Articles by author: Brock University

  • A message from the Chair of the Department of Political Science

    Saturday, August 11, 2018 | By

    The Department of Political Science is shocked and appalled by the racist social media comments posted by retired professor Garth Stevenson. The comments do not in any way conform to the values of the department, and we condemn them.

    Our department strives to create an atmosphere of respect and inclusion for students and faculty. We understand that President Gervan Fearon and the Senate will soon be discussing the withdrawal of Garth Stevenson’s emeritus status. The department supports this plan.

    In addition, we plan to host a public forum in the fall that will address reconciliation with Indigenous peoples.

    Paul Hamilton, Chair
    Department of Political Science
    Brock University

    Categories: News

  • Adam Froman, Delvina CEO: Innovating Data Collection

    Thursday, November 02, 2017 | By

    Thursday, November 2, 2017
    10:30 am
    Plaza 600F

    Interested in learning how technologies are changing the game of data collection and research? What about how you can leverage and apply this in your own research?

    From Voice to AI, VR, marketing automation, connected devices and the Internet of Things; society is moving away from traditional methods of data collection and harnessing emerging technologies to gather consumer insights in real-time. Listen to a top Canadian entrepreneur share how brands are applying technologies in innovative ways to tap into their customers and solve today’s business challenges, and how faculty and students can apply these technologies for research.

    Listen to a top Canadian entrepreneur share how brands are applying technologies in innovative ways to tap into their customers and solve today’s business challenges, and how faculty and students can apply these technologies for research.

    Adam Froman is an award-winning entrepreneur and innovator. As the founder and CEO of Delvinia, he is recognized as a visionary business leader who has grown his firm into a globally competitive group of companies over the course of the past two decades.

    Under Adam’s leadership, Delvinia has evolved from operating as a traditional digital consultancy to become an innovation company that invests in identifying ways to bring next-generation products, services, and businesses to market. Adam’s portfolio of successful digital businesses – each with a focus on innovative data collection – includes AskingCanadians, AskingAmericans, Delvinia Custom Solutions, and Methodify.

    In addition to guiding the growth of his organization, Adam is an active member of the Canadian Marketing Association and the Marketing Research & Intelligence Association. He also serves on the Board of Directors for the Council of Canadian Innovators, a business council exclusively focused on helping high-growth Canadian technology firms scale-up globally.

    For further information, please contact Nicole Goodman.

    Categories: Events

  • Innovation Policy: Gender Equality & Diversity in Canada and Sweden

    Monday, October 16, 2017 | By

    Tuesday, October 17, 2017
    10:30 a.m.
    Welch Hall 311

    Current systems designed to support innovation are not structured to draw diverse people with different life experiences and challenges into innovation spaces. Practically speaking, a person who has experienced a life challenge directly is the most likely to innovate: in effect, to solve their own problems, however innovation policy is rarely conceived with diversity in mind (Macdonald, 1992).

    Dr. Andrea Rowe will present perspectives on Gender Equality & Diversity in national innovation systems in Canada and Sweden. Her research is the first of its kind to look at Canada’s national innovation system through a gender lens. Drawing on 44 qualitative interviews with leaders in government, academia, and the private sector in Canada, Sweden, and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)

    Dr. Rowe draws on Feminist Institutionalism (FI) and Triple Helix Models in innovation theory to explain the gendered implication of policy, performance measurement, and resource allocation at the national level. The talk will conclude with recommendations for policy and practice.

    Dr. Rowe is Co-Founder of of Toronto based gender and innovation consulting firm Feminuity and has a PhD in Comparative Public Policy from McMaster University. Dr. Rowe’s academic research focuses on explaining how government policy, performance measurement, and resources allocation influences equality of opportunity in national innovation systems.

    For further information, please contact Nicole Goodman at ngoodman2@brocku.ca.

    Categories: Events

  • Political Science Career Night

    Thursday, March 09, 2017 | By

    Presented by Career Education and the Department of Political Science
     
    Thursday, Mar. 9, 2017
    5-7 p.m. | Pond Inlet
     
    Network with professionals. Develop your skills. Jump-start your career.
     
    Students in the political science undergraduate program at Brock University are invited to network with successful Brock alumni currently working in government and the non-for-profit, private, law-related and education sectors to gain professional insight and advice in jump-starting your career.
     
    Reserve your spot by registering online at CareerZone.
     
    For more information, contact Donna Chistoff, Career Consultant at dchistoff@brocku.ca or Hevina Dashwood, Professor and Chair of the Department of Political Science at hdashwood@brocku.ca.

    Categories: Events

  • International Copyright and Access to Knowledge

    Thursday, February 16, 2017 | By

    Sara Bannerman (McMaster University)
    Thursday, February 16, 2017, 2 pm-4 pm
    Sankey Chamber

    The principle of Access to Knowledge (A2K) has become a common reference point for a diverse set of agendas that all hope to realize technological and human potential by making knowledge more accessible. This book is a history of copyright focussed on principles of Access to Knowledge and their proponents.

    Traditional histories of copyright have showcased France, the United Kingdom, Germany, and the United States. Countries and groups that often do not appear in traditional copyright histories have been, in many cases, the main proponents of access. This history shifts its focus to these protagonists. An alternate history of international copyright is important given the current battles over copyright in international fora. This book examines the roles of developing countries and NGOs as part of a long tradition of advocacy for Access to Knowledge that dates back 125 years.

    Sara Bannerman is Associate Professor of Communication Studies and Multimedia and Canada Research Chair in Communication Policy and Governance at McMaster University. She has published articles and book chapters on international copyright, crowdfunding, historical institutionalism, and Canadian media coverage of same-sex marriage.  Her research area is the networked governance of communication, including copyright and intellectual property, communications law & policy, the international governance of communications, and communications policy history.  She the author of International Copyright and Access to Knowledge (CambridgeUP) and The Struggle for Canadian Copyright: Imperialism to Internationalism, 1842-1971 (UBC Press, 2013).

    For further information, contact Zachary Spicer.

    Categories: Events

  • When did Canada become a Democracy?

    Monday, January 23, 2017 | By

    Dennis Pilon, York University
    January 23, 2017, 2 pm – 4 pm
    Academic South 217

    Scholars routinely refer to Canadian democracy but seldom enquire about its origins or development, other than to note the extension of the franchise to women, visible minorities, and indigenous peoples.  Yet there is little doubt that while Canada was not a democracy at its founding it has been considered to be one for some time.  What changed?  When were the decisive moments that contributed to the shift from not-democracy to democracy?  The challenges in taking up this question are simultaneously theoretical, methodological and empirical, involving debate about just what ‘democracy’ is or is not and what counts as evidence in establishing its existence or depth.  This talk will explore these questions with the aid of historian Ian Mackay’s ‘liberal order framework’ to help guide the discussion.

    For further information, please contact Zachary Spicer.

    Categories: Events

  • The Rise of Trumpism: What’s Next for the United States, Canada and the World?

    Tuesday, January 17, 2017 | By

    Panel discussion
    Tuesday, January 17, 2017, 7 pm – 9 pm
    St. Catharines Public Library
    Mills Room
    54 Church St.
    St. Catharines, ON

    The inauguration of the most-unqualified presidential candidate in US history is days away. People and countries around the world are fearing the worst. What should we expect over the next four years?

    Join our experts from the Brock University Department of Political Science for a roundtable discussion and Q&A as we try to come to terms with an event that will reverberate for years to come.

    Speakers:
    Leah Bradshaw, Professor
    Stefan Dolgert, Assistant Professor
    Blayne Haggart, Associate Professor

    For more information, please contact Zachary Spicer.

    Categories: Events

  • The Inescapable Politics of Policing Fair Play in Sport

    Friday, November 25, 2016 | By

    November 25, 2016
    10:00am – 11:30am
    PL 600F

    Questions of fair play were among the many concerns that emerged in the lead up to the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. Scandals about alleged corruption and systematic doping plagued athletes training in both Russia and Kenya. With the suspension of the hyperandrogenism regulations, which set a threshold for testosterone levels for competitors in women’s events, there were also expressed concerns about whether or not South African 800-meter runner Caster Semenya had an unfair advantage over her competitors. This research presentation examines the enduring politics—geopolitical, classed, gendered, and postcolonial—of attempts to regulate fair play through the policing of athletes’ bodies. It also considers new techno-scientific dimensions of these politics, which have become visible in recent scandals. It draws upon qualitative and archival data collected by Dr. Henne in Australasia, Europe, and North America, including interview data with nearly 200 participants, observations of regulatory policy meetings and sport-specific events, and archival research at the International Olympic Committee in Lausanne.

    Kathryn (Kate) Henne is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology and Legal Studies at the University of Waterloo and a fellow of the School of Regulation and Global Governance (RegNet) at the Australian National University. She was previously a Senior Research Fellow at RegNet, where she worked for five years after completing her Ph.D. in Criminology, Law and Society at the University of California, Irvine. Her research focuses the how technology and law interface with social inequality in practice, focusing primarily on the growing use of biometric technologies of regulation. She has studied these issues in the contexts of sport and physical culture, drug regulation, post-incarceration, and social assistance delivery.

    For more information, please contact Zachary Spicer.

    Categories: Events

  • The Rise of Trumpism: What Happened, and What’s Next?

    Thursday, November 17, 2016 | By

    Panel Event
    Thursday, November 17, 2016
    2-4 pm
    Welch Hall 207

    The unexpected election of Donald Trump to the US presidency is shaping up to be a world-defining moment, for the United States and the world. What happened, and what are its implications for Canada and international politics?
    Join us for a roundtable discussion and Q&A on an event with few parallels in recent history.

    Speakers:
    Charles Burton, Department of Political Science
    Blayne Haggart, Department of Political Science
    Tamari Kitossa, Department of Sociology

    Categories: Events

  • With Her or with the Hair? Making Sense of the US Presidential Election

    Thursday, November 03, 2016 | By

    Panel Event
    Thursday, November 3
    2-4 pm
    Sankey Chamber

    For more than a year, Americans (and frankly, most of the world) have been riveted by the 2016 presidential race. While most of us are finding it hard to look away, we are also trying to make sense of what we’re seeing. What are the conditions that gave rise to Donald Trump? How did Hillary Clinton manage to become the Democratic nominee? What are the big issues in this campaign that are being ignored? What might be the lasting consequences of this election? And, of course, what is the impact for Canada?

    Join us as we explore these questions with an public lecture, featuring:

    • Stefan Dolgert (Department of Political Science, Brock University)
    • Paul Hamilton (Department of Political Science, Brock University)
    • Tami Friedman (Department of History, Brock University)

    Each will make a brief presentation about the state and history of the current race and help to put the election in context as well as answering questions from the audience.

    For further information, please contact Zachary Spicer.

    Categories: Events

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