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Bonnes idées : Entrevue Yoko Yoshida examine l’immigration au-delà des statistiques
Commanditée par la Fédération des sciences humaines, cette série d’entrevues met en lumière les bonnes idées de chercheurs de la discipline pour un monde meilleur. Ce mois-ci, nous nous entretenons avec Yoko Yoshida, professeure agrégée au...
Pourquoi les savants fous veulent-ils détruire le monde ? Évolution d’une figure littéraire
Elaine Després, Ph.D., Chercheure indépendante On m’a demandé pendant des années à chaque cocktail ou fête de famille : « De quoi parle ta thèse au juste ? » Et ma réponse — « et bien, de savants fous » — provoquait immanquablement deux réactions de...
Panel describes how Bill C-14 fails to conform to the Supreme Court of Canada’s decision to decriminalize medical assistance in dying
Caleb Snider, Congress 2016 student blogger “This is the Alps of ethics; there are slippery slopes as far as the eye can see.” I can’t think of a better way to describe the issues discussed in “The future of end-of-life decision-making in Canada,” a...
Eugenics and its modern world implications
Imagine having no agency over your reproductive decisions. Imagine that those around you believe that you are not capable of making decisions for yourself and your future. Now, imagine a society in which your body is policed to the point where...
We’re all in this canoe called Canada together
Referencing the famous statue “Spirit of Haida Gwaii” by Indigenous artist Bill Reid, the Right Honourable Beverley McLachlin (Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada) addressed the issue of accommodation in her Big Thinking lecture The Rule of...
The Power to Change: Leadership, community and resiliency
“Aho Mitayyuke Oyasin.” Mayor Naheed Nenshi greeted a full auditorium of Congress attendees with a traditional Indigenous greeting: “greetings to all of my relations.” This phrase, taken from the Lakota language, emphasizes the oneness and...
Roméo Dallaire to conclude a full day of exploring gender and sexual security with Marjorie Griffin Cohen, Kathleen Lahey and Sarelle Azuelos through a unique event during Congress 2016
As part of the Congress 2016 exciting line-up of events, the University of Calgary will host six Interdisciplinary symposia to exhibit the university’s most compelling and leading-edge thinking and research. This article is part of a six-part series...
The wounded ones: Conversations about the multiple legacies of colonialism
Sunday, May 29 from 11 am to 12 pm Congress 2016, Main Expo Event Space Light refreshments provided For countries like Canada, Namibia, Rwanda, and Palestine, the ravages of colonialism represent unresolved trauma that has been passed from generation...
Brand Command: Canadian Politics and Democracy in the Age of Message Control
Alex Marland, Memorial University of Newfoundland Before entering academia, I worked in communications consulting and in government. In the private sector, we had lots of time to ruminate about marketing strategy. But in government, the best laid...