My Name is Not Harry: a conversation with Haroon Siddiqui
MISC and the Institute for Islamic Studies presented a book talk by the author Haroon Siddiqui, on his new book, My Name is Not Harry.
January 25, 2024
MISC Brown Bag series: Density and partisanship: Multi-scale electoral patterns in Canada, 2000-2021
Professor Benjamin Forest, Associate Professor of Geography and a fellow at the McGill Institute for the Study of Canada, gave a presentation relationship between population density and partisan support in Canada for the eight Federal elections between 2000 and 2021.
January 29, 2024
Historical Approaches to Black Studies: roundtable discussion
A roundtable discussion featuring remarks from David Austin, Sarah Riley Case, and Wendell Adjetey, exploring perspectives and approaches to Black Studies with a particular emphasis on its uniqueness in the Canadian context. Part of McGill University's Black History Month programming.
February 7, 2024
Lii Michif Niiyanaan: We Are Métis - film screening
MISC and the Indigenous Studies Program co-organized a film screening of the documentary, “Lii Michif Niiyanaan: We Are Métis," followed by a panel discussion with Scott Berthelette and by Les Sabiston
February 21, 2024
Picturing the Game: book talk by Don Weekes
MISC and McGill-Queen's University Press co-organized a book talk by the author Don Weekes, on his new book, Picturing the Game.
February 29, 2024
The Value of Universities to Quebec and Canada
MISC and the Consortium of English Language CEGEPs, Colleges and Universities of Quebec co-organized roundtable panel with Graham Carr (Concordia University), Sébastien Lebel-Grenier (Bishop’s University), Deep Saini (McGill University), Martine St.-Victor (Edelman Montreal), and Val Walker (BHER), moderated by Francine Pelletier (journalist-in-residence at Concordia University) on the impact of Quebec’s recent decision to raise tuition fees and impose language requirements on out-of-province and international undergraduate students on Quebec and Canada, and the role and responsibility of universities relative to the big issues of our time.
March 13, 2024
The State and Future of Democracy – bilingual symposium
MISC, the Centre for the Study of Democratic Citizenship (CSDC), and the Consortium on Electoral Democracy (C-Dem) co-organized a bilingual symposium bringing together academics and practitioners to discuss current trends in public opinion and issues related to democratic practices and reforms in both Canada and Quebec.
Two keynote speakers opened the morning and afternoon panel discussions, respectively: Professor Allison Harell (UQAM) and Professor Ruth Dassonneville (UdM).
March 25, 2024
Social & Digital Media Polarizing Public Opinion in Canada
The Winter 2024 Eakin Lecture, delivered by Raphaël Melançon, on how the advent of the Internet and social media has, in the past two decades, contributed to amplifying social tensions, polarizing public opinion, and radicalizing political discourse in Canada.
March 27, 2024
The threat to civility and the fight for liberal democracy
The inaugural event of the series Conversations: sponsored by Charles Bronfman, featuring Rosalie Silberman Abella, retired Supreme Court of Canada justice and world-renowned expert on human rights law, Luís Roberto Barroso, President of the Brazilian Federal Supreme Court, known for his strong stance against corruption and for promoting human rights and democracy, and Vikas Swarup, retired career diplomat from India, former High Commissioner of India to Canada, and author of the novel Slumdog Millionaire, moderated by Nahlah Ayed, award-winning foreign correspondent and host of CBC Radio One’s IDEAS.
April 8, 2024
Death of a Canadian: The Corrosive Impacts of Authenticity
The 2024 BMP Lecture, delivered by Christopher Kirkey, on authenticity and its corrosive impacts on the professional life of Canadian scholars living abroad.
May 22, 2024
