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“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...
Universities and the George Floyd moment
Guest post by Temitope Oriola, joint editor-in-chief of African Security, associate professor at the University of Alberta, two-time Carnegie fellow, recipient of the Governor General of Canada Academic Gold Medal and president of the Canadian...
Guess who’s coming to dinner? That is, after you hire us.
Consider the following statements from search committee meetings at various universities involving racialized candidates. My purpose in sharing these statements is to raise questions about institutional commitments to hire Black faculty. “ Our first...
Beyond Climate: Science, storytelling and solutions with David Suzuki and Ian Mauro
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...
Universities and Reconciliation: Conversations from the Building Reconciliation Forum
Work in a warming world - Carla Lipsig-Mummé
The responsibilities of scholars in public debate: Challenging intuitive ethical considerations - Françoise Baylis
Gathering strategies for action 1: Recruitment and retention of Indigenous faculty
This panel session will discuss the practice of recruiting and retaining Indigenous faculty members as part of the reconciliation efforts of the post-secondary sector.