More than a game: Finding belonging through soccer
Soccer is often described as the world's game. It crosses borders and brings people together through languages and cultures, but it can also reflect the divisions that already exist beyond the field.
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The Federation promotes humanities and social sciences scholarship and leadership through advocacy, capacity building, and knowledge exchange.
With a membership now comprising over 160 universities, colleges, and scholarly associations, the Federation represents a diverse community of 90,000 researchers and graduate students across Canada. The Federation organizes Canada’s largest academic gathering, the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, bringing together more than 8,000 participants each year.
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Federation membership gives you the power to think, speak, and engage from platforms of national and international significance to the humanities and social sciences.
What are the Scholarly Book Awards?
The Scholarly Book Awards (ASPP), a key Federation activity, funds scholarly books in Canada that make an important contribution to the humanities and social sciences.
Latest news & resources
Federation convenes HSS defence experts
On September 8 and 23, the Federation convened roundtables with humanities and social science (HSS) experts on defence, whose research and innovative approaches focus on critical areas including Arctic security, military-civilian relations, emerging...
Advancing responsible AI with the humanities and social sciences
The Federation's written submission to the Government of Canada's Consultation on AI Transparency The Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences (the Federation) is encouraged by the federal government's continued engagement on Artificial...
Reframing Indigenous Research and Living Treaties in the Humanities and Social Sciences
The 2026 Big Thinking Summit: Inflection Point introduced a new kind of Federation event. Built through an interdisciplinary open call for proposals, it created a national forum for exploring how humanities and social sciences knowledge can...