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Kerah Gordon-Solmon awarded SSHRC Insight Grant for "Duties, Constraints, Prerogatives, and Permissions: Or, How to Defend Lesser-Evil Options"
Date Published: Jul 13, 2021
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".
Recent PhD Agnes Tam joins University of Calgary as Assistant Professor of Philosophy
Date Published: Jul 03, 2021
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.
PhD student Arjun Sawhney wins the 2020-21 Professor Frank Pearce Essay Prize
Date Published: Jun 07, 2021
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.
MA students Ben Dinsdale and Spencer Gravelle win the 2020-21 A.R.C. Duncan Award for Excellence in Teaching
Date Published: Jun 07, 2021
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鈥檚 most distinguished teachers of philosophy.
Interdisciplinary project, 鈥淭oppling Monuments: Colonial Trauma, Justice, Heritage, and Restorative Healing鈥, led by Christine Sypnowich, awarded funding from the NFRF
Date Published: Jun 05, 2021
The interdisciplinary project, 鈥淭oppling Monuments: Colonial Trauma, Justice, Heritage, and Restorative Healing鈥, led by philosopher Christine Sypnowich, has been awarded funding from the New Frontiers in Research Fund (NFRF).