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Saving the Arctic: A Roundtable on Ocean Governance and Sustainability
Congress 2021 blog edition The “Critical Perspectives on Arctic Oceans Governance, Sustainability, and Justice” open event, hosted by the Canadian Law and Society Association (CLSA), centered on the United Nations’ proclamation of 2021 as the...
One Land Defender on the Front Lines of Climate Justice
Congress 2021 blog edition In one of the most compelling talks at this year’s Congress, Tara Houska, Tribal Attorney and Land Defender from Couchiching First Nation, discussed her incredible career fighting climate destruction at both the political...
Return to Your ‘Roots’: Reconnect with Nature through a Guided Forest Bath
Congress 2021 blog edition Zoom Fatigue is very real and this year’s conference going virtual is no exception. Have six minutes to spare? Check out Kira Cooper’s "Forest Bath," a short guided meditation session designed to enhance one’s relaxation...
“The stories came from myself, too.” Markoosie Patsauq and the beginnings of Inuit literature in Canada
National Indigenous Languages Day offers a prime opportunity to talk about the first Indigenous novel ever published in Canada, written by an Inuk whose family was among those forcibly relocated to the High Arctic in 1953, and who helped lead the...
David Suzuki and Ian Mauro: Beyond Climate: Science, Storytelling and Solutions
All of this year’s Big Thinking events consider how the arts function as a platform to engage with scholarship in the humanities and social sciences. Organizers were inspired by three big questions: Who speaks for whom? Whose stories get told? And...
Saskatchewan addresses absenteeism by linking health and productivity
The University of Saskatchewan’s College of Nursing supports province’s mining industry Robin Thurmeier, Dr. Mary Ellen Andrews, Janet Luimes, Dr. Heather Exner-Pirot, Dr. Lorna Butler and Emmy Neuls . The mining sector plays a critical role in the...
Eat Local, Taste Global: How Ethnocultural Food Reaches our Tables
When questions emerged about a decade ago regarding whether — and to what extent —Toronto’s immigrant communities could access their preferred vegetables, our multiethnic team sought empirical answers. We interviewed 250 vegetable buyers each from...
How we treat our land Now will determine our country’s future
The Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences brings together leading thinkers, academics, researchers, policy-makers and innovators to explore some of the world’s most challenging issues. Congress celebrates the vitality and quality of Canadian...
Ice Blink: Navigating Northern Environmental History
Headlines today tell of melting ice and scrambles over resources and boundaries – signposts of an Arctic experiencing unprecedented transformation. But these accounts require historical context. Ice Blink: Navigating Northern Environmental History...