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Rethinking hate crimes: The hard work of creating social equity
Lucas Crawford and Robert Nichols, University of Alberta Guest Contributors Monday, May 10th was Alberta’s inaugural ‘Hate Crimes Awareness Day,’ an event that raised more questions than answers. Offered as an opportunity to ‘celebrate’ the successes...
The Humanities: Relationships with others and with the world are essential to freedom
Susan Babbitt, Queen’s University Guest Contributor “Humanities” refers to human beings and to the human condition. In the Humanities we raise questions about what it means to be human. But, at least in my discipline of Philosophy, we teach mostly...
Lawyer, professor, Mi’kmaq woman: Equity matters in my experience
Patricia Doyle-Bedwell, Dalhousie 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 this topic...
Social impact of diversity: Potentials and challenges in Canada
Jeffrey G. Reitz, University of Toronto Guest Contributor Multiculturalism has been a cornerstone of Canadian policy for almost 40 years, but internationally, particularly since 9/11 and in light of inter-ethnic conflicts in Europe resulting from...
Status of Women in Canada on International Women’s Day 2010
Judy Rebick, Ryerson University Guest Contributor It is International Women’s Day 2010, forty years after the Report of the Royal Commission on the Status of Women . A generation has passed, my generation. In some ways, there has been a revolution in...
Gender gap and beyond: Are women the key to a Conservative majority?
Elisabeth Gidengil, McGill University Guest Contributor The term “gender gap” became a staple of political commentary following the 1980 United States presidential election. In that election, women were much less likely than men to vote for Ronald...
Unreasonably focusing on reasonable accommodation in Canada?
Jean-François Gaudreault-DesBiens, Université de Montréal Guest Contributor Here we go again. As I write this entry, a new controversy has erupted following a Quebec government’s decision to allow private Chassidic schools to hold classes on weekends...
Why gender still matters in politics
Brenda O'Neill, University of Calgary Guest Contributor It’s safe to say that the issue of ‘women in politics’ no longer generates the attention that it once did. The 1984 leaders’ debate between John Turner (Liberal), Brian Mulroney (Progressive...
e-Dialogue on the future of the social sciences
Ryan Saxby Hill, CFHSS Media Relations Noreen Golfman, president of the Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences, joined a rock star lineup of speakers for an e-dialogue hosted by Royal Roads University this month. The discussion is...