A lecture from anthropologist and ethnomusicologist Dr. Jessica Roda about how ultra-Orthodox women use social media as a transformative counterpublic space. This was the 2021 Eakin Lecture and took place on March 18, 2021.
Watch now: https://youtu.be/KEkEgSGinEM
A lecture from human rights activist and artist Ellen Gabriel about the efforts of Indigenous communities to stop the theft and dispossession of their land, both historically and today. This was the 2021 Mallory Lecture and took place on March 10, 2021.
Watch now: https://youtu.be/k4zvsRzqfXc
A panel discussion about how to build a post-pandemic economic recovery that will help tackle climate change which took place on February 25, 2021.
Watch now: https://youtu.be/I2crzOzozFI
Featuring:
Sylvain Coulombe, Associate Vice-Principal, Innovation and Partnerships in the Office of the Vice-Principal (Research and Innovation) and Professor & Gerald Hatch Faculty Fellow in the Department of Chemical Engineering
A lecture from Dr. Debra Thompson about what defines the boundaries of Blackness and belonging in Canada, which took place on February 18, 2021.
Watch now: https://youtu.be/gqt-4soVnSs
A lecture about western alienation, Canadian federalism, regional conflict, and more that took place on Friday, February 12, 2021.
Watch now: https://youtu.be/JgKPEkRmAoA
Why, in the evolution of the Canadian federal state, does there seem to be so much regional conflict and so little unity?
The 2020 Mallory Lecture from Min. David Lametti, "From Lectures to Lawmaking," is now available to watch online!
Watch now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghlGkz-rits
The 2020 Mallory Lecture, co-presented by MISC and the McGill Faculty of Law.
The video from MISC's panel discussion, "Rediscovering Louis St-Laurent," is now available to watch online!
Watch now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzQEAZfgjhc
A discussion about the influence of a politician whose astute policies and bold resolve moved Canada into the modern era, which took place on January 28, 2021.
Featuring MISC Director Daniel Béland in conversation with:
The Hon. Jean Charest, former premier of Quebec and former deputy prime minister of Canada
After careful consideration, we have decided to postpone MISC’s Annual Conference for one year to October 28 and 29, 2021. While we will continue to organize online programming throughout the upcoming Fall and Winter semesters, we feel that it is best if the Annual Conference remain a space in which students, speakers, and audience members have the opportunity to convene and fully participate in these conversations.
To that end, we are positioning some of our online events as a lead-up to the 2021 Annual Conference.
MISC is very glad to welcome four McGill faculty members for the next two years as MISC Research Fellows:
Professor Erin Hurley (see also at CRIM)
Born November 14, 1970, in Stratford, and raised in Tavistock, Ontario. He died at home on April 4, 2020, from complications following heart surgery, at 49 years of age. His early passing is deeply mourned by his wife, Cynthia Kelly, father and mother, Bob & Joan (Korgaard) Rudy, brother and sister-in-law, Jensen & Heidi (Janzen) Rudy, their two children, Daniel & Kate Rudy, and Heidi’s father, Peter Janzen.
On September 25th, as part of Indigenous Awareness Weeks 2018, the Indigenous Studies Program hosted four incredible Inuit women in involved in the arts: Heather Igloliorte (ᓯᕈ ᐃᒡᓗᓕᐅᖅᑎ), Niap Saunders (ᓂᐊᑉ ᓴᓐᑐᔅ), Nina Segalowitz (ᓂᓇ ᓯᒐᓗᕕᑦᔅ), and Beatrice Deer (ᐱᐊᑐᐊᔅ ᑎᐅ). After presentations by each of the panelists, a warm and earnest discussion was had with the audience. A recording of the event was made and can be accessed here, there are also pictures of the event available through our Facebook page.
This weekend, Christa Scholtz (Chair, Indigenous Studies Program & Associate Professor of Political Science) wrote a letter to the editor of the Montreal Gazette:
Martin Patriquin suggests McGill University should keep the name of the men's varsity team, the Redmen. He writes that a decision to do otherwise would be "cowardice", an unprincipled abdication to political correctness. I disagree.
Daniel Béland appointed Full Professor of Political Science and Director of the McGill Institute for the Study of Canada
Daniel Béland nommé professeur titulaire de science politique et directeur de l'Institut d'études canadiennes de McGill
