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Malinda S Smith, Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences Vice President, Equity Issues With a week to go, and early voting already underway, issues and priorities for First Nations, Inuit and Métis have received surprisingly little...

Donna Palmateer Pennee, University of Western Ontario Guest Contributor “ Vote Mobs,” originating with 700 students on the University of Guelph campus, indicate students are preparing publicly for election 2011. Where are the parallel faculty and...

In May 2010, the federal government put out a call for submissions around Canada’s digital economy, asking for Canadians’ ideas around what a national digital strategy should include. With the help of a Taskforce comprised of leading Canadian...

Adrienne Shadd, Independent Scholar Guest Contributor This blog entry is part of the Equity Issues Portfolio’s series on ‘ interculturalism and pluralism’. For most Canadians, the only time that the Black presence enters onto the main stage of...

Nancy Peckford, Equal Voice Guest Contributor This blog post is part of the Federation Equity Issues Portfolio’s series marking the 100 th anniversary of International Women’s Day. With nominations now closed, Equal Voice has confirmed that 407 women...

Sara Dorow, University of Alberta Guest Contributor “You know, [in class] you learn a lot of definitions, you learn about a perspective, you read a lot of texts . . . [CSL] was a great way to see what IS ethnocentrism, what IS social inequality. You...

This week was busy for several party leaders, with Stephen Harper, Michael Ignatieff, Gilles Duceppe and Jack Layton facing off for two hours in the English and French debates. Read the analysis of the English debate by Malinda Smith, the Federation...

Malinda S. Smith, Vice-President, Equity Issues As a political scientist, I think election debates are an important opportunity for citizens to assess the various party positions on the issues that matter to Canadians. As Vice-President, Equity...