Move over, Captain Canuck and Alpha Flight. Our home and native land's superhero population is set to expand as Justice League Canada steps up to save the world. On Friday afternoon, at Toronto's sprawling Fan Expo convention, DC Comics will announce that its flagship superhero team — which has included such celebrity superheroes as Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman and Green Lantern — is going to up... More
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U.S. pushes for cross-border officers to be exempt from Canadian law: RCMP memo | The Globe and Mail
16th September 2013
The United States wants its police officers to be exempt from Canadian law if they agree to take part in a highly touted cross-border policing initiative, says an internal RCMP memo. The debate over whose laws would apply to U.S. officers working in Canada raises important questions of sovereignty and police accountability, says the briefing note prepared for RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson.... More
16th September 2013
Third Biennial Conference of the International Association of Inter-American Studies Pontíficia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima, Perú August 6-8, 2014 The Americas have a long history of colonialism; even the concepts 'America' and 'Americanity' date back to European expansion, invasion and conquest. As the success of the te... More
Canadian Comparative Literature Association: Congress 2014 Comparative Literature is often seen as a quixotic discipline, since it attempts to cover not only the totality of literary production around the world but also the relations between literature and such diverse fields as music, sculpture, painting, theatre, and film, to say nothing of history, sociology, anthropology, folklore, and genetics. Given its profusion of interests, one cannot help but wonde... More
The Transnational Imaginaries of M.G. Vassanji November 8-10, 2013 School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK Organizers: Dr. Asma Sayed, Dr. Karim Murji, Dr. Itesh Sachdev The Transnational Imaginaries of M. G. Vassanji, an international conference which is to be held from November 8-10, 2013, is an attempt to bring together the global community of scholars working on the internationally renow... More