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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...

Liz Smith How often do you hear “That’s so gay”? What about “faggot”, “dyke”, and “queer”? Here’s a less comfortable question: how often do you yourself use these words? While terms like these permeate our language, they are seldom challenged let...

Doug Junke Lyse Doucet, veteran BBC reporter, presenter and chief international correspondent has seen man at his worst. It wasn’t pretty. She shared a tiny slice of that with the Congress 2014 Big Thinking audience Saturday afternoon. It wasn’t for...

Regard sur l’héritage de milliers d’esclaves noirs qui ont fui au Canada dans les années 1800 Laura Czekaj, Fondation canadienne pour l'innovation Rendez-vous sur innovation.ca pour consulter des histoires de recherches en sciences sociales et...

Rachel Hirsch, Projects Facilitator, Social Justice Research Institute, Brock University Jeffrey Sinibaldi, Media Relations Manager, Marketing and Communications, Brock University At Congress 2014, Brock’s Social Justice Research Institute (SJRI)...

Par Daniel Drolet Le journaliste canadien Adrien Arcand aurait largement contribué à la montée internationale du négationnisme, le mouvement qui remet en cause l’Holocauste. En fait, selon Hugues Théorêt, auteur du livre Les chemises bleues : Adrien...

Par Daniel Drolet Selon Sandra Djwa, la poétesse canadienne P.K. Page peut servir de modèle à toute jeune femme qui songe à une carrière littéraire. Bien avant que cela ne soit à la mode ou même habituel, affirme M me Djwa, Page a réussi à se tailler...

Susan Fisher says writing Boys and Girls in No Man’s Land: English-Canadian Children and the First World War had an unexpected personal benefit: It helped her understand the world in which her parents grew up. Fisher, whose book has won this year’s...

Lucas Crawford and Robert Nichols, University of Alberta Guest Contributors Monday, May 10th was Alberta’s inaugural ‘Hate Crimes Awareness Day,’ an event that raised more questions than answers. Offered as an opportunity to ‘celebrate’ the successes...