The aggrieved and the beguiled: experts and evidence in troubled times

Deploying our knowledge assets for enhanced international partnerships in scholarship and research is our strong card to play in this troubling world.

We are fortunate that we can indeed recognize our scholars and their contributions to improving the human condition. A case in point is the annual event to award Killam Prizes offered by the Canada Council and presented by Canada’s indefatigable Governor General David Johnston, writes Paul Dufour. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Opinion

BY PAUL DUFOUR

June 5, 2017

Is it not a curious fact that in a world steeped in irrational hatreds which threaten civilization itself, men and women—old and young—detach themselves wholly or partly from the angry current of daily life to devote themselves to the cultivation of beauty, to the extension of knowledge, to ...

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