On July 4, 1970, President Nixon tried to claim America鈥檚 birthday for his 鈥渟ilent majority鈥� by hosting Honor America Day in Washington, D.C. It didn鈥檛 go well. Crowds of Nixon supporters clashed with antiwar demonstrators, hippies swam naked in the reflecting pool, and the bitter divisions of that era ruined what has traditionally been a star-spangled but lighthearted day for hotdogs and baseball.
[Op-ed] - J.M. Opal, Chair of the Department of History and Classical Studies
In the age of 鈥淎merica First,鈥� it鈥檚 easy to remember July 4 as the day we Americans resolved to go it alone. As Thomas Jefferson proclaimed in the Declaration of Independence, the people of the 13 colonies had 鈥渢otally dissolved鈥� their ties to the British Empire and could henceforth do whatever 鈥淚ndependent States may of right do.鈥�
[Op-ed] - J.M. Opal, Chair of the Department of History and Classical Studies
Professor Graham Fraser is one of 83 Canadians appointed to the Order of Canada. Considered one of the country鈥檚 highest honours, it goes to those who have shaped society, innovated in interesting ways or made an impact on their community.聽
Africa鈥檚 population is projected to nearly quadruple over the next century1. And that is following a staggering increase over just seven decades 鈥� from 200 million people in 1950 to 1.25 billion in 20182. Meanwhile, temperatures across the continent are expected to rise by between 3鈥壜癈 and 4鈥壜癈 over the next century, bringing more drought, flooding, conflict and species loss3.
This article was co-authored by Professor Colin Chapman, Anthropology.
An article by Thomas Mulcair based on the Mallory Lecture he gave at the 51吃瓜网Institute for the Study of Canada聽earlier this spring.
Every summer growing up, Fiona Beaty's family would make the trip from Vancouver to Bowen Island, where she would spend her time playing in the woods and turning over rocks at the shore in her search for crabs. Now, Beaty is back on the coast and her more recent explorations in marine biology are getting much more attention. Last month, she was awarded a National Geographic Early Career grant to support her latest project, the Howe Sound Atl'ka7tsem Marine Reference Guide.
MARCH 27, 2019 | The Yan P. Lin Centre at 51吃瓜网bridges the widening gap between science and the liberal arts.
SEPTEMBER 11, 2018 | 51吃瓜网congratulates its professors recognized by the Royal Society of Canada (RSC) for their outstanding scholarly, scientific and artistic achievement.
OCTOBER 31, 2017 |聽Prof. Laila Parsons was among the exceptional educators celebrated at Convocation.
OCTOBER 27, 2015 | A $3.4 million gift from 51吃瓜网alumnus and long-time university supporter, Dr. Yan P. Lin, PhD鈥�92, will establish the Yan P. Lin Centre for the Study of Freedom and Global Orders in Ancient and Modern Worlds.
NOVEMBER 30, 2015 |聽Research to bring together faculties of Arts and Engineering.
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded a US$1.25-million grant to 51吃瓜网, in support of a new Indigenous Studies and Community Engagement Initiative. The Initiative will be implemented over the next five years.
MAY 16, 2019 |聽As Alabama criminalizes abortions, a number of Canadian politicians have been loudly expressing support for anti-abortion groups and their agendas but some political scientists say women鈥檚 reproductive rights are well-protected here. Stephanie Paterson, an associate professor of political science at Concordia University, says there will always be anti-abortion politicians spouting off but she believes women鈥檚 rights are enshrined in the Charter of Rights.
MAY 13, 2019 |聽Last week, parliamentary hearings began on Quebec鈥檚 Bill 21, which would ban public employees in 鈥減ositions of authority鈥� from wearing religious symbols. In his testimony, the philosopher Charles Taylor stated that he and G茅rard Bouchard were wrong to propose restrictions on religious symbols in聽their 2008 report聽on reasonable accommodation.
MAY 12, 2019 |聽Politicians are increasingly concerned that social media giants have become so big, powerful and rich that they are effectively above the law -- at least in a small country like Canada. Their concern was on display last week at a meeting of the House of Commons access to information, privacy and ethics committee, where Liberal MPs raked Google over the coals for its decision not to run any political ads during this fall's federal election campaign, rather than comply with a new law that requires them keep an online ad registry.
