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
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.
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.
The Data for Society Hub (DSH) teams is proud to present the brand-new website of this project led by 91社区鈥檚 (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!
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.
91社区 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.
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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- 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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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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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.
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.
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 91社区.
鈥淕enerally speaking, people are demand-averse,鈥 says Ross Otto, an assistant professor of psychology at 91社区 and the senior author of a recent paper in Psychological Science. 鈥淸Our study showed] stress increases that aversion.鈥
August, 2021 | Co-written by our postdoctoral fellow, Dr. Luna K.C., this paper uses a critical and intersectional feminist lens to uncover听the roots of the alt-right movement in Canada and听how it continues to function and proliferate.听Read on to understand how these forces operate in a Canadian context and how its inherent racism and misogyny can be countered.听
Starting in September, the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research on Montr茅al听is happy to welcome Ph.D candidate Pavel Kunysz as part of a three-month research stay!
The Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Montr茅al (CIRM) is very pleased to welcome urban studies researcher Leila Ghaffari听as the recipient of the BMO Postdoctoral Fellowship听2021鈥2022!