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Recent Philosophy News
Jul 23, 2021
Udo Schüklenk on CBC radio: when is it appropriate to require people to disclose their vaccination status?
Udo Schüklenk, Professor of Philosophy and Ontario Research Chair in Bioethics, was interviewed on CBC radio’s Ontario Morning about when it is appropriate to require people to disclose their COVID-19 vaccination status.
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Jul 13, 2021
Kerah Gordon-Solmon awarded SSHRC Insight Grant for "Duties, Constraints, Prerogatives, and Permissions: Or, How to Defend Lesser-Evil Options"
Kerah Gordon-Solmon has been awarded a SSHRC Insight Grant for her project, "Duties, Constraints, Prerogatives, and Permissions: Or, How to Defend Lesser-Evil Options".
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Jul 03, 2021
Recent PhD Agnes Tam joins University of Calgary as Assistant Professor of Philosophy
Agnes Tam (PhD, 2020) will join the University of Calgary as an Assistant Professor of Philosophy in July of 2022, after taking up a Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship at McGill University for the 2021-22 academic year.
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Jun 14, 2021
Congratulations to Philosophy Graduates of 2021!
Congratulations to all of this year's Philosophy graduates! We regret we could not gather to celebrate in person. Click to see a list of our 2021 graduates, and to watch a video message from the Department of Philosophy, congratulating you all for completing your degrees.
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Jun 07, 2021
PhD student Arjun Sawhney wins the 2020-21 Professor Frank Pearce Essay Prize
PhD student Arjun Sawhney has won the 2020-21 Professor Frank Pearce Essay Prize, awarded annually to a graduate student from Sociology, Political Studies, Geography, Philosophy or Cultural Studies with the best essay on the topic of radical critical theory and social justice.
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Jun 07, 2021
MA students Ben Dinsdale and Spencer Gravelle win the 2020-21 A.R.C. Duncan Award for Excellence in Teaching
MA students Ben Dinsdale and Spencer Gravelle have each won the 2020-21 A.R.C. Duncan Award for Excellence in Teaching, established in honour of a former head of the Department and one of the country’s most distinguished teachers of philosophy.
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Upcoming Philosophy Events
Aug
09
Monday
Political Philosophy Reading Group: Mara Marin (Victoria)
Paper Title: "What does it mean for action to be structural?"
Recent Queen's News
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Jul 28, 2021
Ontario invests in research and innovation
The Government of Ontario is providing $4.3 million in funding for four Queen’s research projects.
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Jul 26, 2021
Queen’s health researcher hits research milestone
Dr. Stephen Archer, Head of Medicine at Queen’s and Canada Research Chair in Mitochondrial Dynamics and Translational Medicine, achieves an h-index of >100.
Jul 23, 2021
Distinguished Service Award recipients announced
The Distinguished Service Award recognizes exemplary service to the university over an extended period of time.