Despite Canada being an important energy producer, not all Canadians can access or afford adequate levels of聽energy services聽at home to meet their needs, maintain healthy indoor temperatures, and live a decent life鈥攁 situation known as energy poverty. Depending on the measure, 6鈥19% of Canadian households face energy poverty. Health risks associated with energy poverty are documented in countries with milder climates.
February 7, 2023 | In this article, Leah Sarson examines the context of Canada鈥檚 extractive sector, where I question how and when Indigenous laws prevail over state laws to challenge colonial authority and reassert Indigenous self-determination.聽By highlighting new sites of authority and resistance, this work underscores the transformative possibilities of Indigenous politics.
February 1st, 2023 | The UN's Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda is now over 20 years old, yet much of the Asia鈥揚acific has been slow to engage in formalized WPS work at national and regional scales. In this article, St茅phanie Martel, Jennifer Mustafa, and Sarah E. Sharma examine the relatively recent development of official WPS national action plans by Bangladesh, Indonesia, Japan, the Philippines, South Korea and Timor-Leste, alongside mounting collective efforts towards WPS governance by regional organizations like ASEAN.
At a research-intensive university like 缅北强奸, laboratories play a critical role both in advancing solutions for a sustainable future and making its campuses environmentally responsible places to study and work. In fact, 缅北强奸 cannot hope to reach its goals of becoming zero-waste by 2035 and achieving carbon neutrality by 2040 without collaboration from the faculty, staff, and students who use these spaces.
Leila Ghaffari is concluding her BMO postdoctoral fellowship with the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research on Montr茅al (CIRM).
December 7th, 2022 | In this article, Esli Chan reveals that Canadian violent extremism frameworks minimize online GBV as a form of extremism. GBV, which extends from online to offline realities, is not captured in theoretical frameworks for terrorism and hate speech.
Using real geochemical data from the archaeological site of Itzan, Guatemala, and computer-generated artwork, PhD candidate Benjamin Keenan has produced a video that brings ancient Mayan civilization to life.聽
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Thermoelectrics can generate electrical power from waste heat and could make an important contribution to sustainable energy production if their efficiency is improved. Engineering efficient thermoelectrics, however, requires a sophisticated understanding of the fundamental interdependencies between electrical and thermal transport, for which improvements in our understanding of how charge carriers are coupled to lattice vibrations (phonons) is needed.
November 11, 2022 |聽In the face of an increasingly bellicose China buttressed by its mighty economic and military strengths, Washington鈥檚 鈥渟trategic ambiguity鈥 has become insufficient to pre-empt China鈥檚 ambitions. A shift towards "strategic clarity" could pave the way to deter Chinese aggression in the region, provided it remains subtle and is carefully managed, Pangying Peng says.聽
November 3, 2022 | The article, written by MPP Candidate Jack Burnham, was based on a discussion held in 缅北强奸 which focused on " The future of national security in the world of the "n-block war." Panelists included Jennifer Welsh, Ali Dizboni and Vincent Rigby, while the panel was moderated by Andrew Pot
October 14th, 2022 | In this article, Miriam Anderson and Marc Y. Valade find that women鈥檚 civil society built social networks reliant on cross-ethnic collaboration and the support of international actors during the peace negotiations. With the aid of those networks, they successfully entered formal politics and passed pro-women legislation, where they developed cross-party alliances and maintained close relationships with civil society, increasing their effectiveness in parliament.
Alfonso Mucci, Emeritus Professor in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences,聽has been elected an American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fellow. He joins 53 other individuals in the 2022 Class of Fellows. AGU, a nonprofit organization that supports 130,000 enthusiasts to experts worldwide in Earth and space sciences, annually recognizes a select number of individuals as part of its Honours and Recognition program. Since 1962, the AGU Fellows Committee has selected less than 0.1% of members as new Fellows.
Student funding available
Dialogue 缅北强奸 is launching a call to fund students who are researching access to health care and social services for the English-speaking community in Quebec. This funding call is for a 1-year stipend to support undergraduate and graduate students completing a research project under the supervision of a faculty member and/or independent researcher.
Successful applicants will receive a stipend of $2,500 (undergraduate level) or $5,000 (graduate level).
It is with great pleasure that the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research on Montr茅al (CIRM) welcomes Sam Victor, researcher in social anthropology and recipient of the 2022-2023 BMO postdoctoral fellowship!