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What is the price of reconciling freedom and responsibility in a changing democracy?
Présences intermittentes des Amériques
Ce livre est inspiré de ma thèse de doctorat et répond à une question bien précise : qu’est-ce que le sujet québécois peut apprendre du contact littéraire avec l’écriture chicana? J’ai commencé à m’interroger sur ce sujet alors que je voyageais moi...
Vaudeville as a form of indigenous self-expression
What do you think of when you hear or read Vaudeville? Nostalgia for a simpler time of gas-lamp lit stage productions? A smile at the thought of the slapstick, episodic comedies that gave rise to early cinema and classic cartoons? Or maybe more...
'The Container' theatre performance at Congress is innovative and fresh
Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences 2016 is about more than groundbreaking academic panels and innovative keynote speakers; it’s also about showcasing cultural events organized by the University of Calgary School of Creative and Performing...
Binging on Netflix or philosophizing?
“There is nothing in philosophy which could not be said in everyday language,” once said the twentieth-century French philosopher Henri Bergson. In other words, what makes philosophy attractive is that it expresses what we instinctively believe to be...
Œuvres complètes d’Anne Hébert
À la fois poète, romancière, nouvelliste et dramaturge, Anne Hébert me fascine depuis l’adolescence. Lorsque je fus nommée directrice du Centre Anne-Hébert en 2003, je compris que les archives léguées par l’auteure à l’Université de Sherbrooke...
More than just a cardboard box
Using this cheap and lightweight material, researchers are helping parents design custom adaptations for their children with special needs Malorie Bertrand, Canada Foundation for Innovation Visit Innovation.ca for more stories about humanities and...
Making it Work: Disabled women shaping spaces in education and employment
Nancy E. Hansen, University of Manitoba Guest Contributor As a human geographer studying disability I am always aware of surroundings, how spaces and places are organized – and as a disabled female academic, even more so. As disabled people we are...
Beyond Diversity Smokescreens: On the small screen and behind the scenes
Rita Shelton Deverell, Mount St. Vincent University Guest Contributor This blog post is part of the Federation Equity Portfolio’s ‘Equality Then and Now’ series, marking 40 years since the Royal Commission on the Status of Women. Look for more on...