ISID Professor of Practice Jamal Saghir co-directs, with Dr Ede Jorge Ijjasz-Vasquez, this report in advance of the COP 27 (Sharm El-Sheikh Climate Change) Conference. The full report can be downloaded from the site of the Global Center on Adaptation.
Published on: 3 Nov 2022
Date: October 1 2022
The Institute for the Study of International Development and its International Development Studies program seeks course lecturers (MCLIU - unionized) for a total of 6 courses for the Winter 2023 term at McGill University. Course lecturers are required for:
Published on: 3 Oct 2022
The Institute for the Study of International Development and its International Development Studies program seeks a course lecturer (MCLIU - unionized) for a one course for the Fall 2022 term at McGill University. This is a supplementary posting, and will remain open for two days. A Course lecturer is required for:
Published on: 20 Jul 2022
The Institute for the Study of International Development congratulates Kai Scott, the 2022 winner of the Albert O. Hirschman Prize for the best paper in International Development Studies for “Governance as Argument: Expanding Land Governance through Fluid Networks of Rebellion in Kawthoolei, Myanmar”.
Published on: 17 May 2022
Professor Erik Kuhonta, Director of the Institute for the Study of International Development, discusses the recent win of Ferdinand Marcos Jr in this piece published in Open Canada.
Published on: 11 May 2022
ISID congratulates its Professor of Practice Mark Berlin for his role in the elaboration of Ottawa's forthcoming LGBT "Purge" Monument.
Said Professor Berlin:
“For decades from the 1950s to the 1990s members of the canadian armed forces ; the RCMP and the federal public service were discriminated against ; harassed ; fired or dismissed simply as result of their sexual orientation-these individuals became collectively known as purge victims.
Published on: 25 Mar 2022
Professor Diana Allan, Associate Professor in the Institute for the Study of International Development and the Department of Anthropology, is one of McGill's most recent recipients of a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair for her project, "The Anthropology of Living Archives". Professor Allan, an anthropologist and filmmaker, focuses on the histories of the 1948 displacement of Palestinian refugees to Lebanon.
Published on: 12 Jan 2022
Professor Francesco Amodio of ISID has penned an op/ed piece in the Montreal Gazette, discussing how the shortage of health care workers has not prompted the Quebec government to implement policies which will attract, admit and retain health-care workers.
Published on: 11 Jan 2022
During his official visit to the Netherlands and the Global Center on Adaptation on October 29 2021, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (seen here with Dr. Patrick Verkooijen, Chief Executive Officer, Global Center on Adaptation) examines the "State and Trends in Adaptation Report 2021: Africa", co-directed by ISID Professor of Practice Jamal Saghir. The full report can be found online.
Published on: 29 Oct 2021
In this new policy brief by Brenden McKinney, we learn that the effects of climate change are causing risk management to become an increasingly essential tool to help farmers anticipate and react to weather- related shocks like droughts and floods.
Published on: 18 Oct 2021
Date: September 30 2021
The Institute for the Study of International Development and its International Development Studies program seeks course lecturers (MCLIU - unionized) for a total of 3 courses for the Winter 2022 term at McGill University. Course lecturers are required for:
Published on: 7 Oct 2021
ISID Professor of Practice Jamal Saghir is interviewed as an expert on Lebanon's new government. The full interview is available in the link from AUB (American University of Beirut).
Published on: 29 Sep 2021
Since the Feb. 1 coup that ousted the democratically elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar has been stalemated between two very uneven, but equally resolute forces. Professor Erik Kuhonta explores the issue in an op-ed piece in the Globe and Mail. The full article can be found in the link provided.
Published on: 16 Sep 2021
The Institute for the Study of International Development, previously located in Peterson Hall, has moved to a new building at 3610 McTavish. Our new home can be found just a two minute walk further up McTavish, on the corner of Dr-Penfield. ISID’s administrative offices can be found on the 2nd floor of 3610, accessible either by stairs or by elevator. ISID is participating in the "return to campus", and this fall our offices will be open Monday to Friday with reduced staff. Please remember to wear a mask if you will be visiting us.
Published on: 17 Aug 2021
ISID congratulates Justine Coutu -- winner of the 2021 Albert O. Hirschman Prize for Best Undergraduate Research Essay in International Development Studies for her paper on “Addressing the Humanitarian Needs of Venezuelan Migrants at the Colombian Border: Implementing the Food Voucher for Vulnerable Migrants Program". Justine submitted this paper as part of her work for INTD 497, "Freedom of Movement in the 21st Century", with Professor Blair Peruniak.
Published on: 28 May 2021
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