Congratulations to Professor Karyn Freedman of Philosophy, whose book, One Hour in Paris, has been longlisted for CBC's Canada Reads competition. The winner for 2016 was Professor Lawrence Hill of SETS with his book, The Illegal. The final five will be announced January 31, 2017. Find more information here: http://www.cbc.ca/books/2016/12/the-canada-reads-2017-longlist.html
Dr. Alan McDougall's book on East German football, The People's Game: Football, State and Society in East Germany (Cambridge University Press, 2016) made The Guardian Best Sports Books of 2016 list.
Now available in paperback and makes a wonderful Holiday gift.
Congratulations from all of us!
Starting in Fall 2017, students will be able to register for a Minor degree in Studio Art. Details will be outlined in the new undergraduate calendar for
2017-2018. If you have any questions about the Minor, please contact the BACO office (Bachelor of Arts Counselling Office)
Professor Karyn Freedman writes on the Huffington Post Blog about implicit misogyny.
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/karyn-l-freedman/steven-galloway-letter_b_1...
Our Associate Professor Stefan Linquist is principal investigator on a new SSHRC Insight Grant. Congratulations, Stefan!
SSHRC Insight Grant: $85,279.
It might come as a surprise that only a small fraction of the DNA in our cells (less than 2%) encodes the various proteins that build our hair cells, bone cells, neurons, and all other human cell types. This raises the question of what, if anything, the remaining 98% is doing?
Two recently-announced research grants include our own Associate Professor Maya Goldenberg. Congratulations, Maya!
SSHRC Insight Development Grant, $58,000 , 2016-2018
Primary Investigator: Dr. Janet Parsons, Applied Health Research Centre, St. Michael's Hospital
Congratualations to SETS PhD graduate and sessional instructor Tony Berto, whose play Row was a winner in the Arch and Bruce Brown Playwriting Competition. This is the sixteenth year of the competition for which 267 submissions were received.
Ajay Heble, a professor in the School of English and Theatre Studies, was named the SSHRC 2016 Impact Award winner in the partnership category during an event today in Ottawa. He is the first U of G professor to win an Impact Award in this category. Heble will receive a $50,000 grant for research, promotion, knowledge mobilization or related activities.
