History
| RYERSON HISTORY SOCIETY AND THE RYERSON HISTORY ON FILM CLU |
The Ryerson History Society (RHS) is the course union for history students in the BA program.The RHS brings in professionals to give lectures for the Ryerson public, hosts social events to foster a community on campus, directly engages with professors to learn more about careers in history, and facilitates symposiums where students may present academic papers to their peers. The RHS also hosts film nights dedicated to the depiction and interpretation of historical events from around the world. Ryerson professors from different departments introduce the films and lead discussion afterwards. The RHS endeavours to bring an appreciation of both history and current affairs to a wider audience and welcomes everyone in the university community to participate in its activities. For more information, please visit:www.ryerson.ca/history/, www.kislenko.com or https://www.facebook.com/RyersonHistorySociety/info or contact Dr. Arne Kislenko (faculty advisor) at akislenk@ryerson.ca
The International Issues Discussion (IID) lecture series was founded in 2005 as a non-partisan, student-led forum designed to engage all members of the Ryerson University community on major events and issues in contemporary global affairs through reasoned, objective, and scholarly discourse. Since its creation the IID has tackled some of the most important and controversial issues in international affairs: US foreign policy, China on the world stage, the re-emergence of Russian power, the Arab-Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Indo-Pakistani relations, the nuclear threat from North Korea, and national security in Canada. Now one of Ryerson’s largest and best-known lecture series, the IID continues to explore numerous topics of interest and attracts top experts from all of the world. For more details on IID talks and speakers, as well as for information on how to get involved, please see www.iid.kislenko.com or contact Dr. Arne Kislenko (IID founder and faculty advisor) at akislenk@ryerson.ca
The Mosaic Institute is an action-oriented think tank that harnesses the connections, knowledge and resources of Canada’s ethnocultural communities to advance Canadian solutions and promote peace and development in conflict-ridden or under-developed parts of our world. Based in Toronto, one of the most culturally diverse cities in the world, the Mosaic Institute believes that the knowledge, resources and global connections of passionate Canadians from all corners of the globe have the potential to change our world. These “citizen experts” are uniquely positioned to enhance Canada’s global commitment to the advancement of peace and development. For more information, please visit www.mosaicinstitute.ca. We are in the process of establishing student chapters across Canada, which will challenge extremism, build bridges between ethnocultural communities on campus, and empower young people to be global peace builders. For more information, please visit our UofMosaic Chapters page at http://www.uofmosaic.ca/UofMosaicChapters/UofMosaicRyerson.aspx or contact Dr. Arne Kislenko (faculty advisor) at akislenk@ryerson.ca
| UPCOMING AND RECENT EVENTS |
17 April 2013 |
The International Issues Discussion (IID) series at Ryerson University is pleased to present its sixth and final lecture of the Winter 2013 term, "Gender Equality: the Most Important Struggle on the Planet”. Our guest will be Stephen Lewis, internationally renowned humanitarian, political figure, diplomat, author, and scholar. Board chair of the Stephen Lewis Foundation, he is currently a Distinguished Visiting Professor at Ryerson University. Among many accomplishments, he is co-founder and co-director of AIDS-Free World in the United States and Senior Fellow of the Enough Project. He served on the Board of Directors of the Clinton Health Access Initiative, and is an Emeritus Board Member of the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative. He also served as a Commissioner on the newly formed Global Commission on HIV and the Law, whose landmark report was released in July 2012. Lewis’ work with the United Nations spanned more than two decades. He was the UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa from between 2001 and 2006. From 1995 to 1999, Lewis was Deputy Executive Director of UNICEF at the organization’s global headquarters in New York. From 1984 through 1988, he was Canada’s Ambassador to the United Nations. Between 1970 and 1978 Lewis was leader of the Ontario New Democratic Party, during which time he became leader of the Official Opposition. His awards include the Companion of the Order of Canada, Canada’s highest honour for lifetime achievement, and being named the inaugural recipient of Canada’s Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal. Lewis is the author of the best-selling book Race Against Time and holds 35 honorary degrees from Canadian and American universities. His talk will be Wednesday, April 17, 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in the Sears Atrium (upper level of the George Vari Engineering and Computing Centre: 245 Church Street, at the corner of Gould and Church: see www.ryerson.ca/maps) at Ryerson University, Toronto. All are welcome and admission is free. Please circulate notice of the event as widely as possible. A poster advertising the talk is attached. Founded in 2005, the IID is a non-partisan, student-led forum designed to engage all members of the Ryerson University community on major events and issues in contemporary global affairs through reasoned, objective, and scholarly discourse. For further details about the IID and our series please see http://iid.kislenko.com or contact the IID student leaders at iidseries@gmail.com . |
3 April 2013 |
The Department of History, the Ryerson History Society, and the Ryerson History Society Associates are pleased to announce the sixth and final seminar in the Career Conversations series for the 2012-2013 academic year: Wednesday, April 3, 4:00 p.m. to 5: 30 p.m., in Jorgenson Hall, Room 502 (the boardroom on the 5th floor). Our guest will be Dr. Carl Benn, Chair of the Department of History at Ryerson University. Dr. Benn came to Ryerson University in 2008 after working in the museum field for 34 years. His last post in that field was Chief Curator of the City of Toronto’s Museums and Heritage Services, where he fulfilled senior curatorial and managerial duties, restored heritage properties, curated exhibits, and produced other public resources, such as the award-winning web presentation, History of Toronto – An 11,000-Year Journey. Dr. Benn also taught part-time at the University of Toronto for 17 years in Continuing Studies, undergraduate History, and graduate Museum Studies; and he has been active elsewhere in the heritage field, such as serving on boards and providing consulting services to heritage agencies and other clients. His main areas of academic interest centre on Euroamerican and First Nations history in eastern North America before the 20th century. He has published extensively in journals and other venues, and his books include Historic Fort York (1993); The Iroquois in the War of 1812 (1998); The War of 1812 (2002); and Mohawks on the Nile: Natives Among the Canadian Voyageurs in Egypt, 1884-85 (2009). He currently is completing two books on aboriginal memoirs from 1812-15, and then intends to undertake research for a book on the Iroquois in the Pontiac War of the 1760s. Dr. Benn also received the 2012 Dean’s Teaching Award for the Faculty of Arts, and is a member of the graduate faculty. Please RSVP as soon as possible to Jane Hoysak, President of the Ryerson History Society, at yhoysak@ryerson.ca Space is limited. Colleagues, please circulate notice of this event to your BA and ACS History programme students. Others may be accommodated depending on space availability and are encouraged to email me for further details. Light refreshments will be served. |
21 March 2013 |
Perceptions of 1812: Identity, Diversity, Memory Visit the new, state of the art facilities of the Archives of Ontario to hear curator and historian Dr. Ross Fair (Ryerson University) discuss his selection of original, War of 1812 related materials, pulled from the Archives’ vaults for the current exhibit, Perception of 1812: Identity, Diversity, Memory. The discussion will be Thursday, March 21, 2013 at 7:00 p.m. at the Archives of Ontario: 134 Ian Macdonald Boulevard. |
20 March 2013 |
The Department of History, the Ryerson History Society, and the Ryerson History Society Associates are pleased to announce the fifth seminar in the Career Conversations series for the 2012-2013 academic year: Wednesday, March 20, 4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. in Jorgenson Hall, Room 502 (the boardroom on the 5th floor). Our guest will be Dr. Arne Kislenko, Undergraduate Programme Director and Associate Professor of History at Ryerson University, and instructor in the International Relations Programme at Trinity College/the Munk School for International Studies at the University of Toronto. Arne has won numerous awards for his teaching, including the prestigious 3M National Teaching Fellowship (2011), Ryerson University’s first President’s Award for Teaching Excellence (2007), the inaugural Province of Ontario Leadership in Faculty Teaching (LIFT) Award (2007), and being named as an Honorary Member of the Golden Key Society (2006). In Fall 2005 he was named Ontario’s “Best Lecturer” by TV Ontario following its first “Academic Idol” contest. His publications include Culture and Customs of Laos (2009), Culture and Customs of Thailand (2004), and The Uneasy Century: International Relations, 1900-1990 (with Dr. Margaret MacMillan, 1996), along with chapter contributions to books, co-edited volumes, and numerous journal and encyclopaedic articles on a wide range of topics. He is currently working on a history of modern international relations for University of Toronto Press among other projects. For 12 years Arne served as a Senior Officer with Canada Immigration at Pearson International Airport, dealing with many high profile national and international security cases. In that capacity he worked with numerous Canadian and foreign intelligence/law enforcement agencies, debriefed senior ministers and diplomats, and trained officers in interviewing techniques, document analysis, and identifying patterns of criminal/terrorist movements to/in Canada. Since leaving his post, he has served as a consultant on national security matters for the federal government, including working for the Department of National Defence on the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games. Arne appears regularly in the media commenting on current affairs, including U.S. foreign policy, national security, terrorism, SE Asia, and modern diplomatic history. He also works as an historical advisor for several news and television programmes. Recently Arne hosted the National Geographic television documentary series “Living in the Time of Jesus” (2010-11), and he is currently working on other television documentary projects. Please RSVP as soon as possible to Jane Hoysak, President of the Ryerson History Society, at yhoysak@ryerson.ca Space is limited. Colleagues, please circulate notice of this event to your BA and ACS History programme students. Others may be accommodated depending on space availability and are encouraged to email me for further details. Light refreshments will be served. |
20 March 2013 |
The International Issues Discussion (IID) series at Ryerson University is pleased to present its fifth lecture of the Winter 2013 term in conjunction with the Canadian Association for Security and Intelligence Studies (CASIS): "Screening National Security” - a special session featuring three of the leading intelligence and national security experts in Canada. Our guests will be: · Dr. Linda Goldthorp, formerly the Director General, Intelligence Production, National Defence Canada; Senior Policy Planning Advisor in the Private Office of the NATO Secretary General; and Director of the Asia Division in the Privy Council Office’s Intelligence Assessment Secretariat · Dr. James Cox, Brigadier General (ret.) in the Canadian Armed Forces, with over 35 years in service in Canada and abroad, including running strategic intelligence for the Supreme Headquarters of Allied Powers Europe during the Kosovo campaign and overseeing NATO military intelligence operations in the Balkans, and currently Secretary of the Canadian Association for Security and Intelligence Studies · Tony Campbell, former Executive Director of the Intelligence Assessment Secretariat in the Privy Council Office, with a career in the federal public service spanning 34 years in nine different departments and agencies The discussion will be Wednesday, March 20, 6:30-8:30 pm, in ENG 103 (George Vari Engineering and Computing Centre: 245 Church Street, at the corner of Gould and Church: see www.ryerson.ca/maps) at Ryerson University, Toronto. All are welcome and admission is free. Please circulate notice of the event as widely as possible. A poster advertising the talk is attached. The Canadian Association for Security and Intelligence Studies (CASIS) is a nonpartisan, voluntary organization established in 1985. Its purpose is to provide informed debate in Canada on security and intelligence issues. A distinguished board of directors comprised of professionals of national and international reputation and status oversee the operations of the association. For further details see http://www.casis-acers.ca Founded in 2005, the IID is a non-partisan, student-led forum designed to engage all members of the Ryerson University community on major events and issues in contemporary global affairs through reasoned, objective, and scholarly discourse. For further details about the IID and our series please see http://iid.kislenko.com or contact the IID student leaders at iidseries@gmail.com |
6 March 2013 |
The International Issues Discussion (IID) series at Ryerson University is pleased to present its fourth lecture of the Winter 2013 term: "When Does Military Intervention Make Sense?” Our guest will be David Wright, the Kenneth and Patricia Taylor Distinguished Professor of Foreign Affairs at Victoria College, University of Toronto. He was Canadian Ambassador to NATO during the crises in Kosovo, Afghanistan, and Iraq, and served as the NATO Council Dean. Professor Wright also served as the Deputy Head of Mission in Paris, Canadian Ambassador to Spain, and as Canada’s Assistant Deputy Minister for Europe following numerous appointments with the Department of External Affairs in Rome, New York, Tokyo, and Moscow. He now serves as a Special Advisor to the Toronto law firm Dale and Lessman, and sits on the Board of Directors of several organizations in both the private and non-profit sectors. His talk will be Wednesday, March 6, 6:30-8:30 p.m. in ENG 103 (George Vari Engineering and Computing Centre: 245 Church Street, at the corner of Gould and Church: see www.ryerson.ca/maps) at Ryerson University, Toronto. All are welcome and admission is free. Please circulate notice of the event as widely as possible. A poster advertising the talk is attached. Founded in 2005, the IID is a non-partisan, student-led forum designed to engage all members of the Ryerson University community on major events and issues in contemporary global affairs through reasoned, objective, and scholarly discourse. For further details about the IID and our series please see http://iid.kislenko.com or contact the IID student leaders at iidseries@gmail.com |
27 February 2013 |
The Department of History, the Ryerson History Society, and the Ryerson History Society Associates are pleased to announce the fifth seminar in the Career Conversations series for the 2012-2013 academic year: Wednesday, February 27, 4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. in Jorgenson Hall, Room 502 (the boardroom on the 5th floor). Our guest will be Dr. Patrice Dutil, Professor and the interim chair of the Department of Politics and Public Administration at Ryerson University. Before joining the department in August 2006, he was the Acting Executive Director and Director of Research at the Institute of Public Administration of Canada (www.ipac.ca). He also served in the Ministry of Intergovernmental Affairs in the government of Ontario as a policy advisor before joining TVOntario, the provincial educational broadcaster, where he worked both on corporate policy and in programming in a senior capacity. Professor Dutil founded and edited for five years the monthly Literary Review of Canada (www.reviewcanada.ca) , now celebrating its 20th year of publication, and currently serves as President of the Champlain Society (www.champlainsociety.ca), a century-old institution that publishes each year documentary materials that describe Canada’s past as it was seen by our ancestors. He also sits on the City of Toronto Council’s Preservation Board, and the executive committee of the IPAC Regional Group in Toronto. He is the national coordinator of the Canadian Association of Former Parliamentarians “Parliament to Campus” program. In addition to multiple articles published in scholarly journals, magazines and newspapers, he is the author of Canada 1911: The Decisive Election that Shaped the Country (with David MacKenzie) (2011) and The Service State: Rhetoric, Reality and Promise (with Cosmo Howard, John Langford and Jeffrey Roy) (2010). He is also the editor of Searching for Leadership: Secretaries to Cabinet in Canada (2008) and The Guardian: Perspectives on the Ontario Ministry of Finance (2011). Please RSVP as soon as possible to Dr. Arne Kislenko, Undergraduate Programme Director, at akislenk@ryerson.ca Space is limited. Colleagues, please circulate notice of this event to your BA and ACS History programme students. Others may be accommodated depending on space availability and are encouraged to email me for further details. Light refreshments will be served. |
27 February 2013 |
You are invited to attend Ryerson University’s Alternative Spring Break (ASB) student group Silent Auction fundraiser on Wednesday, February 27, starting at 6:30 p.m. in the George Vari Engineering and Computing Centre, the Atrium Room, Ryerson University (245 Church Street, see: www.ryerson.ca/maps ). A poster advertising the event is attached. The ASB is a one of kind initiative at Ryerson to send motivated, caring, and outright amazing students to work in international development projects. Since 2006 we have worked with NGOs on various projects in Guatemala, Panama, Peru, Kenya, Colombia, Vietnam, and Ghana. We’ve sent dozens of Ryerson students abroad to help better the lives of those fortunate and to grow both personally and professionally by gaining a better understanding of global issues through volunteer work on international development projects. ASB believes that respecting and understanding other cultures can foster positive change both in our own community and abroad. ASB is about changing the world in small steps by encouraging students to change themselves. Our actions in our own community affect people all over the world. ASB believes that journeys like ours will have a lifelong impact on students, and help shape them as the leaders of tomorrow by giving them their experiences today. This spring, our team of students will embark on ASB’s ninth project abroad, to Dago, Kenya, to participate in a volunteer project in partnership with the organization Inspire-U International, created by our very own ASB alumni Danielle Dye. Our mission in Dago is to assist in the build of a sustainable granary for the Dago Dala Hera Girls' Orphanage and to host Kick it with Kenya (KIWK)- Juniors Tournament. KIWK Junior Tournament will enable communities that surround Dago come together for a soccer tournament, which will be used to promote entrepreneurship and career development for the youth. ASB projects are volunteer-based, and, as a result, fundraising is a vital component of sustainable development projects abroad, as well as of the ASB organization. Your support will help ASB realize this vision for student-driven international development projects. We’ve gathered an array of gifts in kind from various businesses, so have some great prizes! For those of you unable to attend, silent “distance” bids are more than welcome! We will accept email bids until Wednesday, February 27, at 4:00 p.m, or bids via text/call right up until the start of the auction at 6:30 p.m. We’d be happy to act as your agent on the floor during the action! You can place your bid with Arne at akislenk@ryerson.ca or at 647-378-8710 OR via Christina at Christine.tachtampa@ryerson.ca or phone at 416 795 8370. Details about what’s on offer are below. Just tell us what you want to bid on and how much! And of course any and all donations to the ASB by cheque or via PayPal will be greatly appreciated! For more details, please see http://asbryerson.tumblr.com Attached is a list of some of the Silent Auction items that will be up for grabs. We hope to have even more the night-of, so please do drop by or call us if you can! |
12 February 2013 |
Ryerson University is pleased to present a special conference on the prevention of atrocities, featuring some of the top experts in North America on various dimensions of the topic. Tuesday, February 12, 2013 from 4:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in the Sears Atrium (upper floor), George Vari Engineering and Computing Centre: 245 Church Street, at the corner of Gould and Church: see www.ryerson.ca/maps) at Ryerson University, Toronto. Our guests include: · Jeremy Kinsman (former Canadian Ambassador, Director of Democracy Support project for the Community of Democracies, and Visiting Distinguished Diplomat at Ryerson University) · Clint Curle (Canadian Museum for Human Rights) · Michael Abramowitz (U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Center for the Prevention of Mass Atrocities) · Stefanie Frease (Professor, University of Washington, independent consultant, and former Special Advisor to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and investigator for the ICTY) · Jill Sinclair (Assistant Deputy Minister for Policy, Department of National Defence and ex-Executive Director of the R2P Commission) · Robert LaGamma (President, Council for a Community of Democracies, Washington, D.C.) · Frank Chalk (Director of the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies, Concordia University) and · Kyle Matthews (Senior Deputy Director, Will to Intervene Project, Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies, Concordia University) All are welcome at any time and admission is free. Light refreshments will be served. Please circulate notice of the event as widely as possible. A poster advertising the conference and an agenda for the event are attached. All media enquiries can be directed to Dr. Arne Kislenko at akislenk@ryerson.ca This event is generously sponsored by the Canadian Museum for Human Rights, the Canadian International Council, and Ryerson University. It is organized and hosted by the Department of History at Ryerson University, the Ryerson History Society Student Union, and the International Issues Discussion (IID) series at Ryerson University. For further details about the IID and our series please see http://iid.kislenko.com or contact the IID student leaders at iidseries@gmail.com |
6 February 2013 |
The International Issues Discussion (IID) series at Ryerson University is pleased to present its second lecture of the Winter 2013 term in conjunction with PEN Canada: "The Torture Report: The Bush Administration’s Torture Policy.” Our guest will be Larry Siems, Director of the Freedom to Write and International Programs at the PEN American Center. He is author of The Torture Report: What the Documents Say About America’s Post-911 Torture Program, about what happens inside the CIA’s secret prisons and military detention facilities. He is also author of the critically acclaimed, Between the Lines: Letters Between Undocumented Mexicans and Central Americans and their Families and Friends. Siems reported for Human Rights Watch and has written extensively on immigrant politics and cross-cultural issues in the United States. His talk will be Wednesday, February 6, 6:30-8:30 p.m. in ENG 103 (George Vari Engineering and Computing Centre: 245 Church Street, at the corner of Gould and Church: see www.ryerson.ca/maps) at Ryerson University, Toronto. All are welcome and admission is free. Please circulate notice of the event as widely as possible. A poster advertising the talk is attached. PEN Canada is a nonpartisan organization of writers that works with others to defend freedom of expression as a basic human right, at home and abroad. PEN Canada promotes literature, fights censorship, helps free persecuted writers from prison, and assists writers living in exile in Canada. For more information, see www.pencanada.ca Founded in 2005, the IID is a non-partisan, student-led forum designed to engage all members of the Ryerson University community on major events and issues in contemporary global affairs through reasoned, objective, and scholarly discourse. For further details about the IID and our series please see http://iid.kislenko.com or contact the IID student leaders at iidseries@gmail.com |
30 January 2013 |
The International Issues Discussion (IID) series at Ryerson University is pleased to present its first lecture of the Winter 2013 term, "Congo: Africa’s Broken Heart.” Our guest will be Tim Butcher, award-winning journalist and author of Blood River: A Journey to Africa’s Broken Heart (2007) and Chasing the Devil: A Search for Africa’s Fighting Spirit (2010). A former Daily Telegraph correspondent in Africa and the Middle East, Butcher is a frequent contributor to the New York Times, Economist, and other major publications. He also regularly appears on the prestigious BBC radio programme From Our Own Correspondent. His talk will be Wednesday, January 30, 6:30-8:30 p.m. in ENG 103 (George Vari Engineering and Computing Centre: 245 Church Street, at the corner of Gould and Church: see www.ryerson.ca/maps) at Ryerson University, Toronto. All are welcome and admission is free. Please circulate notice of the event as widely as possible. A poster advertising the talk is attached. Founded in 2005, the IID is a non-partisan, student-led forum designed to engage all members of the Ryerson University community on major events and issues in contemporary global affairs through reasoned, objective, and scholarly discourse. For further details about the IID and our series please see http://iid.kislenko.com or contact the IID student leaders at iidseries@gmail.com |
| 5 December 2012 | The International Issues Discussion (IID) series at Ryerson University is pleased to present its sixth lecture of the Fall 2012 term, "From Organized to Cyber: The Changing Nature of Cross-Border Crime.” Our guest will be Misha Glenny, award-winning writer, broadcaster, and author of the recently published book, Dark Market: Cyberthieves, Cybercops, and You. His previous book, McMafia; Journey through the Global Criminal Underworld, was short-listed for several major prizes, translated in more than 30 languages, and is currently being developed into a television series. A former BBC correspondent in Central Europe, Glenny has also authored several important histories of eastern Europe and the Balkans, including The Rebirth Of History: Eastern Europe in the Age of Democracy; The Fall of Yugoslavia; and The Balkans: Nationalism, War and the Great Powers, 1804-1999. He currently serves as a visiting professor at Columbia University’s Harriman Institute. His talk will be Wednesday, December 5, 6:30-8:30 p.m. in ENG 103 (George Vari Engineering and Computing Centre: 245 Church Street, at the corner of Gould and Church: see www.ryerson.ca/maps) at Ryerson University, Toronto. All are welcome and admission is free. Please circulate notice of the event as widely as possible. A poster advertising the talk is attached. Founded in 2005, the IID is a non-partisan, student-led forum designed to engage all members of the Ryerson University community on major events and issues in contemporary global affairs through reasoned, objective, and scholarly discourse. For further details about the IID and our series please see http://iid.kislenko.com or contact the IID student leaders at iidseries@gmail.com |
29 November 2012 |
On behalf of the Chair of the Department of History, Dr. Carl Benn, and the executive of the Ryerson History Society student union, it is my pleasure to invite you all to the first annual departmental holiday party! Come and celebrate the end of term with us on Thursday, November 29, between 18:00 and 20:00 hours (6to 8 pm) at the Ram in the Rye pub (63 Gould Street, at Church and Gould). An invitation is attached. This is a wonderful opportunity for students, staff, and professors in the Department to unwind and have some fun! Consider your attendance mandatory! Refreshments and food will be served. See you there, and happy holidays! |
22 November 2012 |
The Department of History, the Ryerson History Society, and the Ryerson History Society Associates are pleased to announce the second seminar in the Career Conversations series for the 2012-2013 academic year: Thursday, November 22, 4pm – 530pm, in Jorgenson Hall, Room 1043 (the boardroom on the 10th floor). Our guest will be Dr. Hector Mackenzie, Senior Departmental Historian of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade of Canada. Educated at the University of Toronto and Oxford University (from which he received his doctorate), he taught at the University of Toronto and the University of Western Ontario before joining the Department of External Affairs as an historian in 1989. He has edited two volumes in the series Documents on Canadian External Relations and he has published numerous articles and reviews on the history of Canada’s international relations. Dr. Mackenzie is the principal organizer of the O.D. Skelton Memorial Lecture, a contributing member of the editorial board of bout de papier, former President of the Association for Canadian Studies and an Adjunct Research Professor in the Department of History of Carleton University, where he has taught courses on the history of Canada and its international relations. Please RSVP as soon as possible to Dr. Arne Kislenko, Undergraduate Programme Director, at akislenk@ryerson.ca Space is limited. Colleagues, please circulate notice of this event to your BA and ACS History programme students. Others may be accommodated depending on space availability and are encouraged to email me for further details. Light refreshments will be served. |
22 November 2012 | 1812: The Big Picture with Dr. Carl Benn. War of 1812 Bicentenary Guest Lecture Series Dr. Benn explores the war’s major themes – from its complex origins, confused campaigns and misunderstood conclusions – in order to clarify the course of the conflict and its larger historical meanings. Thursday, November 22, 2012 at 7 p.m. (doors open at 6:30 p.m.), Parliament interpretive centre, 265 Front Street East, Toronto |
21 November 2012 |
The International Issues Discussion (IID) series at Ryerson University is pleased to present its fifth lecture of the Fall 2012 term, "Nation Building Under Fire: Lessons of the Last Decade in the War on Terror.” Our guest will be Murray Brewster, award-winning correspondent for the Canadian Press and author of the recently published book, The Savage War: The Untold Battles of Afghanistan. In his nearly 30 year career as a journalist he has covered many international conflicts, including a 15 month stint in Afghanistan reporting on combat missions and international efforts to create stable government in the country. His talk will be Wednesday, November 21, 6:30-8:30 pm, in ENG 103 (George Vari Engineering and Computing Centre: 245 Church Street, at the corner of Gould and Church: see www.ryerson.ca/maps) at Ryerson University, Toronto. All are welcome and admission is free. Please circulate notice of the event as widely as possible. A poster advertising the talk is attached. Founded in 2005, the IID is a non-partisan, student-led forum designed to engage all members of the Ryerson University community on major events and issues in contemporary global affairs through reasoned, objective, and scholarly discourse. For further details about the IID and our series please see http://iid.kislenko.com or contact the IID student leaders at iidseries@gmail.com |
15 November 2012 |
The Department of History, the Ryerson History Society, and the Ryerson History Society Associates are very pleased to announce a special seminar talk with the Consul General of the United States, Mr. Jim Dickmeyer. A career diplomat with 28 years of service, representing the United States in six countries, Mr. Dickmeyer arrived at his post in Toronto in August 2012. A more complete biography of the Consul General is available at http://toronto.usconsulate.gov/consulgeneral.html The talk will be on Thursday, November 15, 2pm – 330pm, in Jorgenson Hall, Room 1043 (the boardroom on the 10th floor). Consul General Dickmeyer will be sharing with Ryerson students his insights on the US election and particularly Canadian-American relations today. The forum is by invitation only and designed to be a small-group, informal session that allows students maximum opportunity to interact with our guest. Please RSVP as soon as possible to Dr. Arne Kislenko, Undergraduate Programme Director, at akislenk@ryerson.ca Space is limited. Colleagues, please circulate notice of this event to your BA and ACS History programme students. Others may be accommodated depending on space availability and are encouraged to email me for further details. Light refreshments will be served. |
14 November 2012 |
The Ryerson History Society invites you to our first Historical Film Night for a screening of Come and See. Filmed in 1985 by Soviet director Elem Klemov, Come and See is a rare and disturbing look at the Second World War through the eyes of a young boy who finds a rifle and joins the Russian partisans. Ryerson's very own Arne Kislenko will provide a lecture on the historical context and setting of the film. Wednesday, November 14, 2012 at 7:00-9:30 p.m., in ENG 103 |
7 November 2012
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The Next Four Years, the Elections, the United States and the World. Guests: Ambassador Jeremy Kinsman Ryerson's Visiting Distinguished Diplomat Dr. Robert Teigrob History Professor at Ryerson University Dr. Arne Kislenko History Professor at Ryerson University and Trinity College, University of Toronto
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| 24 October 2012 | The International Issues Discussion (IID) series at Ryerson University is pleased to present its third lecture of the Fall 2012 term, "Building with BRICS: The Rise of South Africa." Our guest will be Dr. Anver Saloojee, Professor of Politics and Public Administration at Ryerson University. Between 2005 and 2008, he served as Special Advisor to the Presidency for the Government of South Africa. Currently, he is President of the Ryerson Faculty Association and Vice-President of the Canadian Association of University Teachers. His talk will be Wednesday, October 24, 6:30-8:30 p.m. in ENG 103 (George Vari Engineering and Computing Centre: 245 Church Street, at the corner of Gould and Church: see www.ryerson.ca/maps) at Ryerson University, Toronto.
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| 10 October 2012 | The International Issues Discussion (IID) series at Ryerson University is pleased to present its second lecture of the Fall 2012 term, "U.S. Elections: A Republican Party in Ruins”. Our guest will be Geoffrey Kabaservice, author of Rule and Ruin: The Downfall of Moderation and the Destruction of the Republican Party from Eisenhower to the Tea Party. A columnist for The New Republic, he has written for many publications including The New York Times, The Huffington Post, and The Washington Post. Kabaservice is currently a visiting fellow at the Roosevelt House Institute for Public Policy at Hunter College. His talk will be Wednesday, October 10, 630-830 pm, in ENG 103 (George Vari Engineering and Computing Centre: 245 Church Street, at the corner of Gould and Church: see www.ryerson.ca/maps ) at Ryerson University, Toronto. All are welcome and admission is free.
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| 26 September 2012 | In conjunction with the Ryerson History Society, the International Issues Discussion (IID) series at Ryerson University is pleased to present its first lecture of the Fall 2012 term, "1812: The Big Picture 200 Years On”, in recognition of the bicentennial of the war this year. Our guest will be Dr. Carl Benn, Chair of the Department of History at Ryerson University and formerly the Chief Curator of the City of Toronto’s Museums and Heritage Services: an industry in which he had a 34 year career. Amongst his extensive publications are The War of 1812 (2002) and Mohawks On the Nile: Natives Among the Canadian Voyageurs in Egypt, 1884-1885 (2009). Dr. Benn’s talk will address the War of 1812 as a dramatic and formative event in North American history. In this illustrated presentation, he will explore the war’s major themes, from its complex origins, through its confused campaigns, to its misunderstand conclusions in order to clarify the course of the conflict and its larger historical meanings: especially in the context of Canadian-American relations. Dr. Benn's talk will be Wednesday, September 26, 630-830 pm, in ENG 103 (George Vari Engineering and Computing Centre: 245 Church Street, at the corner of Gould and Church: see www.ryerson.ca/maps ) at Ryerson University, Toronto. All are welcome and admission is free.
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| 04 April 2012 | The International Issues Discussion (IID) series at Ryerson University is pleased to present the sixth and final talk in its special Winter 2012 series, Following the Current: A Forum on Global Affairs and News Media Today.
Our guest will be Nahlah Ayed, veteran foreign correspondent for CBC television, radio, and online media, and one of Canada’s best-known reporters. Based in the Middle East for seven years, she most recently covered the “Arab Spring” from Egypt and Libya. She has won numerous awards for her work, including three Gemini nominations for reports from the field and an honorary doctorate from the University of Manitoba for distinguished achievement. The event will be held Wednesday, April 4, from 6:30-8:30pm, in the George Vari Engineering and Computing Centre, room ENG 103, Ryerson University (245 Church Street, see: www.ryerson.ca/maps ) All are welcome and admission is free.
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| 28 March 2012 | The International Issues Discussion (IID) series at Ryerson University is pleased to present the fifth talk in its special Winter 2012 series, Following the Current: A Forum on Global Affairs and News Media Today. Our guest will be Hadani Ditmars, veteran journalist and photographer, and author of the best-selling book, Dancing in the No-Fly Zone - covering the pre and post-invasion realities of life in Iraq between 1997 and 2003. Over the past twenty years her work has appeared in the New York Times, The Guardian, The Independent, The Globe and Mail, Newsweek, Time, Maclean’s and a host of other major publications. She has also provided current affairs commentary for CBC and BBC radio and television, OMNI TV, and numerous other media outlets. Covering many events and issues from places like Beirut, Tehran, Jerusalem, and Baghdad, Ditmars draws on diverse and unique experiences in the field. The title of her talk will be, “Dancing in No-Fly Zones: Reflections on Two Decades of Reporting from the Middle East.” The event will be held Wednesday, March 28, from 6:30-8:30pm, in the George Vari Engineering and Computing Centre, room ENG 103, Ryerson University (245 Church Street, see: www.ryerson.ca/maps ) All are welcome and admission is free. Founded in 2005, the IID is a non-partisan, student-led forum designed to engage all members of the Ryerson University community on major events and issues in contemporary global affairs through reasoned, objective, and scholarly discourse. For further details about the IID and our series please see http://iid.kislenko.com or contact the IID student leaders at ryerson.international.issues@gmail.com .
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| 22 March 2012 | On behalf of Dr. Carl Benn, Chair of the Department of History, it is my pleasure to invite you to a special seminar discussion on careers in international relations and intelligence with the Government of Canada. Our guest will be Dr. Linda Goldthorp, who served as Director General of Intelligence Production at the Department of National Defence, and formerly the Senior Policy Planning Advisor for the Private Office of the Secretary General of NATO. In her capacity, she provided intelligence analysis and advice on a host of major international issues and crises, such as Kosovo, East Timor, Bosnia, Northern Ireland, and Iraq. In August 2011 she was appointed as the first Public Servant in Residence at the University of Toronto. Dr. Goldthorp will be discussing how best students can pursue careers in intelligence, the foreign service, and other international relations fields, as well as what skills the Government of Canada looks for in prospective employees. This seminar will be Thursday, March 22, 4:00-6:00 pm, in POD 368 (Podium Building: 350 Victoria Street: see www.ryerson.ca/maps ) at Ryerson University, Toronto. Seating is limited so RSVPs are appreciated. Please email Dr. Arne Kislenko at akislenk@ryerson.ca to reserve a seat, or if you have questions. Colleagues, please feel free to pass along this information to your students.
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| 21 March 2012 | The International Issues Discussion (IID) series at Ryerson University is pleased to present the fourth talk in its special Winter 2012 series, Following the Current: A Forum on Global Affairs and News Media Today. Our guest will be Michelle Shephard, National Security reporter for the Toronto Star and author of the critically acclaimed book, Decade of Fear: Reporting from Terrorism’s Grey Zone. For the past ten years she has travelled through some of the most dangerous regions of the world, and covered national and international politics from the corridors of power in Washington and elsewhere. She was also associate producer of the powerful documentary, Under Fire; dealing with the tremendous hazards confronting front-line war correspondents. Winner of several top journalism prizes in Canada, including (twice) the National Newspaper Award and the Governor General’s Michener Award for Public Service Journalism, Ms. Shephard is widely regarded as one of the leading experts in Canada on national/international security issues. The event will be held Wednesday, March 21, from 6:30-8:30pm, in the George Vari Engineering and Computing Centre, room ENG 103, Ryerson University (245 Church Street, see: www.ryerson.ca/maps ) All are welcome and admission is free. Founded in 2005, the IID is a non-partisan, student-led forum designed to engage all members of the Ryerson University community on major events and issues in contemporary global affairs through reasoned, objective, and scholarly discourse. For further details about the IID and our series please see http://iid.kislenko.com or contact the IID student leaders at ryerson.international.issues@gmail.com .
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| 16 March 2012 | The Department of History at Ryerson University is pleased to welcome the Mosaic Institute as it hosts a one-day conference on peace and development in the Middle East called The Citizen Summit: Young Canadians’ Day of Dialogue for Peace in the Middle East. The conference will take place on Friday, March 16th, 2012 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Oakham Conference House at Ryerson University (63 Gould Street, Toronto: see http://www.ryerson.ca/maps) The forum brings together UofMosaic chapters at Ryerson, the University of Toronto, and York University, all of which have been trying to facilitate reasoned and objective discussion about the Middle East on their respective campuses. The Citizen Summit will be a day-long event that will consist of panel discussions focusing on such topics as the emergence of various “people’s movements” in the Middle East, the related disappearance and/or weakening of so many regional dictators, the Palestinian bid for recognition of statehood from the UN, and the implications that this wave of change across the Middle East has for democracy, development, and Canada's interests. The Citizen Summit will also feature a panel about opportunities for Canadian youth-led, in-region dialogue and development initiatives to contribute constructively to a grassroots peace movement in the Middle East. A luncheon keynote address by a prominent peace innovator, and small group dialogue sessions with trained mediators, will also be part of the event. For more information and to purchase tickets, please visit http://citizensummit.eventbrite.com/ or http://www.facebook.com/events/345800165453156/ Some of the confirmed speakers and moderators at the event include: Daniel Levy, Marie-Joelle Zahar, Margaret MacMillan, Michael Bell, Hind Aboud Kabawat, Arne Kislenko, Derek Penslar, and representatives from Peace it Together, Operation Groundswell, the Canadian International Scientific Exchange Program, and Save the Children.
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| 08 March 2012 | Just a reminder from the Department of History at Ryerson University about the Canadian International Council (Toronto Branch) first annual Ryerson-University of Toronto foreign policy student debate. The debate question will be: “This House believes that Canada’s influencing role in the world is in terminal decline.” Speaking in favour is the team from Ryerson. Speaking against is the team from the University of Toronto. Comments – and voting - from the House (the audience) will be part of the proceedings! The event will be held Thursday, March 8 at 7:00 pm in the George Vari Engineering and Computing Centre, room ENG 103, Ryerson University (245 Church Street, see: www.ryerson.ca/maps ) All are welcome and admission is free. A poster advertising the talk is attached. For further information about the CIC, see www.cictoronto.ca Please come out in support of the students as we begin a hopefully long-standing tradition!
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| 29 February 2012 | The International Issues Discussion (IID) series at Ryerson University is pleased to present the third talk in its special Winter 2012 series, Following the Current: A Forum on Global Affairs and News Media Today. Our guest will be Brian Stewart, one of Canada’s best known and most respected foreign correspondents. For decades he has reported from around the world for CBC’s The National. He has filed award-winning reports and acclaimed documentaries from Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan, and Rwanda: where he uncovered advance warnings of the mass murders. Currently the Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto, Mr. Stewart is one of this country’s foremost experts on contemporary international relations, and particularly media coverage of them. His lecture is entitled "Hope Out of the Ruins: Stories of Optimism, Altruism, and Courage from Around the World." The event will be held Wednesday, February 29, from 6:30-8:30pm, in the George Vari Engineering and Computing Centre, room ENG 103, Ryerson University (245 Church Street, see: www.ryerson.ca/maps) All are welcome and admission is free. [ View / Print Poster ]
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| 15 February 2012 | In recognition of the one-year anniversary of the “Arab Spring”, the International Issues Discussion (IID) series at Ryerson University is pleased to present a special round-table discussion on democratic transitions in the world today; The Struggle for Democracy: Part II. Our guests will be former Canadian Ambassador and Diplomat in Residence at Ryerson University, Jeremy Kinsman; the recent Canadian Ambassador to Egypt, Ferry de Kerckhove; career diplomat Ben Rowswell from the Center for Strategic and International Studies; and Dr. Arne Kislenko from the Department of History at Ryerson. They will be giving short talks on current or prospective developments in the Arab world, Russia, and Burma, with discussion (and audience engagement) following on the broader questions of democratic transitions elsewhere in the world. The event will be held Wednesday, February 15, from 6:30-9:30pm, in the George Vari Engineering and Computing Centre, room ENG 103, Ryerson University (245 Church Street, see: www.ryerson.ca/maps.) Light refreshments will be available. All are welcome and admission is free. [ View / Print Poster ]
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| 08 February 2012 | On behalf of the U of Mosaic at Ryerson University, I am pleased to invite you to attend the third seminar in a special series on Middle East dialogues: THE FOURTH STAGE OF THE ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICT; a talk by Dr. Alan Dowty, Professor Emeritus of Political Science, and Senior Associate for Middle East Studies of the Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame. The event will be held Wednesday, February 8, 6:30-8:30 pm in TRSM 1146 (the Ted Rogers School of Management) at Ryerson University. Please see www.ryerson.ca/maps for location details. The dialogue aspires to be a space where common understanding is fostered by students’ commitment to promoting healthy exchanges between diaspora communities in order to influence Canada’s foreign policy, and to identify joint opportunities for grassroots peace-building. An initiative of The Mosaic Institute (www.mosaicinstitute.ca ), the UofMosaic is a program to encourage Canadian university students to confront old conflicts, become purveyors of peace on campus, and help strengthen their fellow Canadians' commitment to fostering peace, pluralism and good government around the world - starting right here at home. Everyone is welcome, and the event is free. [ View/Print Poster ]
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| 01 February 2012 | The International Issues Discussion (IID) series at Ryerson University is pleased to present the second talk in its special Winter 2012 series, Following the Current: A Forum on Global Affairs and News Media Today. Our guest will be John Owen, professor of international journalism at the City University in London, England. He spent over twenty years with CBC: five years as the Chief News Editor of TV News, and six years as the Chief of Foreign Bureau. He is Chairman of London’s Frontline Club, Trustee of the George Soros Open Society Foundation, and an internationally acclaimed author. Among his publications, he was co-editor and contributor to the 2008 book, International News Reporting: Frontlines and Deadlines. Mr. Owen’s lecture is entitled "Hard News, Hard Times for the Media: Will the News Get Better?" The event will be held Wednesday, February 1, from 6:30-8:30pm, in the George Vari Engineering and Computing Centre, room ENG 103, Ryerson University (245 Church Street, see: www.ryerson.ca/maps ) All are welcome and admission is free. [ View / Print Poster ]
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| 25 January 2012 | On behalf of the U of Mosaic at Ryerson University, I am pleased to invite you to attend the second seminar in a special series on Middle East dialogues: Palestinians Outside Palestine: Refugees, the “Right of Return,” and Prospects for Peace. The event will be held Wednesday, January 25, 6:30-8:30 pm in ENG 103 (the George Vari Engineering Building) at Ryerson University. Please see www.ryerson.ca/maps for location details. The dialogue aspires to be a space where common understanding is fostered by students’ commitment to promoting healthy exchanges between diaspora communities in order to influence Canada’s foreign policy, and to identify joint opportunities for grassroots peace-building. An initiative of The Mosaic Institute (www.mosaicinstitute.ca), the UofMosaic is a program to encourage Canadian university students to confront old conflicts, become purveyors of peace on campus, and help strengthen their fellow Canadians' commitment to fostering peace, pluralism and good government around the world - starting right here at home. The Northern District Branch of the TPL is located at 40 Orchard View Boulevard (the first block north of Eglinton Avenue, on the west side of Yonge Street). Refreshments will be served before the lecture from 7:10 p.m. For more information, call (416)393-7610. All are welcome and admission is free. [ View / Print Poster ] |
| 25 January 2012 | Dr. Carl Benn will present an illustrated lecture on the “War of 1812” at the Northern District Branch of the Toronto Public Library at 7:30 p.m. The War of 1812, which engulfed United States, Great Britain, her Canadian colonies, and the First Nations of the Great Lakes and upper Mississippi regions, was a dramatic and formative event in North American history. In this illustrated presentation, Carl Benn explores the war’s complex origins, confused campaigns, and misunderstood conclusions in order to clarify the course of the conflict and its larger historical meanings. Carl Benn, Chair of the Department of History, came to Ryerson University in 2008 after working in the museum field for 34 years. His last post in that field was Chief Curator of the City of Toronto’s Museums and Heritage Services. His main areas of academic interest centre on Euroamerican and First Nations history in eastern North America before the 20th century. He has published extensively in journals and other venues, and his books include Historic Fort York (1993); The Iroquois in the War of 1812 (1998); The War of 1812 (2002); and Mohawks on the Nile: Natives Among the Canadian Voyageurs in Egypt, 1884-85 (2009). He currently is completing a book on aboriginal memoirs from 1812-15, and then intends to undertake research for a book on the Iroquois at the time of the Pontiac War and Royal Proclamation in the 1760s. The Northern District Branch of the TPL is located at 40 Orchard View Boulevard (the first block north of Eglinton Avenue, on the west side of Yonge Street). Refreshments will be served before the lecture from 7:10 p.m. For more information, call (416)393-7610. All are welcome and admission is free. |
| 18 January 2012 | The International Issues Discussion (IID) series at Ryerson University is pleased to present the first talk in its special Winter 2012 series, Following the Current: A Forum on Global Affairs and News Media Today. Our guest will be Tony Burman, the former head of Al Jazeera English and CBC News. An award-winning journalist and news executive for more than 35 years, Burman is internationally recognized as one of the foremost experts on the media and its coverage of international affairs. Among numerous awards, in 2007 he received the Gordon Sinclair Award for lifetime achievement in broadcast journalism. Since September 2011 he has been the Velma Rogers Graham Research Chair in News Media and Technology at Ryerson’s School of Journalism. Mr. Burman’s lecture is entitled "News Over Noise in the Age of Al Jazeera." The event will be held Wednesday, January 18, from 6:30-8:30pm, in the George Vari Engineering and Computing Centre, ENG 103, Ryerson University (245 Church Street, see: www.ryerson.ca/maps ) All are welcome and admission is free. [ View / Print Poster ] |
| 30 November 2011 | The International Issues Discussion (IID) series at Ryerson University is pleased to present its sixth and final lecture of the Fall 2011 term, "Yes We Can? A Review of U.S. Foreign Relations and Domestic Politics Today”.
Our guests will be Dr. Robert Teigrob and Dr. Arne Kislenko: both professors in the history department at Ryerson University. Their talk will be Wednesday, November 30, 630-830 pm, in ENG 103 (George Vari Engineering and Computing Centre: 245 Church Street, at the corner of Gould and Church: see www.ryerson.ca/maps ) at Ryerson University, Toronto. All are welcome and admission is free. [ View / Print Poster ]
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| 16 November 2011 | The International Issues Discussion (IID) series at Ryerson University is pleased to present its fifth lecture of the Fall 2011 term, "Organized Crime in Latin America: More Than Drugs, Blood, and Bullets".
Our guest will be Luis Horacio Najera, a well-known Mexican journalist with over twenty years’ experience covering organized crime, corruption, human rights violations, and government abuses in Latin America. Najera also served as the Public Information Officer for the General Attorney’s office in Chihuahua. In 2008 he sought exile in Canada after receiving numerous death threats following his reports on Mexican drug trafficking syndicates. He is currently the 2011-2012 CJFE/Scotiabank Massey College Journalism Fellow at the University of Toronto. Najera’s talk will be Wednesday, November 16, 630-830 pm, in ENG 103 (George Vari Engineering and Computing Centre: 245 Church Street, at the corner of Gould and Church: see www.ryerson.ca/maps ) at Ryerson University, Toronto. All are welcome and admission is free. [ View / Print poster ]
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| 02 November 2011 | The International Issues Discussion (IID) series at Ryerson University is pleased to present its fourth lecture of the Fall 2011 term, "Canada's National Security: Reflections on Strategies, Priorities and Goals," in conjunction with the Canadian Association for Security and Intelligence Studies (CASIS).
Our guest will be Dr. Linda Goldthorp, who served as Director General of Intelligence Production at the Department of National Defence, and formerly as the Senior Policy Planning Advisor for the Private Office of the Secretary General of NATO. She provided intelligence analysis and advice on a host of major international issues and crises, such as Kosovo, East Timor, Bosnia, Northern Ireland, and Iraq. In August 2011 she was appointed as the first Public Servant in Residence at the University of Toronto. Dr. Goldthorp's talk will be Wednesday, November 2, 630-830 pm, in ENG 103 (George Vari Engineering and Computing Centre: 245 Church Street, at the corner of Gould and Church: see www.ryerson.ca/maps ) at Ryerson University, Toronto. All are welcome and admission is free. [ View / Print poster ]
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| 26 October 2011 | The International Issues Discussion (IID) series at Ryerson University is pleased to present its third lecture of the Fall 2011 term: The Pirates of Puntland – Inside the World of Somalia’s Modern-Day Buccaneers .
Our guest will be journalist and author, Jay Bahadur. Bahadur is a Canadian freelance journalist and author of the recently published book The Pirates of Somalia (HarperCollins, 2011). He spent several months in Puntland - an autonomous region of Somalia and the heart of the pirates' tribal homeland—gaining unique access in a notoriously dangerous part of the world. He has published articles in The Times, The New York Times, Financial Times, and The Globe & Mail, and has advised the U.S. State Department on Somali piracy. Bahadur has also worked as a freelance correspondent for CBS News, and has appeared on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, CNN, Bloomberg, the BBC, and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Bahadur currently lives in Toronto, where he runs an international news website, Journalist Nation. Bahadur’s talk will be Wednesday, October 26, 630-830 pm, in ENG 103 (George Vari Engineering and Computing Centre: 245 Church Street, at the corner of Gould and Church: see www.ryerson.ca/maps ) at Ryerson University, Toronto. All are welcome and admission is free [ View/Print Poster ]
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| 11 October 2011 | The International Issues Discussion (IID) series at Ryerson University is pleased to present its second lecture of the Fall 2011 term: The Libyan Rebellion: Its Wider Meaning for the Middle East. Our guest will be former Canadian Ambassador Jeremy Kinsman. Ambassador Kinsman's distinguished service in government spanned 40 years. Among his most senior posts he was Ambassador to the Russian Federation, the European Union, and High Commissioner to the United Kingdom. Since retiring he has been Diplomat-in-Residence at both Princeton University and the University of California Berkeley, developed an international democracy-support project, and written the Diplomat's Handbook for Democracy Development Support. He returns this year to Ryerson as the Department of History’s Distinguished Visiting Diplomat. Ambassador Kinsman’s talk will be Tuesday, October 11, 630-830 pm, in the Oakham House Lounge, at Ryerson University, Toronto (63 Gould Street, near the corner of Church and Gould Streets: see www.ryerson.ca/maps ). Please note the change in rooms from our usual venue. Seating in the Oakham House is limited to 100 so come on time to make sure you get a seat! All are welcome and admission is free. [ Print / View Poster ]
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| 28 September 2011 | The International Issues Discussion (IID) series at Ryerson University is pleased to present its first lecture of the Fall 2011 term, "Security and Terrorism Since 911: A Decade in Review”, in conjunction with the Canadian Association for Security and Intelligence Studies (CASIS).
Our guest will be Michel Juneau-Katsuya: a former Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) officer with 31 years’ experience in law enforcement and intelligence, including terms as a Senior CSIS Officer on the Soviet desk, Chief of National Requirements, and Chief of Asia-Pacific operations. He is also a nationally renowned expert and commentator on security and intelligence issues and co-author of Nest of Spies: The Starting Truth About Foreign Agents at Work Within Canada´s Borders (2009). Mr. Juneau-Katsuya´s talk will be Wednesday, September 28, 630-830 pm, in the George Vari Engineering Building, room ENG 103, at Ryerson University: 245 Church Street, Toronto (at Church and Gould Streets: see www.ryerson.ca/maps ) All are welcome and admission is free. [ Print / View Poster ]
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| 08 April 2011 | The History Club is pleased to present its final film night of the semester. We will be showing "M.A.S.H."
Show time is 6:00 pm on Friday, April 8 in KHS 251 (Kerr Hall South, www.ryerson.ca/maps). All are welcome to attend. [ Print / View Poster ] |
| 06 April 2011 | The International Issues Discussion (IID) series at Ryerson University is pleased to present the final talk in its special Winter 2011 series:
Into the Divide: A Forum on India and Pakistan in the World Today. Our guest will be Dr. T.V. Paul, the founding Director of the McGill University/Université de Montréal Centre for International Peace and Security Studies and the James McGill Professor of International Relations at McGill University. He specializes in international security, regional security and South Asia. He has authored and edited numerous books, chapters and journal articles, including his book The Tradition of Non-use Nuclear Weapons, which was selected for inclusion in the Peace Laureate Exhibition honouring Barack Obama in 2009. Dr. Paul's Lecture is entitled "Weak States and South Asia's Perennial Insecurity" The event will be held Wednesday, April 6, from 6:30-8:30pm, in the George Vari Engineering and Computing Centre, room ENG 103, Ryerson University (245 Church Street, see: www.ryerson.ca/maps) All are welcome and admission is free. [ Print / View Poster ] |
| 23 March 2011 | The International Issues Discussion (IID) series at Ryerson University is pleased to present the fifth talk in its special Winter 2011 series:
Into the Divide: A Forum on India and Pakistan in the World Today. Our guest will be Dr. Faisal Devji, a Reader in Indian History and a Fellow of St. Antony’s College at the University of Oxford. He has recently authored two books, Landscapes of the Jihad: Militancy, Morality, Modernity and The Terrorist in Search of Humanity: Militant Islam and Global Politics. Dr. Devji received his PhD in Intellectual History at the University of Chicago and has held faculty positions at Harvard, Yale and the New School for Social Research in New York. Dr. Devji's lecture is entitled "Muslim Zion: Religion and the Making of Pakistan". The event will be held Wednesday, March 23, from 6:30-8:30pm, in the the George Vari Engineering and Computing Centre, room ENG 103, Ryerson University (245 Church Street, see: www.ryerson.ca/maps) All are welcome and admission is free. [ Print / View Poster ] |
| 17 March 2011 | The International Issues Discussion (IID) series at Ryerson University is pleased to present the fourth talk in its special Winter 2011 series, "Into the Divide: A Forum on India and Pakistan in the World Today".
Our guest will be Ahmed Rashid, a Pakistani journalist and author. Among the publications he contributes to, he has been the Pakistan, Afghanistan and Central Asia correspondent for London’s Daily Telegraph for the last two decades. Rashid has authored three best-selling books. His latest book is "Descent into Chaos: U.S. Policy and the Failure of Nation Building in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Central Asia", which is also the title of his lecture. The event will be held Thursday, March 17, from 7:00-9:00pm, in the Ryerson Library Building (LIB) 72, Ryerson University (245 Church Street, see: www.ryerson.ca/maps) All are welcome and admission is free. [ Print / View Poster ] |
| 14 March 2011 | The International Issues Discussion (IID) series at Ryerson University is pleased to present "The Struggle for Democracy: A Round Table Discussion".
In response to on-going developments in North Africa and the Middle East, this special event will explore popular movements for democracy across the globe with perspectives from four experts, each focusing on a different region. Our lineup includes:
The event will be held Monday, March 14, from 6:30-8:30 pm, in the Library Building (LIB) 72, Ryerson University (350 Victoria Street, see: www.ryerson.ca/maps) All are welcome and admission is free. [ Print / View Poster ] |
| 11 March 2011 | Ryerson’s Department of History and the University of Toronto sponsor a workshop, “Water and Society in Eastern Mediterranean Regions during Ancient and Mediaeval Times” on 11 March 2011 at Ryerson’s Oakham House. |
| 11 March 2011 | The History Club is pleased to present its eighth film night of the 2010-2011 academic year. We will be showing "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford" (2007): a Andrew Dominik film starring Brad Pitt, Casey Affleck, and Sam Shepard. The movie focuses on the last few days of the famous outlaw’s life, and the young man who decided to kill his childhood idol.
Show time is 6:00 pm on Friday, March 11 in KHS 251 (Kerr Hall South, www.ryerson.ca/maps). |
| 10 March 2011 | The International Issues Discussion (IID) series at Ryerson University and the Canadian Association for Security and Intelligence Studies (CASIS) are pleased to present "Six Faces of Intelligence: My Career Experiences with 'The Dark Side' and Their Lessons", a lecture by Anthony (Tony) Campbell.
Tony Campbell is one of the leading experts on intelligence and national security issues in Canada. He was a career public servant for 34 years during which he produced, used and managed intelligence as a diplomat in Guyana, Spain and Morocco, as a policy advisor to ministers, as an international negotiator, and as Executive Director of the Intelligence Assessment Secretariat in the Privy Council Office. He teaches strategic communication in the Peace and Conflict Studies Program at Royal Roads University and has been a visiting fellow at Cambridge, Carleton and Warwick Universities. The event will be held Thursday, March 10, from 7:00-9:00 pm, in the Library Building (LIB) 72, Ryerson University (350 Victoria Street, see: www.ryerson.ca/maps) All are welcome and admission is free. [ Print / View Poster ] |
| 09 March 2011 | The International Issues Discussion (IID) series at Ryerson University is pleased to present the third talk in its special Winter 2011 series:
"Into the Divide: A Forum on India and Pakistan in the World Today" Our guest will be Hina Jilani, a Pakistani lawyer specializing in human rights and constitutional rights litigation. Ms. Jilani began practicing law in 1979 and started the first law firm of women lawyers in Pakistan in 1980. Since then, she has held several distinguished posts including Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General on Human Rights Defenders. She is a member of the Supreme Court of Pakistan and has published extensively on human rights and women in Pakistan. Her talk is entitled “Human Rights and Democratic Development in Pakistan.” The event will be held Wednesday, March 9, from 6:30-8:30pm, in the George Vari Engineering and Computing Centre, room ENG 103, Ryerson University (245 Church Street, see: www.ryerson.ca/map) All are welcome and admission is free. [ Print / View Poster ] |
| 02 March 2011 | The International Issues Discussion (IID) series at Ryerson University and the Toronto branch of the Canadian International Council (CIC) are pleased to present a special session on Canadian foreign policy, Wednesday, March 2 630-830 pm in ENG 103 (George Vari Engineering and Computing Centre, 245 Church Street, www.ryerson.ca/maps).
Our guest will be Dr. Adam Chapnick , deputy director of education at the Canadian Forces College and an associate professor of defence studies at the Royal Military College of Canada. He currently teaches courses in Canadian governance and strategic decision-making and Canadian foreign policy. His most recent book is Canada’s Voice: The Public Life of John Wendell Holmes (UBC Press 2009), which was shortlisted for the 2010 Dafoe Book Prize. Dr. Chapnick holds a PhD in History from the University of Toronto. All are welcome and admission is free. [ Print / View Poster ] |
| 18 February 2011 | The History Club is pleased to present its seventh film night of the 2010-2011 academic year. We will be showing "The Year of Living Dangerously" (1982): a Peter Weir film starring Mel Gibson, Sigourney Weaver, and Linda Hunt. The movie follows a group of foreign correspondents in Jakarta amidst the political intrigue and violence of Indonesia during the 1965 coup and civil war.
Show time is 6:30 pm on Friday, February 18 in KHS 251 (Kerr Hall South, www.ryerson.ca/maps ). For more information about the History Club find us on Facebook at HistoryClub@Ryerson. Admission is free and all are welcome! [ Print / View Poster ] |
| 16 February 2011 | Ryerson University’s Department of History and the International Issues Discussion (IID) series are pleased to present the second lecture by the Department of History’s Distinguished Visiting Diplomat, Ambassador Jeremy Kinsman.
Ambassador Kinsman’s distinguished service in government spanned 40 years. Among his most senior posts he was Ambassador to the Russian Federation, the European Union, and High Commissioner to the United Kingdom. Since retiring he has been Diplomat-in-Residence at both Princeton University and the University of California Berkeley, developed an international democracy-support project, and written the Diplomat's Handbook for Democracy Development Support. For his second lecture, Ambassador Kinsman will be discussing the European Union: "The Rise and Decline of the EU: Can the Great Project Recover?" The event will be Wednesday, February 16, from 630-830 pm, in the George Vari Engineering and Computing Centre, room ENG 103, Ryerson University (245 Church Street: www.ryerson.ca/maps) All are welcome and admission is free. [ Print / View Poster ] |
| 09 February 2011 | The International Issues Discussion (IID) series at Ryerson University is pleased to present the second talk in its special Winter 2011 series:
"Into the Divide: A Forum on India and Pakistan in the World Today" Our guest will be Joseph Caron, a former Canadian diplomat who has had an extensive career in both the public and private sectors, specializing primarily in Asian economic affairs. Among his positions in the Canadian government, Mr. Caron was Assistant Deputy Minister for Asia-Pacific, and served as Canada’s Senior Official for Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation. He also served as ambassador to China and Japan. His final diplomatic posting prior to his retirement from the Foreign Service in 2010 was as High Commissioner to the Republic of India. His talk is entitled “Diplomacy from the Ground Up: India’s Rise in Asia,” The event will be held Wednesday, February 9, from 6:30-8:30pm, in the George Vari Engineering and Computing Centre, room ENG 103, Ryerson University (245 Church Street, see: www.ryerson.ca/maps) All are welcome and admission is free. [ Print / View Poster ] |
| 02 February 2011 | The History Club is pleased to present its sixth film night of the 2010-2011 academic year in support of the Alternative Spring Break (ASB) international development student group. We will be showing "Apocalypse Now": Francis Ford Coppola’s epic 1979 film about the Vietnam War. Inspired by Joseph Conrad’s novella Heart of Darkness, the film is widely regarded by critics as one of the best movies of all time.
Show time is 6:30 pm on Wednesday, February 2 in ENG 103 (Vari Engineering Building, 245 Church Street, www.ryerson.ca/maps). Admission is “pay what you can” with all proceeds going to help fund Ryerson’s ASB development projects in Colombia and Vietnam. For further details about the ASB please see http://asbryerson.tumblr.com Admission is free and all are welcome! [ Print / View Poster ] |
| 02 February 2011 | Toronto Public Library, Runnymede Branch 6:30 - 8:00 pm Science and Technology in the Medieval Islamic World Join Dr. Ingrid Hehmeyer, Associate Professor in the History of Science and Technology, Ryerson University, who will speak about science and technology in the Medieval Islamic World. Water and Waste in a Medieval Islamic City: Recent Fieldwork in Yemen Runnymede Branch |
| 28 January 2011 | The History Club is pleased to present its fifth film night of the 2010-2011 academic year: this time a “night out” on Friday, January 28th to see "The King’s Speech", currently playing at AMC theatres. Details are on the attached poster.
Admission is free and all are welcome! [ Print / View Poster ] |
| 26 January 2011 | Toronto Public Library, Runnymede Branch 6:30 - 8:00 pm Science and Technology in the Medieval Islamic World Join Dr. Ingrid Hehmeyer, Associate Professor in the History of Science and Technology, Ryerson University, who will speak about science and technology in the Medieval Islamic World. Astronomy Under Islam Runnymede Branch |
| 19 January 2011 | Toronto Public Library, Runnymede Branch 6:30 - 8:00 pm Science and Technology in the Medieval Islamic World Join Dr. Ingrid Hehmeyer, Associate Professor in the History of Science and Technology, Ryerson University, who will speak about science and technology in the Medieval Islamic World. Medical and Science Practice Runnymede Branch |
| 19 January 2011 | The International Issues Discussion (IID) series at Ryerson University is pleased to present the first talk in its special Winter 2011 series:
“Into the Divide: A Forum on India and Pakistan in the World Today” Our guest will be Dr. Amitabh Mattoo, Professor of International Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University and the Director-General of the Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies in New Delhi. He previously served with the National Knowledge Commission as a senior advisor to the Indian Prime Minister, and he is currently leading Track II negotiations with Pakistan. His talk is entitled, “India, Pakistan, and the Kashmir Crisis.” The event will occur on Wednesday, 19 January from 6:30-8:30 pm in the George Vari Engineering and Computing Centre, Room ENG 103 at Ryerson University (245 Church Street: see www.ryerson.ca/maps). All are welcome and admission is free. Founded in 2005, the IID is a non-partisan, student-led forum designed to engage all members of the Ryerson and broader Toronto communities on major events and issues in contemporary global affairs through reasoned, objective, and scholarly discourse. For further details about the IID and our series,please see www.iid.kislenko.com or contact the IID student leaders at ryerson.international.issues@gmail.com. |
| 01 December 2010 | The International Issues Discussion (IID) series at Ryerson University is pleased to present its final event in the Fall 2010 series in conjunction with the Canadian Association for Security and Intelligence Studies (CASIS):
“A North Korea without Nukes: is there any hope?” Our guest will be: Michael O’Hanlon, Director of Research and a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institute in Washington, DC, specializing in national security and defence issues, and one of the foremost experts in the world on the Korean peninsula. He recently served on the Secretary of State’s International Security Advisory Board and previously worked as a National Security Analyst at the Congressional Budget Office. His current research focuses on military technology and strategy in Northeast Asia. Among his many publications, he is co-author of Crisis on the Korean Peninsula. The event will be Wednesday December 1 630-830 pm, in the George Vari Engineering and Computing Centre, room ENG 103, Ryerson University (245 Church Street: see www.ryerson.ca/maps ) All are welcome and admission is free. [ Print / View Poster ] |
| 30 November 2010 | The History Club is pleased to present its fourth film night of the year, Tuesday, November 30, beginning at 6:30 pm in ENG 103.
We will be showing "Bright Star": a 2009 film based on the last three years of poet John Keats and his romantic relationship with Fanny Brawne. It stars Ben Whishaw as Keats and Abbie Cornish as Fanny. A British/Australian/French co-production, it was directed by Jane Campion, who wrote the screenplay and was inspired by the Andrew Motion’s biography of Keats. Admission is free and all are welcome! [ Print / View Poster ] |
| 26 November 2010 | “War and Memory Conference”: 1-5 p.m. at Oakham House, jointly sponsored by Ryerson and Wilfred Laurier universities, with presentations by Terry Copp, Robert Teigrob, Olivier Courteaux, Geoff Keelan, Matt Symes, and Arne Kislenko. Free admission. For details, click here. |
| 04 November 2010 | The International Issues Discussion (IID) series at Ryerson University is pleased to present its fourth event in the Fall 2010 series in conjunction with the Canadian Association for Security and Intelligence Studies (CASIS):
“Afghanistan and the Evolving Terrorist Threat”. Our guest will be: Rick "Ozzie" Nelson, Director of the Homeland Security and Counter-terrorism Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, DC. Mr. Nelson is a former U.S. Navy helicopter pilot with over 20 years of operational military and intelligence experience. He held a variety of senior posts in the Navy's operational command structure, including recent service in Afghanistan. The event will be Thursday, November 4 630-830 pm, in the George Vari Engineering and Computing Centre, room ENG 103, Ryerson University (245 Church Street: see www.ryerson.ca/maps ) For further details about the IID and our series, please see www.iid.kislenko.com or contact the IID student leaders at ryerson.international.issues@gmail.com Admission is free and all are welcome! [ Print / View Poster ]. |
| 03 November 2010 | The History Club is pleased to present its second film night of the year, Wednesday, November 3, beginning at 6:30 pm in ENG 103.
We will be showing " A Woman in Berlin (Eine Frau in Berlin, 2008)": a German film based on the powerful and important 1954 book by an anonymous author – now believed to be Marta Hillers, a journalist whose diaries were released in 2003 after her death. The book and film follow a nameless woman who keeps a diary as the Russians invade Berlin in the spring of 1945, while waiting for the return of her husband from the Eastern Front. A Woman in Berlin deals with the struggles of civilians in the midst of a devastating war: surrounded by hunger, violence, and desperation. More pointedly, it is an account of the estimated hundreds of thousands - possibly up to 2 million – women and girls in Germany who were raped and brutalized by Soviet forces in the last few months of the Second World War. Admission is free and all are welcome! [ Print / View Poster ]. |
| 01 November 2010 | “Post-Communist Russia: Lurching Between Success and Failure”: 6:30 p.m., KHS 239 (Kerr House South), 50 Gould Street. Ambassador Jeremy Kinsman, the Department of History’s new Visiting Distinguished Diplomat, will consider recent Russian history and conditions, based in part on his experience as Canada’s ambassador to Moscow in the 1990s, in the department’s International Issues Discussion Series. Everyone is welcome from the Ryerson and wider Toronto communities. For more information, contact Dr. Arne Kislenko at akislenk@ryerson.ca. [ Print / View Poster ] |
| 28 October 2010 | “The Rise of China: Global Implications, Canadian Reflections”: 6:30 p.m. at Oakham House, second floor, 63 Gould Street. Professor Jeremy Paltiel from Carleton University and a recent visiting professor at Tsinghua University in Beijing will explore this important topic in the Department of History’s International Issues Discussion Series. Everyone is welcome from the Ryerson and wider Toronto communities. For more information, contact Dr. Arne Kislenko at akislenk@ryerson.ca. [ Print / View Poster ] |
| 22 October 2010 | “The Letters of E.P. Thompson” : 4:30 p.m. Dr. Wade Matthews from York University will speak on this subject at Ryerson. Faculty and graduate students are welcome to attend this seminar. For room location and other details, contact Dr. Catherine Ellis at cellis@ryerson.ca. |
| 21 October 2010 | “Bonnie and Clyde”: 6:30 p.m. (ENG 103). The Ryerson History Club persents this romanticized but engaging portrayal of the famous bank-robbing couple in 1930s America. Film historians regard this 1967 movie (with Warren Beaty and Faye Dunaway) as one of the more important presentations in the “New Hollywood” genre, noted for its graphic and realistic depictions of violence and sex. Everyone welcomed; free admission. [ Print / View Poster ] |
| 15-16 October 2010 | “New Voices in Labour Studies Conference” co-sponsored by Ryerson’s Department of History at York University’s Research Tower, 8:30-5:30 both days; free; all welcome; for more information click here. |
| 29 September 2010 | “Radicalization and National Security: A Canadian Conversation”: 6:30 p.m. in the Vari Engineering Building (ENG 103). Ryerson’s Dr. Arne Kislenko and Waterloo’s Dr. Lorne Dawson will address this important topic in this year’s first International Issues Discussion Series presentation. Everyone is welcome; more information at iid.kislenko.com. |
| 27 September 2010 | “Alternate Spring Break” information night, 6 p.m. in POD-250. Learn about this year’s plans for the ASB in Colombia in February and for Vietnam and Laos in May. For more information, visit www.asbryerson.tumblr.com or contact Arne Kislenko at akislenk@ryerson.ca. |
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