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Building a More Prosperous and Just Canada
by Jean-Marc Mangin, Executive Director Photo courtesy of Ian Muttoo on Flickr Who are we? Where are we going? How should we get there? How will we transform along the way? These are the existential questions that continue to preoccupy much of the...
Fedcan on Budget 2010
Ryan Saxby Hill, Media Relations Photo Courtest of slightly-less-random on Flickr The federal budget was released last week to much (but seemingly unsustainable) attention from the national press. Generally, the Federation was pleased that SSHRC was...
Canadian scholars in solidarity with Chile
Malinda S. Smith, vice-president (Equity) CFHSS Perhaps the epic poem, La Araucana, said it best: “Chile, province fertile and marked / in the famed region of Antarctica / by remote nations respected / for its strength, nobility, and power.” Chile is...
Après la fièvre olympique, au tour du budget fédéral
Pierre Normand, CFHSS Director of Communications Photo courtesy RobMan170 on Flickr. Alors que les Canadiens continuent d’être captivés par le drame personnel de la patineuse Joannie Rochette et regagnent espoir de décrocher une première médaille d...
e-Dialogue on the future of the social sciences
Ryan Saxby Hill, CFHSS Media Relations Noreen Golfman, president of the Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences, joined a rock star lineup of speakers for an e-dialogue hosted by Royal Roads University this month. The discussion is...
First Nations Higher Education Aspirations in Canada
Tyrone McNeil, President of the First Nations Education Steering Committee, BC Guest Contributor 2009 marked the twentieth anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child . This anniversary affords us all an important...
Equity (Still) Matters
Malinda S. Smith, University of Alberta Vice President, Equity Issues Equity matters. It matters in our homes, in parliament, on corporate boards and in the halls of academe. Equity matters to individuals as an expression of our desire to be treated...
Yaffle your way to collaborative research?
Ryan Saxby Hill, Media Relations Ever had a tough problem that you wished you could run past an eminent expert in the field? Do you have a big question that might benefit from interdisciplinary collaboration? Sometimes the first problem is locating...
Pourquoi il est essentiel de célébrer nos succès
Pierre Normand, Directeur des communications Le 5 novembre dernier, se tenaient à Ottawa deux événements qui ont mis en lumière la vitalité et l’excellence de notre collectivité. Le premier était le lancement de la saison 2009-2010 des causeries Voir...