Future Humanities: Transforming Graduate Studies for the Future of Canada

May 21-22, 2015

Institute for the Public Life of Arts and Ideas (IPLAI)

McGill University

Program of Events [updated]

Participants’ Vision Statements

Registration for Public Events

The McGill Conference, “Future Humanities: Transforming Graduate Studies for the Future of Canada,” will bring together work by more than twenty Canadian universities, Francophone and Anglophone, on how to reform and strengthen humanities graduate education. This national initiative takes its start from the White Paper on the Future of the PhD in the Humanities, recruits the most original and creative thinkers from university administration, faculty, students, and recent graduates, and includes leading figures from media, government, and business, and from policy organizations such as the Canadian Association of Graduate Studies and the Conference Board of Canada.

The McGill conference will be the culmination of nearly two years of work on humanities graduate education, but it will also be the start of a long-term undertaking with four principal goals:

• to develop new, innovative humanities graduate programs;
• to change the culture of the academy by making it more outward-looking and socially proactive;
• to transform the public profile of humanities MAs and PhDs by publicizing and developing their capacity for leadership in fields inside and outside the university;
• to create a larger, more outward-looking academic community by attracting back a significant number of PhDs with careers outside the university to mentor in-course graduate students and advise universities that are rethinking their graduate programs.

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Participants:

Katherine Acheson, Associate Professor of English, Acting Associate Dean for Graduate Studies, University of Waterloo

Nicky Agate, Managing Editor, MLA Commons

Marie Audette, Doyenne, Faculté des études supérieures et postdoctorales, Université Laval

Thérèse Audet, Vice-doyenne à la recherche et secrétaire de faculté, Faculté des lettres et sciences humaines, Université de Sherbrooke

Patricia Badir, Director of Grad Studies, English, UBC

Andrew Bailey, Prof of Philosophy Associate Dean (Research & Graduate Studies), College of Arts, University of Guelph

Eliza Bateman, PhD candidate, Faculty of Law, McGill

Rachel Bennett, Director, Marketing, Mitacs

Peggy Berkowitz, Editor-in-Chief, University Affairs

Nandi Bhatia, Professor, Department of English, Associate Dean (Research), Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Western Ontario

Kelsey Blair, PhD Student, Simon Fraser University

Frédéric Bouchard, Professeur agrégé, Philosophie, Universite de Montreal

Lynne Bowker, Professor, School of Translation and Interpretation, University of Ottawa

Mike Brklacich, Associate Dean, Programs & Awards, Grad Studies, Carleton University

Brenda Brouwer, Dean, School of Graduate Studies and Research, Queen’s

Robert Brown, PhD Candidate, Humanities, York University

Joseph Andrew Buscemi, PhD Candidate, History, University of Waterloo

Susan Cake, PhD Student, Sociology, University of Alberta

Angela Campbell, Associate Dean of Law, McGill

Caitlin Campisi, PhD Candidate, Social Justice and Equity, OISE, University of Toronto

Roberta Cauchi-Santoro, Mitacs Postdoctoral Fellow, European Studies (School of Languages and Literatures), University of Guelph

Cameron Charlebois, GPMC Montréal; Chair, IPLAI Advisory Board

Simona Chiose, Higher Education Reporter, Globe and Mail 

Anthony J. Clarke, Assist. V.P. (Graduate Studies & Program Quality Assurance), Professor, Molecular & Cellular Biology, University of Guelph

Kristy Clarke, Coordinator, Graduate and Professional Skills Program, School of Graduate Studies, Concordia University

Carlos D. Colorado, Associate Professor, Chair, Joint Masters Program in Religion, Department of Religion and Culture, University of Winnipeg

Lesley Cormack, Dean of Arts, Alberta

Barbara Crow, Dean of Graduate Studies, York University

Alison Crump, Academic Projects Officer, Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, McGill University

Julie E. Cumming, Associate Dean, Research and Administration, Schulich School of Music, McGill University

Frans de Bruyn, Vice-Dean for Graduate Studies, Faculty of Arts; Professor, Department of English, University of Ottawa

Sandra den Otter, Professor of History, Associate Dean, School of Graduate Studies (SGS), Queen’s University

Tamas Dobozy, Associate Dean, Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, Professor, Department of English and Film Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University

Patrick Dramé, Professeur agrégé, Département d’histoire, Université de Sherbrooke

Ollivier Dyens, Deputy Provost (Student Life and Learning), McGill

Danine Farquharson, Professor of English, Grad officer, English, Memorial University

Amanda Fher, PhD Candidate, University of Saskatchewan

Alan Filewood, Director of School of English & Theatre Studies, University of Guelph

Jean-François Fortin, Director, Research Training Portfolio, SSHRC

Patti Fritz, Professor of Psychology, University of Windsor

Chad Gaffield, Professor of History, Ottawa

Shaun Gamboa, PhD Student, Humanities, Concordia

Matthew Gaster, PhD Student, University of Waterloo

Claude Gélinas, Directeur du département de philosophie et d’éthique appliquée, Université de Sherbrooke

Fernand Gervais, Dean of Education, Université Laval; Director, Teaching and Learning, Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences

Robert Gibbs, Director, Jackman Humanities Institute, Toronto

Ursula Gobel, Associate Vice-President, Future Challenges, SSHRC

Noreen Golfman, Interim Provost and VP Academic, Memorial

Jennifer Hansen, PhD Candidate, University of Saskatchewan

John Hatch, Associate Dean, Academic, Arts and Humanities, University of Western Ontario

Olivia Heaney, PhD Candidate, English, McGill University

Pat Heffernan, Vice-Principal Research, Dean of Graduate Studies, Royal Military College of Canada

Michael Hennessy, Associate Vice-Principal Research, Royal Military College of Canada

Elizabeth Hodgson, Associate Professor, English, University of British Columbia

Rebecca Huegler, Coordinator of Communications and the Office of Post-Doctoral Fellows, SGS, Queen’s University

Lisa A. Hughes, Associate Dean, Faculty of Graduate Studies, Associate Professor, Classics and Religion, University of Calgary

Pam Ingleton, PhD Student, English and Cultural Studies, McMaster University

Stephen Jackson, PhD Student, Interdisciplinary Studies, Memorial University

Elizabeth-Anne Johnson, MA Student, History, University of Manitoba

Paul Keen, Professor of English, Carleton University

Greg Kelly, Executive Producer, CBC Ideas

Mary Ellen Kelm, Associate Dean, Graduate Studies, Simon Fraser University

Martin Kreiswirth, Associate Provost (Graduate Education) and Dean, Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, McGill University

Anne Krook, PhD (Michigan), Consultant

Normand Labrie, Scientific Director, Fonds de recherche du Québec – Société et culture

Caroline Lachance, Senior Policy Analyst, Research, policy and international relations, Universities Canada (formerly AUCC)

Valeria LaFlamme, Director, Research Training Portfolio, SSHRC

Josh Lambier, PhD Candidate, English, and Director, Public Humanities, University of Western Ontario

Emma Lang, MPhil, Memorial University

Mathieu Lavoie, Conseiller aux affaires universitaires, Ministère de l’Éducation, de l’Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche

Eric Lewis, Professor of Philosophy, McGill University

Sheetal Lodhia, Executive Director, IPLAI, McGill

Antonia Maioni, Professor of Political Science, McGill; past President, Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences

Jean-Marc Mangin, Directeur general, Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences

Sarah Manya, PhD Student, Concordia

Frederica Martin, Manager, Academic Programs and Development, Graduate Studies, Concordia University

Anthony Masi, Provost, McGill

Casey McCormick, PhD candidate, Media & Cultural Studies, McGill

Joe Medjuck, PhD (Toronto), Film Producer

Laura Moncion, PhD Student, History, Memorial University

Margaret Moriority, Assistant Dean and Secretary General, Grad Studies, University of Ottawa

Kathryn Muller, University Advancement, McGill University

Allison Muri, Graduate Chair, Department of English, University of Saskatchewan

Jonathan Newell, PhD Student, English, University of British Columbia

Émilie Pagé-Perron, PhD Candidate, Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations, University of Toronto

Anthony Paré, Head, Language and Literacy Education, UBC

Douglas Peers, Dean of Arts, Waterloo

Sylvie Perrier, Associate Professor, Department of History; Chairperson of the Commission on Graduate Studies in the Humanities, University of Ottawa

Nadia Anastasia Pohran, MA Student, University of Ottawa

Trevor Ponech, Chair, Department of English, McGill University

Susan Porter, Dean and Vice Provost, Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies, University of British Columbia

Ayush Ranawade, PhD Student, Biology, VP Internal, GSA, McMaster University

Sophie Reuss, Undergraduate Student, McGill University

Markus Reisenleitner, Graduate Program Director, Humanities; Graduate Program Director Caucus Chair, York University

Laura Robinson, Head of the English Department, Royal Military College

Sarah Rocheville, Professeure adjointe, Département des lettres et communications, Université de Sherbrooke

Locke Rowe, Dean, Graduate Studies and Vice-Provost, Graduate Research and Education, University of Toronto

Sally Rutherford, Executive Director, CAGS

Mary Silcox, Professor of English, McMaster

Martha Smith-Norris, Graduate Chair, Department of History, University of Saskatchewan

Erin Sobat, Undergraduate Student, McGill University

Sajdeep Soomal, Undergraduate Student, McGill University

Tabitha Sparks, Professor of English, McGill University

Gauri Sreenivasan, Director of Policy and Programming, Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences

Timothy Stanley, Professor of Education, Interim Dean, Graduate Studies, University of Ottawa

Erica Stevens Abbitt, Professor of Theatre History, University of Windsor

Markus Stock, Chair, Germanic Languages and Literatures, University of Toronto

Karenza Sutton-Bennett, PhD Student, University of Ottawa

Juan Luis Suarez, Professor, Hispanic Studies and Director of CulturePlex, University of Western Ontario

Kathryn Temple, Chair, English, Georgetown University

Bryce Traister, Chair, English and Writing Studies, University of Western Ontario

Claire Turenne-Sjolander, Vice-Dean of Graduate Studies (Social Sciences), University of Ottawa

Val Walker, Directory, Policy, Mitacs

David Watt, Director, Institute for the Humanities, Manitoba

Mike Webster, Graduate Student, GSA President, University of Calgary

Sandy Welsh, Vice-Dean, Graduate Education & Program Reviews Faculty of Arts & Science and Professor of Sociology, University of Toronto

Victoria Wolfe, Grad Chair, Hispanic Studies, University of Western Ontario

Paula Wood-Adams, Dean of Graduate Studies, Concordia

Julia M. Wright, Professor of English, Associate Dean Research, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, Dalhousie University

Nancy E. Wright, Dean, Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Windsor

Kyle Wyatt, PhD (Toronto), Managing Editor, The Walrus

Paul Yachnin, Director, IPLAI, McGill

Kim Yates, Associate Director, Jackman Humanities Institute, University of Toronto

Leigh Yetter, Director, Office of the Provost, McGill

Laine Zisman-Newman, PhD Candidate, Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies, University of Toronto

Heather Zwicker, Professor and Vargo Chair, Faculty of Arts, University of Alberta

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Participating Institutions & Organizations:

Canadian Association for Graduate Studies

Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences

Carleton University

Concordia University

Dalhousie University

FQRSC

The Globe and Mail

Jackman Humanities Institute, U of Toronto

McGill University

McMaster University

Memorial University

Mitacs

Ministère de l’Éducation, de l’Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche

MLA Commons, Modern Language Association of America

Queen’s University

Royal Military College of Canada

Simon Fraser University

SSHRC

Université de Montréal

Université de Sherbrooke

Université Laval

Universités Canada / Universities Canada

University Affairs

University of Alberta

University of British Columbia

University of Calgary

University of Guelph

University of Manitoba

University of Ottawa

University of Saskatchewan

University of Toronto

University of Waterloo

University of Western Ontario

University of Windsor

University of Winnipeg

The Walrus

Wilfrid Laurier University

York University

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