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Becoming Your Own Best Critic: How to Edit Your Own Work
Congress 2021 blog edition Many of you are likely familiar with the difficulties of editing your own writing. When reading over your own work, your brain has a tendency to make sense of what you think is on the page, rather than what is actually...
How Social Meaning Constructs a Narrative of Adolescent Suicide Clusters
Congress 2021 blog edition Trigger warning: This blog post discusses suicide in youth. How do we create the social meanings surrounding youth and suicide? This is a question Seth Abrutyn, Associate Professor at The University of British Columbia, is...
Bridging the gaps in employability for social science and humanities academics
Congress 2021 blog edition “We have an underutilization of talent in Canada; we produce exceptional [social science and humanities] graduates, but don’t do a great job hiring them,” said Gail Bowkett, member of The/La Collaborative and panellist in...
Pulling Back the Curtains: Unveiling Untold Stories in Canada’s History
Congress 2021 blog edition Hosted by the Association of Canadian College and University Teachers of English (ACCUTE), the “On the Other Side(s) of 150 Book Launch” open event celebrated the launch of the book, On the Other Side(s) of 150: Untold...
The Art of Make Believe: A Panel on Make Believe: The Secret Library of M. Prud’homme – A Rare Collection of Fakes
Congress 2021 blog edition The Association of Canadian College and University Teachers of English (ACCUTE) hosted the “ Creative Writing Panel: Make Believe” open event, a roundtable discussion centered around Make Believe: The Secret Library of M...
Notes from A Celebration of Northern Authors
Congress 2021 blog edition Tlicho author Richard Van Camp led a celebration of northern authors in a reading session at Congress. Here, leading Indigenous writers and artists discussed the inspirations for their work and shared excerpts from their...
Lessons Re-Learned in the Pandemic: Opportunities for Equality and Justice in Internationalized Higher Education
Congress 2021 blog edition How has COVID-19 opened opportunities for equality and justice in internationalized education? What risks do internationalizing university communities face in the year ahead? These were the two guiding questions of an...
Analysing the Residential School Era
Congress 2021 blog edition The Stolen Niitsitapi (the Real People) Children webcast at Congress 2021 was an open event hosted by the Canadian Society for the Study of Education (CSSE). It featured a powerful and innovative presentation by Tiffany...
Dissecting the Canadian Higher Education System
Congress 2021 blog edition The Canadian Society for the Study of Education’s Foundations of Higher Education webcast at Congress 2021 was an open event featuring presentations by Sarah Elaine Eaton from the University of Calgary, James Czank from...