Tag: Brandon University

Research

BU Researcher Contributes to SSHRC Insight Grant Project on Care, Vulnerability, and Francophone Literature

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Brandon University researcher Dr. Dominique Hétu is a co-investigator on a nationally funded research initiative examining how Francophone literature represents care, vulnerability, and human dignity, and how these narratives create space for historically marginalized voices.

Dr. Hétu, Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Francophone Studies and Languages, is part of the research team for Donner voix aux caregivers : sollicitude, soin et subalternité dans les littératures francophones de 1945 à aujourd’hui (Giving Voice to Caregivers: Care, Solicitude, and Subalternity in Francophone Literatures from 1945 to the Present).

Research

Brandon University researchers receive SSHRC Insight Development Grants for projects on climate literacy and museum labour

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Brandon University is pleased to announce that two BU researchers, Dr. Jennifer Mateer and Dr. Emma Varley, have received Insight Development Grants from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). The grants, totalling more than $174,000, will support new research beginning June 1, 2026.

Research

Brandon University Philosopher Receives Federal Funding to Explore Why Truth and Critical Thinking Matter

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SSHRC Insight Grant supports four-year research project on the social foundations of knowledge

Brandon University is pleased to announce that Dr. Cameron Boult, Associate Professor of Philosophy, has been awarded a $72,702 Insight Grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) to investigate a deceptively simple but urgently important question: do truth, facts, and critical thinking matter? And if so, why?

The four-year project, titled Relation-Based Epistemology, argues that the answer lies not in the individual mind, but in our relationships with one another.

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Brandon University Launches Illumination, a New Research Podcast Exploring the Questions that Cross Disciplines

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Inaugural episode tackles generative AI in research, teaching, and academic life, featuring BU researchers from music theory, computer science, and philosophy.

Brandon University (BU) is announcing the launch of Illumination, a new research podcast hosted by Dr. Bernadette Ardelli, Vice-President (Research & Graduate Studies).

Research

Brandon University Professor Launches Podcast Exposing the Stolen Scientific Legacy of Indigenous Peoples

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Stolen Science, hosted by Dr. Darrell Racine, reveals the hidden Indigenous knowledge behind two centuries of Western European scientific discovery

Dr. Darrell Racine, Professor of Native Studies at Brandon University and a Métis scholar from the Turtle Mountains of Southwestern Manitoba, has launched Stolen Science, a new podcast series that uncovers the largely unacknowledged contributions of Indigenous peoples to Western European science between 1670 and 1870. The series is now available on YouTube and major podcast platforms.

Statements

Joint statement: Brandon University and BU Faculty Association share firm commitment to EDI

At Brandon University, everyone belongs.

Today, Brandon University and the Brandon University Faculty Association jointly reaffirm a shared commitment to Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, including related principles of Indigenization, decolonization, and reconciliation.

Courses

Degrees at Brandon University will now include Indigenous content 

Starting this fall, all Brandon University undergraduate degrees will include Indigenous content. The new requirement, which was approved by the BU Senate earlier this year, adds a minimum of three credit hours of approved Indigenous content to any BU undergraduate degree.

Community Engagement

Brandon University invites all to celebrate National Indigenous Peoples Day

Brandon will celebrate National Indigenous Peoples Day on Wednesday, and a ceremonial fire and Teachings House will be held to honour the day on the Brandon University campus.

“National Indigenous Peoples Day has become a highlight on campus, as we celebrate the culture and contributions of all Indigenous peoples,” said BU President David Docherty, who noted that more than 15 per cent of BU students self-declare as Indigenous.