Panel

I want you to know this was a tough call on which image to upload for this day. But, since this is a PhD-family blog, and not a "let me show you how weird my university is" blog, you get the panel discussion on the history of welfare state instead of the toilet with CAUTION tape on it.

The conference was outstanding, btw. You can read more about it here: http://www.yorku.ca/uhistory/AvieBennett/programwithabstracts.html I probably could have presented (there were several panels my research would have worked with) but I was so busy in writing my thesis when the CFP that I didn't think of it, although I note it was in my to-do pile.

This particular photo is from this part:
8. Round Table / Table ronde Welfare State: l'état des lieux
Room / Salle W132 Schulich Building / Pavillon Schulich

Facilitator / Responsable de la séance: Shirley Tillotson, Dalhousie University

Participants/ Participantes:
Amélie Bourbeau, Université Laurentienne
Lara Campbell, Simon Fraser University
Dominique Marshall, Carleton University
Suzanne Morton, McGill University
Jennifer Stephen, York University

Studies on the development of the welfare state have experienced a significant increase in popularity in recent years. These studies have questioned the formation and development of the welfare state and insisted upon the role of social actors and their ability to influence the state.

This round table brings together scholars who have recently published on this topic. Through their work, these authors have demonstrated the dynamism of this field of study. It is highly appropriate to reflect on the state of research studies on the formation and development of the welfare state.

Les études sur le développement de l'État providence ont connu une popularité importante au cours des dernières années. Ces études remettent en cause la chronologie de la formation et du développement de l'État providence et insistent sur le rôle des acteurs sociaux et leur incapacité à influencer l'État.

Cette séance réunit des spécialistes qui ont publié sur ce thème. Par leurs travaux, ces auteures ont démontré le dynamisme de ce domaine d'étude. Il est fort approprié de réfléchir sur l'état de la recherche dans le domaine des études sur la formation et le développement de l'État providence.