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SSH News: Big Thinking, Federal Budget 2014, SSHRC Impact Awards
The most recent Big Thinking lecture "Reason versus passion in politics" was presented on Tuesday by Joseph Heath, Director, Centre for Ethics, and Professor, Department of Philosophy and School of Public Policy and Governance, University of Toronto...
Highlights from the federal budget
The federal budget was announced earlier today. “The investments announced today —and taken together, they are significant and represent the largest increase in funding through the granting councils in a decade— will lead to crucial research advances...
Canada’s Science, Technology and Innovation Strategy
Eleanor Fast, Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences The world of ideas moves quickly so the Federation was eager to respond when the government asked for input to inform a refresh the 2007 S&T Strategy. Our submission responded to the...
SSH News: Value of an SSH education, Situating Science Summer School 2014, Trudeau Foundation
Yes! The indispensability of the social sciences and humanities has been a trending topic in recent days, both nationally and internationally. Last week, Carolyn Gregoire penned the “ irrefutable evidence of the value of a humanities education” ( The...
Join us at the Federation's Annual Conference
Mark your calendars! Registration for the Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences 2014 Annual Conference and Annual General Meeting (AGM) is now open! The Federation’s Annual Conference is open to all. It allows you to interact with the...
SSH News: ASPP, Outaouais Salon du Livre, Canada Reads 2014, Annual Engagement Scholarship Consortium Conference
This week, the Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences was pleased and honoured to welcome Annalise Acorn as an expert in Law for the Awards to Scholarly Publications Program (ASPP). Annalise Acorn is a professor in the Faculty of Law at...
Moving beyond the mic: Big Thinking speakers keep thinking big
Since the kick-off to the 2013-2014 season, three of the Federation’s Big Thinking lectures have featured a top-flight researcher who continues to make airwaves with ideas and opinions on issues affecting current policy discussions. Let’s see what...
SSH News: We Teach Ontario, Creating the Future U, Impact of the Social Sciences, Open Data for Development Challenge, Canada Council for the Arts APM, Canada-Africa Research Exchange Grants
We Teach Ontario, an initiative of the Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations, highlights “the ways in which Ontario’s professors and academic librarians are connecting teaching and research to produce exceptional student learning...
Canada Prizes ceremony to be hosted by Glendon College, York University
Jessica Clark, Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences The Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences and York University are delighted to announce a new partnership that will see York host the 2014 Canada Prizes ceremony at its...