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What is the future of books?
← Big Thinking Podcast homepage Next episode → Description | About the guest | Transcript | Follow us Description Digital technologies are reshaping every aspect of our society, and books are no exception. But as physical objects, books have a...
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...
Addressing Burnout: Is Doing Equity Work Worth the Costs?
Congress 2021 blog edition In an era of increasing hostility towards the incorporation of diversity, inclusion, equity, and anti-colonial policies and practices in institutional settings, “We Are Dropping Like Flies: The Professional and...
How Social Meaning Constructs a Narrative of Adolescent Suicide Clusters
Congress 2021 blog edition Trigger warning: This blog post discusses suicide in youth. How do we create the social meanings surrounding youth and suicide? This is a question Seth Abrutyn, Associate Professor at The University of British Columbia, is...
Democracy in the classroom: Struggles for mental equilibrium, trust and knowledge
Recent events in the United States are a stark reminder of how currents of racist hatred and thinking can lurk, concealed in the privacy of people’s thoughts until called-upon or provoked. There are folks who maybe had the misfortune of being raised...
Simon Brault: The role of arts in protecting democracy
At Congress 2019, the Big Thinking lecture series considers 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...
In conversation with Esi Edugyan
Indigenous resilience as seen through lacrosse
At this time of year, the Cayuga nation is generally getting ready for a special occasion: its annual lacrosse game. This event may seem insignificant to some, but as we learn in The Creator’s Game, it is of great significance indeed for many First...
Assisted Reproduction Policy in Canada: Framing, Federalism, and Failure
My interest in assisted reproduction began on an airplane. In August 2017, I was flying from Fredericton, New Brunswick to Calgary to begin a Master’s degree in political science. The day before my flight, I had grabbed a book – Margaret Somerville’s...