De nos jours les chercheurs en matériaux se tournent de plus en plus souvent vers la nature pour trouver leur inspiration. Les méthodes de micro-fabrication et les découvertes en biochimie ouvrent de nouveaux boulevards aux [...]

Du 11 octobre au 25 novembre, le Centre commémoratif de l’Holocauste à Montréal (MHMC) et sa coordinatrice Audrey Licop présentent la 10e Série éducative sur l’Holocauste: sept semaines d’événements, de conférences, de films et d’expositions [...]

En souhaitant réhabiliter le «Nous» au sein du discours politique identitaire, la nouvelle chef du Parti québécois, Pauline Marois, a ouvert une boîte de Pandore qui ne refermera pas de sitôt. Bien qu’elle se dise [...]

Ecologists, conservation biologists, and wildlife managers often accept that the invasion of exotic species leads to the extinction of native species. One reason for their consensus is that native species declines often occur simultaneously and [...]

Feminist scholars have recently argued that both ballet and modern dance inscribe restrictive definitions of gender on the body. Is formal dance irredeemable as a mode of feminist expression? The Canadian dance troupe Lalala Human [...]

A growing number of citizens demonstrate in favour of the adoption of laws and international conventions that promise to protect the environment. The demonstrations triggered by the Kyoto protocol are an example. However, despite all [...]

Mainstream macroeconomic theories tend to leave out environmental issues in their basic calculations. Despite increasing awareness of alternative macroeconomic models among academics, students today continue to be exposed to conventional theories that treat the environmental [...]

While elites in Germany bemoan young peoples’ lack of knowledge of the history of East German Communism and occasionally reveal the limitations of their own understanding, they neglect to preserve the landmarks that ground the [...]

Over three hundred students, professors, and members of the general public packed into a former Catholic chapel at the University of Windsor last month to hear historian and novelist Tariq Ali lambaste the imperial wrong-headedness [...]

In Part II of his interview with Tariq Ali, Lorenzo Buj asks the historian and novelist about his take on the meaning of Islamic jihad and his reaction to Iranian President Ahamdinejad’s recent visit to [...]

Transparency and access to information are two key topics that have emerged from Mexico’s political transition in 2000. This article examines the measures taken towards establishing these democratic markers, and argues that these policies have [...]

The month of September was marked by a flood of interest and attention on the political situation in Burma. As repression and abuse have been common and enduring traits of the military regime, why has [...]

Considérée comme l’un des plus importants événements d’art contemporain dans le monde, la Biennale d’art contemporain de Venise présentait cette année (du 10 juin au 21 novembre 2007) sa 52e exposition. Intitulée Pense avec tes [...]

Alors qu’Internet se fait de plus en plus omniprésent et que tous ont maintenant la possibilité d’y publier, la question d’une utilisation critique et raisonnée de ce puissant média est souvent passée sous silence. L’ouvrage [...]

Seize pays ont adhéré au Partenariat mondial pour l’énergie nucléaire, mais le plus grand producteur d’uranium au monde, le Canada, ne s’est pas encore joint à ce club. Proposé en janvier 2007 par le gouvernement [...]