/channels/taxonomy/term/19651/all en /channels/channels/news/jennifer-welsh-canada-surviving-era-trumps-administration-tvo-today-364670 <p>March 11, 2025 | Director <a href="/maxbellschool/our-people/mpp-teaching-faculty/jennifer-welsh">Jennifer Welsh</a> spoke about Canada surviving under Trump administration on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTCqfy5YO7o">TVO Today</a>. Canada's foreign policy has long been influenced by the USA. So an important question arises now, how does Canada navigate in this new political climate? And how independent can Canada really become from the USA?</p> Tue, 01 Apr 2025 21:18:32 +0000 webfull 208460 at /channels /channels/channels/event/caring-conversations-positive-aspects-caregiving-364669 <p><a href="/dementia/support-groups/caring-conversations/caring-conversations-past-episodes"><em><strong>Caring Conversations</strong></em></a> is an online forum for care partners of people living with dementia to learn from ex</p> Tue, 01 Apr 2025 20:52:25 +0000 webfull 208458 at /channels /channels/channels/news/jennifer-welshs-special-issue-localization-world-politics-oxford-academic-364668 <p>Director <a href="/maxbellschool/our-people/mpp-teaching-faculty/jennifer-welsh">Jennifer Welsh</a> co-edited a special issue of <em>Global Studies Quarterly </em>on <a href="https://academic.oup.com/isagsq/article/5/1/ksaf023/8102163"><em><strong>Localization in World Politics</strong></em></a>. Welsh co-edited the collection of articles and co-authored the introductory essay. The article tackles four questions: (1) Why has localization become a focus of scholarly and policy attention? (2) What are the historical precursors of localization?</p> Tue, 01 Apr 2025 20:13:26 +0000 webfull 208457 at /channels /channels/channels/news/dean-vivek-venkatesh-and-professor-josheph-levitan-visit-unesco-mgiep-part-research-tour-364667 <p>UNESCO MGIEP recently hosted Faculty of Education Dean, Vivek Venkatesh, and Professor Joseph Levitan, DISE, for a dialogue on community based participatory action research, and pluralism and polarization.</p> <p>Their visit was part of a research tour including a dialogue on these topics to foster collaboration and to exchange ideas on education and societal challenges.</p> Tue, 01 Apr 2025 20:07:18 +0000 webfull 208456 at /channels /channels/channels/news/schulich-alumni-and-faculty-54th-juno-awards-364656 <p>Several Schulich faculty members and alumni are among this year’s JUNO Award winners and nominees! We are so proud to see these talented artists honoured for their contributions to Canada’s vibrant music industry. </p> <p>Celebrating excellence in Canadian music, the 2025 JUNO Awards took place March 30 in Vancouver, British Columbia. </p> <p> </p> <p>And the winner is:</p> Tue, 01 Apr 2025 18:50:21 +0000 webfull 208446 at /channels /channels/channels/news/susanhub-vast-growing-resource-collaboration-sustainability-research-364653 <p>Universities are typically organized into silos – engineering, business, medicine – but sustainability requires collaboration across these fields. “For example, solar energy involves policy, engineering, business,” says <a href="/desautels/juan-c-serpa"><strong>Juan Camilo Serpa</strong></a>, an Associate Professor at ���ϲ����� Desautels.” To foster cross-disciplinary collaboration among sustainability researchers, Serpa created the Sustainability Action Network—or SUSAN for short.</p> Tue, 01 Apr 2025 17:51:33 +0000 webfull 208443 at /channels /channels/channels/news/chinese-tech-firm-deepseek-shows-smaller-firms-can-compete-tech-giants-ai-364652 <p>When OpenAI released ChatGPT in late 2022, the hype around AI began building to a fever pitch. Big money poured in to big tech, sending the stock of companies like Microsoft and Nvidia soaring. But a December 2024 AI chatbot release from a much smaller Chinese tech firm is showing that generative AI can be built a much more modest budget. “Deepseek shows that smaller companies with more limited resources can compete with tech giants,” Prof. <a href="/desautels/ruslan-goyenko"><strong>Ruslan Goyenko</strong></a> told Benefits Canada.</p> Tue, 01 Apr 2025 17:49:19 +0000 webfull 208442 at /channels /channels/channels/news/proposed-tax-cuts-will-benefit-working-people-also-high-income-earners-364651 <p>The federal election campaign is well underway, and the leaders of the Liberal and Conservative parties are both proposing tax cuts for the lowest income tax bracket. Income up to $57,375 is currently taxed at a rate of 15%, and Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre has proposed a 2.25% reduction to this rate. For his part, Liberal leader Mark Carney is proposing a 1% reduction. In either case, the tax savings do not just benefit the lowest income earners. Anyone who earns more the personal deduction amount -- $15,705 in 2024-- would save money on their taxes.</p> Tue, 01 Apr 2025 17:43:46 +0000 webfull 208441 at /channels /channels/channels/event/graduate-diploma-performance-recital-daniel-ginga-tenor-364650 <p>Class of <strong>Stefano Algieri</strong></p> Tue, 01 Apr 2025 16:58:04 +0000 webfull 208438 at /channels /channels/channels/event/masters-recital-henry-webb-harpsichord-364649 <p>Class of Elizaveta Miller</p> Tue, 01 Apr 2025 16:55:19 +0000 webfull 208436 at /channels /channels/channels/event/doctoral-recital-danijela-kos-cello-364648 <p>Class of Brian Manker</p> Tue, 01 Apr 2025 16:49:39 +0000 webfull 208434 at /channels /channels/channels/event/masters-recital-meagan-foster-percussion-364647 <p>Class of <strong>Fabrice Marandola</strong></p> Tue, 01 Apr 2025 16:48:03 +0000 webfull 208432 at /channels /channels/channels/event/dan-romik-uc-davis-364644 <p><strong>Title</strong>: Sphere packing in dimension 8, Viazovska's solution, and a new human proof of her modular form inequalities.</p> Tue, 01 Apr 2025 15:03:59 +0000 webfull 208430 at /channels /channels/channels/event/online-decoding-complexity-tools-making-sense-policy-problems-364642 <p>Join the <b>���ϲ����� Alumni Public Policy Society</b> for an insightful webinar exploring how complexity science can illuminate the intricate web of contemporary policy issues, from housing crises to climate change and more.</p> Tue, 01 Apr 2025 14:21:51 +0000 webfull 208427 at /channels /channels/channels/event/mcche-precision-convergence-webinar-series-christian-lebiere-364640 <h2>Convergence across the Bands of Cognition</h2> <h3>By Christian Lebiere</h3> <p>Carnegie Mellon University</p> Tue, 01 Apr 2025 12:41:43 +0000 webfull 208425 at /channels