Year in Review: 2021
From hosting our first virtual Congress and launching a new website, to advancing our work on equity, diversity, inclusion, and decolonization and releasing a new report on the value of our disciplines: check out the Federation's Year in Review: 2021 to see what we’ve accomplished together.
Federation releases new report on the role of the humanities and social sciences
The Federation is proud to release Think Big: How the social sciences and humanities are building a better Canada.
Federation welcomes new Senior Advisor, EDID
The Federation is pleased to announce that Dhanela Sivaparan, PhDc (She/her/hers), has accepted the position of Senior Advisor – Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Decolonization (EDID).
Congress is coming to York University in 2023!
Congress 2023 will take place at York’s Keele and Glendon Campuses in Toronto, where up to 10,000 scholars, graduate students and practitioners in the humanities and social sciences will come together and share their research face-to-face in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Giving voice to the humanities and social sciences across Canada
The Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences promotes research and teaching for the advancement of an inclusive, democratic, and prosperous society.
With a membership now comprising over 160 universities, colleges, and scholarly associations, the Federation represents a diverse community of 91,000 researchers and graduate students across Canada. The Federation organizes Canada’s largest academic gathering, the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, bringing together more than 8,000 participants each year.
Your membership with us
Federation membership gives you the power to think, speak, and engage from platforms of national and international significance to the humanities and social sciences.
What is the ASPP?
The Awards to Scholarly Publications Program (ASPP), a key Federation activity, funds scholarly books in Canada that make an important contribution to the humanities and social sciences.
Latest resources
Year in Review - 2021
Think Big: How the social sciences and humanities are building a better Canada
