Big Thinking
Career Corner
Featured programming
Big Thinking
The Big Thinking series is held throughout Congress and brings together leading scholars and public figures who present forward-thinking research, ideas and solutions to the critical questions and issues of our time. The series is open to all Congress registered attendees and to members of the general public registering with a community pass.
Big Thinking at Congress is the key opportunity at the annual Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences for academics, researchers, practitioners, and policymakers to share ideas and solutions for a more innovative, progressive, and inclusive society.
Add Big Thinking to your calendar
- Big Thinking #1: Thursday, June 13 - 17:15 to 18:15
- Big Thinking #2: Sunday, June 16 - 12:15 to 13:15
- Big Thinking #3: Monday, June 17 - 12:15 to 13:15
- Big Thinking #4: Wednesday, June 19 - 12:15 to 13:15
Stay tuned for speaker and topic announcements!
Who can attend Big Thinking?
The Big Thinking lectures are open events. The lectures are open to all registered conference attendees, as well as members of the public with a valid community pass.
Career Corner
Career Corner is a professional development workshop series where everyone from graduate students to established faculty members can learn how to publish and market their research, improve their lesson planning and teaching skills and find out about careers outside of academia.
Everyone from graduate students to established scholars can benefit from attending Career Corner, our professional development workshop series. Led by industry experts, these workshops include a range of topics, from publishing and communicating research, to advancing academic careers and discovering career options outside of academia.
- Navigating your career transition: insight and advice for Black, Indigenous, and racialized graduate students searching for sustainable, meaningful careers - June 13, 10:30 - 12:00
- TRaCE talks: PhD career pathways beyond academia - June 13, 14:00 - 15:30 & June 18, 13:30 - 15:00
- Publishing your scholarly book – EN June 14, 10:00 - 11:00
- Fighting the trolls: How researchers can mitigate online abuse - June 14, 13:30 - 15:00
- Reimagining and reinventing arts graduate programs in Canada - June 15, 10:30 - 12:00
- A digital commons for Canadian researchers and scholarly societies: an introduction to HSSCommons.ca - June 16, 13:30 - 15:00
- Disseminating Your Research to Make an Impact - June 17, 10:30 - 12:00
View all Career Corner sessions on the events calendar >
Who can attend Career Corner?
Career Corner workshops are open events. The workshops are open to all registered conference attendees, as well as members of the public with a valid community pass.
Featured programming
Featured programming at Congress is a series of high-profile interdisciplinary events hosted in close collaboration with partner organizations. As open events at Congress, all Congress attendees and members of the public registering with a community pass are able to attend. Explore this year’s exciting lineup:
June 13, 2024 | 13:00 - 14:30 ET
Each year, the Parliamentary Internship Programme (PIP) brings 12 recent university graduates to Ottawa for a non-partisan work-study experience with both government and opposition MPs. This panel will feature a selection of innovative papers from the 2023-24 Parliamentary Interns, which will employ a diverse set of methods - including surveys, interviews, legal analysis, and the quantitative study of parliamentary debates - to explore a range of pressing subjects. Learn more.
Presented in partnership with the Parliamentary Internship Programme.
June 19, 2024 | 13:30 - 19:00 ET
The Canadian Symposium of Scholarly Journals is a community event that aims to gather journal team members from across Canada to share their experiences and challenges in the current, fast-changing environment. The goal will be to foster empowerment in the Canadian journal community through structured discussions addressing shared issues and geared toward possible action. Learn more.
Once you have registered for Congress, you are requested to indicate which parts of the Symposium you plan to attend via this Google Form.
Presented in partnership with Coalition Publica.
June 13, 2024 | 12:15 - 13:30 ET
Join us for an enlightening panel discussion featuring three remarkable innovators showcased in the new book, Canadians Who Innovate: The Trailblazers and Ideas That Are Changing the World by Roseann O’Reilly Runte, President and CEO of the Canada Foundation for Innovation and a former President of the Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences. The panelists will share their inspiring journeys and offer insights into the challenges they have overcome and the breakthroughs they have achieved. Learn more.
Presented in partnership with the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council and the National Endowment in the Humanities.
June 20, 2024 | 12:15 - 13:15 ET
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) is the only federal agency in the United States dedicated to funding the humanities. Now, as the United States grapples with existential threats to its democracy, with persistent systemic racism, and with its changing climate, the humanities are more vital than ever. Under the leadership of Chair Shelly C. Lowe (Navajo), the first Native American to lead the agency, NEH is working with partners to leverage the humanities to strengthen the nation’s democracy, advance equity and access for all, and address its changing climate. Learn more.
Presented in partnership with the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council and the National Endowment in the Humanities.