{"id":13613,"date":"2025-11-25T13:39:15","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T18:39:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/canadianstudies\/?p=13613"},"modified":"2025-11-25T13:39:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T18:39:15","slug":"the-symons-report-at-50-canadian-studies-at-zero-point","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/canadianstudies\/2025\/the-symons-report-at-50-canadian-studies-at-zero-point\/","title":{"rendered":"The Symons Report at 50: Canadian Studies at Zero Point?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-13614 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/canadianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/News-F25-BK-ML-JH.jpg\" alt=\"Three people seated at a table and smiling for the camera.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/canadianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/News-F25-BK-ML-JH.jpg 800w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/canadianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/News-F25-BK-ML-JH-240x180.jpg 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/canadianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/News-F25-BK-ML-JH-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/canadianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/News-F25-BK-ML-JH-160x120.jpg 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/canadianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/News-F25-BK-ML-JH-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/canadianstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/News-F25-BK-ML-JH-360x270.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Doctoral candidate, Breanna Kubat, along with School graduate, Dr. Miranda Leibel&#8211;who is now the Evelyn Hamilton Chair in Liberal Education at the University of Lethbridge&#8211;and Professor Jennifer Henderson attended a\u00a0two-day symposium at McMaster University, Nov. 7-8th. 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