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Focus on copyright issues in academia at Congress 2014
Blayne Haggart , Assistant Professor, Political Science, Brock University Copyright laws affect almost every aspect of academics’ professional lives, from limiting how much of a book we can put in a course pack to allowing journals to put our (mostly...
SSH News: School is out for summer, One month to Congress, Direction and reach of SSH research
School’s out for summer! Perhaps not Alice Cooper’s famous last words, but as another school year wraps up this month across Canadian campuses, the many challenges facing students today and ways in which these (and future) graduates will need to...
Reinventing the language of storytelling at Congress
Kristine Collins , Director, Education and Institutional Markets, National Film Board of Canada The National Film Board of Canada is proud to be part of CONGRESS 2014 as we celebrate our 75 th anniversary. Our films, interactive productions and...
Catch the Top 25
People-focused research matters. How you tell its story is just as important. The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) launched its second-annual Storytellers challenge this past November, asking postsecondary students from across...
Canadian archeology loses a champion
Nicola Katz , Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences Canada has lost a gem of an archeologist this month with the passing of Dr. Priscilla Renouf . A pioneer in her field for over thirty years, she conducted research in Labrador, Arctic...
SSH News: Donner Prize finalists, Big Thinking, Annual Conference videos
It was with great delight that the Federation congratulated this week two authors who were funded by the Federation’s Awards to Scholarly Publications Program last year, Miranda Campbell and Gregory Taylor, for being shortlisted for the 2014 Donner...
'Tis the season for book prizes!
Each year, the Federation helps scholarly books on topics in the humanities and social sciences get published through the Awards to Scholarly Publications Program (ASPP). To date, the ASPP has supported the publication of over 6,000 books that have...
Première screening from the Lost Stories project
Ronald Rudin , Trudeau Foundation Fellow, Professor of History, Co-Director, Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling, Concordia University Screening of Thomas Widd's Lost Story May 28, 2014 at 10:15 a.m. International Centre 120 Brock...
Digital humanities tools, tips, and techniques at Congress
Constance Crompton , Assistant Professor, Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies, University of British Columbia Ray Siemens , Canada Research Chair in Humanities Computing and Distinguished Professor in the Faculty of Humanities, University of...