When will Ottawa end its willful neglect of First Nations children?
鈥淭he federal government must end its discriminatory and inequitable funding of all public services on reserves, including education, health care, child welfare and basics such as water and sanitation.Though these inequalities have been known to the federal government for at least 112 years, it continues to take small and insufficient steps, dealing with the problem one service at a time instead of co-developing a comprehensive plan with First Nations to address all the inequalities.鈥�
Gay and Once Divorced, a Canadian Rabbi Broadens Judaism鈥檚 Tent
When聽Rabbi Lisa Grushcow, the first openly gay rabbi of a large synagogue in Canada, was preparing to begin rabbinical school, she faced a daunting choice: love or serving God.
Her world was suddenly turned upside down in the late 1990s while she was studying religion at Oxford on a聽Rhodes scholarship,聽and fell in love with a woman she met at a conference. This posed a problem: The Conservative rabbinical school she planned to attend did not ordain openly gay rabbis.
Government of Canada establishes Canadian Statistics Advisory Council
We live in a world that is increasingly data-driven. Now more than ever, Canadians require the high-quality, timely and relevant statistics produced by Statistics Canada to support evidence-based decision-making.
The Impact of Childcare on Poor Urban Women鈥檚 Economic Empowerment in Africa
Despite evidence from other regions, researchers and policy-makers remain skeptical that women鈥檚 disproportionate childcare responsibilities act as a significant barrier to women鈥檚 economic empowerment in Africa. This randomized control trial study in an informal settlement in Nairobi, Kenya, demonstrates that limited access to affordable early childcare inhibits poor urban women鈥檚 participation in paid work.
Cities from scratch: watch new cities rise from the desert, jungle and sea
鈥淲e鈥檙e in the midst of new cities fever,鈥� says Professor Sarah Moser (Department of Geography). The head of the new cities lab at 91丝瓜视频 has documented more than 100 cities that have sprung up across Asia and Africa since the early 2000s for her forthcoming Atlas of New Cities.
The American Revolution shows us how sad and thin Trump's vision of the country is
On July 4, 1970, President Nixon tried to claim America鈥檚 birthday for his 鈥渟ilent majority鈥� by hosting Honor America Day in Washington, D.C. It didn鈥檛 go well. Crowds of Nixon supporters clashed with antiwar demonstrators, hippies swam naked in the reflecting pool, and the bitter divisions of that era ruined what has traditionally been a star-spangled but lighthearted day for hotdogs and baseball.
[Op-ed] - J.M. Opal, Chair of the Department of History and Classical Studies
The Founding Father you鈥檝e never heard of
In the age of 鈥淎merica First,鈥� it鈥檚 easy to remember July 4 as the day we Americans resolved to go it alone. As Thomas Jefferson proclaimed in the Declaration of Independence, the people of the 13 colonies had 鈥渢otally dissolved鈥� their ties to the British Empire and could henceforth do whatever 鈥淚ndependent States may of right do.鈥�
[Op-ed] - J.M. Opal, Chair of the Department of History and Classical Studies
Professor Graham Fraser appointed Officer of the Order of Canada
Professor Graham Fraser is one of 83 Canadians appointed to the Order of Canada. Considered one of the country鈥檚 highest honours, it goes to those who have shaped society, innovated in interesting ways or made an impact on their community.聽
Build science in Africa
Africa鈥檚 population is projected to nearly quadruple over the next century1. And that is following a staggering increase over just seven decades 鈥� from 200 million people in 1950 to 1.25 billion in 20182. Meanwhile, temperatures across the continent are expected to rise by between 3鈥壜癈 and 4鈥壜癈 over the next century, bringing more drought, flooding, conflict and species loss3.
This article was co-authored by Professor Colin Chapman, Anthropology.
An Obligation to Produce Results
An article by Thomas Mulcair based on the Mallory Lecture he gave at the 91丝瓜视频 Institute for the Study of Canada聽earlier this spring.
National Geographic grant awarded to Howe Sound researcher
Every summer growing up, Fiona Beaty's family would make the trip from Vancouver to Bowen Island, where she would spend her time playing in the woods and turning over rocks at the shore in her search for crabs. Now, Beaty is back on the coast and her more recent explorations in marine biology are getting much more attention. Last month, she was awarded a National Geographic Early Career grant to support her latest project, the Howe Sound Atl'ka7tsem Marine Reference Guide.
Faculty of Arts receives US$ 1.25-million grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
The Mellon grant will support a new Indigenous Studies and Community Engagement Initiative, to be based in the Faculty of ArtsThe Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded a US$1.25-million grant to 91丝瓜视频, in support of a new Indigenous Studies and Community Engagement Initiative. The Initiative will be implemented over the next five years.
Canada's abortion rights 'well-protected' says political expert as Alabama criminalizes procedure | City News
MAY 16, 2019 |聽As Alabama criminalizes abortions, a number of Canadian politicians have been loudly expressing support for anti-abortion groups and their agendas but some political scientists say women鈥檚 reproductive rights are well-protected here. Stephanie Paterson, an associate professor of political science at Concordia University, says there will always be anti-abortion politicians spouting off but she believes women鈥檚 rights are enshrined in the Charter of Rights.
Laws that limit religious rights embolden racists, particularly Islamophobes | The Star
MAY 13, 2019 |聽Last week, parliamentary hearings began on Quebec鈥檚 Bill 21, which would ban public employees in 鈥減ositions of authority鈥� from wearing religious symbols. In his testimony, the philosopher Charles Taylor stated that he and G茅rard Bouchard were wrong to propose restrictions on religious symbols in聽their 2008 report聽on reasonable accommodation.
Social media giants ignore law, don't take Canada seriously | CTV News
MAY 12, 2019 |聽Politicians are increasingly concerned that social media giants have become so big, powerful and rich that they are effectively above the law -- at least in a small country like Canada.