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Teen Sexting : The criminalization of Sexualized ‘Selfies’

Atin Ramola — Tue, 25 Mar 2014 20:11:06 +0000

Consideration of the child protection, crime prevention, and criminal law response to youths’ production and distribution of digital sexual imagery, the limits of the emerging construction of consensual sexting as ‘self-exploitation’ and the relationship of this rhetoric to mounting fears about the so-called ‘sexualization of culture’. Conclusion: criminal law is too blunt a tool to address teenage sexting, consensual or otherwise.

Prof. Lara Karaian, Carleton University

Prof. Julie Lavigne, UQAM and IGSF Visiting Scholar

Defining the Lines between Free Expression, Privacy, Safety and Regulation

Atin Ramola — Tue, 25 Mar 2014 20:11:01 +0000

Defining the line on cyber-bullying and cyber-harassment. Shariff argues for a need to engage young people in critically assessing the impact of their online postings through dialogue and interactive projects that help them “define the line” as well as increased sensitization of the legal community to the realities of young people’s modes of communication. She argues that new legislation will simply result in criminalizing youth.

Prof. Shaheen Shariff, McGill
Prof. Gabriella Coleman, McGill

Bloomsday 2012, Keynote address by Dr Michael Kenneally

Xiao Huang — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 14:51:48 +0000

Dr Kenneally is the Principal and Chair of the School of Canadian Irish Studies at Concordia University. He delivered this keynote address at the McCord Museum as a launch to Bloomsday 2012, organized by the McGill Community for Lifelong Learning.

Principal Heather Munroe-Blum speaks to the Canadian Club, March 11th, 2013

Isabella Liu — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 19:01:41 +0000

After a decade as Principal, Heather Munroe-Blum reflects on the lessons of her term and the serious challenges facing Quebec’s universities in a speech at the Canadian Club in Montreal, March 11, 2013.

Participatory Research: If We Want More Evidence-Based Practice, We Need More Practice-Based Evidence

Cody Rei-Anderson — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 16:29:52 +0000

On October 24, 2006, PRAM welcomed special guest speaker Lawrence Green, formerly of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta and author of the PRECEDE-PROCEED Ecological Model of Health Program Planning & Evaluation.

Luc Courchesne: You Are Here

Cody Rei-Anderson — Wed, 02 May 2012 18:34:02 +0000

A lecture from Luc Courchesne, professor at Université de Montréal and director of Metalab, Society for Arts and Technology (SAT). Part of the Winter 2012 lecture series from McGill’s School of Architecture.

Andrew King: Gerald Sheff Lecture, Winter 2012

Cody Rei-Anderson — Wed, 02 May 2012 18:34:02 +0000

A lecture from Andrew King, Gerald Sheff visiting professor in Architecture at McGill, 2012. Part of the Winter 2012 lecture series from McGill’s School of Architecture.

David Scott: Supertall and Superfast: Design and Construction Challenges in Steel

Cody Rei-Anderson — Wed, 02 May 2012 18:34:02 +0000

A lecture from David Scott, Principal, Arup. Part of the Winter 2012 lecture series from McGill’s School of Architecture.

Alessandra Ponte: Journey to the North of Quebec: Understanding (McLuhan’s) Media

Cody Rei-Anderson — Wed, 02 May 2012 18:34:01 +0000

A lecture from Alessandra Ponte, professor at Université de Montréal. Part of the Winter 2012 lecture series from McGill’s School of Architecture.

Chris Hedges: Media, Politics and Protest Camps in the Occupy Social Movement, Keynote address

Cody Rei-Anderson — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 15:00:08 +0000

This conference and roundtable engage the public in an effort to address many of the media, political and social themes that have transpired during the months-long Occupy protests.

Keynote address by Chris Hedges: journalist, author, war correspondent, and public intellectual. His most recent book is The World As It Is (2011).

The Importance of Recognizing the Color of Science

George He — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 20:22:42 +0000

This special Black History Month lecture by Frederic Bertley (Vice-President, Franklin Institute, Philadelphia) focuses on contemporary black and brown scientists who are contributing significantly to science. The talk challenges the idea that scientists in general, regardless of race, are not well recognized and celebrated. This talk is sponsored by the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia, and the Garvey Institute Inc. in Montreal.

Steve Rayner: Climate Geoengineering Governance

George He — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 21:01:34 +0000

Special presentation by Steve Rayner (James Martin Professor of Science and Civilization at the Saïd Business School and Director of the Institute for Science, Innovation and Society, Oxford University). He describes himself as an “undisciplined” scholar lending a social science perspective to major matters of science and technology. He was also listed by Wired Magazine on the 2008 smart list as one of the 15 people the next President should listen to. Join us as we listen to him in the Redpath Museum Auditorium.

Voices of Change: A Conversation with International Disability Leaders

Jennifer Towell — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 15:46:37 +0000

Judith E. Heumann is Special Advisor for International Disability Rights to the U.S. Department of State and former World Bank Advisor on Disability and Development. Steven Estey is former Human Rights Officer at Disabled Peoples International and Chair of the International Committee of the Council of Canadians with Disabilities.

Life as an Astronaut: Dave Williams

Cody Rei-Anderson — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 19:54:54 +0000

Dave Williams graduated from McGill’s Faculty of Medicine and embarked on a fulfilling career as a physician… then he applied to be an astronaut. Hear about his first trip into space and life lessons learned along the way.

A Degree with a Difference

Elyse Cragg — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 20:22:30 +0000

The Student Exchanges and Study Abroad office asked McGill students Amanda, Marc and Olga to talk about their experiences studying abroad on student exchanges.

What I wish I had known about teaching when I started

Cody Rei-Anderson — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 18:47:35 +0000

In this footage from the “Learning to Teach” workshop, designed for graduate students and postdoctoral students who are presently teaching or hope to one day teach, Professor Frédéric Mégret offers some closing remarks on teaching to wrap up the workshop.

Teaching to learn: A view from the trenches of a large freshman course

Cody Rei-Anderson — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 18:47:33 +0000

In this footage from the “Learning to Teach” workshop, designed for graduate students and postdoctoral students who are presently teaching or hope to one day teach, Professor Ken Ragan speaks about the unique challenges of reaching students in a large lecture course.

On "Racial Fever"

Cody Rei-Anderson — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 18:21:05 +0000

What makes a person Jewish? Why do some people feel they have physically inherited the memories of their ancestors? Is there any way to think about race without reducing it to racism or to physical differences? In this lecture promoting her new book “Racial Fever: Freud and the Jewish Question”, Dr. Eliza Slavet moves far beyond debates about how Freud felt about Judaism; instead she explores what he wrote about Jewishness: what it is, how it is transmitted, and how it has survived.

Darwin and Love

Cody Rei-Anderson — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 19:26:03 +0000

McGill celebrates Darwin Day and Valentine’s Day with this special presentation by Dr. David Green, the director of Redpath Museum, on courtship and sexual selection in a range of species.

Les réalités de la vie familiale contemporaine s'accordent souvent mal avec le droit de la famille

Cody Rei-Anderson — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 17:25:42 +0000

Robert Leckey, qui présente ici l’étude « Families in the Eyes of the Law: Contemporary Challenges and the Grip of the Past » qu’il a menée pour l’IRPP, est professeur adjoint à la Faculté de droit de l’Université McGill. Pour plus d’informations ou pour télécharger l’étude, veuillez visiter le site www.irpp.org.

Contemporary Family Realities Often at Odds with Family Law

Cody Rei-Anderson — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 17:12:59 +0000

Robert Leckey is an assistant professor in the Faculty of Law at McGill. He is also the author of the IRPP study, “Families in the Eyes of the Law: Contemporary Challenges and the Grip of the Past.” This podcast is part of the IRPP’s Interview with the Author series. For more information, or to download the study, visit www.irpp.org.

Mythes du H1N1

Cody Rei-Anderson — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:30:25 +0000

Il est parfois difficile de séparer le vrai du faux à propos de maladies comme la grippe H1N1. Cette vidéo réfute certains mythes colportés à ce sujet, et notamment l’idée voulant que cette grippe est somme toute bénigne et que le temps d’attente est très long aux centres de vaccination.

H1N1 Myths

Cody Rei-Anderson — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:25:34 +0000

It can sometimes be hard to separate fact from fiction when it comes to diseases like H1N1. This video debunks some of the myths surrounding the disease, such as the common misconceptions that it’s not really that big of a problem, or that getting vaccinated takes a long time.

Tony Blair on Faith and Globalization

Cody Rei-Anderson — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:04:19 +0000

Tony Blair, on behalf of the Tony Blair Faith Foundation, announces that McGill is the first Canadian university, and only the fourth in the world, to join its groundbreaking Faith and Globalization Initiative.

A Conversation with His Holiness the Dalai Lama

Cody Rei-Anderson — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:01:39 +0000

On October 3, 2009, McGill hosted a presentation by His Holiness the Dalai Lama on education and ethics in today’s world. Faculty of Education students from six Quebec universities attended. Following the talk, His Holiness responded to questions.

Honorary Degree Address

Cody Rei-Anderson — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:39:18 +0000

At a ceremony in which he receives an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from McGill University, former U.S. President Bill Clinton urges his audience to tackle world issues by fostering a “communitarian consciousness.”

Food and Fuel

Cody Rei-Anderson — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 19:32:09 +0000

Dr. Donald Smith is James McGill Professor and Chair of the Department of Plant Science. His research interests are in the area of plant ecophysiology.