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About the Journal

Canada Watch is the flagship publication of the Robarts Centre for Canadian Studies. It is a magazine-style publication geared towards short analytical pieces on key issues and realities in the study of Canada. Focused on highlighting the scholarship of members of the Robarts Centre community and invited Canadianists, it includes both thematic issues and issues based on events such as graduate student conferences.

Content Warning

To celebrate its 40th anniversary in 2024, the Robarts Centre is making public all past issues, in an online and open access format. Some of these records may include content, framing and language that are questionable or unacceptable by today’s standards. It also includes past contributors who are now considered polarizing or controversial figures in some circles. These archival records are made public in the interest of transparency and accountability. Readers should be aware that some of the content and contributions might be upsetting.

Current Issue

Fall 2024 - 40 Candles for the Robarts Centre: Celebrating Legacy
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This issue celebrates the everyday texture of the Centre and how it has shaped members of its community over the four decades  of its existence. We include reflections by students, artists, visiting scholars, and faculty associates. The themes that emerge from these reflections are support, guidance, mentorship, connection, critical reflection, fun, and a place to call home.
Published: 2024-12-02

Full Issue

Article

  • Remembering the Robarts Centre: A training ground, an academic and cultural incubator, and a home

    Carolyn Podruchny, Jean Michel Montsion, Gabrielle Slowey
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.25071/2qpazm11

  • Memories of York: A decade after graduation

    Jaime Yard
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.25071/k3fcqt36

  • Watching and learning from archives

    Rajani Visvanatha
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.25071/sn0cxw05

  • Polar-Perfect-Past-A-Roid

    Lori-Ann Bellissimo
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.25071/443cw139

  • Mentorship, research, and professional growth at the Robarts Centre

    Erin Yunes
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.25071/8qadke83

  • A Reflection on Mobilizing Inuit Cultural Heritage

    Christopher Hendershot
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.25071/94p9js44

  • A Place of connection

    Audrey Kwan
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.25071/yz91jr87

  • Three poems in honour of the Robarts Centre

    Jesse Thistle
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.25071/zaphg009

  • Anticipating tomorrow from the lessons of yesterday

    June Pak
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.25071/8rjd0617

  • COVID in the House of Old: Through photographs

    Meghan Davies
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.25071/b93tq534

  • From 2015 to now: The impact of the Robarts Centre for Canadian Studies

    Dr. Shilpa Bhat
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.25071/3x5s8r18

  • A baton passed between Toronto and Tokyo

    Junichi Miyazawa
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.25071/rykks682

  • “At Robarts, where knowledge takes flight”: A limerick about the Robarts Centre for Canadian Studies

    Jean Michel Montsion, Carolyn Podruchny, Gabrielle Slowey
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.25071/s4paew62

  • The Robarts Centre as incubator

    Christina Hoicka
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.25071/crxt8883

  • A home away from home for Indigenous environmental justice

    Deborah McGregor
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.25071/qwa2va42
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