2024 Honours Thesis Colloquium

Date

Friday April 5, 2024
10:00 am - 2:40 pm

Location

Event Category
Colloquium and Department Events
Other Department Events
Past Events in Political Studies

Please join us for the Department of Political Studies 2024 Honours Thesis Colloquium!

Friday, April 5, 2024 

10:00am - 2:40pm

Robert Sutherland Hall | Room 202

Light lunch served

Event poster

Agenda

10:00-10:05 AM â€“ Opening Remarks | Kaitie Jourdeuil, coordinator

Panel 1 | 10:05-11:05 AM 

  • Emily Wilson: â€œThe ‘First Victim,’ and the ‘Noble Reconciler,’: National myths, memory, and misremembrance in Austria and Canada† Discussant – Jana Walkowski
  • Sarah Hamm: â€œUnited Nations Security Council Resolution 1325, Nearly twenty-five years later: Where are the women now?† Discussant – Shola Ogunnubi
  • Sadie McIntosh: â€œAssessing the Role of Human Security in Africa’s Natural Resource Governance: An Agential Constructivist Approach†  Discussant – Shola Ogunnubi

11:05-11:10 AM – Break (light refreshments served)

Panel 2  | 11:10 AM - 12:10 PM

  • Ameila Gordanier: “Evolving Narratives of Indigeneity: A Discourse Analysis of Linguistic Changes in Newspaper Media†  Discussant – Shola Ogunnubi
  • Ella Granger: "Genocidal Processes in Authoritarian and Democratic States: the Indigenous vs the Kurds"   Discussant – Jana Walkowski
  • Leonie Saint-Arnaud: "The Proto Genocide of the Uyghurs: In Conversation with Members of the Uyghur Diaspora"   Discussant – Jana Walkowski

12:10-12:30 PM - Lunch (light lunch served)

Panel 3 | 12:30-1:30 PM

  • Lauren Oswald: â€œUnderstanding Variations in the Global War on Terror†  Discussant – Ã‰mile Lambert-Deslandes
  • Isabela Rittinger: â€œLGBTQ2S+ Genocide: The Failure of International Law†  Discussant – Cindy Cruz
  • Greg Brown: “Carl Schmitt’s Critique of Liberalism†  Discussant – Yerin Chung

1:30-1:35 Break (light refreshments served)

Panel 4 | 1:35-2:35 PM

  • Maddy Ritter: “Reimagined Pathways: Exploring the Role of the Third Sector in the Canadian Basic Income Movement†  Discussant – Chelsea Dunn
  • Adrienne Cross: â€œNavigating Motherhood in Canada Amidst and Beyond COVID-19's Impact on Social and Economic Realities: Has COVID-19 shattered the contemporary perception of motherhood in Canada by imposing heightened burdens and barriers on mothers' social and economic standings?†  Discussant – Cindy Cruz
  • Jessica Meleca: â€œA Gendered Analysis of Canadian Childcare Policy Through Media Perspectives†  Discussant – Chelsea Dunn

2:35-2:40 PM – Closing remarks | Kaitie Jourdeuil