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Politics - Media - 05.02.2025

Politics - 23.01.2025

A look back at a round table at the École supérieure d'études internationales on global issues in 2025 The Year of Living Dangerously .
Politics - Campus - 20.12.2024

History / Archeology - Politics - 18.11.2024
Terrorism and the UN: The history of an indefinable concept
Corentin Sire's doctoral research explores the socio-political concept of terrorism, its history and how it has changed over time within the United Nations.
Campus - Politics - 30.10.2024

Politics - Campus - 15.10.2024

Pedagogy - Politics - 15.10.2024

Politics - Social Sciences - 10.10.2024
Sexual minorities are more politically engaged
Canadians who identify as members of sexual minorities are more involved than others in non-electoral politics, according to a new study. A recently published study has found that members of Canada's LGBTQ+ community are more likely than heterosexuals to participate in non-electoral politics. They tend to be more involved in both institutional and non-institutional political activities, aside from casting a ballot.
History / Archeology - Politics - 30.08.2024
Uncovering the story behind the Mongol invasions of Japan
When Japanese samurai repelled the Mongols, their victories were attributed to typhoons whipped up by divine forces.
Politics - 14.08.2024

The "Solving the crisis:" series explores the pressing challenges of our time, including climate change, biodiversity collapse, housing affordability and more.
Social Sciences - Politics - 22.07.2024
Canadian provinces in open competition for economic immigrants
Professor Catherine Xhardez presents the results of a study of provincial policies to attract, select and, above all, retain economic immigrants.
Politics - 05.06.2024
Publication: "Hard Lessons in Corporate Governance"
Hard Lessons in Corporate Governance provides an accessible introduction to the various failed attempts at using corporate governance to improve society. It introduces the record of these failures and illuminates hard lessons spread across thousands of empirical studies. If we look at the outcomes generated by various corporate governance 'best' practices, we find that none of the practices work.
Politics - Innovation - 15.05.2024
Democracy at a critical crossroads
Politics - 08.05.2024
Show me your car and I’ll tell you who you vote for
A new UdeM study examines how a person's lifestyle influences our assumptions about their political leanings and how valid those assumptions are. Can we infer a person's voting preferences from their lifestyle choices' Are certain characteristics, such as the type of car you drive or leisure activities, really associated with different political parties' The answer seems to be yes, according to a new study by Catherine Ouellet , a professor in the Department of Political Science at Université de Montréal.
Politics - Campus - 15.04.2024

Politics - Campus - 23.02.2024
Flourishing through diplomacy and creativity
Innovation - Politics - 27.11.2023
What if ChatGPT were good for ethics?
Three big challenges - educational, democratic and legal - are raised by the growing popularity of Open AI's chatbot, says UdeM philosophy professor Marc-Antoine Dilhac.
Politics - Campus - 09.11.2023
Remembrance Day 2023
Religions - Politics - 09.11.2023

Politics - Computer Science - 30.10.2023
What can make AI safer?
UdeM's Yoshua Bengio and Catherine Régis are set to participate in the AI Safety Summit in England. On Wednesday and Thursday, world experts on artificial intelligence will gather at Bletchley Park, Buckinghamshire, England for the AI Safety Summit 2023 .
Politics - Campus - 24.10.2023
How our university responds to world events
Innovation - Politics - 26.09.2023
Balsillie School receives $5 million for responsible technology
Social Sciences - Politics - 17.07.2023
Sheryl Lightfoot appointed United Nations chair on Indigenous peoples’ rights
Politics - 24.05.2023
If I think you’re going to vote, I’ll vote too
A Ph.D. candidate in political science at UdeM has studied the influence of social pressure on whether people vote.
Politics - Law - 18.05.2023

A group of students at the University of Toronto Mississauga are at the forefront of efforts to understand transitional justice across the globe - a scholarly field that confronts how to pursue accou
Health - Politics - 28.04.2023
A time of challenge and opportunity for science communicators
Politics - Campus - 20.04.2023

Environment - Politics - 19.04.2023

Health - Politics - 17.04.2023

Politics - Health - 27.03.2023

Politics - 24.03.2023

Politics - 22.03.2023

Politics - 22.03.2023

History / Archeology - Politics - 17.03.2023

In his new book, historian Samir Saul dissects imperialism through the ages to describe its chameleon-like nature and economic underpinnings.
Pedagogy - Politics - 08.03.2023
A candid discussion with Dr. Laura Mae Lindo
Politics - Media - 06.03.2023
’Greed is good’ for likes and retweets if you’re a U.S. senator
Politics - Health - 06.02.2023

Social Sciences - Politics - 25.01.2023

Indigenous Peoples all over the world have endured a common history. And, as Uahikea Maile notes, the experience of "colonial dispossession, territorial enclosure and the subsequent creation of nation states" is not unique to North America.
Politics - 24.01.2023
Q and A with the experts: NATO’s expanding support to Ukraine
What risks do NATO members take in increasing military assistance to Ukraine? While continuing to avoid direct engagement in Russia's war on Ukraine, North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) allies have dramatically expanded their military assistance.
Politics - Psychology - 24.01.2023
Daily dose of politics leads to stress - but avoiding it can hinder civic engagement
From 24-hour news cycles to social media posts from your angry uncle, it's almost impossible not to get a daily dose of politics.
Campus - Politics - 16.01.2023
’A life-long champion of accessibility’: University of Toronto remembers former lieutenant governor and alumnus David Onley
Social Sciences - Politics - 28.11.2022

Three Western PhD candidates have been named among 166 nationwide recipients of the 2022-2023 Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships.
Politics - Campus - 14.11.2022

Politics - 11.11.2022
Remembrance and heroism
Waterloo professor on why we must be prepared to support international law University Relations Each year in Canada, November 11 is marked as Remembrance Day.
Environment - Politics - 04.11.2022
A pivotal moment in our collective goal to limit global warming
Politics - 02.11.2022
Where does the public stand on geopolitical issues?
Politics - Campus - 28.10.2022

Environment - Politics - 27.10.2022

Politics - Social Sciences - 25.10.2022

Catherine Xhardez, a new professor in the Department of Political Science, is an expert on immigration policy and federalism who believes it is possible to "integrate in order to exist.
Politics - 20.10.2022
