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Looking Back: Congress 2013

Text and Photos by Andrew Brough unless otherwise credited. Photo by Peter E. Cumming The University of Victoria is a lush, green campus. More often than not, the local deer would join you on your morning walk to a session. But it wasn’t just the...

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What Congress 2013 Meant to Me: The Final Edition

Team Media passing those long, long hours. I assure you it was a lot more work than it looks. Its been a month since Congress ended and I don't know where to begin this long overdue post. Initially, I confess, I was at a loss for words when it came...

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Pushing boundaries at Congress 2014

Christine McKenna Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences A popular description of the creative mind is the ability to “think outside the box”, to consider what options are available beyond the cardboard walls of tradition and the Styrofoam...

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Congress 2013 feedback

It’s been just over two weeks since Congress 2013 wrapped up, and we’re still receiving some really valuable feedback; our annual post-Congress survey has brought in hundreds of responses already, and we’ve had a great collection of blog posts shared...

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One last look back at Congress 2013: My top 7 highlights

Maryse Bernard www.twitter.com/MaryseVictoria I arrived at Congress 2013 feeling intimidated. With a title like “Canada’s largest academic gathering,” it was difficult not to be. Its history of bringing together some of our country’s most innovative...

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Reconciliation through reason

Elizabeth White Five days into Congress’s Big Thinking series we are met by the P-word - philosophy. It would be expected for its connotations – a dwelling in abstraction and removal from apparent worldly application – that the lecture would invite...