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Using the Canadian Humanities and Social Sciences Commons: An Interactive Workshop
Research has changed in the digital age. The HSS repository reflects this reality, as it stores many different types of media — including podcasts, videos, and computer code — not just journals and books.
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Rethinking the role of news translation in the face of the pandemic
Among the 38 academic associations hosting conferences as part of Congress 2022 is the Canadian Association for Translation Studies. One CATS scholar will present research on the impact of translation during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Launching a digital commons for the humanities and social sciences
As Congress 2022 draws near, it’s worth reflecting on the multiple meanings of the word “congress”: it can refer to a particular place where individuals meet, but also the act of meeting itself. For many, the COVID-19 pandemic has served as a painful...
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Think Big: How the social sciences and humanities are building a better Canada
As we continue to emerge from the global pandemic, Think Big has a single, overriding message for Canada and its elected leaders: we must recognize and support the vital contributions of the humanities and social sciences.
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Webinar: Build your research impact
Are you a graduate student or early career researcher in the humanities and social sciences? This free webinar will bring together a panel of experts to help you identify strategies and opportunities to grow the impact of your research.
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Addressing White Supremacy: Anti-Racist Technologies
Congress 2021 blog edition The Canadian Communication Association’s “How to Make Your Technology Anti-Racist” open event webcast featured Charlton Mcllwain, Professor, Media, Culture, and Communications at NYU Alliance for Public Interest Technology...
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Translating research into documentary, and documentary into impact
Congress 2021 blog edition Documentaries are a tremendous vehicle for academics to communicate their research to the public, popularize their ideas, and make impactful social change. They make knowledge accessible...Rather than let valuable research...
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Understanding the Importance of the Intersection between Community Engagement and our Everyday Lives
Congress 2021 blog edition Jay Friesen, Partnership Coordinator and Lecturer in Community Service-Learning at the University of Alberta, explored how to explicitly, rather than implicitly, explain different parts of who we are in several contexts in...
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Choral Singing at the Forefront of Pandemic Adaptability
Congress 2021 blog edition We know that the arts sector has been hit particularly hard by the global COVID-19 pandemic, but as Laurier Fagnan, Professor at Campus Saint-Jean, explains, choral singing has been almost completely silenced. Near the...