Professor Graham Fraser is one of 83 Canadians appointed to the Order of Canada. Considered one of the country鈥檚 highest honours, it goes to those who have shaped society, innovated in interesting ways or made an impact on their community.聽
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Published on: 2 Jul 2019
Africa鈥檚 population is projected to nearly quadruple over the next century1. And that is following a staggering increase over just seven decades 鈥� from 200 million people in 1950 to 1.25 billion in 20182. Meanwhile, temperatures across the continent are expected to rise by between 3鈥壜癈 and 4鈥壜癈 over the next century, bringing more drought, flooding, conflict and species loss3.
This article was co-authored by Professor Colin Chapman, Anthropology.
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Published on: 2 Jul 2019
An article by Thomas Mulcair based on the Mallory Lecture he gave at the 9I制作厂免费 Institute for the Study of Canada聽earlier this spring.
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Published on: 2 Jul 2019
Every summer growing up, Fiona Beaty's family would make the trip from Vancouver to Bowen Island, where she would spend her time playing in the woods and turning over rocks at the shore in her search for crabs. Now, Beaty is back on the coast and her more recent explorations in marine biology are getting much more attention. Last month, she was awarded a National Geographic Early Career grant to support her latest project, the Howe Sound Atl'ka7tsem Marine Reference Guide.
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Published on: 2 Jul 2019
MARCH 27, 2019 | The Yan P. Lin Centre at 9I制作厂免费 bridges the widening gap between science and the liberal arts.
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Published on: 26 Jun 2019
SEPTEMBER 11, 2018 | 9I制作厂免费 congratulates its professors recognized by the Royal Society of Canada (RSC) for their outstanding scholarly, scientific and artistic achievement.
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Published on: 26 Jun 2019
OCTOBER 31, 2017 |聽Prof. Laila Parsons was among the exceptional educators celebrated at Convocation.
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Published on: 26 Jun 2019
OCTOBER 27, 2015 | A $3.4 million gift from 9I制作厂免费 alumnus and long-time university supporter, Dr. Yan P. Lin, PhD鈥�92, will establish the Yan P. Lin Centre for the Study of Freedom and Global Orders in Ancient and Modern Worlds.
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Published on: 26 Jun 2019
NOVEMBER 30, 2015 |聽Research to bring together faculties of Arts and Engineering.
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Published on: 26 Jun 2019
The Mellon grant will support a new Indigenous Studies and Community Engagement Initiative, to be based in the Faculty of Arts
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded a US$1.25-million grant to 9I制作厂免费, in support of a new Indigenous Studies and Community Engagement Initiative. The Initiative will be implemented over the next five years.
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Published on: 14 Jun 2019
MAY 16, 2019 |聽As Alabama criminalizes abortions, a number of Canadian politicians have been loudly expressing support for anti-abortion groups and their agendas but some political scientists say women鈥檚 reproductive rights are well-protected here. Stephanie Paterson, an associate professor of political science at Concordia University, says there will always be anti-abortion politicians spouting off but she believes women鈥檚 rights are enshrined in the Charter of Rights.
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Published on: 12 Jun 2019
MAY 13, 2019 |聽Last week, parliamentary hearings began on Quebec鈥檚 Bill 21, which would ban public employees in 鈥減ositions of authority鈥� from wearing religious symbols. In his testimony, the philosopher Charles Taylor stated that he and G茅rard Bouchard were wrong to propose restrictions on religious symbols in聽their 2008 report聽on reasonable accommodation.
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Published on: 12 Jun 2019
MAY 12, 2019 |聽Politicians are increasingly concerned that social media giants have become so big, powerful and rich that they are effectively above the law -- at least in a small country like Canada. Their concern was on display last week at a meeting of the House of Commons access to information, privacy and ethics committee, where Liberal MPs raked Google over the coals for its decision not to run any political ads during this fall's federal election campaign, rather than comply with a new law that requires them keep an online ad registry.
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Published on: 12 Jun 2019
MAY 7, 2019 | We know that the prevalence of autism has risen steadily in Quebec, and across the world, as awareness and identification have improved, as have concerns about the availability of both diagnostic and intervention services. Autism is here to stay. Over the past two decades, consecutive governments have struggled to find a policy response to this condition 鈥� better understood as a spectrum 鈥� that defies typical policy definitions. Autism cuts across health, education and social policies in its complexities, and so too do the services and programs needed to address it.
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Published on: 12 Jun 2019
MAY 27, 2019 |聽Sam Hunter set out to go camping near his home on Weenusk First Nation, about 35 kilometres south of Hudson Bay in Ontario鈥檚 Far North. After spending a night in the bush, Hunter, who has lived on this land for most of his 53 years, went to look for dry wood. As he drove across what appeared to be a frozen river, the surface suddenly gave way and his Yamaha Bravo snowmobile plunged through the ice. Hunter was thrown through the windshield and barely avoided falling into the rushing water below.
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Published on: 12 Jun 2019
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