May 23rd, 2023 | This article explores the 鈥榞ood American soldier鈥� as a gendered ideal type shaped by, and reproductive of, myths about American military success, romantic notions of small-town working and white America, notions of heterosexual virility, and ableist stereotypes about personal resilience.
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Published on: 23 May 2023
May 19th, 2023 | In this article, Dr. Marie-Jo毛lle Zahar analyzes the Women鈥檚 Advisory Board (WAB) to the UN Special Envoy for Syria, a unique mechanism designed to include women in peace processes. Has the WAB fulfilled its objective? Based on ethnographic material, and primary and secondary sources, we argue that the WAB fostered a sentiment of exclusion among some of its members and of the broader spectrum of Syrian women鈥檚 organizations. The article further suggests that the WAB failed to meaningfully include women in the Syria peace process.
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Published on: 19 May 2023
As 91社区 prepares to launch its own sustainable lab certification program, six research teams tested the waters to see what it takes to go green.
Six laboratory teams at 91社区 recently completed a year-long endeavor to get certified with My Green Lab, an internationally recognized online program the provides lab users with actionable ways to implement meaningful change. From waste reduction to fieldwork, this certification system gives researchers clear ways to assess their current lab practices and make improvements.
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Published on: 18 May 2023
Cell biology researcher Dieter Reinhardt explains why his lab is cool with turning up the temperature of their freezers
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Published on: 15 May 2023
May 9th, 2023 | Despite the global norm favoring women鈥檚 participation in peace negotiations, women continue to face constraints in accessing, influencing, and benefitting from peace settlements.
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Published on: 9 May 2023
April 25, 2023 | In this article, B茅n茅dicte Santoire argues that the post-Soviet space has been erased from the WPS literature because 鈥� as elsewhere in the social sciences 鈥� the end of the Cold War rearranged the East/West geopolitical imaginaries into a Global North/Global South divide. Consequently, this epistemic gap creates an incomplete picture of the WPS agenda as a whole.
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Published on: 25 Apr 2023
April 5th, 2023 | Dr. Luna KC and Dr. Chrystal Whetstone argue that grassroots Global South women, despite their marginalisation, are global gender norms actors and deserve greater decision-making power on the local and international stages. They show how the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security (WPS) and the broader WPS agenda focus on global gender norms construction in Nepal and Sri Lanka.
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Published on: 5 Apr 2023
March 23rd, 2023 | In this article, Isabella Aung discusses the importance of policy making around languageand education in building a common national identity, using the case study of Myanmar from 1962 to the present day. By comparing the Burmanization process by different Burmese governments to French nation-building through schools and schooling in the 1800s, this paper argues that the successful sustenance of diverse states draws from effective long-term diversity managementthrough education reforms.
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Published on: 23 Mar 2023
Helium is probably not the first thing that comes to mind for most people when they think about recycling 鈥� unless they鈥檙e experimental chemists working in 91社区鈥檚 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) facilities.
Published on: 16 Mar 2023
Biological research is crucial to understanding the environmental impacts of the climate crisis, but oftentimes this research involves disrupting the environment it is trying to understand and protect. This is why the聽聽decided to focus on how to make their research more sustainable.
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Published on: 28 Feb 2023
February 14, 2023 | Following Kevin Page's complexity seminar, Caroline Wilson wrote about the Canadian government making a significant shift in the right direction in terms of their commitment to gender equality and women's empowerment. She also mentioned that the method of application of policies has to be justified in the program monitoring and evaluation phases. Caroline Wilson is a Master of Public Policy candidate at 91社区.
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Published on: 16 Feb 2023
February 16th, 2023 | In this book, St茅fanie Von Hlatky gives a detailed account, based on fieldwork and interviews, of how Women, Peace and Security norms are militarized and put at the service of operational effectiveness.
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Published on: 16 Feb 2023
We are happy to share that 91社区's School of Physical and Occupational Therapy (SPOT) has launched their new telehealth knowledge platform.
was developed to respond to the need to support rehab clinicians (OT, PT, SLP) in empowering and improving virtual practices.
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Published on: 16 Feb 2023
February 9, 2023 | Following Kevin Page's complexity seminar, Elisa Alloul wrote about how the lack of accountability on how gross human rights abusers have joined UN bodies is hurting the UN's legitimacy and credibility. Elisa Alloul is a Master of Public Policy candidate at the Max Bell School of Public Policy at 91社区.
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Published on: 14 Feb 2023
February 10, 2023 | This article seeks to explain why so few women make the journey from social activism and community work to standing for election. Comparative research in Indonesia and Sri Lanka reveals four operations critical to mending the broken pathway to politics for non-elite women. Transference entails the recognition and valuing of women鈥檚 preexisting skills, knowledge and experiences gained through grassroots activity for the political field. Amplification is required of women鈥檚 symbolic capital so that it impresses upon a larger public.
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Published on: 10 Feb 2023
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