Despite all the whips and spurs involved, nineteenth-century Americans believed racehorses loved a little manly competition.
Read the rest of the story: https://daily.jstor.org/the-myth-of-the-noble-racehorse/
Kyle Barbour had the honour of being the subject of a recent APA member interview (on January 31st). You can find the interview on the APA blog: https://blog.apaonline.org/2020/01/31/apa-member-interview-kyle-j-barbour/
Congratulations Kyle!
Peter Loptson's new book, Reflections in Practical Philosophy and the Philosophy of Religion is now available from Cambridge Scholars Publishing (https://www.cambridgescholars.com/reflections-in-practical-philosophy-and-the-philosophy-of-religion).
Congratulations Peter!
Aleksandra Bergier and Kim Anderson have released a report which summarizes the findings of the literature review of Indigenous language revitalization initiatives across Canadian universities and focuses on the qualitative research about the current Indigenous language learning needs and challenges at the University of Guelph.
Margaret Lehman, a student in ENGL*3060, has had a review she wrote for the class published by The League of Canadian Poets: http://poets.ca/2020/01/23/pier-giorgio-di-cicco/.
SETS instructor Scott Duchesne has published an edition of Roy Mitchell's Creative Theatre with the University of Ottawa Press: https://press.uottawa.ca/creative-theatre-by-roy-mitchell.html
A hearty congratulations to MA student Nico Mara-McKay, who is a winner of one of only four national Hannah Summer Studentships. The awards are sponsored by the Canadian Society for the Study of Medicine. Nico will work this summer on their research project, "Patient Women: Surgical Instruments in the Treatment of Medieval Women's Diseases." Well done!
More information about the award.
For many Canadians, the day doesn’t begin until their first sip of coffee. But the growers who produce that coffee are struggling with a devastating disease that is putting their livelihoods at risk and leaving some coffee market observers to predict that the drink we take for granted could one day become as expensive as cognac.