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Bringing communities together
By Dr. Margrit Talpalaru, professor & Academic Convenor for Congress 2025 at George Brown College George Brown College (GBC) is the first college to host the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences in its 94 years: this has emerged as the...
Canadian Symposium of Scholarly Journals
About the Symposium | Meet the panelists About the Symposium From the emergence of digital publication to the rise of open access, scholarly communications have undergone deep and far-reaching change in the last 30 years. The Canadian Symposium of...
Advocacy in action: Bridging research and policy-making
Description | Meet the panelists | Watch the webinar | Transcript Description We all benefit when researchers are empowered to raise their voices and advocate effectively. Today, public policy needs researchers more than ever. In the face of...
Who cares for the caregivers?
← Big Thinking Podcast homepage Next episode → Description | About the guest | Transcript | Follow us Description Who cares for the caregivers? is a question too important to ignore especially after the COVID-19 pandemic exposed how our society...
“But, where are you really from?”
In a keynote address to the Black Caucus of the Canadian Sociological Association, Dr. Debra Thompson (Associate Professor of Political Science and Canada Research Chair in Racial Inequality in Democratic Societies, McGill University) explored the...
Making Social Work Work: Presentations on Current Research in the Field of Social Work
Congress 2021 blog edition The Canadian Association for Social Work Education (CASWE) hosted “Life Satisfaction for Disabled Youth: What Role Does Resilience Play?,” which comprised of three pre-recorded videos, each followed by a brief Q&A session...
Halifax Researcher Raises Alarm Bell over Concerningly Low Life Satisfaction among Canada’s Disabled Youth, Calls for A New Resilience-based Approach to Services
Young people with disabilities living in Canada are reporting significantly lower levels of life satisfaction compared to their peers, and without action to improve the way support services are delivered, their mental health and general well-being...
Asking the hard questions on the nature of care in social work
The Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences brings together leading thinkers, academics, researchers, policy-makers and innovators to explore some of the world’s most challenging issues. Congress celebrates the vitality and quality of Canadian...
Eugenics and its modern world implications
Imagine having no agency over your reproductive decisions. Imagine that those around you believe that you are not capable of making decisions for yourself and your future. Now, imagine a society in which your body is policed to the point where...