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More than just a cardboard box

Using this cheap and lightweight material, researchers are helping parents design custom adaptations for their children with special needs Malorie Bertrand, Canada Foundation for Innovation Visit Innovation.ca for more stories about humanities and...

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The future of research dissemination: Events at Congress 2014

Karen Diepeveen, Policy Analyst, Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences The issue of open access and research dissemination is one that sparks many conversations across our fields. What is the future of scholarly work in this digital age...

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A behind the scenes look at preparing for Congress 2014

Brad Clarke, Project Manager for Congress 2014, Brock University We’re now just two weeks away from hosting Canada’s largest academic gathering on our University’s campus situated in a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve atop the Niagara Escarpment in Ontario’s...

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The curious story of Research Matters

Patchen Barss, Creative Director and Managing Editor, Research Matters The first question I really remember being curious about was, “How fast does gravity travel?” I was a teenager. I stood on a bathroom scale and picked up a heavy book. The dial...

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Focus on copyright issues in academia at Congress 2014

Blayne Haggart, Assistant Professor, Political Science, Brock University Copyright laws affect almost every aspect of academics’ professional lives, from limiting how much of a book we can put in a course pack to allowing journals to put our (mostly...

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Reinventing the language of storytelling at Congress

Kristine Collins, Director, Education and Institutional Markets, National Film Board of Canada The National Film Board of Canada is proud to be part of CONGRESS 2014 as we celebrate our 75 th anniversary. Our films, interactive productions and...

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Digital humanities tools, tips, and techniques at Congress

Constance Crompton, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies, University of British Columbia Ray Siemens, Canada Research Chair in Humanities Computing and Distinguished Professor in the Faculty of Humanities, University of...

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First World War shaped values of Canadian children: author

Susan Fisher says writing Boys and Girls in No Man’s Land: English-Canadian Children and the First World War had an unexpected personal benefit: It helped her understand the world in which her parents grew up. Fisher, whose book has won this year’s...

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Status of Women in Canada on International Women’s Day 2010

Judy Rebick, Ryerson University Guest Contributor It is International Women’s Day 2010, forty years after the Report of the Royal Commission on the Status of Women. A generation has passed, my generation. In some ways, there has been a revolution in...