When聽Rabbi Lisa Grushcow, the first openly gay rabbi of a large synagogue in Canada, was preparing to begin rabbinical school, she faced a daunting choice: love or serving God.
Her world was suddenly turned upside down in the late 1990s while she was studying religion at Oxford on a聽Rhodes scholarship,聽and fell in love with a woman she met at a conference. This posed a problem: The Conservative rabbinical school she planned to attend did not ordain openly gay rabbis.
We live in a world that is increasingly data-driven. Now more than ever, Canadians require the high-quality, timely and relevant statistics produced by Statistics Canada to support evidence-based decision-making.
Despite evidence from other regions, researchers and policy-makers remain skeptical that women鈥檚 disproportionate childcare responsibilities act as a significant barrier to women鈥檚 economic empowerment in Africa. This randomized control trial study in an informal settlement in Nairobi, Kenya, demonstrates that limited access to affordable early childcare inhibits poor urban women鈥檚 participation in paid work.
Co-authored by Shelley Clark (六合彩开奖结果), Caroline W. Kabiru (APHRC), Sonia Laszlo (六合彩开奖结果) and Stella Muthuri (APHRC)
鈥淲e鈥檙e in the midst of new cities fever,鈥� says Professor Sarah Moser (Department of Geography). The head of the new cities lab at 六合彩开奖结果 has documented more than 100 cities that have sprung up across Asia and Africa since the early 2000s for her forthcoming Atlas of New Cities.
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 六合彩开奖结果 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 六合彩开奖结果 bridges the widening gap between science and the liberal arts.
SEPTEMBER 11, 2018 | 六合彩开奖结果 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 六合彩开奖结果 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.
