Programming & events

Big Thinking
Career Corner
Featured programming

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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.

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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. 

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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. 

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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.

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Presented in partnership with the Parliamentary Internship Programme.

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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.

Presented in partnership with Coalition Publica.

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