Christine Korsgaard recently was interviewed by our undergraduate fellow, Michael Luoma. The podcast can listened by downloading the link below.
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What’s Philosophy Got to Do With It? – Interview with Valerie Jepson
Recently, our undergraduate fellow, Jenny Commisso interviewed Toronto’s Integrity Commissioner, Valerie Jepson for another video in our “What’s Philosophy Got to Do With It?” series. Click here to watch.
What’s Philosophy Got to Do With It? – Interview with Bob Rae
In conjunction with The Varsity, one of our undergraduate fellows, Jennifer Commisso, interviewed Bob Rae, Advisor to the Matawa Chief Tribal Council on leadership and Indigenous rights. Click here if you’d like to watch the interview.
What’s Philosophy Got to Do With It? – Speaking with Barbara Jackman
The Varsity, in conjunction with the Centre for Ethics at the University of Toronto speak with human rights lawyer Barbara Jackman on secret hearings and security certificates. To watch the interview, click here.
U of T Law establishes North America’s first research chair in investor rights
We are so happy to announce that our faculty associate, Anita Anand is the first research chair for investor rights in North America! Read more about it on UofT News here
Matthew Hoffmann, Stephen Scharper and Danny Harvey on the global challenges ahead
Climate change: U of T experts head to Paris for COP21 conference. Among them, Stephen Scharper, who is also a Faculty Associate at the Centre for Ethics. To read the full article, click here.
Fight against ISIS includes sheltering its victims, says U of T’s Randall Hansen
Professor Randall Hansen, director of the Centre for European, Russian and Euroasian Studies at the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs is also a Faculty Associate at the Centre for Ethics. He recently took part of panel to discuss the fight against ISIS and Syrian refugees. To read the full article, click here.
Political scientist reflects on a decade in power
Phil Triadafilopoulos, associate professor in the department of political science at the University of Toronto Scarborough and Faculty Associate at the Centre for Ethics, is an expert on immigration and citizenship policies, and how they reflect and reconfigure boundaries of national belonging in liberal-democratic states. Recently, he spoke with U of T News about Merkel’s leadership and its impact on Germany and beyond. To read the full article, click here.
http://news.utoronto.ca/chancellor-angela-merkel-took-germany-immigration-pariah-leader-now-what
Is Islam a religion of peace?
Centre for Ethics’ Ethics in Translation Group Leader, Mohammad Fadel, Associate Professor & Canada Research Chair for the Law and Economics of Islamic Law, was interviewed by CBC’s Sunday Morning host Michael Enright on Sunday, November 29th.
Ideas from the Trenches – Refuge
Former graduate associate, Kiran Banerjee is joined by Craig Damian Smith to argue about values of the nation state and how it clashes with moral beliefs. To listen to the full episode on CBC Radio, click here
Talking Philosophy: War and Peace
Our former director, Simone Chambers was recently on CBC Radio alongside other philosophers, Arthur Ripstein and Michael Blake and IDEAS Executive Producer Greg Kelly to talk about the challenges of war and peace.
Click here to listen to the full episode of part one and click here to listen to the full episode of part two.
Trudeau and Obama: ‘The smiling faces of vindictiveness’
Clifford Orwin, a faculty associate to the Centre of Ethics recently published an article for the Globe and Mail titled “Trudeau and Obama: ‘The smiling faces of vindictiveness’. Click here if you’d like to read the article.