James Cairns

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Associate Professor Faculty of Liberal Arts Law and Society Brantford, Ontario jcairns@wlu.ca

Bio/Research

I received a PhD in Communication and Culture from the interdisciplinary joint program at TMU/York in 2008. My MA and BA are in Political Science (from the University of Saskatchewan and University of Toronto).

My teaching and research focus on the big questions of how we organize ourse...


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Bio/Research

I received a PhD in Communication and Culture from the interdisciplinary joint program at TMU/York in 2008. My MA and BA are in Political Science (from the University of Saskatchewan and University of Toronto).

My teaching and research focus on the big questions of how we organize ourselves in society. How did today's inequalities come to be "normal," and why do so many people go along with the status quo so much of the time? Who actively resists -- why, when, and how? What would it look like to live in a truly democratic, socially just, and ecologically sustainable society? How do we get from here to there?

I'm a staff writer at the Hamilton Review of Books, and the Community Relations Director for the Riverside Reading Series, based in Paris, ON.

I'm currently writing a collection of essays around the theme of crisis.


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Media Relations

Aonghus Kealy
Communications and Media Relations Officer
akealy@wlu.ca
(548) 889-4855

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Media Relations

Aonghus Kealy
Communications and Media Relations Officer
akealy@wlu.ca
(548) 889-4855

Lori Chalmers Morrison
Director: Integrated Communications
lchalmersmorrison@wlu.ca
(548) 889-4857

Vanessa Barrasa
Director: Communications & Issues Management
vbarrasa@wlu.ca
(548) 889-3812

Brantford Campus:

Beth Gurney
Director, Strategic Communications and Community Engagement
bgurney@wlu.ca
(548) 889-4199

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