The Robarts Centre is now an institutional partner of the new working group, The Politics of Evidence, currently housed in the Institute for Science and Technology Studies at York University. The Politics of Evidence Working Group is a coalition of academics, scientists, and activists. Together we aspire to challenge the fraught politics of evidence in Canada today, troubling the obstacles that interfere with our “right to know” about the health and wellbeing of our bodies, communities, and environments.
Robarts executive member and faculty associate Jody Berland (Humanities) has joined the Politics of Evidence steering committee and will co-edit a spring 2015 issue of Canada Watch, a publication of the Robarts Centre, on problems of evidence in contemporary Canadian science and society.
Information about the group’s mandate, partnerships and activities can be found on its website: https://politicsofevidence.wordpress.com.
Members of the York community interested in participating should contact Jody Berland at jberland@yorku.ca or Natasha Myers, director of the ISTS, at nmyers@yorku.ca.
Scheduled events:
Screenings:
“Science of the Labs” (co-sponsored by York University Faculty of Science)
When: TBA
Where: York University
What: The CBC documentary “Science of the Labs” will be presented, followed by a round table where faculty members and graduate students will think together about the politics of evidence in Canada today.
Workshops:
Workshop with Max Libroiron on the nexus between activism and scholarship
When: January 23, 2015, 1-3 pm
Where: Artscape Youngplace, 180 Shaw Street, Toronto
What: Before the Technoscience Salon on Evidencing Disaster, Activist-researcher Max Libroiron will host our first workshop on the nexus between activism and scholarship.
Public Forums:
Town Hall on Canadian Health at York University (co-sponsored by YUFA and Scientists for the Right to Know)
When: February, 2015
Where: York University
Environmental and Reproductive Justice Forum (cosponsored by the Technoscience Research Unit, University of Toronto)
When: March, 2015
Where: TBA