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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.
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.
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.
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).