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Immigration and multiculturalism in North America and Europe
Immigration and multiculturalism are important aspects of North American society. Hundreds of thousands of immigrants are welcomed by Canada and the United States every year. This Big Thinking panel at Congress 2015 examined integration policies as...
Les héritiers de l'Amérique française
C’est en terrain connu que le sociologue Joseph-Yvon Thériault présenta sa conférence «Qu'est devenue l’Amérique française » dans le cadre des causeries Voir grand du Congrès des sciences humaines. Titulaire de la Chaire de recherche du Canada en...
Research Collaboration Snapshot: Accelerate intern eases immigrants’ transitions to Canada
Daniela Tuchel embarked on a Mitacs Accelerate internship with the Asia Pacific Foundation to explore recent immigrants’ impressions of Canada and the challenges they face after arrival. As a master’s student at Royal Roads University, Daniela’s...
On the Move: the mobile workforce and policy challenges
The On the Move Partnership is partnering with CBC Ideas and the Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences to present: “ On the Move: Temporary Foreign Worker Policy in Canada,” a panel discussion followed by an audience Q&A. A 7-year, SSHRC...
The urgency of embracing multinational federalism in uncertain times
On June 4, 2015, Trudeau fellow Jean Leclair will give a Big Thinking lecture—“ Imagining Canada in a disenchanted world”—in which he will reflect on one way that federalism might reframe our relationships with Canada’s Indigenous peoples (read more...
The push and pull of open government
The 2015 Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences is happening at a watershed moment for Open Government in Canada. In November 2014, the Government of Canada released its Action Plan on Open Government 2014-16, a series of commitments to...
The contemporary challenges of francophone communities in Canada
As part of the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, the Academy of Social Sciences of the Royal Society of Canada is hosting a Big Thinking presentation by Joseph Yvon Thériault on the topic of contemporary challenges of francophone...
Budget 2015: Federation welcomes Government’s renewed investment in research funding
We are pleased with the announcement of the 2015 federal budget, which includes renewed investment in research funding. In response to the budget announcement yesterday, President Stephen Toope stated: “New investments announced today in Canada’s...
Canada Prizes 2015: Treaties with native peoples ‘our Magna Carta,’ says professor
Michael Asch says the real defining moment in Canadian history was not Confederation, but the day the first treaty was signed between European settlers and the country’s Indigenous peoples. And he is inviting Canadians to rethink the way we look at...