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Seeds of the future: Climate justice, racial justice, and Indigenous resurgence
Big Thinking at Congress 2023 Climate change is one of the most pressing issues of our time, but it cannot be separated from issues of racial justice and Indigenous futures. In this Big Thinking lecture, discover the importance of Indigenous...
Reckoning and re-imagining climate anxiety – love like there’s no tomorrow
by Erika Dilling, Global Health and the Environment Honours Major, 3rd year at York University “When I think about the climate, I feel…” One Resilient Earth founder and director, Laureline Simon, prompted the virtual group of scholars and climate...
How worried should we be about ChatGPT?
← Big Thinking Podcast homepage Next episode → Description | About the guest | Transcript | Follow us Description Artificial Intelligence is on the rise, and ChatGPT is one of the most prominent examples of a new technology that is changing our...
Petrocultures: Reflections on 10 years of research and advocacy for a world in crisis
Professionalism, inclusivity, and social media: Educational foundations in these digital times
At the event “Professionalism, Inclusivity, and Social Media: Educational Foundations in these Digital Times” presented by the Canadian Society for the Study of Education, three presentations discussed the education sector and its future role in...
Madly off in all directions: Canadian cities and the prospects for a just and sustainable transition
On the final day of Congress 2022, the Environmental Studies Association welcomed Noel Keough to talk about how Canadian cities can become more just and sustainable. And it involves, Keough said, a revolutionary change in thinking. It “will require a...
‘Unworlding’ – Jack Halberstam Keynote
In a keynote address to the Canadian Communication Association, Dr. Jack Halberstam (Professor of Gender Studies and English, Columbia University) gave a detailed examination of the concept of ‘unworlding.’ Halberstam considered the Congress 2022...
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...
Beyond Anthropocentrism in Ukrainian Studies: Proposals from the Environmental Humanities
The Canadian Association of Slavists convened a roundtable to discuss ways to develop environmental humanities in and about Ukraine at Congress 2022.