Thursday, March 5, 2026
12:00-13:00 ET
Co-presented by the Samara Centre for Democracy and the Federation, From Peer Review to the Public: Re-imagining Academic Freedom and Advocacy is a timely conversation about how the humanities and social sciences shape our understanding of civic life, power and participation in a period of democratic backsliding. Speakers will explore how the political climate in the US is influencing research and pro-democracy advocacy in Canada’s scholarly community.
Speakers:
- Dr. Debra Thompson, Associate Professor of Political Science and Canada Research Chair in Racial Inequality in Democratic Societies at McGill University, Board member at the Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences and the Samara Centre for Democracy
- Dr. Beatrice Wayne, Director of Research and Policy at the Samara Centre for Democracy and one of the founders of the Student Vote Research Network
- Dr. Eve Haque, York Research Chair in Linguistic Diversity and Community Vitality at York University
- Sabreena Delhon (Moderator), CEO of the Samara Centre for Democracy