Science in the Age of Pluralism: Conflicting Values and Divergent Facts

This series aims to examine our scientific approaches so we can imagine how we can better meet the challenges posed in an age of pluralism. The following take place in LB-362 unless otherwise noted. This series is presented by the Centre de recherche interdisciplinaire sur la diversité et la démocratie (CRIDAQ) and Concordia.

January 24
1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.

“A Gendered Science?”
Cassidy R. Sugimoto, Indiana University
Discussant: Shelley Reuter, Concordia University

February 6
3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

"Religious and Nonreligious Worldviews Mobilize Around What it Means to be Human"
Lori Beaman, Canada Research Chair in Religious Diversity and Social Change (University of Ottawa)
Discussant: Jesse Arseneault, Concordia University

February 21
3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

"Making Immigration Political without Politicizing Immigration?"
Catherine Xhardez, PhD, Sciences Po Paris and Université Saint-Louis – Bruxelles
Discussant: Chedly Belkhodja, Concordia University

March 15
3:30 to 4:30 p.m.
Multifunctional room, LB-322

"Reconciliation is Not a Goal to be Achieved But a Way of Living Together"
Paulette Regan, former Director of Research for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada
Discussant: Daniel Salée, Concordia University