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Global sustainable development goals have potential to drive change in Canada
There is no question that 2015 is a year for change both within Canada and abroad. As noted by Julia Sánchez , President-CEO, Canadian Council for International Co-operation, in her blog on Canada’s engagement with global social justice, not only are...
Out of the ivory tower to the public square: an interview with Shauna Sylvester
Every year, university campuses across the country fill with the hum and excitement of students looking for personally and intellectually transformative experiences. These students represent an unrivalled wealth of social and intellectual capital...
ASPP Spotlight: Ancient Pathways, Ancestral Knowledge, by Nancy J. Turner
The two-volume book, Ancient Pathways, Ancestral Knowledge: Ethnobotany and Ecological Wisdom of Indigenous Peoples of Northwestern North America, published by McGill-Queens University Press, represents, for me, a culmination of many years of...
Genomics and Feeding the Future
Karine Morin, Director, National GE3LS Program, Genome Canada Genome Canada has launched a Request for Applications for the 2014 Large-Scale Applied Research Project Competition: Genomics and Feeding the Future. The Competition will support research...
The workplace and labour studies face a challenging future
Doug Junke Despite hard-fought gains over the years, the Canadian labour movement knows that it is not a time to stand still and be complacent. That was evident at the Canadian Association for Work and Labour Studies (CAWLS) plenary session at...
The towers in the world, the worlds in the towers
Samara Bissonnette HIGHRISE. An incredibly modern, collaborative, inspiring digital project connecting voices from high rise buildings all over the world. These big concrete mammoths of architecture are "containers of human experience", and this...
This scientist has been government approved for your safety
Jessica Dixon Franke James, James Turk, and Dr. Janet Friskney came together within Brock University's David S. Howes Theatre yesterday to speak out against issues that they think should have the Harper Government shaking in their government-endorsed...
Learning by the numbers
Research at Wilfrid Laurier University spawns new ways to teach children math Malorie Bertrand, Canada Foundation for Innovation Visit Innovation.ca for more stories about humanities and social science research supported by the Canada Foundation for...
'Failing boys' 1990s conversation continues into the 21st century
Kathy Sanford, University of Victoria Guest Contributor As I read the recent Globe and Mail series of articles, I am amazed that we are still circling around the same discussions, discussions that serve to continue the moral panic about how the boys...