Frances Widdowson is an author, a public intellectual, and associate Professor of Political Science at Mount Royal University. Her upcoming book is "Separate but Unequal: How Parallelist Ideology Conceals Indigenous Dependency".
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Category: History
Classical Theism and Modernity with Craig Carter
Craig Carter is Professor of Theology, Theologian-in-Resident, and an author.
Cultural Marxism with Scott Masson
Scott Masson is Associate Professor of English Literature and a public intellectual.
Who Can Teach Indigenous History? A Letter from SAFS to MSVU
Mount Saint Vincent University (MSVU) in Halifax recently came under criticism because a non-indigenous scholar, Martha Walls, was chosen to teach Selected Topics in North American History: Residential Schools. Consequently, the university called for a meeting between Indigenous faculty and staff and Martha Walls to "discuss a way forward".
Pencil Strikes: The Evaluation of Ideas
Evaluating a piece of information's validity is an essential Twenty-First Century skill with society simultaneously experiencing an information age and rise in anti-intellectualism. Google searches produce hordes of pieces written by pseudo-professionals doling out medical advice, commentary on international affairs, and capitalizing on historical conspiracy theories, like the TV series, Hunting Hitler.
The Danger of Historically Inaccurate Movies
Movie-goers reason that “this is a movie, it is not meant to be an accurate representation of history, that’s for a documentary or a book.” However, historical inaccuracies in films can have a dangerous impact on their audiences, and there are two factors that make them far more dangerous than historical inaccuracies in most other types of medium.
After War Ends: Canada’s PTSD Crisis
The Canadian Armed Forces's (CAF) subsequent eleven-year deployment to Afghanistan was a primary battleground against terrorist organizations like al Qaeda and the Taliban. The new war challenged traditional military doctrine, but a historic enemy followed soldiers home plaguing them with nightmares and panic attacks—the internal struggle of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.
