This summer the Robarts Centre awarded the Barbara Godard Prize for the Best York University Dissertation in Canadian Studies to Andrew Zealley, Faculty of Environmental & Urban Change (EUC), for “Risky Beeswax: Artistic Responses to the Biopolitics of HIV/AIDS.” The Odessa Prize for the best undergraduate paper in a fourth-year course was awarded to Emily […]
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Canada on the Edge? Peoples, Places and Perspectives May 2-3, 7th floor Kaneff Tower Is Canada on the edge? Is it on the leading edge? Is it cutting edge? Or are we falling off the edge? These are all questions that we ponder in today’s changing dynamic. Join us for a series of discussions engaging […]
We are very excited to announce the relaunch of the Odessa Prize for the Study of Canada. The Odessa Prize is a major award ($1000!) given to the best paper on a Canadian topic in a fourth-year course (the paper can be written in English or French). Check out the announcement in today’s yFile. Faculty […]
The City Builders’ website, videos, documentary are now live. Visit the website at: https://toronto-city-builders.org/ The two-part documentary is on YouTube. Episode 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMTV28hJOL8 Episode 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukSL24gG2u0 And so are the 19 oral history videos: https://toronto-city-builders.org/videos/oral-history-videos/
The CSN offers a prize for the best MA-level paper (i.e. thesis or Major Research Paper) on a Canadian topic. The Robarts Centre would also welcome nomination of one paper from your programme by 20 April 2018. We will adjudicate the competition and forward a nomination to the CSN. More information is available on the […]
The CSN offers a prize for the best MA-level paper (i.e. thesis or Major Research Paper) on a Canadian topic. The Robarts Centre would also welcome nomination of one paper from your programme by 20 April 2018. We will adjudicate the competition and forward a nomination to the CSN. More information is available on the […]
The Robarts Centre for Canadian Studies offers a prize for the best dissertation on a Canadian topic each year. This award is offered in memory of a former colleague who made substantial contributions to the study of Canada. The criteria are as follows: “This prize is awarded to the doctoral dissertation on a Canadian topic […]
The Robarts Centre is pleased to announce that the 2016 Godard Prize has been awarded to Brittany Luby (History) for her dissertation “Drowned: Anishinabek Economies and Resistance to Hydroelectric Development in the Winnipeg River Drainage Basin, 1873-1975.” The adjudication committee was compelled by “the rich, textured story Luby’s dissertation told and the depth to which […]
We are proud to release this year’s edition of Canada Watch “Canada: Homeland or Hostile Land?” This year’s issue contains amazing works examining state oppression, critiquing Canadian multiculturalism, and analyzing the relationship between the Canadian state and ‘outsiders.’ The papers in this issue were written by the esteemed presenters from the 2016 Robarts Centre Annual Graduate […]