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Welcome to the Federation's Resource hub! Here you will find humanities and social science articles, blog posts, videos, webinars, Congress resources, and more! Filter by topic, resource type, file type, and/or year.

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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Don’t Tell Us Who We Are (Not): Reflections on Métis identity

Joyce Green, University of Regina 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 2011...

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Big Thinking Podcast launches!

We're very pleased to announce the launch of our Big Thinking podcast series, featuring interviews with some of Canada's big thinkers in the humanities and social sciences. This podcast brings these researchers right to your computer, your iPod or...

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Multiculturalism and Citizenship are complements, not opposites

Irene Bloemraad, Berkeley Guest Contributor Attacking multiculturalism has become a political cliché. Last October, when German Chancellor Angela Merkel proclaimed that a multicultural approach had “ utterly failed” in Germany, she echoed a commonly...

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Change demanded, celebrated on International Women's Day 2011

Jane Arscott, Athabasca University Guest Contributor This blog post is part of the Federation Equity Portfolio’s series marking the 100 th anniversary of International Women’s Day. March 8, 2011 marks the 100 th anniversary of International Women’s...

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Canadian multiculturalism and social inclusion

Tania Das Gupta, York University Guest Contributor According to a recent international survey of Europe and North America, Canada is ranked among the world’s top countries in terms of the integration of immigrants. High marks were given to its...

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Canada's great national itch: Debating multiculturalism

Phil Ryan, Carleton University Guest Contributor “Whether we like it or not – and there’s not much to like – events could force a national debate on whether multiculturalism is working in Canada.” One of the two triggering events to which the...