The Social Science programme is once again offering a week of talks on a variety of topics that will be of interest to the entire college community. Social Science Week will take place between February 12-16. Please review the line-up for the week in the programme. Social Science Week is an opportunity for students to see what contemporary Social Scientists are up to and to learn more about the many pathways Social Science study can lead to. It is also a moment to reflect deeply on the most meaningful questions we face at this point in history, questions about climate catastrophe, our rapidly changing media landscapes, art-making and race-relations, and how to think about conflict, both locally and abroad. These talks invite students and faculty to step out of the constraints of the traditional classroom, and into conversations about the world that is and the world that is to come.
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2024 Schedule
8:30 a.m.
Coronā Devī has Entered the Chat: Online Media Discourse and South Asian Goddesses Associated with Covid-19Thomas Seibel*Sponsored by Social Science10:00 a.m.
“We made the Church our relative”: Métis Religion and RelationalityEllen Dobrowolski*Sponsored by Social Science11:30 a.m.
GAY 4 DATA: The Questions we ask reveal what we valueSarah Mangle*Sponsored by Social Science1:00 p.m.
Teaching in Community-Pedagogies for Social Change and SolidarityTesfa Peterson2:30 p.m.
Social Media and Polarization: War at Our FingertipsBrian Redekopp and Joseph Rosen4:00 p.m.
The Fungal Imaginary: Monster Mushrooms in Contemporary MediaElliot Mason*Sponsored by Social Science6:30 p.m.
Cinema Politica ScreeningInvasion and The Klabona Keepersfollowed by conversion with Tamo Campos, director of The Kablona Keepers8:30 a.m.
No Reconciliation before Truth: Learning the Colonial History of Dawson CollegeBen Lander10:00 a.m.
Afro-Bubble Gum: Rest is RadicalAsh Marshall*Sponsored by Living Campus12:00p.m.
Overview of the World Bank institutions and how they work Juliette d’Hollander2:30 p.m.
Canada as a Refuge: Immigration and Multiculturalism in twentieth century CanadaJames Volemsky4:00 p.m.
A Measure of UNCERTAINTYAndrew Katz and Joel Trudeau from S.P.A.C.E.6:30 p.m.
Cinema Politica ScreeningOur Bodies are your Battlefieldsfollowed by Q&A with Anaïs Zeledon Montenegro8:30 a.m.
Cities as Systems of Diversity: Why Jane Jacobs Matters for the Future EconomyCharles-Albert Ramsay10:00 a.m.
Designing Streets: Safety, Universal Accessibility & SustainabilityBartek Komorowski11:30 a.m.
A Reading from Edward Said’s Culture and ResistanceAbeer Esber*Sponsored by Social Science1:00 p.m.
The Pathways and Protocols of Indigenous StorytellingRoxann Whitebean*Sponsored by Living Campus2:30 p.m.
Stella 101Stella, l’amie de Maimie*Sponsored by Social Science4:00 p.m.
Eco-AnxietyCristina Cugliandro, Imago Theatre*Sponsored by Social Science6:30 p.m.
Cinema Politica Screening5 Broken Cameraswith Oula Hajjar as guest speaker8:30 a.m.
Religion and Genocide in Rwanda in the early 1990sSpyridon (Spiros) Loumakis10:00 a.m.
ENVIRONMENTAL SEMINARMaking Change in the Food System: The George Brown College Honours Bachelor of Food StudiesLori Stahlbrand11:30 a.m.
The Global Challenge of Electronics: a perspectivePierre-Jean Alarco1:00 p.m.
Land and Relations Through the Art of Norval MorrisseauCarmen Robertson*Sponsored by Living Campus2:30 p.m.
Psychedelics for the treatment of psychological disordersRajesh Malik4:00 p.m.
Jazz, Art, and the Second World War in MontrealSean Mills*Sponsored by the Montreal History Group6:30 p.m.
Cinema Politica ScreeningWe are Guardiansfollowed by a Q&A with Carlee Loft*Sponsored by Living Campus1:00 p.m.
Peace & Self PanelPanelists Susan Finch, Lisa Steffen and Amanda Beattie Note
All talks will take place in room 5B.16
