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Think Big: How the social sciences and humanities are building a better Canada
As we continue to emerge from the global pandemic, Think Big has a single, overriding message for Canada and its elected leaders: we must recognize and support the vital contributions of the humanities and social sciences.
Webinar: Build your research impact
Are you a graduate student or early career researcher in the humanities and social sciences? This free webinar will bring together a panel of experts to help you identify strategies and opportunities to grow the impact of your research.
Erasure, Denial and Ignorance
Congress 2021 blog edition The “Hedging, Erasing, Absolving, and Other “EDI” Pitfalls: Recreating Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Policies, and Praxis” webcast at Congress 2021 was an open event hosted by the ReCreation Collective and University of...
Rebuilding the Institution: Concrete Steps to Support BIPoC Scholars in the Academy
Congress 2021 blog edition Congress 2021 is ending the way it began, with an intentional focus on engagement with justice and equity in academia. In “Beyond Equity Policy: Searching for Institutional Procedures and Practices that Support Black...
Rethinking the contemporary university: possibilities for decolonization
Congress 2021 blog edition Today’s session “Examining Anti-Racist and Decolonial Possibilities in the Contemporary University” delivered a variety of perspectives from academics around the globe, on whether possibilities to decolonize contemporary...
Bridging the gaps in employability for social science and humanities academics
Congress 2021 blog edition “We have an underutilization of talent in Canada; we produce exceptional [social science and humanities] graduates, but don’t do a great job hiring them,” said Gail Bowkett, member of The/La Collaborative and panellist in...
Let’s Imagine What’s Possible and Transform Our Universities from Within to Enable Indigenous Scholarship
Congress 2021 blog edition Universities are human-made, so with willpower and a commitment from administration and faculty, universities can be transformed from within to reflect and support Indigenous knowledge, consciousness and tradition. As...
Building Antiracist Capacity in Universities - What we learned from Ibram X. Kendi’s Big Thinking Discussion
Congress 2021 blog edition Being “not-racist” is not enough to eradicate racism, social inequities and injustices. As Dr. Ibram X. Kendi’s Big Thinking discussion pressed upon attendees: for radical change we must be antiracist...in our thoughts...
Lessons Re-Learned in the Pandemic: Opportunities for Equality and Justice in Internationalized Higher Education
Congress 2021 blog edition How has COVID-19 opened opportunities for equality and justice in internationalized education? What risks do internationalizing university communities face in the year ahead? These were the two guiding questions of an...