It's about time: WHO and partners release programming strategies for postpartum family planning

The postpartum period is a critical time to address high unmet family planning need and to reduce the risks of closely spaced pregnancies. Practical tools are included in the new resource for integrating postpartum family planning at points when women have frequent health system contact, including during antenatal care, labor and delivery, postnatal care, immunization, and child health care

Race and the Haitian Constitution of 1805

Essay on a manuscript Spanish translation of the Haitian Constitution held by the Kislak Center

The Canadian Distinctiveness into the XXIst Century - La distinction canadienne au tournant du XXIe siècle

In this collection of essays some of Canada's foremost writers and thinkers, including John Ralston Saul and Margaret Atwood, call for equilibrium among economics, culture, and technological change. While promoting the dynamism and change possible in Canadian society, they also call for a re-examination of Canada's past in order to chart its future

Le Mot du Président / Word from the President

Il n’y a pas si longtemps, l’étude de l’histoire semblait bien compromise. En fait, les médias populaires et de nombreuses revues savantes, non contents d’annoncer l’étiolement de cette branche du savoir, allaient même jusqu’à prédire son extinction, lorsque ce n’était pas son extermination. Aujourd’hui, pourtant, il ne fait aucun doute que l’histoire se porte à merveille, non seulement dans les cités universitaires, mais dans l’ensemble de la société.Not too long ago, the study of History appeared to be in deep trouble; indeed, both the popular media and many academie journals not only perceived scholarly fragmentation but often predicted the end of History, sometimes by assassination. In fact, however, it is now clear that History is thriving not only on campuses but throughout the larger society