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Rapid development of transformative new technologies – such as social media, artificial intelligence, and new health technologies – is creating important opportunities and challenges for governments, businesses, the research community and society at...

Big Thinking at Congress 2018 Leadership and sustainable peacebuilding In an era when insecurity is a daily reality for people in many parts of the world, what is the role women have in peacebuilding and in political processes? Alaa Murabit will...

Can Canadian work and labour help slow global warming? As its complexity, destructiveness and speed all increase, climate change has become an urgent social issue.

Traditionally, the university’s mission has been to produce and transmit knowledge. For some, the push to increase media presence — and to have university professors inform current affairs — is antithetical to this mission. In sharp contrast...

In Canada, women remain largely underrepresented in politics and in public life. Research indicates that there are a multitude of reasons for their reluctance to pursue a career in the public sphere and the particular pitfalls they face. How is women...

Big Thinking at Congress 2018 Diversity and reconciliation “Gathering diversities” — a compelling Congress theme…and a national provocation for Canada! Our positive national image as a diverse country follows a century and a half of public policies...

Big Thinking at Congress 2018 Diversity and reconciliation “Gathering diversities” — a compelling Congress theme…and a national provocation for Canada! Our positive national image as a diverse country follows a century and a half of public policies...

Big Thinking at Congress 2018 Thinking about war War — its imprint in our lives and our memories — is all around us, from the metaphors we use to the names on our maps. As books, movies or television series show, we are drawn to the history and...