Social media
Media contacts
List of media-friendly research papers and sessions
Facts and figures
Events, activities and panels
About us
Key information
Media room location & hours
Location: George Brown College, Waterfront Campus – second floor: Room 208
Hours: Friday, May 30 - Thursday, June 5: 9:00-17:00.
See campus and Congress hub maps.
For support on-site and outside hours: email brodgers@federationhss.ca.
Arrival instructions
Upon arrival at the George Brown College Waterfront Campus, check in at the Media room to collect your access badge and media kit. A Congress media badge is required to attend any session or event.
Internet
- Network name: Congress 2025
- Password: Congress2025
Social media
Federation handles
- Instagram @federation_hss
- Facebook @federationhss
- Linkedin Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences
- Bluesky @federationhss.ca
George Brown College handles
- Instagram @gbcollege
- Facebook @George Brown College
- Linkedin George Brown College
- Bluesky @gbcollege.bsky.social
Hashtags
Tag all Congress related posts with: #Congressh
Media contacts
Brody Rodgers
Manager, Marketing & Communications
Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences
brodgers@federationhss.ca
George Brown College
Saron Fanel
External Communications Specialist
saron.fanel@georgebrown.ca
List of media-friendly research papers and sessions
The listed researchers have agreed to media interviews. Please communicate your request to the Federation, and we will put you in touch.
Facts and figures
- About Congress: Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences is the largest academic gathering in Canada, and one of the largest in the world. It convenes scholars, students and the public to discuss the big ideas that can transform our future.
- Organization: Congress 2025 is organized by the Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences in partnership with George Brown College. It is now in its 94th year.
- Theme: This year’s theme is Reframing togetherness
- Participants: 7,000 researchers, graduate students, and members of the public are expected from across Canada.
Events, activities and panels
Main activities include:
- Public lecture series (called Big Thinking): federationhss.ca/en/congress/programming
- Technologies of togetherness: Shaping an equitable future with AI: June 1, 12:15 – 13:15
- Panelists: Heather Krause, Debra Lam, moderated by Ryan Morrison
- Environments of togetherness: Collaborating at the climate crossroads: June 2, 12:15 – 13:15
- Panelists: Eriel Tchekwie Deranger, Melina Laboucan-Massimo, moderated by Kay-Ann Williams
- Care of togetherness: From social isolation to collective well-being: June 3, 17:15 – 18:15
- Panelists: Billy-Ray Belcourt, Jael Richardson, Kisha Supernant, moderated by Kai Cheng Thom
- Pedagogies of togetherness: Practices for inclusive learning: June 4, 12:15 – 13:15
- Panelists: Paul Turcotte, Jessica Riddell, moderated by Normand Labrie
- Technologies of togetherness: Shaping an equitable future with AI: June 1, 12:15 – 13:15
- All Big Thinking lectures take place in Waterfront W237
- The Canada Prizes award ceremony
- The Federation's national book prize for excellence in the humanities and social sciences
- Career workshops (Career Corner): https://www.federationhss.ca/en/congress/programming#CareerCorner
- Public keynote addresses and panels on critical issues
See the calendar of events for the complete listing: federationhss.ca/en/congress/events-calendar
About us
About Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences
Organized by the Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences, Congress is the largest academic gathering in Canada, and one of the largest in the world. Now in its 94th year, Congress brings together approximately 50 academic associations that represent a rich spectrum of disciplines in the humanities and social sciences, including literature, history, theatre, film studies, education, music, sociology, geography, social work and many others.
Organized by the Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences in partnership with George Brown College, Congress 2025 is sponsored by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Universities Canada, Colleges and Institutes Canada, University Affairs, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Sage, and The Conversation Canada.
Congress 2025 theme: Reframing togetherness
As the first college to host Congress, George Brown invites researchers, students, educators, policymakers, and the public to reframe what it means to coexist with other humans, the environment, and technology. With an invitation and a challenge, we aim to open a collaborative space that bridges different ways of learning and producing knowledge in order to rethink our roles and responsibilities in these times of climate and humanitarian disasters, ever-evolving technologies, social isolation, dislocation, and increasing polarization.
This milestone Congress challenges all attendees to model togetherness by questioning traditional knowledge hierarchies and by collaborating on fundamental- and applied-research solutions for humanity's historically rooted problems. If communities rally around commonalities, togetherness may offer us a way to build on a foundation of diversity and heterogeneity that helps us reframe our perspectives and generate innovative solutions for enduring issues.
What past, present, or fictional models of togetherness can put these issues into new contexts? How can we further decolonize our worldview and rework our relationships to the environment and technology? Conversely, what are the drawbacks of togetherness? In response to contemporary realities, new pitfalls of interconnection, from mental health impacts to reactionary extremism, emerge continually. Ultimately, how can our collaborative sharing of knowledge and learning enable us to care for a world in trouble in personally, societally, culturally, and politically healthy ways?
About the Federation
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 7,000 participants each year. The Federation office is located on the traditional, unceded Algonquin territory in Ottawa.
About George Brown College
George Brown College prepares innovative, adaptable graduates with the skills to thrive in a rapidly changing job market. With three campuses in the downtown Toronto core, the city is our classroom and essential to our delivery of experiential learning, research, and entrepreneurship opportunities. George Brown offers over 200 certificate, diploma and degree programs and 182 continuing education certificates/designations across a wide variety of professions to more than 30,000 full-time students and receives more than 53,900 continuing education registrations annually. We are a leading, publicly accredited college in Canada's economic and cultural hub – Toronto. For over 50 years we have helped students reach their career and personal goals through our industry-informed programming and knowledgeable faculty.
As the first college to host Congress, George Brown invites researchers, students, educators, policymakers, and the public to reframe what it means to coexist with other humans, the environment, and technology. With an invitation and a challenge, we aim to open a collaborative space that bridges different ways of learning and producing knowledge in order to rethink our roles and responsibilities in these times of climate and humanitarian disasters, ever-evolving technologies, social isolation, dislocation, and increasing polarization.