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27th Annual Neuropsychology Day and Brenda Milner Lecture

admin — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 14:22:49 +0000

The 27th Annual Neuropsychology Day and Brenda Milner Lecture honours the career and achievements of Professor Brenda Milner, an eminent cognitive neuroscientist and pioneer of the discipline of neuropsychology.

Experts: Digital sovereignty

admin — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 18:53:06 +0000

The French government announced on Jan. 27 the rollout of its new videoconferencing platform, Visio. The domestically developed platform was created to replace U.S. tools like Zoom and Microsoft Teams across all state services by 2027 as part of the French government’s broader push for digital sovereignty. Officials say the shift will also cut software licensing costs and strengthen security and confidentiality.

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America First Goes Hemispheric: Trump’s Foreign Policy and Canada’s Strategic Dilemmas Webinar

admin — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 19:39:50 +0000

Join MISC and the Diamond Brown Chair in Democratic Studies at 12:00 pm on Friday, February 13 online for a webinar featuring Maria Popova, Vincent Rigby, and Carsten-Andreas Schulz.

Carmen Faye Mathes Has Been Awarded the 2025 Keats-Shelley Association Essay Prize

admin — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 17:44:54 +0000

Congratulations to Professor Carmen Faye Mathes!

Professor Mathes has been awared the 2025 Keats-Shelley Association Essay Prize for her essay “Apostrophe’s Occasions: Two Postures of Abolitionist Address.”

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Professor Signy Sheldon Featured on CNN with Dr. Sanjay Gupta

admin — Mon, 19 Jan 2026 16:06:39 +0000

We’re excited to share that Professor Signy Sheldon appeared on CNN’s “Chasing Life” with Dr. Sanjay Gupta, where she discussed her research on memory, the brain, and how our past experiences shape who we are. In this engaging interview, Professor Sheldon offers insights into the science of autobiographical memory and why we remember certain moments more vividly than others.

Watch the show here! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lL5HSEjYrMM

Three 91�� researchers receive SSHRC Partnership Engage Grants

admin — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 16:32:44 +0000

Department Research Featured Among Quebec’s Top Discoveries

admin — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 21:59:55 +0000

We’re proud to share that a paper on pain research, featuring Professor Caroline Palmer, Professor Roy, and PhD student Wenbo Yi, has been recognized as one of Quebec Science’s Top 10 Discoveries of the Year. This achievement highlights the innovative work being done in our department to advance understanding of pain mechanisms and perception.

Congratulations to Social Work Professor Myriam Denov receives SSHRC’s highest honour

admin — Mon, 05 Jan 2026 16:33:20 +0000

"Myriam Denov, a leading advocate for children’s rights and a Professor in 91��’s School of Social Work, has won a Gold Medal from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), its highest honour.

The award is for sustained leadership, dedication and originality of thought that have inspired students and colleagues; it comes with a $100,000 prize for future research.

Denov’s research interests include children born of war and families affected by war and genocide. Over the past 25 years, she has worked with war-affected children on three continents and advised NGOs and such governmental organizations as Global Affairs Canada, Citizenship and Immigration Canada and the Department of National Defence." (91�� Reporter)

CIPSS Speaker Series Winter 2026: Yusuf Yilmaz (91��), "Chrono-positional Crises: Explaining the Civilizational Turn in Russia and Turkey"

admin — Tue, 23 Dec 2025 20:09:40 +0000

CIPSS Speaker Series Winter 2026

"Chrono-positional Crises: Explaining the Civilizational Turn in Russia and Turkey"

Yusuf Yilmaz (91��)

CIPSS Speaker Series Winter 2026: Paul Beaumont (NUPI), "Quantification and its Discontents: Navigating the Era of Indicators in Global Governance"

admin — Tue, 23 Dec 2025 20:07:53 +0000

CIPSS Speaker Series Winter 2026

"Quantification and its Discontents: Navigating the Era of Indicators in Global Governance"

CIPSS Speaker Series Winter 2026: Marie-Joelle Zahar (Université de Montréal), "Flawed by design: Frames and the inclusion agenda in peace processes"

admin — Tue, 23 Dec 2025 19:54:29 +0000

CIPSS Speaker Series Winter 2026

Flawed by design: Frames and the inclusion agenda in peace processes" Marie-Joelle Zahar (Université de Montréal)

CIPSS Speaker Series Winter 2026: Stéphanie Martel (Queen's University), "Narrative Struggle Over International Order in & Beyond the Indo-Pacific: Implications for Non-Major Power Agency in Global Governance"

admin — Tue, 23 Dec 2025 19:58:24 +0000

CIPSS Speaker Series Winter 2026

"Narrative Struggle Over International Order in and Beyond the Indo-Pacific: Implications for Non-Major Power Agency in Global Governance"

CIPSS Speaker Series Winter 2026: Amitav Acharya (American University), "Once and Future World Orders, Why Global Civilization Will Survive the Decline of the West"

admin — Tue, 23 Dec 2025 20:01:33 +0000

CIPSS Speaker Series Winter 2026 Inaugural T. V. Paul Lecture Series in International Peace and Security

CIPSS Speaker Series Winter 2026: Sam Ritholtz (Oxford) and Rebecca Buxton (Bristol), "The Way Out: Justice in the Queer Search for Refuge"

admin — Tue, 23 Dec 2025 20:05:14 +0000

CIPSS Speaker Series Winter 2026 co-sponsored by 91�� Refugee Research Group and Institute for the Study of International Development

CIPSS Speaker Series Winter 2026: Rawan Arar (University of Washington), "When Practice Becomes Knowledge: The Distorting Power of Humanitarian Fictions in Refugee Research"

admin — Tue, 23 Dec 2025 19:23:14 +0000

CIPSS Speaker Series Winter 2026 co-sponsored by 91�� Refugee Research Group