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Carmen Faye Mathes Has Been Awarded the 2025 Keats-Shelley Association Essay Prize

admin — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 17:44:54 +0000

Congratulations to Professor Carmen Faye Mathes!

Professor Mathes has been awared the 2025 Keats-Shelley Association Essay Prize for her essay “Apostrophe’s Occasions: Two Postures of Abolitionist Address.”

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Interventional Journal Club - V. Tian MD "Interventional pain approach to Chronic Pancreatitis"

admin — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:21:54 +0000

Pain Medicine Fellow V. Tian presents: "Interventional pain approach to chronic pancreatitis"

Professor Signy Sheldon Featured on CNN with Dr. Sanjay Gupta

admin — Mon, 19 Jan 2026 16:06:39 +0000

We’re excited to share that Professor Signy Sheldon appeared on CNN’s “Chasing Life” with Dr. Sanjay Gupta, where she discussed her research on memory, the brain, and how our past experiences shape who we are. In this engaging interview, Professor Sheldon offers insights into the science of autobiographical memory and why we remember certain moments more vividly than others.

Watch the show here! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lL5HSEjYrMM

The Enforcement Threshold Approach to Harm Reduction

admin — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 21:11:43 +0000

Lecture given by Joseph Heath, a professor of philosophy at the University of Toronto.

This event is co-hosted by the Katharine A. Pearson Chair in Civil Society and Public Policy

A Conversation on Public Philosophy with Joseph Heath

admin — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 21:13:58 +0000

An informal Seminar on Public Philosophy with Joseph Heath, a professor of philosophy at the University of Toronto.

This event is co-hosted with the Katharine A. Pearson Chair in Civil Society and Public Policy.

Determining new international and domestic orders: reflections on Modern Canada's endurance and more so resilience as Black and West Indian

admin — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 18:55:00 +0000

Join MISC at 4:00 pm on Monday, February 2ndth at the Faculty Club (3450 McTavish Street) for a lecture by Cecil Foster, Determining new international and domestic orders: reflections on Modern Canada's endurance and more so res

Three �鶹��ý��վ researchers receive SSHRC Partnership Engage Grants

admin — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 16:32:44 +0000

ONLINE: Food Systems Transformation in Global Perspective: Challenges and Opportunities

admin — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 18:16:20 +0000

Join the �鶹��ý��վ Alumni Public Policy Society for an insightful webinar exploring the challenges and opportunities of global food systems transformation.

Department Research Featured Among Quebec’s Top Discoveries

admin — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 21:59:55 +0000

We’re proud to share that a paper on pain research, featuring Professor Caroline Palmer, Professor Roy, and PhD student Wenbo Yi, has been recognized as one of Quebec Science’s Top 10 Discoveries of the Year. This achievement highlights the innovative work being done in our department to advance understanding of pain mechanisms and perception.

International Holocaust Remembrance Day

admin — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 14:09:00 +0000

January 27 is International Holocaust Remembrance Day (IHRD).

Congratulations to Social Work Professor Myriam Denov receives SSHRC’s highest honour

admin — Mon, 05 Jan 2026 16:33:20 +0000

"Myriam Denov, a leading advocate for children’s rights and a Professor in �鶹��ý��վ’s School of Social Work, has won a Gold Medal from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), its highest honour.

The award is for sustained leadership, dedication and originality of thought that have inspired students and colleagues; it comes with a $100,000 prize for future research.

Denov’s research interests include children born of war and families affected by war and genocide. Over the past 25 years, she has worked with war-affected children on three continents and advised NGOs and such governmental organizations as Global Affairs Canada, Citizenship and Immigration Canada and the Department of National Defence." (�鶹��ý��վ Reporter)

CIPSS Speaker Series Winter 2026: Yusuf Yilmaz (�鶹��ý��վ), "Chrono-positional Crises: Explaining the Civilizational Turn in Russia and Turkey"

admin — Tue, 23 Dec 2025 20:09:40 +0000

CIPSS Speaker Series Winter 2026

"Chrono-positional Crises: Explaining the Civilizational Turn in Russia and Turkey"

Yusuf Yilmaz (�鶹��ý��վ)

CIPSS Speaker Series Winter 2026: Paul Beaumont (NUPI), "Quantification and its Discontents: Navigating the Era of Indicators in Global Governance"

admin — Tue, 23 Dec 2025 20:07:53 +0000

CIPSS Speaker Series Winter 2026

"Quantification and its Discontents: Navigating the Era of Indicators in Global Governance"

CIPSS Speaker Series Winter 2026: Marie-Joelle Zahar (Université de Montréal), "Flawed by design: Frames and the inclusion agenda in peace processes"

admin — Tue, 23 Dec 2025 19:54:29 +0000

CIPSS Speaker Series Winter 2026

Flawed by design: Frames and the inclusion agenda in peace processes" Marie-Joelle Zahar (Université de Montréal)

CIPSS Speaker Series Winter 2026: Stéphanie Martel (Queen's University), "Narrative Struggle Over International Order in & Beyond the Indo-Pacific: Implications for Non-Major Power Agency in Global Governance"

admin — Tue, 23 Dec 2025 19:58:24 +0000

CIPSS Speaker Series Winter 2026

"Narrative Struggle Over International Order in and Beyond the Indo-Pacific: Implications for Non-Major Power Agency in Global Governance"