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The gift of life
Terry Soleas "Blood can bring out the best of human virtues, our basest urges and some of the worst in humanity.” Lawrence Hill, a celebrated and acclaimed Canadian author was at Congress on Thursday, May 29 to deliver one of his Massey Series of...
Russian anti-gay legislation sparks critical thought--Sochi and beyond
Liz Smith Recent events in Russia are certainly at the forefront of a number of important geopolitical conversations. Things that might stand out include: the detaining of the 'Arctic 30' Greenpeace activists, granting temporary asylum to American...
Superstition on the battlefield: The culture of death among Canadian soldiers in WWI
Terry Soleas Tim Cook, a renowned Canadian Historian of the First World War, spoke today at the Congress of the Social Sciences and Humanities at Brock University. His lecture, “ The borders between life and death: Stories of the supernatural and...
A conversation through time: a case study of Anne Clifford
Samara Bissonnette In a twenty-first century university conference room, Dr. Leah Knight brought her audience back through time to the North in the English Renaissance. Her in-depth studies of one Anne Clifford, Countess of Dorset, were brought to...
When science and art collide
Artists and researchers collaborate on an innovative look at biomedical science Omar Mouallem, Canada Foundation for Innovation Visit Innovation.ca for more stories about humanities and social science research supported by the Canada Foundation for...
MakerBus Magic
Jessica Dixon Many of my formitive years were spent in front of the television set watching a show that allowed me to learn about the world I live in. The MakerBus reminds me that it will never be a normal field trip. Kim Martin, Ryan Hunt and Beth...
Promises fulfilled
Looking at the legacy of thousands of black slaves who fled to Canada in the 1800s Laura Czekaj, Canada Foundation for Innovation Visit Innovation.ca for more stories about humanities and social science research supported by the Canada Foundation for...
Rethinking water, the stuff of life, through art at Congress
Stuart Reid, director/curator, Rodman Hall Art Centre, Brock University As hosts of Congress 2014, all of us at Brock have been busy preparing an engaging and thought-provoking “Congress Plus” program for both our out-of-town and local guests. As...
Adrien Arcand, Ernst Zundel and anti-Semitism
By Daniel Drolet A new book on Canadian journalist Adrien Arcand details his involvement in the rise of Holocaust deniers around the world. In fact, says author Hughes Théorêt, Arcand was a mentor to Ernst Zundel, a prominent German-Canadian...