Published: February 14, 2022
Posted In: Announcements, General, Graduate, St. George
‘Tis the season to consider romantic love—but what of the broken heart? In Psyche, graduate student Alexandra Gustafson takes us on a tour of literature and the everyday to ponder the sublimity of unrequited love.
Published: February 10, 2022
Posted In: Awards and Honours, Graduate, St. George
Kayla Wiebe, a PhD candidate whose dissertation focuses on the concept of autonomy and who also serves as a bioethicist at SickKids hospital, recently won the 2021 Martha Lile Love Teaching Award for her course PHL 440—Clinical Bioethics. The course introduced students to this subfield of biomedical ethics, which zooms … Read More
Published: February 4, 2022
Posted In: Announcements, Faculty, St. George, UTM, UTSC
With deep sadness the department announces the passing of our colleague Frank Cunningham. He suffered from leukemia and died at his Vancouver home on February 4, 2022, assisted by the Canadian Medical Assistance in Dying program. Maryka Omatsu, his wife of more than 50 years, wrote: “Frank died as he … Read More
Published: January 28, 2022
Posted In: Awards and Honours, Graduate, St. George
Congratulations to Natalie Helberg on passing her PhD defense, the department’s first of 2022, with flying colours. Helberg successfully defended her thesis titled “Catherine Malabou’s Dangerous Supplement,” written under the supervision of Rebecca Comay, on January 28, 2022. Helberg currently holds a position as lecturer in Concordia University’s Department of … Read More
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Posted In: In the News, St. George, UTM
When Sana Hashim‘s life turned upside down, the UTM student used her studies as an anchor—and reached out to some of her professors for help. The department’s Sergio Tenenbaum was one of them.
Published: January 14, 2022
Posted In: Graduate, In the News, St. George
In some of his recent courses, Daniel Munro, a recent graduate and now a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Philosophy, has tried assigning something different from the traditional essays and exams: creative public philosophy projects. In a guest post for the Daily Nous, he talks about both the benefits and … Read More
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Posted In: Awards and Honours, Graduate, St. George, UTM, UTSC
With great pleasure we announce that Kayla Wiebe has won the 2021 Martha Lile Love Teaching Award for her outstanding work teaching PHL440 –Clinical Bioethics. The committee was impressed with her thoughtful course design, approach to accessibility, and ability to motivate student engagement. In addition, Griffin Klemick and Zachary Weinstein received honourable mentions for their excellent work in teaching B33 – God, Self, World and PHL240 – Persons, … Read More
Published: January 6, 2022
Posted In: Faculty, St. George, UTM, Video and Audio
Mohan Matthen is a Jackman Humanities Institute (JHI) Faculty Research Fellow for 2021-2022. His research interests include the philosophy of mind, especially perception, and the philosophy of biology. He is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. Watch this short video produced by the JHI to learn more … Read More
Published: January 5, 2022
Posted In: Alumni, In the News, St. George
“Do your own research!” It’s not an unfamiliar call, especially more recently, in debates around controversial topics from vaccine effectiveness to the causes of climate change. And it sounds empowering and measured, but in an opinion piece published in the New York Times on January 3, 2022, alumnus Nathan Ballantyne … Read More
Published: December 21, 2021
Posted In: Awards and Honours, Graduate, St. George
Congratulations to Rashad Rehman for winning the Jonathan Hellmann Best Poster Award – Bioethics Week 2021 at SickKids with his poster “An Ethical Framework for Intersex Pediatric Surgery (IPS).” Posters eligible for the award were judged by an outside pediatric bioethicist based on clarity, depth, potential impact and design/format. “I’m … Read More
Published: December 13, 2021
Posted In: Announcements, Faculty, St. George
Congratulations to Professor Franz Huber on his latest book, Belief and Counterfactuals: A Study in Means-End Philosophy (Oxford University Press, 2021). This marks the first of two volumes on the topic, providing an introduction to ranking theory, a powerful formal theory with a broad range of applications in various areas of … Read More
Published: December 2, 2021
Posted In: Faculty, General, St. George
George Boys-Stones, professor of Classics and Philosophy, is one of the 2021-2022 Fellows at the Jackman Humanities Institute. In this spotlight, he answers a few questions about his current research project and shares some favourite pastimes.
