Event Location: Online

Queen’s University hosts a lecture on “Mass Legislation: A Democratic Theory of Referendums and Ballot Initiatives.” The relationship between democracy and popular vote processes, such as referendums and ballot initiatives, is deeply contested. Spencer McKay, Buchanan Postdoctoral Fellow in Canadian Democracy, who suggests that popular vote processes are democratic when they are designed as institutions of mass legislation. … Read more

The University of Ottawa hosts a lecture on “Avoiding the Terrorist Trap: Why Respect for Human Rights is the Key to Defeating Terrorism,” with author Tom Park whose latest book (of the same title) explores five key points, including that the existential threat is not posed by the terrorist attack itself, but in how we respond. This event … Read more

McGill University hosts the 2021 Eakin Lecture on “‘One-man war’: Lone-actor terrorism in Canada, 1868–2018.” Steve Hewitt, senior lecturer in American and Canadian Studies at the University of Birmingham, will examine 19 lone-actor terrorist attacks that occurred in Canada across a 150-year period, specifically between 1868-2018. This work is part of a larger monograph that will eventually provide a … Read more

The University of Ottawa hosts a webinar, “Coming In from the Cold: Canada’s National Housing Strategy, Homelessness and the Right to Housing in a Transnational Perspective.” Looking at examples from Finland and Scotland, this panel discussion will explore how the Canadian government could realize the right to housing in the context of reducing homelessness. This event … Read more

The University of Ottawa hosts a webinar, “Is Neoliberalism Dead at Last?” the first in a series of roundtables co-hosted with the International Political Economy Network. A panel of acadmics will discuss whether recent events (from the role of the state in supporting the economy during the Covid-19 pandemic, to the increasing conspicuousness of the roles of race, class … Read more

Carleton University hosts a webinar, “Combatting Neo-Fascism and Populism in Everyday Practices”, part of the series “Provocation and Challenge: Populism and Neo-Fascism in Transnational Contexts” co-hosted by the Embassy of Germany in Canada and Canadian Heritage. These panel discussions explore the transatlantic connections between Europe and Canada both in terms of far-right ideologies and networks and … Read more

Carleton University hosts the 2021 Peter Stursberg Foreign Correspondents Lecture featuring Nima Elbagir, CNN’s Senior International Correspondent, based in London. This event will take place online.

Deputy Health Minister Dr. Stephen Lucas will deliver a keynote address on “Driving Change Together: Priorities for Substance Use and Mental Health Beyond the Pandemic” part of the Issues of Substance 2021 conference hosted by the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction from Nov. 23-25. This event will take place online.

As part of the Bank of Canada’s annual economic conference on “Behavioral Macroeconomics and Finance: Implications for Central Bankers,” the bank will broadcast a lecure on “Narrative Economics and Monetary Policy” by Robert Shiller, 2013 Nobel Laureate for Economic Sciences, Yale University. This event will take place online.

The Canadian Museum for Human Rights hosts a webinar on “Facebook, Big Tech and the spread of online hate: A conversation about rights and democracy in the digital age.” The Walrus editor-in-chief Jessica Johnson will chat with Taylor Owen, Beaverbrook Chair in Media, Ethics and Communications and professor at McGill University, about the right to be protected from harmful speech as well as … Read more