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Eyes High: Congress 2016 at the University of Calgary
Jean-Marc Mangin, Executive Director Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences The Federation of the Humanities and Social Sciences announced last Friday at the Royal Society of Canada (RSC) annual meeting in Banff that the University of...
Happy World Philosophy Day!
Christine McKenna Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences Did you know today is World Philosophy Day? Introduced in 2002 by UNESCO, World Philosophy Day is marked each year on the third Thursday of November by a range of activities...
The Power of Ideas at Rideau Hall
Eleanor Fast, Director of Policy and Programming Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences The Federation attended the Killam Prize Symposium at Rideau Hall yesterday. The event brought together the five 2013 Killam Prize winners for a...
SSH News: Big Thinking registration ends today, ASPP Open Access policy, GG award winner, new Canada Research Chairs, and the location announcement for Congress 2016!
Register now for next week’s Big Thinking lecture on Parliament Hill – there are only a few spots left! The event will see Ron Deibert, director of the Munk School of Global Affairs' Citizen Lab, discuss how recent revelations in cyber surveillance...
ASPP-funded book receives Governor General’s Literary Award
Jessica Clark Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences The Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences is happy to congratulate Sandra Djwa, winner of this year’s Governor General’s Literary Award in the English Non-Fiction category...
The 2014 Canada Prize Juries, a Good (Scholarly) Book and a Cup of Tea
Jessica Clark Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences As autumn turns into winter, with the days getting shorter and the nights longer, I find myself spending more time curled up with a cup of tea and a good book. That’s precisely what the...
SSH News: the Fate of the Humanities, Senator Elizabeth Warren’s support for research funding, #SSHRCStorytellers, and Big Thinking with Ron Deibert
A new series in the New York Times this week addressed “The Fate of the Humanities”, an issue that has been widely debated in the United States since the release of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences’ Heart of the Matter report this past June...
SSHRC’s “Research for a Better Life: the Storytellers” contest is back!
Why is it important to support social sciences and humanities research? What issues are being studied, and how do they affect our lives? Why does it matter? The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) recently launched the second...
Preparing students for the challenges and wonders of the 21st century
Federation President Antonia Maioni was invited to speak at the University of Winnipeg recently as part of the school’s 100 th convocation celebrations. Her address touched on the vital role universities play in our communities, and the overall value...