Oyfn Veg (On the Road) A Symposium on Canadian Jewish Studies

Tulchinsky Symposium Program (pdf) For more information, contact co-organizer David Koffman: koffman@yorku.ca

Oyfn Veg (On the Road) A Symposium on Canadian Jewish Studies

Tulchinsky Symposium Program (pdf) For more information, contact co-organizer David Koffman: koffman@yorku.ca

New Robarts Seminar Series Kicks Off

  Beatrice Alex, Research Fellow in Text Mining at the School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh will discuss "Finding Commodities in the Nineteenth-Century British World: A Collaboraton between Text Miners and Historians" Join us Friday October 11, 2013 749 Kaneff Tower 12:00-1:30 PM

"An Aboriginal Magna Carta?" Roundtable and launch of Canada Watch special issue

    Join us on the 250th Anniversary of the Royal Proclamation on Monday October 7, 2013 for a Roundtable Discussion and the launch of a special issue of Canada Watch (pdf). 305 York Lanes 3:00-5:00 PM       With Tom Peace (Harrison McCain visiting professor, History and Classics, Acadia University) Christopher Moore (Writer and […]

The Second Annual Robarts Lecture in Canadian Studies and Collective Book Launch

In this series of lectures, prominent York scholars provide their intellectual autobiographies, reflecting on their career in and contributions to the study of Canada. This year Pat Armstrong (Sociology and Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies, Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies) will present "Working for Care: Caring for Work" This event will also celebrate […]

Robarts Centre Reception for Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Fellows

Join us on Thursday September 26 from 3:00 - 4:30 PM for an informal reception in the 7th floor lounge of the Kaneff Tower. All graduate students and postdoctoral fellows whose research deals with Canada are welcome. We look forward to meeting you to discuss ways to support research activities and collaborations.

Indigenous Peoples and Environments Seminar Series- Fall 2013

Sponsored by the Robarts Centre for Canadian Studies Location: Room 749, 7th Floor, Kaneff Tower, Tuesday Sept 17, 2:30 pm: Robert Latham (Political Science, York Centre for International and Security Studies and Lisa Williams (Political Science and Communications and Culture, York U.) "Power, Knowledge, and the Politics of Environmental Monitoring in the Arctic" NEW Tuesday October 8, 12:30 pm: […]

Robarts Associate's documentary film premieres in Vancouver

Faculty Associate, Megan J Davies (Health and Society) writes, "for the past 2 years or maybe forever, I have been part of creating an amazing collaborative documentary film about Canada's first mental health peer support and advocacy group. The MPA (or Mental Patients Association) was formed in the turbulent years when Greenpeace took a boat to […]

A talk by Robarts Centre SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow Trudi Lynn Smith

  In the 1885 Canadian Militia Gazette, an anonymous writer proposes that “circumstances alter photographs”. Taking this deceptively simple statement as my starting point, I investigate visual practices of the 1873-74 International Boundary Commission survey by focusing on one scientific photograph, found inside present-day Waterton Lakes National Park, a federally protected area in western Canada. […]

"A LINC IN TIME": The Lincoln Alexander Story

A film produced and directed by Nicole Brooks. In his 87th year and the last known time in his own words, Lincoln Alexander gives an unedited account of his remarkable childhood, his entry into politics as the first black Member of Parliament in 1968, and his experiences as the first black Lieutenant Governor in Canada. […]