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Political Mobilization and Citizen Engagement in Canada

Montreal

Call for papers - History

The conference entitled "Political Mobilization and Citizen Engagement in Canada", conference sponsored by the Canadian Historical Association-affiliated Political History Group, promises to provide glimpses of various ongoing research projects in political history. The organizing committee of this conference seeks papers on the following topics in the Canadian context. Papers that compare Canada with other societies are also most welcome: pressure groups/lobby groups; social movements and their relationship with the state and political rulers; the political activism of particular individuals; particular events that have mobilized citizens in large numbers; transformations in political cultures; the evolution of participatory democracy; political ideas and discourses; the transformation of the state and its apparatus; etc.

Conference, symposium - Education

Montreal

Religion at school and professional ethics

6th annual GREE conference

Le VI^e colloque annuel du Groupe de recherche sur l'éducation éthique et l'éthique en éducation (GREE) de l'université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) se tiendra prochainement sur le thème « Religion à l'école et éthique professionnelle »

Call for papers - Political studies

Montreal

So close, yet so distant?

The France / Quebec comparison in social sciences

L’approche comparative en sciences sociales a fait l’objet ces dernières années de nombreuses publications en français qui traduisent à la fois son actualité et les questionnements épistémologiques et méthodologiques qu’elle nourrit, tant au Québec qu’en France. Ce colloque vise à évaluer l’ampleur et les formes de la comparaison entre ces deux espaces. Il mettra à l’épreuve l’hypothèse – souvent avancée mais rarement démontrée – d’une relation singulière et privilégiée entre les communautés savantes françaises et québécoises, de comprendre leurs singularités, mais aussi d’interroger la place respective qu’y occupe la comparaison, comme méthode d’enquête et champ de recherche spécifique.

Call for papers - Political studies

Toronto

Reinventing Citizenship

Part of the Research Program on: Protest, Justice and Deliberative Power

The International Network for Alternative Academia invites you to participate to the 7^th International Symposium: Reinventing Citizenship, to be held on Monday 12th to Wednesday 14th of May, 2014 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. This trans-disciplinary project seeks to identify central problems of the experience of being a citizen today and evaluate to what degree is citizenship a good vehicle for democratic agency in contemporary societies and democracies the world over.