indigenous knowledge, symbolic literacy and the 1764 Treaty at Niagara
Lynn Gehl, York University Guest Contributor This blog post is part of the Federation Equity Issues Portfolio’s ‘Transforming the Academy: Indigenous Education’ series, which will be the focus of the Portfolio’s programming at Congress 2011. Kwey...
Indigenizing university administration or Tâwaw cî? (Take 2)
Jo-Ann Episkenew, University of Regina Guest Contributor This blog post is part of the Federation Equity Issues Portfolio’s ‘Transforming the Academy: Indigenous Education’ series, which will be the focus of the Portfolio’s programming at Congress...
On making love to death: Plains Cree and Blackfoot wisdom
Dwayne Donald, University of Alberta Guest Contributor This blog post is part of the Federation Equity Issues Portfolio’s ‘Transforming the Academy: Indigenous Education’ series, which will be the focus of the Portfolio’s programming at Congress 2011...
Everything is alive and everyone is related: Indigenous knowing and inclusive education
Jean-Paul Restoule, OISE, University of Toronto Guest Contributor This blog post is part of the Federation Equity Issues Portfolio’s ‘Transforming the Academy: Aboriginal Education’ series, which will be the focus of the Portfolio’s programming at...
Big Thinker Keith Ambachtsheer on CBC's The House
This past spring we hosted pension expert Keith Ambachtsheer for our Big Thinking lecture on Parliament Hill. Last weekend on CBC Radio One, Keith leveraged his informed and reliable take on Canada's pension system to offer an analysis of recent...
The language of equity and diversity in the academy
Malinda S. Smith, Vice-President, Equity Issues “The term diversity is ubiquitous in university mission statements, strategic plans, recruitment brochures, and university websites.” This observation led two scholars to analyse more closely how the...