Event

CANCELLED: How to tame a fox (and build a dog)

Friday, September 27, 2019 10:30to12:00
Redpath Museum In Auditorium, 859 rue Sherbrooke Ouest, Montreal, QC, H3A 0C4, CA
Price: 
FREE with admission to Museum

Book Launch and special presentation by Lee Dugatkin, animal behaviorist, evolutionary biologist and historian of science in the biology department at the University of Louisville. His research interests include altruism, aggression, the interaction of genetic and cultural transmission and the process of domestication. He is the author of more than 150 articles, two textbooks and a number of popular books. He will talk about his latest co-authored book entitled "How to tame a fox (and build a dog)" Free, everyone welcome. No reservation necessary.

In English.

With generous support from McGill Biology Dept. 

 

Land Acknowledgement

McGill University is on land which has long served as a site of meeting and exchange amongst Indigenous peoples, including the Haudenosaunee and Anishinabeg nations. We acknowledge and thank the diverse Indigenous peoples whose presence marks this territory on which peoples of the world now gather.


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We acknowledge that the return and restitution of cultural and natural heritage to communities of origin is an essential part of reconciliation and of recognizing the fundamental rights of Indigenous Peoples. As part of wider efforts to activate the standards presented in the Canadian Museums Association Report Moved to Action: Activating UNDRIP in Canadian Museums (2022), the Redpath is working towards pro-active restitution practices. As per our Collections Management Policy (2024), repatriation requests will be received by the Redpath Museum Director and will be treated on a case-by-case basis.

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