Two Award Winners at ISID!

Congratulation to ISID Professors Francesco Amodio and Jacob Blanc! Professor Blanc was awarded H. Noel Fieldhouse Award for Distinguished Teaching by the Faculty of Arts, and Professor Amodio was awarded the Faculty of Arts Distinction in Research Award.

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Erik Kuhonta on arrest of former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte

Professor Erik Martinez Kuhonta, ISID Associate Member and former Director, publishes an opinion piece on the recent arrrest and transfer to the International Criminal Court of former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte.  As Professor Kuhonta writes, "The International Criminal Court’s stunning arrest last week of former president of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, on charges of crimes against humanity was a powerful strike for human rights and justice.

New Opinion Piece by Professors Sonia Lazlo and Francesco Amodio

Professors Sonia Laszlo and Francesco Amodio have an opinion piece in the Journal de Montréal from Friday, March 7 on Canadian development assistance and gender equality:

https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2025/03/07/pourquoi-laide-etrangere-du...

Honours Information Session - April 3

Wednesday, April 3 from 12:30 to 1:30 pm in LEA 738

Please see attached flyer for more information. 

Fellowship Announcement 2023-2024

Congratulations to the 2023-2024 fellowship recipients!

Trudeau Scholar: Lily-Cannelle Mathieu, https://www.trudeaufoundation.ca/member/lily-cannelle-mathieu

New Ecozoic Initiative - Dept. of Anthropology seeking applicants for the funded Leadership for the Ecozoic PhD initiative and an Ecozoic Postdoctoral Fellow

The Department of Anthropology is seeking applicants for the funded Leadership for the Ecozoic PhD initiative and an Ecozoic Postdoctoral Fellow, newly housed in our department under the umbrella of the Anthropology for the Ecozoic (A4E) hub, which also includes the Critical Media Lab, a practice-based research space for audiovisual and multimodal ethnography.

Meilin Ma (2021), Ryersonian interview with Sandra Hyde on “Racism against Asians in North America Surging,” March 29. https://ryersonian.ca/racism-against-asians-in-north-america-surging/

Congratulations to Dr. Hillary Kaell who won a SSHRC Insight grant for a 5-year project on ecological and spiritual disruptions in coastal regions of the United States

VOX POPULI ON PANDEMIC by Prof. Sandra Hyde (The Hill Times, 2021)

“Epidemics are not random events that drop from the sky without warning. Epidemic outbreaks follow the fault lines of society, where they begin to entrench more” along racial and economic disparities

Congratulations to our incoming MA student Daisy Couture for winning a McCall MacBain Scholarship!

The McCall MacBain Scholarship enables students to pursue a fully funded master’s or professional degree at McGill University while connecting with mentors and participating in an intensive leadership development program.

Prof. Katherine Lemons' book Divorcing Traditions: Islamic Marriage Law and the Making of Indian Secularism (Cornell University Press, 2019) received an Honourable Mention in the inaugural SAMSA Book Award

Congratulations to Prof. Katherine Lemons whose book Divorcing Traditions: Islamic Marriage Law and the Making of Indian Secularism (Cornell University Press, 2019) has just received an Honourable Mention in the inaugural South Asian Muslim Studies Association (SAMSA) Book Award, which recognizes scholarship taking place within the field of South Asian Muslim Studies.

Prof. Ronald Niezen awarded a Distinguished James McGill Professorship

Congratulations to Prof. Ronald Niezen, , for being awarded a Distinguished James McGill Professorship