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The Future of Francophone Publishing Needs Our Support
Congress 2021 blog edition Leading Canadian editors from across the country take on the important issue of Francophone scholarship in today’s panel titled “Le Français Dans Un Monde Scientifique Anglophone/French In An English-Dominated Academic...

The Future of Francophone Publishing Needs Our Support
Congress 2021 blog edition Leading Canadian editors from across the country take on the important issue of Francophone scholarship in today’s panel titled “Le Français Dans Un Monde Scientifique Anglophone/French In An English-Dominated Academic...

Listen to the Experts: How to Publish and Market your Scholarly Book
Congress 2021 blog edition At Congress 2021, there are multiple resources to supplement your scholarly work. One of them was the “Publishing and Marketing your Scholarly Book” panel hosted by the Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences...

Academic Cheating Has Skyrocketed in Canada Amid Pandemic, Leaving Post-Secondary Students Vulnerable
With academic cheating on the rise during the pandemic – and some universities reporting an increase in cases as high as 38 per cent – now is the time for Canada to take action, not only to sanction students but also to protect them. That’s the...

Amid Growing Concern over Learning Loss Due to the Pandemic, Researchers Say it’s Time for Kids to Be Teachers and Teachers to be Learners
As concern over learning loss among Canadian students mounts due to unprecedented time away from school, there is one lesson we can all take away from the events of the past year: given the chance to use technology with proper guidance, kids can do...

Making social media part of the conservation conversation: Biologist spreads awareness of endangered Garry Oak habitats
Congress 2019 guest blog from Mitacs As a child bringing home wounded birds and other critters, Alina Fisher developed a passion for helping wildlife – a love that eventually drove her to become a biologist. But during her studies, Alina realized...

#BlackProfessorsMatter: Intellectual survival and public love
There is a distinct paucity of material, scholarly or otherwise, on the experiences of African Black Canadian scholars within the Canadian academy. This #BlackProfessorsMatter blog post — and others in the Equity Matters series — aims to help fill...

Welcome to Congress 2019 at UBC!
I remember my first Congress so clearly: it took place at the University of Calgary in 1994. I was a new PhD student and I was terrified to be presenting my first conference paper. I remember the flight of butterflies I had in my stomach before...

Gabriel Miller addresses March for Science 2018
Speech made at the March for Science in Toronto on April 14, 2018 Thank you. It’s wonderful to be here with you marching for knowledge, for evidence, and for science! And I want to thank the organizers. Thank you for all the hard work that you put...