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Women in science: challenges and opportunities
Mélanie Béchard, Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences Curious. Bold. Resilient. Lucky. These were all adjectives used by the panelists at a recent roundtable discussion at McGill University entitled Women in Science: Challenges and...
News in the SSH: Congress 2014 curtain-raiser, jobs for Humanities grads, and a new social science research lab opens
Karen Diepeveen, Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences Today in Montreal, Graham Bell, president-elect of the Royal Society of Canada, announced that in conjunction with Congress 2014 host Brock University, the Federation will present a...
Productivity and the Atlantic Provinces: 2012 Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship Highlights
Milena Stanoeva Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences “Productivity” is a word that gets thrown around a lot, especially in times of economic uncertainty. Governments, financial institutions and media commentators are all concerned with...
News from the social sciences and humanities: Academics weigh in on Idle No More; Humanities 101 grads celebrate
Karen Diepeveen, Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences Idle No More protests and actions have taken centre stage over the past few weeks, with several of Canada’s political scientists weighing in. In planning surrounding last Friday’s...
Nominations are open for the Federation’s Board of Directors
by Mélanie Béchard, Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences Nominations opened on Friday, January 4 for seven positions on the Board of Directors for the Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences. The open positions are: Treasurer...
Academic group supports Chief Spence and Idle No More
A group of academics have issued an open letter to Prime Minister Stephen Harper and to Governor General David Johnston to express their solidarity with Chief Theresa Spence and the Idle No More movement. The letter can be read online in English...
A call for dialogue: Race, representation and media
Patrick Case, Director, Human Rights and Equity Office, University of Guelph Guest Contributor A recent magazine article on Asian students has stirred a heated debate about balancing freedom of expression with protecting Canadians from discrimination...
Teaching Equity Matters – Race, space and the law, Part II
Angela P. Harris, Berkeley Law School Guest Contributor In Part I of this reflection on teaching race matters I examined a successful story of co-teaching race and the law in Brazil with Denise da Silva. In Part II I draw on an unsuccessful story...
Between militarization and litigiousness: Canada's policy choices in the fight against cybercrime
According to a February 2010 survey sponsored by the antivirus software company Symantec, 79% of respondents in 14 countries believed that cybercriminals will never be brought to justice. As the risks linked to the use of Internet and its...