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Hope for an Unsolvable Social Injustice
Congress 2021 blog edition Congress 2021 has taken off with full force. On Thursday morning, opening keynote speaker Dr. Peter Mackie gave an inspiring talk highlighting how people and relations are key to ending homelessness. Dr. Mackie, Reader at...
Editing is Power: Teachings from “Indigenous Sovereignty and Editing Practices”
Congress 2021 blog edition Today, an esteemed panel of leaders in Indigenous scholarly editing presented in an open event. The panel included Michelle Coupal, Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair, and Deanna Reder. Together, they discussed their first-hand...
Kids Care about Their Online Privacy as Much as Adults Do and Want it Protected, Researcher Says
Contrary to popular belief, youth value their privacy and are disturbed that online platform providers collect their information and steer them towards specific digital content. That’s the finding of a recent study led by Kara Brisson-Boivin...
“The stories came from myself, too.” Markoosie Patsauq and the beginnings of Inuit literature in Canada
National Indigenous Languages Day offers a prime opportunity to talk about the first Indigenous novel ever published in Canada, written by an Inuk whose family was among those forcibly relocated to the High Arctic in 1953, and who helped lead the...
Uchechukwu Peter Umezurike – Congress 2021
Uchechukwu Peter Umezurike is a recent graduate of the doctoral program in the Department of English and Film Studies at the University of Alberta, and a celebrated author of fiction and poetry. His research focuses on gender roles in Nigerian...
Rethinking capacity: on preserving the dignity of risk
I recently came across an article in the Walrus titled: "When Is a Senior No Longer Capable of Making Their Own Decisions?" The article outlined what is involved in a capacity assessment, who is authorized to provide said assessments, illustrated...
Storytelling and Strength: Voices from Indigenous theatre in Canada
All of this year’s Big Thinking events consider how the arts function as a platform to engage with scholarship in the humanities and social sciences. Organizers were inspired by three big questions: Who speaks for whom? Whose stories get told? And...
What is the price of reconciling freedom and responsibility in a changing democracy?
The Trans Generation: How Trans Kids (and Their Parents) Are Creating a Gender Revolution
My research with and on behalf of trans and gender nonconforming kids brings my personal experience together with my scholarship in a particularly powerful way. I was a gender nonconforming kid and experienced very harsh gender policing. I now...