News - Globalization

January 9, 2024

The Power Was With Us: Idle No More – Free Screening with Rick Harp

Join us for a FREE screening of this two-part documentary, followed by a Q&A with co-director/producer Rick Harp. All are welcome, and no registration is required. Date: January 10th, 2024 Time: 3:30pm -8:00pm Refreshments will be served in Waller Lobby during intermission Location: McMaster University L.R. Wilson Hall – Waller Lobby […]

November 29, 2023

Empowerment, Displacement and Connection Conference highlights challenges experienced by forcibly displaced scholars and the value of the knowledge that they bring

On October 21, 2023 McMaster University hosted a lively day of discussion, sharing of experiences, and productive brainstorming in a conference which brought scholars, human rights defenders, and others who had been forcibly displaced from their country of origin together with academics at Canadian universities and others concerned with the challenges associated with this displacement. […]

November 28, 2023

Mapping the Global Dimensions of Policy Conference: Call for Proposals

MGDP 13: Alternative Approaches to Pressing Issues aims to provide a collaborative venue for such work. We especially welcome contributions speaking to this year’s theme and are situated at the intersections of globalization and policy studies. We invite PhD and master’s students from any university and all relevant disciplines with original research ideas to submit […]

November 16, 2023

2024 -2025 Grad Application Now Open

Applications for the 2024-2025 M.A. Globalization Program are now open! Learn more about the program here: About Graduate Program Application deadlines are January 31st.

October 18, 2023

2024-2025 Grad Applications Info

Applications for the 2024-2025 M.A. Globalization Program will open on November 15th! Learn more about the program here: About Graduate Program

September 28, 2023

IGHC offers GLOBALST 702 Urgent Global Issues Interdisciplinary Perspectives

Adopting an innovative approach, this NEW graduate seminar course examines – but does not exhaust – a range of global issues urgent for our future and collective well-being. Aiming to give students a comprehensive and critical understanding of these issues and the connections among them, it will be collaboratively taught by McMaster’s own experts from […]

July 7, 2023

Meet Rachel Zhou, the new Acting Director of the MA Program in Globalization

On July 1st, Rachel Zhou, professor in the department of Health, Aging and Society and member of the Institute on Globalization & the Human Condition, was appointed as the Acting Director of the MA Program in Globalization. We caught up with Zhou to discuss her academic and professional journey, what excites her about this […]

March 27, 2023

Celebrating the life and achievements of William D. Coleman, 1950-2023

On Friday March 24, 2023, William D. Coleman passed away at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Hamilton. He will be remembered by friends, colleagues, and students as deeply ethical, academically innovative and fearless, a supportive and collaborative researcher, an exceptional teacher, and a very kind and generous friend. Will joined the Department of Political Science […]

February 7, 2022

Analysis: 5 ways to tackle ignorance about evidence during and after the COVID-19 pandemic

Policy-makers lack an understanding of how to assess research and the quality of that research. We need to do better during the COVID-19 pandemic and during future health crises, writes McMaster expert John Lavis....