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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...
Digital Humanities Summer Institute registration is open
Submitted by the DHSI Registration for the Digital Humanities Summer Institute (June 2-6th 2014, University of Victoria) is now open. This year, 27 courses ranging from old favourites to exciting first-time ventures will be on offer. There will also...
SSH News: Big Thinking updates, Canadian University Report, and SSHRC policy projects and videos
A video recording of the October 2013 Big Thinking lecture with Richard Hawkins is now available to view online. The next Big Thinking lecture takes place on November 21 st with Ron Deibert, Director of the Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto...
Watch the new Imagining Canada’s Future videos by the SSHRC Regional Panel of the National Capital Region & Southern Ontario
As part of SSHRC’s Imagining Canada’s Future project, the SSHRC Regional Panel of the National Capital Region and Southern Ontario has released a series of videos highlighting key research in the social sciences and humanities. The panel members...
Speech from the Throne: Ideas can help us thrive
Jean-Marc Mangin, Executive Director, Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences In the Speech from the Throne yesterday, the federal government unveiled its priorities for the next session of Parliament. As expected, creating jobs and...
Minds mingling at the 2013 World Social Science Forum
Eleanor Fast, Director of Policy & Programming, Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences Over a thousand people gathered in Montreal this past weekend for the World Social Science Forum, which brought together social science researchers from...
SSH News: Federation updates, Canadian Association of Postdoctoral Scholars report, OECD Adult Competencies survey results, and Canada’s first Leibniz Lecture
Christine McKenna Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences It’s been just over a week since the first Big Thinking lecture of the 2013-2014 season – Dr. Richard Hawkins’ “ Whither innovation? Moving beyond the buzzword”. The event, which was...