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Reckonings and Re-imaginings: Confronting the legacy of colonialism and envisioning a more equitable future
By Eric J. Van Giessen, PhD Student in Sociology at York University Throughout history, the currents of societal change have always held the potential for destruction and rebirth. Examining the path to reconciliation, decolonization, and envisioning...
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From Big to Bold Thinking in the Humanities and Social Sciences
Scholarship in the humanities and social sciences has, both historically and in the present, done harm to Indigenous and Black communities. In the humanities, this harm originates in Western humanism’s construction of what Sylvia Wynter identifies as...
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Centering Black Voices in Research: A panel discussion with the SSHRC Advisory Committee to Address Anti-Black Racism
Three members of SSHRC’s Advisory Committee to Address Anti-Black Racism spoke at Congress about their work ensuring equity, diversity, and inclusion in SSHRC’s granting system. The panel began with a moment of silence for the ten people killed by a...
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What does social justice mean to you?
What does social justice mean to you, and how can research help advance it to forge the future you want? To mark its 25th anniversary, the Canada Foundation for Innovation hosted a panel discussion around this topic at Congress 2022.
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Reflecting new empirical realities of race and mental health
Dr. Patricia Louie, Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Washington, presented her research on the coping resources that Black Americans use to cope with life in a racially unequal society, as part of the Canadian Sociological...
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“But, where are you really from?”
In a keynote address to the Black Caucus of the Canadian Sociological Association, Dr. Debra Thompson (Associate Professor of Political Science and Canada Research Chair in Racial Inequality in Democratic Societies, McGill University) explored the...
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Petrocultures: Reflections on 10 years of research and advocacy for a world in crisis
In this Big Thinking session, Dr. Imre Szeman and Dr. Sheena Wilson, co-founders of the Petrocultures Research Group, discussed the concept of the “petroculture,” and how our understanding of it could help us transition to a decarbonized and more...
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Bringing Whole Selves to Work: Co-op Culture Welcoming to BIPOC
The CASC keynote discusses how the co-op sector can better communicate its message to BIPOC workers and create a sector-wide culture that can lead to deep and meaningful reach within BIPOC communities.
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Shift in thinking: It all begins with decolonization
Dr. Denise Ferreira da Silva's Big Thinking lecture challenges us to consider a shift in thinking, to transform how we understand and address global catastrophes.