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Open Access and the ASPP: Consultations on the draft policy
By Karen Diepeveen The last few years have seen a lot of buzz around Open Access: its benefits, challenges, opportunities and obstacles. The granting councils have begun exploring Open Access for journals. For the Federation for the Humanities and...
ASPP Spotlight: Ancient Pathways, Ancestral Knowledge, by Nancy J. Turner
The two-volume book, Ancient Pathways, Ancestral Knowledge: Ethnobotany and Ecological Wisdom of Indigenous Peoples of Northwestern North America, published by McGill-Queens University Press, represents, for me, a culmination of many years of...
Sociologist Irene Bloemraad Speaks about Immigration in Canada
Recent changes to immigration law in Canada drew criticism from legal and human rights groups, reminding us that immigration policy is an ongoing and heated conversation in which we all have a stake. In order to engage in this conversation as...
Mayors for a better Canada
Jessica Dixon True to my age, a cynical perspective regarding the effectiveness of Canada’s democratic structure flows through my veins. With this in mind, I attended American Professor, Benjamin Barber’s presentation (and the following panel) about...
This scientist has been government approved for your safety
Jessica Dixon Franke James, James Turk, and Dr. Janet Friskney came together within Brock University's David S. Howes Theatre yesterday to speak out against issues that they think should have the Harper Government shaking in their government-endorsed...
Ending inequalities for First Nations children and young people
Liz Smith Canada’s history is rooted in violent oppression. Our legacy of colonialism and ruthless intervention into the lives of First Nations people is not merely a distant memory, but one with continuing negative effects in contemporary society...
Sometimes it is enough to simply be excellent
Guest post by Michael Adams The Environics Institute and Environics Research Group The following is a speech given by Michael Adams at the 2014 Canada Prizes award ceremony at York University’s Glendon College Campus on May 7, 2014, where the...
Canada’s opposition critical to its stability
By Daniel Drolet Canada’s parliamentary system is in good shape, and its opposition is generally healthy, says a professor who has just completed a major study of opposition in Canada. But David E. Smith, author of Across the Aisle: Opposition in...
'Tis the season for book prizes!
Each year, the Federation helps scholarly books on topics in the humanities and social sciences get published through the Awards to Scholarly Publications Program (ASPP). To date, the ASPP has supported the publication of over 6,000 books that have...