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Milena Stanoeva Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences Inside Higher Ed featured an essay on the current debates about the usefulness of the humanities. Authors Paul Jay and Gerald Graff argue that some academics in the humanities...
Indigenous, immigrant, inclusive: Three perspectives on diversity
Malinda S. Smith, Vice-President, Equity Issues, Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences Will Ferrell’s comedy, ‘Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy’ tells the story of a woman who is hired in to a newsroom dominated by an old...
News from the social sciences and humanities
Milena Stanoeva Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences Registration for the 2012 Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, hosted by Wilfrid Laurier University and the University of Waterloo from May 26 to June 2, is now...
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Milena Stanoeva Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences The winners of the second Digging into Data Challenge were announced this Tuesday. The competition, which promotes humanities and social sciences research using data-analysis...
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Milena Stanoeva Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences On December 8, Lou Hammond Ketilson, from the University of Saskatchewan, presented a Big Thinking lecture on the economic impact of credit unions. If you missed Professor...
Disorders of Sex Development: De-Queering the ‘I’ in LGBTQI2-S
Catherine Clune-Taylor, University of Alberta Guest Contributor This entry is part of the CFHSS’s VP Equity Issues series on issues related to LGBTQI2-S (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered, questioning, intersex and Two-Spirited) peoples. In 1993...
Desiring and Doing Equity: The Triangle Program for LGBTIQ2S Youth
Doreen Fumia, Ryerson University Guest Contributor This entry is part of the CFHSS’s VP Equity Issues series on issues related to LGBTQI2-S (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered, questioning, intersex and Two-Spirited) peoples. I would like to add...
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Milena Stanoeva Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences André Grace, a professor of education at the University of Alberta, is being honoured with the Killam Professorship this year for his work directing the University of Alberta...
The Note-taker: Innovative assistive technology enables blind scholars to take notes
Michael J. Astrauskas, Arizona State University Guest contributor This entry is part of the CFHSS’s VP Equity Issues series on diversity, creativity and innovation / diversité, innovation et créativité To see a whiteboard at the front of the class...