Editor's Note

Abstract

The articles published in our Winter 2016 edition are connected loosely under the themes of pop culture and public memory. Our annual conference, held in late April, featured Dr. Kelly MacFarlane as our keynote lecture to speak on the interplay between history, public memory, and pop culture. We are thrilled to present to you eight excellent articles in our Winter 2016 edition: An ideological examination of the US-Russian Space Race and public memory of the event during the cold war is offered in "Narrative Memory in the Space Race"; The article "The Swastika and the Maple Leaf: National-socialism and anti-semitism in Canada" returns to the 1930s to explore anti-semitist ideologies in our country preceeding the second world war;"The Monumentalization of our Disgrace" is a captivating look at the manner in which concentration and death camps standing after the Holocaust are memorialized today and the local residents' public perception of such memorials; "Hegemony without Tears: Defenitions and uses of hegemony from Gramsci onwards" explores the works of Marxist writer Antonio Gramsci and his influence upon other writers through several case studies, ultimately commenting on the subsequent reinterpretation of Gramsci's definition of hegemony; "Confrontation and Cooperation: the hidden history of national parks and Indigenous groups in Canada" takes the reader through a historical analysis of Canada's national parks and the indigenous groups originally inhabiting them, arguing the erasure of these groups by the National Parks system; "War and Faith: Memories of the Great Patriotic War in the Russian Orthodox church" examines the Church's modern conceptualization of the Soviet Union as a "holy battle for survival; "Administering State Legislation: The kirk and witchcraft in early modern Scotland" is a fascinating look at the relationship between the duties performed by the Royal Court and the Calivinist church in Scotland; and finally, we have "The Limits of Rationalism: Early modern geography and the idea of Europe", an investigation of cartogropher's contributions in the 16th and 17th century towards the concept of 'Europe' and the growth of a scientific worldview. We wholly hope you enjoy our Winter 2016 edition as much as our staff has enjoyed curating it. Editors Emily Kaliel Ellen Sutherland Assistant Editors Jean Middleton Kayla Pituka Senior Reviewers Kyler Chittick Emily Hoven Katarina Hoven Faculty Advisor Jeremy Caradonna

It's more than just beating teen pregnancy: Incentivizing comprehensive sex education programs in the United States

“…227 This would allow them to ensure comprehensive sexual education is provided throughout the country, specifically in areas that are underfunded. 228 This grant system should be combined with a level system that ensures students are learning appropriate material for their age groups. 229 The level system proposed in this Note is a combination of two leading systems worldwide currently.…”

Establishing Parenthood through Adoption and Surrogacy: A Test Case for the ECtHR Use of the Best Interests of the Child Principle

“…Although the BIC predates the CRC, 36 its inclusion in the UN Convention has not been without consequences. The CRC Committee has identified the BIC as one of the four CRC general principles 37 that "underpin the Convention as a whole" 38 and plays a key role in the implementation of every other CRC right. 39 Moreover, Article 3(1) text represents the vessel through which the BIC has been exported in many different jurisdictions, inspiring many other international and national documents.…”