Again this year the Social Science Program is presenting a whole week of talks on various topics of interest to the Social Science program and the greater Dawson community.
A new semester is upon us and Social Science Week 2023, to take place February 6-10, is offering a stimulating week of talks and activities. Please review the line-up for the week in the program.
Social Science week is an opportunity for students to see what contemporary Social Scientists are up to, and to expose students to the vast opportunities a social science education can prepare them for. Bring your classes even if the topic isn’t exactly what you’d planned to cover that day or week; you might think of it as we do, that a session at Social Science week is like letting your eye wander on the shelves of a library, a time to learn through curiosity, coincidence, and chance.
These talks can be streamed into your classroom and, wherever possible, we’ll set up two-way cameras to facilitate interaction between students and presenters.
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Social Science Week Sign-Ups for 2023 are now closed.
2023 Schedule
Monday, February 6
8:30 a.m.
The Real Macbeth: Shakespeare’s Play vs. Modern Historical Knowledge
Michael Wasser
10:00 a.m.
From Running in the CFL to Running for Office in Montreal: Balarama Holness’ Journey
Balarama Holness
11:30 a.m.
Defund the Police
Jessica Quijano
*Sponsored by CDIS
1:00 p.m.
Intersectionality: An Overview
A Psychology Profile Presentation with Erin Hall and her students
2:30 p.m.
Biomimicry: Organic Models to Replace “Leadership”
Ashley Marshall
*Sponsored by Social Science
4:00 p.m.
The Unfolding of Ardhanārīśvara
Phil Lagace
6:30 p.m.
Cinema Politica Screening
Is The Crown at War With Us?
Q&A with A. Obamsawin
Tuesday, February 7
8:30 a.m.
Misinformation, Disinformation and Moral Responsibility in the Memory of the Holocaust in Austria
Daniel Hackl
10:00 a.m.
Hide & Seek: Searching for the stories of British Home Children in Canada
Elizabeth Kirkland
12:00-2:00 p.m.
Infiltrating Amazon: What I learned going undercover at the corporate giant
Mostafa Hennaway
*Sponsored by Social Science
2:30 p.m.
Dreams and Reality
Marc-Alain Félix, Warren Alexandre, and James Lee
4:00 p.m.
AI Science Fiction Prototyping––What If?
Andrew Katz, Dawson Eng. Dept.
Joel Trudeau, Dawson Physics Dept.
6:30 p.m.
Cinema Politica Screening
Wochiigii Lo: End of the Peace
Q&A with Haida director Heather Hatch
Wednesday, February 8
8:30 a.m.
All the News That’s Fit for You: The Promise and Peril of News Online
Brian Redekopp
10:00 a.m.
Cyberspace, Cyberpunk and Time Travel with Kanien’kehá:ka artist, Skawennati
Skawennati
*Sponsored by the Peace Centre
11:30 a.m.
Socio-historical factors that gave rise to Moorish style synagogues in the 19th century
Laurence Nixon
1:00 p.m.
Decolonizing Art Institutions
Oswald Michelin
*Sponsored by Social Science
2:30 p.m.
On the history of Indigenous Representation and Art and the Centre d’art daphne in Montreal
Lori Beavis
*Sponsored by Social Science
4:00 p.m.
Workshop Co-LAB 3F.43
(Individual Sign-up Req’d)
On Afrofuturism: What Are Black People Dreaming About?
Ashley Marshall
6:30 p.m.
Cinema Politica Screening
nîpawistamâsowin: We Will Stand Up
Q&A with director Tasha Hubbard
Thursday, February 9
8:30 a.m.
Psychopathology and Marginality: A Short History of the Representation of BDSM in Film
Justine McLellan
10:00 a.m.
Atwater Community Pantry: Take What You Need, Leave What You Can
Jezebel Lumley, Aspen Crick, John Nathaniel Gertler and Mia Kennedy
11:30 a.m.
Speed Dating with Living Campus
Bring your clean used clothing for donation and your ripped things in need of repair.
Conrod’s
1:00 p.m.
Sleep, Insomnia, Ghoulies and Ghoosties, and Things that Go Bump in the Night
Catherine Martos-Fichten
2:30 p.m.
No Reconciliation before Truth: Learning the Colonial History of Dawson College
Ben Lander
4:00 p.m.
Sanctuary (in the) City: A History of Refuge in Montreal
Laura Madokoro
*Sponsored by the Montreal History Group
6:30 p.m.
Cinema Politica Screening
Dear Jackie
Q&A with Pat Dillon-Moore
Friday, February 10
1:00-2:15 p.m.
Peace and Self Panel
Lisa Steffen, Susan Finch, Amanda Beattie
*Sponsored by the Peace Centre
