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The 2016 Calgary Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences Federation of Canada: Some thoughts on the university as a community
This blog was published on Guy Laforest's website on May 25th, 2016. The University of Calgary, placed at the foothills of the Canadian Rocky Mountains, will be the host, from May 28 to June 3, 2016, of the congress of the Canadian Federation for the...
Congress in the news- May 26
News highlights for May 26, 2016 Your letters for Thursday, May 26 Calgary Herald - May 26, 2016 anti-pipeline advocate Naomi Klein has a platform to speak at the University of Calgary this Sunday, invited by the Congress of the Humanities and...
Congress in the news - May 25
News highlights for May 25, 2016 Cooper: Non-scholars can see their tax dollars at work at the U of C Calgary Herald - May 25, 2016 ...Learned Societies of Canada, the Learneds. This year, the University of Calgary is hosting the successor to the...
Social Innovation & Entrepreneurship: The Evolving Role of the Professor
Universities have always been essential contributors to their communities. But they are increasingly being turned to as resources to resolve pressing social and economic challenges in the communities they serve, and as important bridges between the...
Roméo Dallaire to conclude a full day of exploring gender and sexual security with Marjorie Griffin Cohen, Kathleen Lahey and Sarelle Azuelos through a unique event during Congress 2016
As part of the Congress 2016 exciting line-up of events, the University of Calgary will host six Interdisciplinary symposia to exhibit the university’s most compelling and leading-edge thinking and research. This article is part of a six-part series...
We live for this – Our first Congress
In the fall of 2015, the Federation took on three new staff members to join its events team: Lindsey DenBoer, Emily Nelms and myself (Ashley Craven). We all come from varying backgrounds within the meetings and events industry, which makes us a...
Research at the University of Windsor offers new possibilities for international student
Yashasvini Rajeswar knew from her first year at IIT Madras in India that she wanted to pursue a research opportunity in Canada. “I had previously travelled to Canada. I fell in love with the country and knew that I had to return eventually. I learned...
Manager’s welcome to the Hotel Alma
When the University of Calgary was chosen to host the 2016 Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, we made sure to attend the preceding Congresses at Brock University and at the University of Ottawa to learn all we could. It's now our turn...
Panel Discussion - The role and future of community associations: to discuss the importance of community associations and the role they play in our daily lives
By As part of the Congress 2016 exciting line-up of events, the University of Calgary will host six Interdisciplinary symposia to exhibit the university’s most compelling and leading-edge thinking and research. This article is part of a six-part...