May 10, 2019
By Natalie Boychuk Travelling to Washington, D.C. twice over the 2017-2018 school year was a memorable experience. From listening to Congresswoman Debbie Dingell speak about the Zuckerberg trial, meeting Senator Bernie Sanders, and speaking with prominent members of the U.S....
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April 1, 2019
U of T Women in House is a program co-founded and co-managed by Tina Park and the Honourable Carolyn Bennett aimed at promoting greater female representation in government. Each year, the program takes female University of Toronto students on a...
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March 30, 2019
By Matthew O’Riordan-Ross On March 22, 2019, the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy hosted a moderated panel discussion which considered the question of whether Canada is doing enough to address the UN peacekeeper sexual abuse crisis. This...
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March 25, 2019
The Peace, Conflict and Justice Society hosted its first Indigenous film screening. The event was run in collaboration with Honouring Indigenous Peoples. Our goal was to provide students with a space to discuss and evaluate Canada’s discriminatory history and its...
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February 7, 2019
The following is compiled using material from both the Woods lecture and an interview that took place earlier in the afternoon. Michael Ross is a Professor of Political Science at the University of California Los Angeles. One of his major...
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December 6, 2018
It often seems that our military institutions are shrouded in secrecy. However, on November 30, 2018, the Canadian Forces eagerly welcomed us to the Peace Support Training Centre (PSTC) at CFB Kingston. While I have had the opportunity to visit...
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November 30, 2018
The Trudeau Centre Fellow in Peace, Conflict and Justice is for Political Science doctoral students at the University of Toronto who are conducting research in areas related to peace, conflict and justice. You can read about our three PCJ fellows here....
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November 22, 2018
The Trudeau Centre Fellow in Peace, Conflict and Justice is for Political Science doctoral students at the University of Toronto who are conducting research in areas related to peace, conflict and justice. You can read about our three PCJ fellows here....
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November 15, 2018
The Trudeau Centre Fellow in Peace, Conflict and Justice is for Political Science doctoral students at the University of Toronto who are conducting research in areas related to peace, conflict and justice. You can read about our three PCJ fellows here....
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November 7, 2018
This year’s students of the Women in House program shadowed MPs and ministers and had the opportunity to sit in on various meetings, including commentary on the passing of Bill C-83, a Q&A with Supreme Court Justice Rosie Abella, and a committee meeting on Bill C-76. More importantly, they spoke with many individuals on Parliament Hill and learned from their personal experiences, creating connections and inspiration for these students.
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