Recent News

Marc Epprecht, co-editor of Sexual Diversity in Africa, recently wrote a piece for CNN in response to new anti-gay laws in Nigeria and Uganda. The following is excerpted from his article.

New laws in Nigeria and Uganda, plus reports throughout the continent of extortion, murder, so-called “curative rape” and abuse of LGBTI (lesbian, … Read More >

Happy Friday! This is a weekly round-up of news and events at MQUP. Have a great weekend.

Ottawa Citizen excerpt
Winning Power

Donald Savoie is a finalist for the Writers’ Trust Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing for Whatever Happened to the Music Teacher? How Government Decides and Why.

The following is an excerpt from his piece in the Huffington Post this week.

I decided to write this book because I became convinced that the public service has lost … Read More >

Saturday, March 8th at 5:30 PM
Shadow Woman Book Launch
(Le petit Outremont) Theatre Outremont, Montreal

We’re looking forward to the special event on Saturday for Grant Hayter-Menzies’ Shadow Woman at Montreal’s 9th Annual International Puppet Theatre Festival!

Published in 2013, Shadow Woman tells the never-before-told story of Pauline Benton, Red Gate Shadow Theatre Director and … Read More >

The Ottawa Citizen published an excerpt on the weekend from Tom Flanagan’s new release, Winning Power: Canadian Campaigning in the Twenty-First Century. The excerpt focuses on political attack ads and how going negative can be an effective campaign strategy. From the excerpt:

For concrete illustrations, let’s look at how the three most prominent negative advertising campaigns in … Read More >

Tom Flanagan, former Conservative campaign manager and author of Winning Power, was featured in the National Post this week arguing that the Conservatives’ attacks on Justin Trudeau aren’t working. (Click here for the article)  

Flanagan is a speaker at the 6th Annual Manning Conference, which begins today in Ottawa. 

Campaigns are central to the practice of … Read More >

In Sexual Diversity in Africa, contributors critically engage with current debates about sexuality and gender identity, as well as with contentious issues relating to methodology, epistemology, ethics, and pedagogy. Edited by S.N. Nyeck and Marc Epprecht, the book presents a tapestry of issues that testify to the complex nature of sexuality, sexual practices, and gender performance in Africa. … Read More >

TOMORROW, February 26th
3:30 – 5:00 PM
Emmanuel College, Toronto
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Join Phyllis D. Airhart and Leif E. Vaage for their book celebration at Emmanuel College of Victoria University in the University of Toronto.

A Church with the Soul of a Nation, by Phyllis D. Airhart (McGill-Queen’s University Press)

Borderline Exegesis, by Leif E. … Read More >

Frank Mackey, author of Done with Slavery and Black Then, was on Radio Canada International last week to speak about the history of Quebec’s black community as part of Black History Month.

Listen to the interview here (en français)

Did slavery exist in Montreal, and if so what did it look like? Frank Mackey grapples … Read More >

Happy Friday! Here’s MQUP’s weekly round-up of news and events.

Three Percent Review
To the Spring, by Night 

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