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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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Open Social Scholarship in Canada

Alyssa Arbuckle, Assistant Director, Research Partnerships & Development, Electronics Textual Cultures Lab (ETCL), University of Victoria Ray Siemens, Canada Research Chair in Humanities Computing and Distinguished Professor of English in the Faculty...

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SSH News: February 19, 2015

Here is our list of the most interesting news articles about the humanities, social sciences and higher education from the past week: Humanities and Social Sciences We don’t need more STEM majors. We need more STEM majors with liberal arts training...

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Once Again, Without Data

It has become a common complaint, across the board, that statistics relating to Canadian higher education are sorely lacking or, when they do exist, are misleading–ACCUTE past-president Stephen Slemon has written about this matter on this very blog...

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Results for the Federation’s Board of Directors elections

The results are in! This election marks a change in the Federation presidency. After completing her two-year term as President, Antonia Maioni will hold the position of Past-President until March 2016 and Stephen Toope ends his term as President...

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A short history and economics lesson for Kevin O’Leary

In a recent BBN interview, Kevin O`Leary offered unsubstantiated commentary about liberal arts degrees, and History degrees in particular. He stated: “…stop going for liberal arts degrees because it is useless”; “come out with a History degree, you...

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SSH News: February 12, 2015

Here is our list of the most interesting news articles about the humanities, social sciences and higher education from the past week: Higher Education Union attacks University of Manitoba dean: University president says report is flawed February 11...

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Ottawa is...

The backdrop to Congress 2015 is none other than the nation's capital, Ottawa. Whether you are returning or visiting for the first time, I encourage you to take the opportunity to discover what Ottawa has to offer. For me, this begins with world...

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Ottawa, ma ville bilingue: une idée inachevée

Camille Ferrier qui s’est jointe l’été dernier à l’équipe du Secrétariat de la Fédération a partagé récemment ses réflexions sur le caractère bilingue de l’Université d’Ottawa, du Congrès 2015 et de la ville d’Ottawa elle-même. Il est rafraichissant...