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The 2014 Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences was a terrific opportunity for start-up companies, like Waterloo Innovations, to showcase their products. Most academics at Congress were unfamiliar with our product, Confero. For readers who...

This week, student financial aid made headlines in Canada and the UK, for different reasons. The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives published a report on July 17 th comparing student eligibility for financial aid and the complexity of...

Our mission at the Federation is to promote the value of research and learning in the social sciences and humanities (SSH). Often we’re asked, don’t you feel excluded when people talk about “science and technology (S&T)” or “science” as a catch...

This week, a new global ranking was released that measured the quality of 1,000 universities. Thirty-two Canadian universities made the list -- see which ones here! This weekend marks the start to the 23 rd World Congress of Political Science in...

This year at Congress, the Federation hosted a four-part series dedicated to equity issues, which included the following sessions: Challenging casual homophobia in schools, sports, and society Sochi and beyond: Russia's anti-gay legislation, human...

This week, the Federation released a short publication featuring the many highlights from this year’s Congress at Brock University. Be sure to check it out online in either English or French! Also this week, Skills for the Future was hosted by...

La Fédération des sciences humaines est fière d’avoir organisé son 83 e Congrès, le plus important rendez-vous du savoir à caractère multidisciplinaire au Canada – il s’agit en réalité de l’un des plus grands événements de ce genre dans le monde. On...

Two contradicting articles this week report on the earnings of humanities and social sciences graduates. On one hand, the Globe and Mail reports positively that BA grads have better pay, more career options while Maclean’s magazine suggests that a...

Année après année, le Congrès donne l’occasion de nouer des liens enrichissants entre les chercheurs et la communauté au sens large. Le titre d’appel de la Fédération « Les idées peuvent... » nous invite à approfondir ces relations par le partage, le...