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Advocating Social Justice and Human Rights
Congress 2021 blog edition The University of Alberta Career Corner’s “Careers in Social Justice and Human Rights'' webcast featured professionals working in areas of social justice and human rights, who shed light to the audience on new perspectives...

Dealing with Unpredictability and Career Disruptions
Congress 2021 blog edition The University of Alberta Career Corner’s “Supporting Students’ Career Management” webcast featured strategies supervisors and advisors can employ to best support their students and encourage them to confidently manage...

Guess who’s coming to dinner? That is, after you hire us.
Consider the following statements from search committee meetings at various universities involving racialized candidates. My purpose in sharing these statements is to raise questions about institutional commitments to hire Black faculty. “ Our first...

Care is on the ballot: Why COVID-19 should push American voters to pay greater attention to the care economy

33 Years after the Employment Equity Act: Why are we still having this conversation?

Drug education takes a philosophical route: UBC postdoctoral fellow aims to open dialogue with youth about drug use
Congress 2019 guest blog from Mitacs How can today’s young people be educated about the perils of drug use beyond scaring the heck out of them? How can we help them explore their questions about drugs and develop their capacity to survive in a...

Work in a warming world - Carla Lipsig-Mummé

Canada’s Energy Paradox
How do we reconcile the fact that our economy is driven by fossil fuels while facing an urgent need to transition to a low-carbon energy system? This is a contentious issue that is on the minds of many political leaders around the world, and was...

HSS grads in the workplace: Better than Baristas
If you work in the humanities and social sciences (HSS), there is likely one myth you are tired of hearing: that their graduates will not be able to find good jobs, that they’ll all be working as overeducated baristas. Well, thanks to an enlightening...