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Ending inequalities for First Nations children and young people
Liz Smith Canada’s history is rooted in violent oppression. Our legacy of colonialism and ruthless intervention into the lives of First Nations people is not merely a distant memory, but one with continuing negative effects in contemporary society...
Canada’s opposition critical to its stability
By Daniel Drolet Canada’s parliamentary system is in good shape, and its opposition is generally healthy, says a professor who has just completed a major study of opposition in Canada. But David E. Smith, author of Across the Aisle: Opposition in...
SSH News: Winners for Canada Prizes announced, Bacon & Big Thinking, Wage gaps
This week, the Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences was very pleased to announce the winners of the 2014 Canada Prizes. The Canada Prizes are awarded annually to the best scholarly books in the humanities and social sciences that have...
Federal Budget 2011: Strengthening Canada’s research capacity
Summertime usually conjures up images of lakes, sunshine and gardens. Here at the Federation, summer is also the time to think about priorities – specifically, to develop our submission to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance, with our...
"Our Greatest Possible Resource"
“A degree will help you get ahead” – so many young Canadians have been told. But with crippling debt and high tuition costs, the cost of getting post-secondary education can become higher than the benefits. And, as Roseann O’Reilly Runte points out...
EnGendering Changes in Unpaid Work in Canada
Kathleen Lahey, Queen's University Guest Contributor As discussions about reasonable ‘compromises’ around census issues coalesce, the government actually may end up ‘winning’ on its drive to exclude all non-business-related unpaid work from the 2011...
Good news for a new generation of talent
Image courtesy of WikiMedia Commons The Federal government yesterday announced enhanced support for Canada’s next generation of scholars. SSHRC, CIHR and NSERC will jointly administer the new Banting Posdoctoral Fellowship program which will provide...
Teaching Equity Matters: How far will you go?
Carol Schick, University of Regina Guest Contributor How do you teach anti-oppressive education? In this blog I want to share my experiences teaching in the justice-oriented Summer Institute. I want to elaborate on the processes and rationale of the...
Quebec and English-Canadian Feminists 40 Years after the Bird Commission
Jill McCalla Vickers, Carleton University Guest Contributor T his 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...