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Helping seniors in the suburbs
Visit Innovation.ca for more stories about humanities and social science research supported by the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI). By funding state-of-the-art research infrastructure in all disciplines and across the full spectrum of research...
Social sciences and humanities themes run deep in Council of Canadian Academies research
Jeff Junke, Coordinator, Social Media and Communications, Council of Canadian Academies The social sciences and humanities are an important cornerstone of Canada’s research strength. The Council knows this all too well thanks to its report, The State...
First World War shaped values of Canadian children: author
Susan Fisher says writing Boys and Girls in No Man’s Land: English-Canadian Children and the First World War had an unexpected personal benefit: It helped her understand the world in which her parents grew up. Fisher, whose book has won this year’s...
Everything is alive and everyone is related: Indigenous knowing and inclusive education
Jean-Paul Restoule, OISE, University of Toronto Guest Contributor This blog post is part of the Federation Equity Issues Portfolio’s ‘Transforming the Academy: Aboriginal Education’ series, which will be the focus of the Portfolio’s programming at...
Thunder in her soul – Remembering Patricia A. Monture
Malinda S. Smith, Vice President, Equity Her Mohawk name was ‘Aywahande,’ or “the one who speaks first or gets things going with words.” Professor Patricia (‘Trish’) Monture, the brilliant and accomplished Haudenosaunee lawyer, educator, writer and...
Lawyer, professor, Mi’kmaq woman: Equity matters in my experience
Patricia Doyle-Bedwell, Dalhousie University Guest Contributor This blog post is part of the Federation Equity Portfolio’s ‘Equality Then and Now’ series, marking 40 years since the Royal Commission on the Status of Women. Look for more on this topic...
Indigenous knowledge, anti-colonialism and empowerment
Waziyatawin, University of Victoria Guest Contributor Indigenous knowledge recovery is an anti-colonial project. It is a project that gains its momentum from the anguish of loss of what was and the determined hope for what will be. It springs from...
Social impact of diversity: Potentials and challenges in Canada
Jeffrey G. Reitz, University of Toronto Guest Contributor Multiculturalism has been a cornerstone of Canadian policy for almost 40 years, but internationally, particularly since 9/11 and in light of inter-ethnic conflicts in Europe resulting from...
« L’égalité-déjà-là » dans une société post féministe?
Louise Langevin, Université Laval, Québec Article invité Il y a quelques années, la féministe française Christine Delphy avait dénoncé l’idée qu’elle voyait poindre : « L’égalité-déjà-là » pour les femmes. Puisque les femmes étaient présentes dans...