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Congress in the news - May 28
Congress 2016: Pseudolus CBC This weekend you've got a chance to see an ancient Roman play -- first performed way back in 191 B.C -- at a baseball diamond at Foothills Stadium. Clem Martini is the Chair of the U of C's drama department... University...
Congress in the news- May 27
News highlights for May 27, 2016 Congress 2016 is finally here! University of Calgary - May 26, 2016 Congress 2016 is finally here! After four years of planning and anticipation, campus is ready for Canada s largest gathering of scholars Taped...
The 2016 Calgary Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences Federation of Canada: Some thoughts on the university as a community
This blog was published on Guy Laforest's website on May 25th, 2016. The University of Calgary, placed at the foothills of the Canadian Rocky Mountains, will be the host, from May 28 to June 3, 2016, of the congress of the Canadian Federation for the...
Congress in the news- May 26
News highlights for May 26, 2016 Your letters for Thursday, May 26 Calgary Herald - May 26, 2016 anti-pipeline advocate Naomi Klein has a platform to speak at the University of Calgary this Sunday, invited by the Congress of the Humanities and...
Congress in the news - May 25
News highlights for May 25, 2016 Cooper: Non-scholars can see their tax dollars at work at the U of C Calgary Herald - May 25, 2016 ...Learned Societies of Canada, the Learneds. This year, the University of Calgary is hosting the successor to the...
Social Innovation & Entrepreneurship: The Evolving Role of the Professor
Universities have always been essential contributors to their communities. But they are increasingly being turned to as resources to resolve pressing social and economic challenges in the communities they serve, and as important bridges between the...
Roméo Dallaire to conclude a full day of exploring gender and sexual security with Marjorie Griffin Cohen, Kathleen Lahey and Sarelle Azuelos through a unique event during Congress 2016
As part of the Congress 2016 exciting line-up of events, the University of Calgary will host six Interdisciplinary symposia to exhibit the university’s most compelling and leading-edge thinking and research. This article is part of a six-part series...
We live for this – Our first Congress
In the fall of 2015, the Federation took on three new staff members to join its events team: Lindsey DenBoer, Emily Nelms and myself (Ashley Craven). We all come from varying backgrounds within the meetings and events industry, which makes us a...
Research at the University of Windsor offers new possibilities for international student
Yashasvini Rajeswar knew from her first year at IIT Madras in India that she wanted to pursue a research opportunity in Canada. “I had previously travelled to Canada. I fell in love with the country and knew that I had to return eventually. I learned...