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When pandemics and discrimination collide: researchers track the impacts of COVID-19 on Chinese Canadians and learn from their community capacity
The scale of the coronavirus pandemic has created unprecedented challenges for Canada's public health system. Yet, in diverse areas from education to seniors' care, from housing affordability to gender inequality, it has become clear that many...
Crystal Fraser – Congress 2021
We asked Professor Fraser, Department of History and Classics and Faculty of Native Studies, about her hopes for Congress 2021. Dr. Fraser’s ground-breaking work has focused on student experiences at residential schools in the Inuvik Region. Crystal...
Canadian researchers examine the effects of COVID-19 within the disability community
Everyone has stories about how their life has been altered due to COVID-19 and related containment measures, but it is also clear that the direst effects of dealing with the pandemic have not been distributed equally. Some argue that the disability...
How do people assess the credibility of COVID-19 related information? Personal beliefs a strong influence
Guest post by Jaigris Hodson, Associate Professor, College of Interdisciplinary Studies, Royal Roads University, Christiani Thompson-Wagner, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Linguistics, University of Saskatchewan and Darren Reid, Ph.D. student...
Northern Relations – Congress 2021
Building upon its strong ties with Northern communities and peoples, and a commitment to reciprocal and respectful relations, the University of Alberta chose “Northern Relations” as the theme for Congress 2021.
Canadian researchers analyse the spread of Covid-19 misinformation online
As local and global information about COVID-19 continues to shift rapidly, social science and humanities researchers are investigating the nature of misinformation and conspiracy theories, methods of transmission for false information, and the impact...
Trekking Toward Awe: Nonreligion in a Complex Future project examines nonreligion and hiking
Lily Polowin, Digital Communications Officer, Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences One of our goals at the Federation is to demonstrate the value and contributions of humanities and social science research. Sometimes, that value can be...
Exposure risks and mounting anxieties: researchers examine Covid-19’s impacts on workers
A certain level of risk is inherent to all work environments, but COVID-19 has created an entirely new kind of threat. How are these risks distributed across the workforce? Are certain groups unfairly burdened by their risk of infection or the...
Forging community connections to improve food systems
During COVID-19, researchers across Canada have been developing projects at an unprecedented pace in order to support policy makers, public health officials, and the public at large, while health risks remain and the economic and social recovery...