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What is the future of books?
← Big Thinking Podcast homepage Next episode → Description | About the guest | Transcript | Follow us Description Digital technologies are reshaping every aspect of our society, and books are no exception. But as physical objects, books have a...
From the Jheri curl to TikTok: Canada and the global business of Black beauty
← Big Thinking Podcast homepage Next episode → Description | About the guest | Transcript | Follow us Description Every day we are bombarded by words and images telling us what we should find beautiful, and what we should aspire to look like...
Who cares for the caregivers?
← Big Thinking Podcast homepage Next episode → Description | About the guest | Transcript | Follow us Description Who cares for the caregivers? is a question too important to ignore especially after the COVID-19 pandemic exposed how our society...
Is bilingualism in peril in Canada?
← Big Thinking Podcast homepage Next episode → Description | About the guest | Transcript | Follow us Description With so many developments occurring at various levels of governments on bilingualism and official languages, we wanted to get an...
Publish in English or perish: Challenges and opportunities of French-language research in Canada
On November 15, the Federation and Acfas will be co-hosting a free webinar entitled “Publish in English or perish: Challenges and opportunities of French-language research in Canada.” Centred on the 100th anniversary of Acfas and drawing on the 2022...
NEȾOLṈEW̱ “one mind, one people”: Radical reclamation of Indigenous languages
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...
“But, where are you really from?”
In a keynote address to the Black Caucus of the Canadian Sociological Association, Dr. Debra Thompson (Associate Professor of Political Science and Canada Research Chair in Racial Inequality in Democratic Societies, McGill University) explored the...
10 years after the ‘Maple Spring’: Legacies, strikes, and movements for change in the education system and beyond
Ten years ago on May 18, 2012, Bill 78 was passed in Quebec in response to the Maple Spring ( le Printemps érable ) student strikes. This was an attempt to force students back to classes and limit their ability to protest, after months of strikes. To...
Bringing Whole Selves to Work: Co-op Culture Welcoming to BIPOC
The CASC keynote discusses how the co-op sector can better communicate its message to BIPOC workers and create a sector-wide culture that can lead to deep and meaningful reach within BIPOC communities.