Crossroads: Race and Gender in the Canadian Academy - Searching for Equity
Caitlin Stone Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences During the afternoon of May 31, Frances Henry, Carol Tator, Carl James, and Ena Dua gathered to present their research and findings on the marginalization of racialized faculty in Canadian universities. Research was conducted using personal interviews, surveys, and site visits and the results were [...]
Read more… Posted by: milenaCrossroads: The Status of Gender, Women and Sexuality in the Academy
Caitlin Stone Canadian Federation of the Humanities and Social Sciences Many scholars in the social sciences and humanities have spent years critically examining the social constructions of gender and sexuality in society and how women are expected to behave in social settings. While academic settings seem to be environments that welcome difference, many professors who [...]
Read more… Posted by: milenaRethinking Creativity and Innovation from a Disability Studies Perspective
Caitlin Stone Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences Disability is often seen as a condition that requires a solution. Growing up with a sibling living with a physical disability, I can clearly recall the long rides to numerous doctors’ appointments. For years, I watched my younger sister get prodded, poked, examined, photographed, and [...]
Read more… Posted by: milenaDifferently Abled: The Brave New World of Techno/Cyborg Sports and Culture
Caitlin Stone Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences In my opinion, what makes disability studies such a unique discipline is its emphasis on storytelling and the experience of disability. As one of the few academic disciplines which values the intimate personal stories of individuals and the collective (much like Women’s Studies and History [...]
Read more… Posted by: milenaOccupy Music: the human microphone
Maria Dubecki Congress 2012 Correspondent Speaker: Mic check Crowd: MIC CHECK! Speaker: Mic check Crowd: MIC CHECK! Speaker: We’re here today Crowd: WE’RE HERE TODAY! Speaker: To occupy Wall Street Crowd: TO OCCUPY WALL STREET! This copy-cat-like script is a written example of the protesting tactic known as the human microphone. On Friday morning James [...]
Read more… Posted by: MariaCollaboration for a turbulent future
Teghan Barton Congress 2012 Correspondent On Thursday afternoon, Congress concluded its Big Thinking Lecture Series with Thomas Homer-Dixon, a prominent local scholar who conducts leading research on complexity science, focusing on the interaction and integration of systems. His well-attended lecture focused on how the work of complexity theory can be utilized by social sciences to [...]
Read more… Posted by: TeghanWhat’s happening to women’s history?
Teghan Barton Congress 2012 Correspondent The Canadian Committee on Women’s History held a unique session on Monday that was an in depth conversation between two leading researchers, Andree Levesque and Gail Cuthbert Brandt. The topic of discussion was the evolution of women’s studies and women’s history in both Canadian and global contexts over the last [...]
Read more… Posted by: TeghanDignity, Equality, Freedom: The Charter 30 Years On
Caitlin Stone Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences On May 28, I attended the first equity panel in the series sponsored by the Equity and Diversity Portfolio of the Canadian Federation of the Humanities and Social Sciences. Later, as I re-read the pages of notes I took during the panel, I realized how [...]
Read more… Posted by: milenaChris Hedges: Why Shaking the Snow Globe is Good
Krista Boniface Congress 2012 Correspondent To be honest, I was not only scared but anxious to write this blog on who I think, has the potential to spark innovation in us as the Guttenberg Press did in 1436. Chris Hedges was not only able to stir up the crowd and the mainstream media; but he [...]
Read more… Posted by: KristaQuestioning our role in digital media
Maria Dubecki Congress 2012 Correspondent What agency and ethical responsibility do we carry when we join online networks, observe photos, buy videogames, or reinvent ideas? As we rapidly head deeper into the digital era, the realities of media and communication force such a question – a question that was explored in a Wednesday morning panel [...]
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