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"Bridging the Gap: Israel-Palestine Student Discussion" - A Moderated Panel Discussion

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"Bridging the Gap: Israel-Palestine Student Discussion" - A Moderated Panel Discussion

When:
Thursday, April 11, 2024
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Where:
Robert Sutherland Hall
Room: 202
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The Department of Political Studies and the Centre for the Study of Democracy and Diversity present:

"Bridging the Gap: Israel-Palestine Student Discussion" - A Moderated Panel Discussion

Thursday, April 11, 2024 *Please note the change of time & date for this event*

7:00-9:00 PM

Robert Sutherland Hall | Room 202

The Department of Political Studies and the Centre for the Study of Democracy and Diversity are hosting a moderated panel discussion, featuring the York University group "Bridging the Gap."  This student dialogue group was formed on the York University campus by Palestinian/Arab and Israeli/Jewish students and alumni who wanted to change the way that the conversation about Israel/Palestine was/is happening at York, and with the purpose of sharing multiple perspectives in a respectful manner.  The Department of Political Studies and the Centre for the Study of Democracy and Diversity has invited the group to share with the Queen's community the important dialogue work they are doing.

York University Professor Randal Schnoor will moderate a public panel discussion with student leaders of York University's BRIDGING THE GAP to explore student motivations for starting this dialogue group, views on the current campus climate, challenges, and opportunities for dialogue. Question and discussion period with the audience will follow.

Contact:
Rachel Lang | Communications and Events Assistant | Department of Political Studies
polscomms@queensu.ca
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Free!
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Undergraduate Philosophy Information Session - Declare a major in Philosophy!

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Undergraduate Philosophy Information Session - Declare a major in Philosophy!

When:
Tuesday, April 9, 2024
5:00 PM – 6:30 PM
Where:
Watson Hall
Room: 517
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PLAN SELECTION IS COMING SOON..

Join us for pizza and learn about declaring a degree in Philosophy!

Registration required!

Contact:
Sheena Wilkinson
sheena.wilkinson@queensu.ca
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Department of Philosophy: Gerald P Postema - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Department of Philosophy: Gerald P Postema - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

When:
Thursday, April 4, 2024
4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Where:
Watson Hall
Room: Room 517
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Department of Philosophy Colloquium Series Presents
The Alistair Macleod Distinguished Lecture

Tempering Values

Gerald J Postema, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Thursday, April 4, 2024

4:00-6:00 pm

Watson Hall, Room 517 

“Mercy seasons Justice.” How so? Like several other sets of values, mercy and justice are interdependent, mutually limiting values that correct for characteristic deformations of the other. 

Contact:
Sheena Wilkinson
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Department of Philosophy: Janum Sethi, University of Michigan

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Department of Philosophy: Janum Sethi, University of Michigan

When:
Thursday, March 28, 2024
4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Where:
Watson Hall
Room: Room 517
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Department of Philosophy Colloquium Series Presents
The Lorne Maclachlan Lecture on Kant

ʺA Scandal of Philosophyʺ: Kantʹs Refutation of External World Skepticism

Janum Sethi, University of Michigan

Thursday, March 28, 2024

4:00-6:00 pm

Watson Hall, Room 517 

In his “Refutation of Idealism,” Kant notoriously attempts to refute external world skepticism by arguing that the mere awareness of our subjective states proves the existence of an external world. Interpreters disagree widely about how to read Kant’s argument in the Refutation, but they agree almost universally that it does not succeed as published. In this paper, I begin by rejecting the most prominent interpretive strategy to reconstruct Kantʹs Refutation: the so‐called Causal Reading. I argue that the starting point of Kant’s argument according to the Causal Reading—namely, causal knowledge of one’s subjective states—begs the question against the skeptic. In its place, I defend a different interpretation of the Refutation, according to which its starting point is the mere awareness of one’s temporally unified subjective states. I conclude by responding to two objections that are often thought to tell decisively against Kant’s argument.

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Sheena Wilkinson
sheena.wilkinson@queensu.ca
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Department of Philosophy: Wayne Rosen, University of Calgary

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Department of Philosophy: Wayne Rosen, University of Calgary

When:
Thursday, March 21, 2024
4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Where:
Watson Hall
Room: Room 517
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Limits of Evidence-Based Medicine: A Critical Appraisal

Wayne Rosen, University of Calgary

Thursday, March 21, 2024

4:00-6:00 pm

Watson Hall, Room 517 

When it was introduced over 30 years ago, the concept of Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM) was described as a “paradigm shift” in the practice of Medicine. Since its inception it has grown to become the dominant paradigm for how to teach, learn and practice medicine. Yet from an epistemic perspective, its predominant position in modern Medicine is not actually evidence-based. Anyone familiar with contemporary medical practice will confirm it appears to be awash in kuhnian-like anomalies. This discussion explores the concept of EBM and highlights the deeply problematic assumptions at the heart of the EBM enterprise. Have advances in modern medical practice truly occurred because of EBM or rather in spite of it

Contact:
Sheena Wilkinson
sheena.wilkinson@queensu.ca
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free
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The Poetics of Love: How do I love thee?

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The Poetics of Love: How do I love thee?

When:
Thursday, March 21, 2024
3:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Where:
Duncan McArthur Hall
Room: Education Library
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The World Poetry Day (WPD) is an annual event instituted by UNESCO with the aim of supporting linguistic and cultural diversity through poetic expression.

This year (at Queen’s University), Paul Akpomuje, a Nigerian poet and doctoral student at Queen’s Faculty of Education, and Rebecca Luce-Kapler, poet, professor and Dean of Education, will be hosted by the Arts Infusion Committee, Faculty of Education, as they curate and facilitate an insightful discourse on the Poetics of Love, which is in line with the theme of this year’s WPD: *How do I love thee?*

We invite scholars, researchers, thinkers, and sundry people to join us as we seek to weave words to describe the multidimensional nature of love, including decolonial love, radical love, ecological love, and familial love.

We welcome participants to lend their poems, words and voices as we collectively and poetically think through the transgressive and transformative nature of love, desire, and (be)longing.

Refreshments will be served.

Contact:
Faculty of Education Communications
educcomm@queensu.ca
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Free
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Hell Hath No Fury: Gender, Disability and the Invention of Damned Bodies in Early Christian Literature

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Hell Hath No Fury: Gender, Disability and the Invention of Damned Bodies in Early Christian Literature

When:
Wednesday, February 28, 2024
11:30 AM – 1:30 PM
Where:
Mackintosh-Corry Hall
Room: D214
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Join Dr. Meghan Henning as she illuminates how the bodies that populate hell in early Christian literature-largely those of women, enslaved persons, and individuals with disabilities-are punished after death in spaces that mirror real carceral spaces, effectively criminalizing those bodies on earth.

Contact:
Grace Ebiekpi
grace.ebiekpi@queensu.ca
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A Reading and Conversation with Author Helen Humphreys

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A Reading and Conversation with Author Helen Humphreys

When:
Tuesday, March 26, 2024
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Where:
Stauffer Library
Room: 014
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All are welcome to join Public Services & Private Records Archivist, Heather Home for a reading by and discussion with author and Affiliate Creative Writing Faculty Member,  Helen Humphreys. Topics will include Helen’s latest novel, Followed by the Lark, her writing career, and her fonds held in Queen's University Archives.  

A sampling of items from the Helen Humphreys Fonds will be available to view, and several of her works, including her latest, will be available on site for purchase from Novel Idea. Light refreshments will be served.  

Tuesday March 26  

2pm – 3pm  

Stauffer Library  

Room 014 

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Contact:
Jen Amos
jen.amos@queensu.ca
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2024 Tom Courchene Distinguished Speaker Series | Margaret Kenequanash

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2024 Tom Courchene Distinguished Speaker Series | Margaret Kenequanash

When:
Thursday, April 4, 2024
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Where:
Robert Sutherland Hall, 202
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Thursday April 4 2024 | 12:00 PM ET | Indigenous Gathering Space

Join us to welcome Margaret Kenequanash, CEO, Wataynikaneyap Power to campus to deliver the 2024 Tom Courchene Distinguished Lecture.  

Margaret Kenequanash has been CEO of Wataynikaneyap Power since August 2017: an Indigenous-led, licensed transmission entity bringing grid connection to remote First Nations in northern Ontario currently powered by diesel generators. Margaret has a vast wealth of knowledge gleaned from over 30 years in various high-level positions, including being on the Sioux Lookout Municipal Council from 1990-1994 and Executive Director of the Shibogama First Nations Council from 2005-2017. Margaret carries the distinction of being the first female Chief in her community at North Caribou Lake First Nation when she was elected in 1996. She is well known and respected throughout First Nation communities and government for her work in promoting opportunities and better quality of life for First Nation Peoples.

Margaret Kenequanash will be joined by Tim Lavoie, Vice President, Corporate Services and Indigenous Relations at FortisOntario Inc. for this lectureship.

More details including speaking topic to come

Contact:
Samantha Martin
sps.comms@queensu.ca
6134538019
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2024 Matthews Faculty Fellowship Symposium

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2024 Matthews Faculty Fellowship Symposium

When:
Friday, March 22, 2024
11:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Where:
Robert Sutherland Hall
Room: 202
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2024 Donald Matthews Faculty Fellowship Symposium

Friday March 22 11am – 3pm ET |  Robert Sutherland Hall, 202

*lunch provided

The Donald Matthews Lecture Series is supported by the Matthews Faculty Fellowship in Global Public Policy. Established by Donald Matthews (B.Sc. 1950) in 2006, this endowment supports the appointment of world-class, leading-edge scholars and practitioners to teach, lead research and share their experience with students and faculty at Queen’s University. It continues and honours the life-time commitment of Donald Matthews, a Canadian business leader, to public service.

Policy, People, Progress: The Future of Canada's Public Service

Guests include:

Al Sutherland, Assistant Secretary to the Cabinet, Privy Council Office (Machinery of Government)

Margaret Biggs, Matthews Fellows in Global Public Policy

Dan Brant, Matthews Fellows in Global Public Policy

David Lobo, President and CEO of Ontario Cannabis Store

Lori Turnbull, Director of Dalhousie University School of Public Administration

Caroline Davis, Distinguished Fellow

Toby Fyfe, Adjunct Professor

Jamshed Merchant, Adjunct Professor

Contact:
Samantha Martin
sps.comms@queensu.ca
6134538019
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