Faculty and graduate students are welcome to join, over Zoom, the upcoming meeting of the Political Philosophy Reading Group, to discuss a paper by Margaret Moore (Queen's): "Limits and Loss of Territorial Rights: biodiversity, climate justice and territorial rights-forfeiture".

Further details, as well as Margaret's paper, have been circulated via email. For more information, contact Christine Sypnowich (christine.sypnowich@queensu.ca).

Join us for a discussion, chaired by Philosophy's Catherine Stinson, about the film "Coded Bias", which can be streamed in advance of the discussion through the Queen’s University Library. About the film, Stephanie Bunbury (The Age) writes: "In Coded Bias, an American documentary, Shalini Kantayya takes a deep dive into the ways algorithms repeat and reinforce the unconscious prejudices of their original programmers".

About the speakers:

LLana James is the AI, Medicine and Data Justice Post-Doctoral Fellow at Queen's University. She is also wrapping up her doctoral studies at the University of Toronto, Faculty of Medicine. Her research  is focused on the intersection of AI applications in, clinical care, population health, public health data science and the law, and its particular implications for BlackLife. LLana’s recent thinking and research can be found in the Conversation, the Toronto Star, the AI health podcast and the web series COVID  conversations, which is the first and longest running pan-Canadian series on race-based data collection, AI, Big Data, privacy, ethics and equity in health. You can find more at @REDE4BlackLives on Twitter.

Bretton Fosbrook (he/they) is Senior UX Researcher at Wealthsimple, where he creates organizational and institutional change in the service of more just futures. Building from nearly 10 years of experience in knowledge integration and environmental scanning, Bretton works as an advisor to organizations that are ready to respond with purpose to emerging culture, economic, and technology trends. Previously, Bretton was a research fellow at the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto, where he developed and led the Working Beyond the Binary project, an initiative seeking to improve the workplace conditions for trans and gender non-conforming people in Canada by helping businesses to understand the changing landscape of gender diversity. Bretton received a PhD (2017) in science and technology studies from York University.

Discussion of Bias in AI (Poster, JPEG 70KB) 

Faculty and graduate students are welcome to join, over Zoom, the upcoming meeting of the Political Philosophy Reading Group, to discuss a paper by Alistair Macleod (Queen's): "The Concept of Opportunity and the Ideal of Equality of Educational Opportunity".

Further details, as well as Alistair's paper, have been circulated via email. For more information, contact Christine Sypnowich (christine.sypnowich@queensu.ca).

The Animals in Philosophy, Politics, Law, and Ethics (APPLE) group at Queen's welcomes all to the second talk in its winter speaker series on February 12, 2021, over Zoom, with Dinesh Wadiwel from the University of Sydney. 

Please note that Professor Wadiwel has pre-circulated a paper over email. For more information, the Zoom link, or to receive a copy of Professor Wadiwel's paper, please contact Jishnu Guha-Majumdar (jgm12@queensu.ca).

APPLE Speaker Series: Dinesh Wadiwel (Poster PNG 246KB)

Faculty and graduate students are welcome to join, over Zoom, the upcoming meeting of the Political Philosophy Reading Group, to discuss a paper by Sue Donaldson (Queen's) and Will Kymlicka (Queen's): "Public Spaces and Public Things: Doing democracy with animals".

Further details, as well as Sue and Will's paper, have been circulated via email. For more information, contact Christine Sypnowich (christine.sypnowich@queensu.ca).

The Philosophy Department is sponsoring free, Weekly Movement Classes, every Wednesday at 1pm for 12 weeks, with no class on Wednesday 17 February, and the last class on 7 April. This class will be live on Zoom. Keep your camera off, or turn it on for an interactive experience. The Zoom link will be shared via email.

This will be a a mid-week dance-based body refresh — no dance or movement experience required. Together (with a sense of humour about it all) we’ll move through easy-to-follow sequences set to energetic music. Throughout this session you’ll increase your range of motion, challenge your stamina, build strength and learn a couple humility-affirming dance moves along the way. You’ll be encouraged to customize your workout with modifications offered to amp up or tone down any exercise to suit your personal needs. Make this class a routine and you’ll feel energized, toned, bright and connected to your body! 

Our instructor, Alyssa Martin, is an award winning choreographer, director and educator. She is the Artistic Director of surrealist dance theatre company, Rock Bottom Movement, a creative home she founded in 2012. Her creations blur the lines of theatre, dance and comedy in mischievous conversation with her modern dance antecedents. She has toured her work internationally, working in residence at art centres including The Banff Centre, Stratford Festival Lab, The National Ballet of Canada and Canadian Stage. She most recently premiered a feature length experimental film, Bin Chicken, a commission for Toronto Dance Theatre. In addition to choreography, Alyssa works as a movement educator with people of all ages and experiences. She teaches Pilates and Dance Synergy at Mindful Movement Centre, Dance and Musical Theatre in the Performance Department at Ryerson University, Creative Composition at George Brown College’s Dance Program and has guest taught within Laurier University’s Opera Department. She also leads “NONDance” workshops for the Rock Bottom community. She holds her Pilates Mat and Reformer Certification (earned under the mentorship of Leslie Parker) as well as her BFA in Performance Dance from Ryerson University. She has supplemented her training with workshops in dance, movement and creative process in Montreal, New York, Berlin and Vienna. She approaches all that she does with a sense of play and places priority on the wellbeing of the individuals she is moving alongside!  Alyssa’s very excited to be leading these classes for Queen’s philosophers!

Mid Week Move Poster (JPEG 400KB)   About Alyssa (JPEG 411KB)