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Launching a digital commons for the humanities and social sciences
As Congress 2022 draws near, it’s worth reflecting on the multiple meanings of the word “congress”: it can refer to a particular place where individuals meet, but also the act of meeting itself. For many, the COVID-19 pandemic has served as a painful...

Reconsidering history at Congress 2022
Chalk one up for us! The Canadian Historical Association will mark its 100th anniversary this spring. Although contrived, centenaries offer a chance both to look back and to look ahead, hence our program theme: Reconsidering History. I can still...

Examining identity and power dynamics in Netherlandic Studies at Congress 2022
The Canadian Association for the Advancement of Netherlandic Studies (CAANS) has enjoyed a longstanding relationship with Congress and its forerunners, ‘the Learneds,’ which began with our formal founding on June 3, 1971, during the annual gathering...

Collectively disrupting, creating, and educating for gender equity
How three researchers are seeking to disrupt hegemonic, heteronormative, and colonized discourses and practices that have subverted women’s voices.

Reflections on the practice of reconciliation
Guest blog by Crystal Fraser, Assistant Professor, Department of History, Classics, & Religion and The Faculty of Native Studies, University of Alberta.

Unpacking the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on food insecurity and health inequalities in the City of Toronto
Dr. Edge (SE) and J. Regnier-Davies (JRD) have conducted a research project focused on understanding how COVID-19 is exacerbating food insecurity and health inequalities in the City of Toronto. This includes assessing emergency response preparedness...

Resources for Indigenous-engaged scholarship and what we learned from the Career Corner session
Congress 2021 blog edition “First of all, if we live and work in this place called Canada, all of us are, in some way, engaged in Indigenous scholarship because we are all situated on Indigenous lands and territories. So what is our responsibility?”...

The Discrimination against Black Co-ops
Congress 2021 blog edition The Canadian Association for Studies in Co-operation “Racial Justice and Cooperatives” open event webcast featured a powerful presentation, organised around visual stories, by Jessica Gordon Nembhard, Professor of Community...

Combating Unconscious Bias and Systemic Racism
Congress 2021 blog edition Although – hopefully – most of us do not consciously or intentionally work to perpetuate inequality in the world, odds are that most of us at least sometimes say or do things that preclude diversity and exclude the ‘other.’...