Articles from:February 2018

  • The Department of Political Science Speaker Series presents David Smith: “Whither the Senate at 150?”

    Wednesday, February 28, 2018 | By

    Thursday, March 1, 2018
    10 am
    Plaza 600F

    In this talk, Dr. David E. Smith, OC, FRSC, will speak to the state of the Senate as a political institution. Specifically, he will discuss whether the Senate is in crisis and what makes the Canadian Senate different from others.

    David E. Smith is Distinguished Visiting Professor at Ryerson University and Professor Emeritus, Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy. He has taught in the Department of Political Studies, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, from 1964 to 2004, and is a previous President of the Canadian Political Science Association. His publications include a trilogy of works on each of the parts of Parliament, as well as books on political parties, the constitution, and federalism. The People’s House of Commons: Theories of Democracy in Contention (University of Toronto Press) won the Donner Prize for the best book in Canadian public policy in 2007, and Across the Aisle: Opposition in Canadian Politics (2013), won the Canada Prize in Social Sciences in 2014. His most recent book (2017) is The Constitution in a Hall of Mirrors: Canada at 150 (University of Toronto Press).

    For further information, please contact Nicole Goodman, Department of Political Science.

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  • Using Photovoice to Generate Indigenous Elder and Youth Understandings of the Importance of Intergenerational Communication on Health and Well-Being

    Tuesday, February 06, 2018 | By

    The Department of Political Science Speaker Series presents

    Dr. Chelsea Gabel
    Canada Research Chair, Indigenous Well-Being, Community-Engagement, and Innovation and Assistant Professor, Department of Health, Aging and Society & Indigenous Studies

    Monday, February 12, 1:00 pm
    Plaza 600F

    The structure of Indigenous families and communities in Canada has been significantly impacted by the effects of colonialism, such as the dispossession of land, disruption in traditional life ways, intergenerational trauma, and the long-term effects of the residential school system. Bringing youth and elders together encourages cross-age connections and facilitates the sharing of cultural knowledge, which positively impacts health and community wellness. Dr. Gabel presents the results of a community-based, participatory action research Photovoice project that improves our understanding of the nature of intergenerational relationships in the southern Labrador Inuit community of St. Lewis, NL, Canada.

    Dr. Chelsea Gabel holds a Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Well-Being, Community-Engagement and Innovation and is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Health, Aging and Society and the Indigenous Studies Program at McMaster University. Dr. Gabel is currently leading three SSHRC grants and is involved in a number of research collaborations across Canada that integrate her expertise in community-based participatory research, photovoice, digital technology, intervention research and Indigenous health and well-being. She is also a member of the Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR) Standing Committee on Ethics that provides high-level strategic advice on the ethical, legal and socio-cultural dimensions of CIHR’s mandate.

    For further information, please contact Nicole Goodman.

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