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Ten years ago on May 18, 2012, Bill 78 was passed in Quebec in response to the Maple Spring ( le Printemps érable) student strikes. This was an attempt to force students back to classes and limit their ability to protest, after months of strikes. To...

The Canadian Association of Slavists convened a roundtable to discuss ways to develop environmental humanities in and about Ukraine at Congress 2022.

In 1908, a lake near Mexico City was desiccated to allow a wealthy Spanish immigrant to claim possession of the land below. The destruction of Lake Chalco had disastrous consequences for the livelihoods of 24 Indigenous villages in the area. Today...

Hosted by German Studies Canada (GSC) at Congress 2022, Dr. Rosemarie Peña, founder and president of the Black German Heritage and Research Association, gave an overview of the organization’s history, vision, and mission. About the BGHRA The BGHRA...

To understand recent developments in Hungary more fully, we must consider the global economy in which it acts as a middle power, acting as an important bridge between markets.

Can we ensure social and economic rights as we rebuild from the COVID-19 pandemic? That’s what Dr. Christine Vézina, Law Professor at Laval University, thinks. In the second Big Thinking seminar of Congress 2022, presented in French, Dr. Marcel...

Congress 2022 Due to some early technical difficulties, John Restakis literally required no introduction. Restakis, former Executive Director of the Community Evolution Foundation, presented his findings on new forms of governance that deliver...

L’Association canadienne pour l’avancement des études néerlandaises (ACAEN) entretient depuis longtemps sa relation avec le Congrès et ses précurseurs, « the Learneds », qui ont débuté avec notre fondation officielle, qui a eu lieu le 3 juin 1971...

Guest blog by Crystal Fraser, Assistant Professor, Department of History, Classics, & Religion and The Faculty of Native Studies, University of Alberta.