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Big Thinking at Congress 2022 Petrocultures: Reflections on 10 years of research and advocacy for a world in crisis Just what is a petroculture? The term captures the deep and abiding impact of fossil fuels on the character of society. To see...

Big Thinking at Congress 2022 Shift in thinking: It all begins with decolonization Time and time again over the last decade, global catastrophes have shown that the stage for disaster has been set by colonial and racial subjugation. These...

Big Thinking at Congress 2022 Beyond “crimes of insolidarity”: Considerations for a transition based on economic and social rights The COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare the interrelationship between civil and political rights, and economic and social...

Big Thinking at Congress 2022 NEȾOLṈEW̱ “one mind, one people”: Radical reclamation of Indigenous languages Indigenous languages are persistent, despite having faced violent erasure and an ongoing hostile environment. In this Big Thinking lecture...

This panel explored the potential social impacts of artificial intelligence and the role humanities and social sciences will play in identifying the legal, ethical and policy issues we should start considering today.

Rapid development of transformative new technologies – such as social media, artificial intelligence, and new health technologies – is creating important opportunities and challenges for governments, businesses, the research community and society at...

Can Canadian work and labour help slow global warming? As its complexity, destructiveness and speed all increase, climate change has become an urgent social issue.

Traditionally, the university’s mission has been to produce and transmit knowledge. For some, the push to increase media presence — and to have university professors inform current affairs — is antithetical to this mission. In sharp contrast...

In Canada, women remain largely underrepresented in politics and in public life. Research indicates that there are a multitude of reasons for their reluctance to pursue a career in the public sphere and the particular pitfalls they face. How is women...