March 13, 2021听| Xuan Thuy Nguyen and Deborah Stienstra听argue for recognizing the lingering impacts of colonialism and imperialism in producing disability and impairment in the South, while suggesting new ways of engaging with disabled girls and women through the use of inclusive, decolonial, and participatory methods.
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Published on: 9 Dec 2021
Jess Reia recently concluded their BMO postdoctoral fellowship with the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research on Montr茅al (CIRM). They are now undertaking new responsibilities as an assistant professor in the .
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Published on: 8 Dec 2021
October 24, 2019 | Written by Dr. Siobhan Byrne, the objective of this article is to demonstrate how feminist approaches can provide a new language of both power and sharing to illuminate pathways through the 鈥榚xclusion amid inclusion鈥� dilemma in power-sharing theory.
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Published on: 8 Dec 2021
March 29, 2021听| Written by Dr. Julia Zulver, this article focuses on the Alianza de Mujeres Tejedoras de Vida, an association of women in Putumayo who mobilized for peace and women鈥檚 rights during Colombia鈥檚 armed conflict.听
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Published on: 8 Dec 2021
July 2, 2021听| Dr. Julia Zulver writes about听The Asociaci贸n de Mujeres Afro por la Paz (Association of Afro Women for Peace鈥擜FROMUPAZ), an organization of displaced Afro-Colombian women now based in Bogot谩. The organization represents a differential brand of feminism in the face of historical and ongoing violence and provides community, support, and employment opportunities for dozens of women and their families.
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Published on: 8 Dec 2021
November 24, 2020 |听Through this conversation between anthropology, law, and feminism, Tatiana Sanchez Parra and Teresa Fernandez-Paredes听hope to shed some light on the opportunities and challenges of addressing a more comprehensive notion of reproductive violence in contexts of war and political transitions.
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Published on: 8 Dec 2021
The Data for Society Hub (DSH) teams is proud to present the brand-new website of this project led by McGill University鈥檚 (CIRM).
Here you will find a detailed overview of the DSH鈥檚 mission and structure, its three modules, resources on governance issues and data science, as well as news and publications on the progress of the work.
Happy browsing!
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Published on: 2 Dec 2021
November 3, 2021听|听As the 26th听UN Climate Change Conference takes place in Glasgow,听Maryruth Belsey Priebe听and听Tevvi Bullock听ask is there adequate attention to gender in urban-climate-conflict discussions, pledges, and policies?听Their blog is evidence听of听why the gender-climate-security nexus is critical for countries to be better prepared to deal with climate change.
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Published on: 25 Nov 2021
McGill University scientists have developed a new system for sharing the enormous amount of data being generated by the CHIME radio telescope in its search for fast radio bursts (FRBs), the puzzling extragalactic phenomenon that is one of the hottest topics in modern-day astronomy.
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Published on: 18 Nov 2021
Over the last year, the Max Bell School's听听been building out a research program on kids & tech to explore a range of policy implications related to data governance and children's rights, ed-tech, school surveillance, targeted ads, kids content, gender and mental health.
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Published on: 16 Nov 2021
Highlights
- Cancer incidence and mortality in Indigenous peoples of Canada are increasing
- These populations face modifiable risk factors and lack of access to care
- Indigenous cancer care has been jurisdictionally complex and ambiguous
- Successful initiatives must be locally contextualized, with Indigenous leadership
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Published on: 7 Oct 2021
March 1, 2020听| Children 鈥榖orn of war鈥� are increasingly recognized as a particular victim group in relevant international policy frameworks.听Previous scholarship has primarily documented the challenges faced by their mothers as caregivers and as victims of wartime sexual violence, while a听discussion on fathers to children 鈥榖orn of war鈥� is notably听absent.听Based on research in northern Uganda between 2016 and 2019, this article听explores how some fathers seek to maintain a relationship with children born as the result of 鈥榝orced marriage鈥� and assume partial or full responsibility for their wel
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Published on: 6 Oct 2021
SUMMARY
The number of patients with cancer in Africa has been predicted to increase from 844鈥�279 in 2012 to more than 1路5 million in 2030. However, many countries in Africa still lack access to radiotherapy as a part of comprehensive cancer care. The objective of this analysis is to present an updated overview of radiotherapy resources in Africa and to analyse the gaps and needs of the continent for 2030 in the context of the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
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Published on: 29 Sep 2021
September 23, 2021 | What does a feminist foreign policy entail听within the Canadian context, and how do we ensure that it observes a gender based analytical approach? This听policy report proposes concrete recommendations toward this goal, it also encourages foreign and defence actors to reflect on fundamental gender equality principles and considerations that get lost in the face of results-oriented policy approaches aimed for the short term.
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Published on: 29 Sep 2021
Stress increases people鈥檚 tendency to avoid cognitively demanding tasks, without necessarily altering their ability to perform those tasks, according to new research from McGill University.
鈥淕enerally speaking, people are demand-averse,鈥� says Ross Otto, an assistant professor of psychology at McGill and the senior author of a recent paper in Psychological Science. 鈥淸Our study showed] stress increases that aversion.鈥�
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Published on: 24 Sep 2021
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