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Learning How to Throw a Mean Left Hook Made Me a Better Communicator

Last summer, I discovered that putting on a pair of boxing gloves provided me with so much more than an outlet to work out the frustrations of the day. Learning to throw a punch (however lacking my technique may be) helped me to communicate better, both personally and professionally. How, you may wonder? The key […]

Reimagining rather than Reconciling: An Interview with Professor Ruth Green

This interview was conducted by India Madsen on September 27th, 2022.  Recently, I had the privilege of sitting down with Dr. Ruth Green. Dr. Green is a member of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, an associate professor of Social Work, and Special Advisor to the Dean on Indigenous Issues, in the Faculty of LA&PS. We discussed insights […]

Your September Virtual Care Package

You’re lazing on the beach, one hand draped over your eyes to block the sun, the other idly sifting through the warm sand. The summer scene is almost perfectly serene—except for a faint ringing sound in the distance. At first, you’re able to put it out of your mind. But as the sound slowly comes […]

Indigenous protests and the courts - March 23rd, 2022

This workshop will provide a brief overview of how the right to protest is protected in Canada, a discussion of some limits on the right to protest and tools used to limit protests (by-laws, statutes, injunctions) and finally, concerns about ways in which Indigenous protests rights are limited/suppressed. Poster (PDF)

Peace and Security in Indo-Pacific Asia: IR Perspectives in Context - March 22, 2022

Peace and Security in Indo-Pacific Asia is for the informed, the interested, and the engaged. Sorpong Peou brings together the skills of the pedagogue with the knowledge of the scholar.  Peou’s excellent book provides both the lay reader and the specialist with six important theoretical frameworks which should provide the basis for better appreciation of […]