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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...
Le confinement comme prétexte politique
L’année 2019 s’est refermée sur une crise sanitaire d’ampleur mondiale qui augure des lendemains sombres du premier semestre 2020. En effet, commencée dans la Wuhan comme épidémie le 17 Novembre 2019, le coronavirus deviendra très vite une pandémie...
Exhausted? Slow Down and Listen (to Disabled Wisdom)
When I met Gini* five years ago, I was surprised to learn that she doesn’t get any extra break time at work. The context of our meeting was that she hired me to give her a hand with everyday physical tasks: things like dressing, using the toilet, and...
Accessibility on the Fringes in a Time of Crisis
Post-secondary institutions have responded with alacrity to the needs of undergraduate students, whose lives and studies have been disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Graduate students whose research relies upon lab work, ethnography or archival...
Drug education takes a philosophical route: UBC postdoctoral fellow aims to open dialogue with youth about drug use
Congress 2019 guest blog from Mitacs How can today’s young people be educated about the perils of drug use beyond scaring the heck out of them? How can we help them explore their questions about drugs and develop their capacity to survive in a...
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...
Leadership and sustainable peacebuilding - Alaa Murabit
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...
Saskatchewan addresses absenteeism by linking health and productivity
The University of Saskatchewan’s College of Nursing supports province’s mining industry Robin Thurmeier, Dr. Mary Ellen Andrews, Janet Luimes, Dr. Heather Exner-Pirot, Dr. Lorna Butler and Emmy Neuls . The mining sector plays a critical role in the...
On the Side of the Angels: Canada and the United Nations Commission on Human Rights
Otto Von Bismark once famously remarked that: “If you like laws and sausages, you should never watch either one being made.” I respectfully disagree. I first decided to write On the Side of the Angels: Canada and the United Nations Commission on...