Staff /misc/taxonomy/term/2/all en Death of a Canadian: The Corrosive Impacts of Authenticity /misc/channels/event/death-canadian <p>Join MISC for the 2023-2024 BMP Lecture, <b>“Death of a Canadian: The Corrosive Impacts of Authenticity”</b> to be given by <b>Christopher Kirkey, Director, Center for the Study of Canada & Institute on Quebec Studies at SUNY Plattsburgh</b>.</p> Mon, 15 Apr 2024 14:00:00 +0000 mary.chin@mcgill.ca 2196 at /misc Social & Digital Media Polarizing Public Opinion in Canada /misc/channels/event/melancon-eakin-lecture <p>Join MISC for the Winter 2024 Eakin Lecture, delivered by Raphaël Melançon.</p> Tue, 27 Feb 2024 21:32:32 +0000 mary.chin@mcgill.ca 2191 at /misc The State and Future of Democracy – bilingual symposium /misc/channels/event/symposium-democratie-democracy <p>At home and abroad, the current state and future of democracy are recurring sources of public debate, as well as of collective anxiety, in a context marked by the rise of populism and the reassessment of a number of electoral and political institu</p> Thu, 22 Feb 2024 18:59:51 +0000 mary.chin@mcgill.ca 2189 at /misc The Value of Universities to Quebec and Canada /misc/channels/event/value-unis-qc-ca <p><b>Title: </b>The Value of Universities to Quebec and Canada<b> </b></p> Wed, 14 Feb 2024 17:11:14 +0000 petros.psarudis@mcgill.ca 2187 at /misc Picturing the Game: book talk by Don Weekes /misc/channels/event/picturing-game-book-talk-don-weekes-355116 <p>Join MISC and ƻԺ-Queen’s University Press for a talk by Don Weekes on his new book, <i>Picturing the Game</i><i>: An Illustrated Story of Hockey</i> on Thursday, February 29, 2024, 4 p.m. in Leacock 232.</p> Tue, 30 Jan 2024 20:20:41 +0000 mary.chin@mcgill.ca 2178 at /misc “The threat to civility and the fight for liberal democracy” /misc/channels/event/conversations-2024 <p style="text-align:center"><strong>The inaugural event of the series <em>Conversations: sponsored by Charles Bronfman</em></strong></p> <p style="text-align:center">Hosted by the ƻԺ Institute for the Study of Canada</p> Fri, 09 Feb 2024 21:45:10 +0000 mary.chin@mcgill.ca 2185 at /misc Historical Approaches to Black Studies: roundtable discussion /misc/channels/event/historical-approaches-black-studies-roundtable-discussion-344743 <p>This event is free and open to the public; <a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/historical-approaches-to-black-studies-tickets-800248965197">registration is mandatory via this link</a>.</p> Thu, 05 Jan 2023 15:06:59 +0000 blair.elliott@mcgill.ca 2141 at /misc The System is Broken: Why Canada Needs a Judicial Inquiry into Harm and Abuse in Sport and Why That’s Not Enough /misc/channels/event/system-broken-why-canada-needs-judicial-inquiry-harm-and-abuse-sport-and-why-thats-not-enough-352285 <p>The Fall 2023 Eakin Lecture, delivered by Professor Derek Silva.</p> Thu, 26 Oct 2023 16:18:04 +0000 mary.chin@mcgill.ca 2168 at /misc The North Star: Canada and the Civil War Plots Against Lincoln /misc/channels/event/north-star-canada-and-civil-war-plots-against-lincoln-351012 <p><strong>Please note that this event has been RESCHEDULED to Monday, October 30, 2023. The new location is Leacock 232, 855 Sherbrooke West, Montreal.</strong></p> Tue, 17 Oct 2023 15:00:43 +0000 mary.chin@mcgill.ca 2164 at /misc Evolving U.S. Media Perceptions of Canada in a Changing World: How our neighbours to the south see their neighbors to the north /misc/channels/event/evolving-us-media-perceptions-canada-changing-world-how-our-neighbours-south-see-their-neighbors-349801 <h3>A panel discussion among Canada-based journalists writing for U.S. media news outlets</h3> Mon, 21 Aug 2023 15:46:35 +0000 mary.chin@mcgill.ca 2162 at /misc Agent of Change /misc/channels/event/agent-change-349369 <p>This event is free, but registration is required. Register by clicking <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/agent-of-change-tickets-690993980597">here</a>.</p> Wed, 02 Aug 2023 18:10:31 +0000 mary.chin@mcgill.ca 2159 at /misc The Fate of Canada: Book Launch with Graham Fraser /misc/channels/event/fate-canada-book-launch-graham-fraser-336028 <p>Tuesday, January 25, 4 p.m. ET via Zoom.</p> <p>Register <a href="https://mcgill.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYqce6oqjktGtyG2zpGRuZz8NATHleb3zy1">here</a>.</p> Wed, 05 Jan 2022 15:13:00 +0000 blair.elliott@mcgill.ca 2117 at /misc Lii Michif Niiyanaan: We Are Métis - film screening /misc/channels/event/lii-michif-niiyanaan-we-are-metis-film-screening-355117 <p>MISC and the Indigenous Studies Program invite you to a film screening of the documentary, “Lii Michif Niiyanaan: We Are Métis." The film will be followed by a panel discussion with Scott Berthelette and by Les Sabiston, an audience Q&A, and a</p> Tue, 30 Jan 2024 21:01:35 +0000 mary.chin@mcgill.ca 2179 at /misc My Name is Not Harry: a conversation with Haroon Siddiqui /misc/channels/event/my-name-not-harry-conversation-haroon-siddiqui-354184 <p><strong><em>This event is free but registration is required. <a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/my-name-is-not-harry-a-conversation-with-haroon-siddiqui-tickets-794340663307">Please register here</a>.</em></strong></p> Thu, 11 Jan 2024 19:42:54 +0000 mary.chin@mcgill.ca 2174 at /misc MISC Brown Bag Series: Density and partisanship: Multi-scale electoral patterns in Canada, 2000-2021 /misc/channels/event/misc-brown-bag-series-density-and-partisanship-multi-scale-electoral-patterns-canada-2000-2021-354099 <p>Scholars have observed an increasingly strong relationship between population density and partisan support in the United States, with Democratic support coming from higher-density urban counties and Republican support from lower-density rural ones</p> Tue, 09 Jan 2024 17:16:26 +0000 mary.chin@mcgill.ca 2171 at /misc