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SSH News: World Philosophy Day, Bartha Knoppers named Grande Montréalaise, recession sends graduates back to school according to study
World Philosophy Day November 20 is World Philosophy Day, an initiative by UNESCO. The event has been celebrated since 2002. This year’s theme is “Social Transformation and Intercultural Dialogue”. Programmed events for the day, as well as...
ASPP-funded translation receives Governor General’s Literary Award
The Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences is pleased to congratulate Peter Feldstein, winner of this year’s Governor General’s Literary Award for French-to-English Translation. He is recognized for his translation of Paul-Émile Borduas: A...
RSC report makes compelling case for why libraries and archives are essential, but vulnerable
Last week, the Royal Society of Canada released its report on the status and future of Canada’s libraries and archives, entitled “The Future Now: Canada’s Libraries, Archives, and Public Memory.” The RSC’s defense of libraries and archives and its...
Humanities and social science research is crucial to our understanding of the changing workplace
In her recent op-ed for The Globe and Mail, Federation President and McGill Professor Antonia Maioni rightly asks why women, who have outnumbered men at universities for years, remain underrepresented in leadership positions in the workplace. Behind...
SSH News: Globe and Mail op-ed by Antonia Maioni, maximizing policy impact of research, student program choice, and other news
Globe and Mail op-ed by Antonia Maioni A new op-ed by Federation President Antonia Maioni has appeared in The Globe and Mail. Maioni looks at the numbers of women in professional leadership positions and asks why women are underrepresented. Behind...
SSH News: Re-envisioning the humanities PhD, SSHRC Impact Awards, decline in humanities concentrators at Harvard and other news
Re-envisioning the humanities PhD In their November issue of Policy Options, the Institute for Research on Public Policy (IRPP) shines the spotlight on the humanities PhD. Doctoral programs, according to the article, have not kept pace with the...
Understanding Video Games: Interview with Professor Sean Gouglas
The most economically important cultural medium out there today, a cultural touchstone for two generations of Canadians, and a fantastic medium for expression, entertainment and social commentary. This is how Professor Sean Gouglas described video...
‘Measuring’ the impact of Social Sciences and Humanities
Ideas can… is the website of the Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences, a non-profit charitable organization with a mandate to (from the website): promote the value of research and learning in the humanities and social sciences...
SSH News: Hill Times “Campus Research” issue, SSH response to Ottawa shooting, feedback on Impact report
This week, The Hill Times released its “ Campus Research” issue, featuring contributions from an array of writers about innovation in the sciences, social sciences, as well as aboriginal education. A message from the Director of Policy and...