During Black History Month and every day, we encourage our community to engage with opportunities to reflect upon the past, recognize where we are now, and resolve to build a stronger future for everyone. This month, the College of Arts is proud to play an active role in various events to encourage every member of the U of G community to collectively listen, engage, and learn about Black Canadian history.
All applications must go through the Experience Guelph website. The best way to find the postings on the (slightly wonky) Experience Guelph website is by typing in keywords:
Joshua (Gus) Skorburg, U of G Philosophy, has two recent collabs with psychologists:
-A publication in American Psychologist, co-authored with Kieran O'Doherty (U of G Psychology) and Phoebe Friesen (McGill Psychology) The paper shows "why it is more important than ever to ensure that those most impacted by mental health research have a significant say in how these technologies are developed and deployed."
We are very excited to welcome Dr. Marsha Hinds Myrie and Nneka MacGregor, who will be with us as AiRs until June, 2024. Nneka and Marsha bring a wealth of knowledge and experience related to confronting gender-based violence across present-day Canada and throughout Barbados and the Commonwealth Caribbean. As Black women leaders, practitioners, scholars and activists, Marsha and Nneka have decades of experience confronting anti-Black racism and oppression, and challenging and changing other and intersecting unjust systems and structures.
Dr. Abdollah (Omid) Payrow Shabani, Professor in the De
Former History Department Masters student, Robert Flewelling, has worked with the Guelph Civic Museum to transform his Major Research Paper for us into a museum exhibit! It runs until February.
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What do John Galt and the Canada Company, the Upper and Lower Canadian Rebellions of 1837-38, a canal-building enterprise, and current (and future) land claims all have in common?
Professor Maya Goldenberg is co-author of a report from the RSC. It’s part of a series of briefings guiding policy with lessons learned from the pandemic.
"Cyberbullying girls with pornography deepfakes is a form of misogyny."--See this inportant article in the Conversation. Philosophy Ph.D. student Amanda Narvali is the lead author.
Our own Dr. Ben Bradley speaks to CBC Vancouver News about B.C tourism and the controversy over a trip to the city of New Westminster appearing as a prize on popular American gameshow, The Price is Right.
In October, alongside the folks at Ontario Barn Preservation, who have been working with Dr. Kim Martin in one of our Experiential Learning courses (HIST*4070) for several years, Dr. Martin was awarded an Architectural Conservancy of Ontario Heritage Award.