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SSH News: Senate scandals, breakfast lectures, and international research
Karen Diepeveen, Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences This week was a busy one. Obama’s State of the Union address garnered plenty of reactions, including one from Danielle Allen of the Institute for Advanced Study. Her Washington Post...
SSH News: Storytellers, digital humanities, and new social science journals
Yesterday, SSHRC launched its new competition for Canadian university students: Research for a better life: The Storytellers. Tell your compelling research story in three minutes or less, and you could be one of 25 finalists to win $3,000 and attend...
Women in science: challenges and opportunities
Mélanie Béchard, Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences Curious. Bold. Resilient. Lucky. These were all adjectives used by the panelists at a recent roundtable discussion at McGill University entitled Women in Science: Challenges and...
News in the SSH: Congress 2014 curtain-raiser, jobs for Humanities grads, and a new social science research lab opens
Karen Diepeveen, Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences Today in Montreal, Graham Bell, president-elect of the Royal Society of Canada, announced that in conjunction with Congress 2014 host Brock University, the Federation will present a...
Productivity and the Atlantic Provinces: 2012 Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship Highlights
Milena Stanoeva Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences “Productivity” is a word that gets thrown around a lot, especially in times of economic uncertainty. Governments, financial institutions and media commentators are all concerned with...
News from the social sciences and humanities: Academics weigh in on Idle No More; Humanities 101 grads celebrate
Karen Diepeveen, Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences Idle No More protests and actions have taken centre stage over the past few weeks, with several of Canada’s political scientists weighing in. In planning surrounding last Friday’s...
Nominations are open for the Federation’s Board of Directors
by Mélanie Béchard, Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences Nominations opened on Friday, January 4 for seven positions on the Board of Directors for the Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences. The open positions are: Treasurer...
Academic group supports Chief Spence and Idle No More
A group of academics have issued an open letter to Prime Minister Stephen Harper and to Governor General David Johnston to express their solidarity with Chief Theresa Spence and the Idle No More movement. The letter can be read online in English...
A Personal Account of Integrating the Federation Blog while Teaching Diverse University Students
Dolana Mogadime, Brock University, Member of the Federation’s Equity and Diversity Steering Committee One cannot help but notice when walking through the corridor of a university setting that the student body attending Canadian institutions is...