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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...
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...
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...
Beyond ‘beads and feathers’: Indigenous knowledge and pedagogies
María del Carmen Rodriguez de France, 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...
People-centred innovation: An expanded vision of research and development
What is the role of social scientists and humanists within the broader context of research, development and innovation? The Federation outlined the centrality of these disciplines in the recent submission to the Expert Panel for the Review of Federal...
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...
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...
Life and death of Canada's founding languages (and not the two you think)
Onowa McIvor, 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 2011...
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...