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The Federation blog is a space for Federation members and researchers in the humanities and social sciences to respectfully discuss ideas and issues of importance to the community. Please review the Federation's blog policy for submission information.

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Maternal health and Canada's global gender equality ranking

Kathleen A. Lahey, Queen’s University Guest Contributor This blog post is part of the Federation Equity Issues Portfolio’s series marking the 100 th anniversary of International Women’s Day. In 2010, the UN Development Programme (UNDP) adopted a new...

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Locating my Indian self in the academy's tenure process

Shanne McCaffrey, University of Victoria Guest Contributor This blog post is part of the Federation Equity Issues Portfolio’s ‘Transforming the Academy: Indigenous Education’ series, which will be the focus of the Portfolio’s programming at Congress...

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Federal Election 2011: Week one roundup

Week one of Canada's current election campaign is coming to a close. We heard about PSE issues mainly in relation to Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff’s proposed Canadian Learning Passport, an annual $1-billion investment in non-repayable federal...

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Social power, inequality and the 'tone of voice' argument

Gloria Filax, Athabasca University Guest Contributor One of my first realizations that in some situations what I had to say was less important than how I was perceived to have said it occurred in grade two. I had asked my teacher to let us practice...

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Dr. Louis Menand, Professor of English, Harvard University

Good morning from the Annual Conference of the Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences. We'll have live commentary here on our blog, as well as an audio feed of the day available online here. <a data-cke-saved-href=&quot...