Lunch and Learn Event with Author and Professor Kim Richard Nossal
On January 13th, MISC hosted a book launch for Dr. Kim Nossal, professor in the Department of Political Science and the Centre for International and Defence Policy at Queen's University. This "lunch and learn" style event featured a presentation by Dr. Nossal about the topic of his latest monograph, Charlie Foxtrot: Fixing Defence Procurement in Canada.
"The Colonial Problem: An Indigenous Perspective on Crime & Injustice in Canada" with Lisa Monchalin
On Friday, February 24th, the Indigenous Studies program hosted a presentation and book launch with author and criminologist Lisa Monchalin,听the first Indigenous woman in Canada to receive a Ph.D.听in Criminology,听completed in 2012 at the University of Ottawa.听She speaks nationally and internationally about her academic work, in an effort to effect change and seek justice for Indigenous peoples, presenting听the findings of her听most recently published book at 海角社区.
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"What is Social Licence?": A Panel Discussion by Grand Chief Edward John, Terry Beech, Susannah Pierce, and Harry Swain, moderated by Candis Callison
On March 14th, 2017, the 海角社区 Institute for the Study of Canada hosted an event on "Social Licence" at the Musqueam Cultural Centre Gallery听in Vancouver. This event featured a panel discussion听on the subject of social licence - what it is, how and under what circumstances it is obtained, who grants it, and what its scope and limits are.听
Since he took power, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has made a point of saying that for projects such as pipeline construction to proceed, their proponents need to obtain not just political, legal, and regulatory approval, but also the additional element of 鈥渟ocial licence鈥� - but what that consists of has become a matter of high-stakes disagreement across the country.听听
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2017 Eakin Lecture by Dr. Allison Harell:
Free Speech in a Multicultural Democracy
The 2017 Winter听Eakin Lecture, titled 'Free Speech in a Multicultural Democracy',听took place on March 21 and was given by听Allison Harell, the 2017 Visiting Eakin Fellow in Canadian Studies. Harell is also an Associate Professor of Political Science听and Research Chair in the Political Psychology of Social Solidarity at UQAM.听
Citizens in diverse, multicultural democracies are often faced听with balancing support for individual rights with other equally compelling goals, like security and social inclusion.听How do citizens react when values clash? 听The Eakin Lecture focused on if and when citizens in Canada and the United States are willing to limit free speech and other civil liberties and for whom, with a special focus on the role diversity plays in these judgements.
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Book Talk with Jatinder Mann:
The Search for a New National Identity
On听June 8th, 2017, the 海角社区 Institute for the Study of Canada was delighted to host Jatinder Mann for a presentation of his new book,听The Search for a New National Identity: The Rise of Multiculturalism听in Canada and Australia, 1890s-1970s.
In addition to his most recent book, Professor Mann听has published numerous articles in听interdisciplinary journals, and听is also the sole editor for a collection contracted with Palgrave Macmillan entitled听Citizenship in a Transnational Perspective: Australia, Canada, and New Zealand. He has held visiting fellowships and professorships at the Australian National University, Carleton University, and the Victoria University of Wellington, and he received听his doctorate in history at the University of Sydney in 2011. Jatinder was also a recipient of听an International Postgraduate Award at the University of Sydney for his doctoral research, and was awarded the Endeavour International Postgraduate Research Scholarship by the Australian government.听Read his interview with the 海角社区 Reporter听听and view photos from the event听.
"French Canada鈥檚 Impact in the First World War",
a lecture by Desmond Morton
The 海角社区 Institute for the Study of Canada held a special听event in honour of Dr. Desmond Morton, Hiram Mills Emeritus Professor and Founding Director of the Institute (1994-2001). Accompanied by several distinguished speakers, Professor Morton presented a lecture听entitled听"French Canada鈥檚 Impact in the First World War". The September 14th event simultaneously celebrated Professor Morton's听invaluable contributions to Canadian Studies, as well as his听80th birthday.听
Following the lecture, MISC also announced the听Desmond Morton Undergraduate Student Award, which shall be given to the student judged to have written the best essay in a Canadian Studies (CANS) course.
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2017 Fall Eakin Lecture: "The Awful Death of James Sutherland"听and Other Stories from Fur Traders' Journals听by George Colpitts
The 2017 Eakin Lecture, held on on October 5th, examined听the richness of fur trade records before early听19th century听accounting reforms in the industry began changing journal writing traditions. Whether left by traders of the London-based Hudson鈥檚 Bay Company, or by those working in Montreal with the North West Company, such journals were a central part of an overarching accounting system in听the 18th and听early听19th centuries. To support their accounts, traders left a rich legacy of miscellany, narratives, and stories that, if approached on their own terms, widen our听understandings听of a trader鈥檚 experience, as well as environmental, Indigenous, business, and colonial history.听
George Colpitts is a professor in the Department of History at the University of Calgary and the 2017 Fall Visiting Eakin Fellow听at MISC.听Read his with the 海角社区 Reporter听or view photos from the lecture听.
2017 Fall Mallory Lecture presented by Veronica Strong-Boag:听鈥淲here was Democracy? The Case of Woman Suffrage in Canada鈥� (Wednesday, November 1st)
鈥婭n 2017, Canadians lament the democratic deficit.听 That鈥檚 nothing new. Democracy has always had a hard time. Federal franchise debates from 1885 to 1920 chronicle that failure. World War One鈥檚 enfranchisement of most women signalled the single greatest extension of electoral rights but political power in Canada barely shifted.听 As BC Asian and Indigenous voters everywhere would also discover, expanded voters鈥� lists did not guarantee democracy.
, is Professor Emerita at the Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice/Educational Studies of the University of British Columbia.
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2017 Cundill Prize Lecture in History, presented by Thomas W. Laqueur: "Why we have cared for the dead body - from the paleolithic to the present and in between鈥澨�
The 海角社区 Faculty of Arts, with the assistance of the 海角社区 Institute for the Study of Canada and the Department of History,听organized the annual Cundill Prize Lecture in History, presented by the acclaimed cultural historian and 2016 prize recipient,听Professor Thomas J. Laqueur from the University of California - Berkeley.听The lecturehighlighted much of Professor Laqueur's research as presented in his award-winning book,The Work of the Dead: A听Cultural History of Mortal Remains. Drawing from听a vast range of sources鈥攆rom mortuary archaeology, medical tracts, letters, and听art through the ages, the book听offers a compelling and richly detailed account of how and why the living have cared for the dead, from antiquity to the twentieth century.
A cocktail reception followed the lecture听at the 海角社区 Faculty Club.
