Category: Society and culture

Education, Society and culture

The long fight against sexual assault and harassment at universities

Catherine Carstairs, University of Guelph and Kathryn Hughes, University of Guelph https://narrations.ad-auris.com/widget/the-conversation-canada/the-long-fight-against-sexual-assault-and-harassment-at-universities With the return to university campuses this fall, there have been disturbing reports of both sexual assaults and sexist incidents. At Western University, for example, four students reported being sexually assaulted and there was mass student mobilization following social media reports of numerous sexual assaults at a residence. Police say while they have … Continue reading The long fight against sexual assault and harassment at universities

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Society and culture

Reckoning with the truths of unmarked graves of Indigenous children, education systems must take action

Lisa Korteweg, Lakehead University; Pauline Tennent, University of Manitoba, and Tesa Fiddler The education system needs to help teachers address, repair and heal education towards and beyond reconciliation. “It’s clear that there will be more unmarked graves found at residential schools, but what are we (educators) supposed to do? How are we supposed to fix this?” These were questions posed by non-Indigenous teachers during a … Continue reading Reckoning with the truths of unmarked graves of Indigenous children, education systems must take action

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Society and culture

A Tribute to Indigenous Mothers by Their Indipino Children

Filipino fathers and Indigenous mothers with their Indipino children. PHOTO BY GILBERT ALMAZAN Indigenous and Aboriginal women on Bainbridge Island had to hide their identity. Now, their adult children embrace it. BY VALERIE SCHLOREDT Honor Thy Mother is a documentary tribute to the Aboriginal Canadian and Native American women who assimilated into a Filipino immigrant community on Bainbridge Island in the 1940s. In the film, their adult children … Continue reading A Tribute to Indigenous Mothers by Their Indipino Children

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Gender, Society and culture

U.S. abortion bans compel women to be not just Good Samaritans, but ‘splendid’ ones

Kimberley Brownlee, University of British Columbia https://narrations.ad-auris.com/widget/the-conversation-canada/u-s–abortion-bans-compel-women-to-be-not-just-good-samaritans–but–splendid–ones If a music lovers’ society kidnaps you and attaches you at the kidneys to a famous violinist with a fatal disease, are you required to stay and keep him alive for nine months until he recovers? This is the well-known thought experiment posed by the late American philosopher Judith Jarvis Thomson in “A Defense of Abortion.” The essay … Continue reading U.S. abortion bans compel women to be not just Good Samaritans, but ‘splendid’ ones

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Parc-Extension: How immigrants are integrating into Montréal’s most multi-ethnic neighbourhood

Yanick Farmer, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) The sense of belonging that immigrants develop with their host society is not very often reflected in media coverage or speeches by public figures, which tends to focus on activism. What makes immigrants feel like they are part of their host society is, above all, having their basic needs met. Because of the diversity in Montréal, as … Continue reading Parc-Extension: How immigrants are integrating into Montréal’s most multi-ethnic neighbourhood

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