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De l’impuissance à l’autonomie : évolution culturelle et enjeux identitaires des minorités canadiennes-françaises
À l’origine, c’est la littérature pour la jeunesse qui a motivé la recherche qui a mené à De l’impuissance à l’autonomie : évolution culturelle et enjeux identitaires des minorités canadiennes-françaises. Alors à l’emploi des Éditions des Plaines...
Indigenous Women: Keepers of the Past, Leaders into the Future
The Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences brings together leading thinkers, academics, researchers, policy-makers and innovators to explore some of the world’s most challenging issues. Congress celebrates the vitality and quality of Canadian...
Creating safe spaces for language, culture and life
The Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences brings together leading thinkers, academics, researchers, policy-makers and innovators to explore some of the world’s most challenging issues. Congress celebrates the vitality and quality of Canadian...
Wendy Robbins: Beyond Anger and Apathy to Action and Collaboration
Louise Forsyth was President, Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences,1998-2000. Wendy Robbins was Vice-President, Women's Issues, Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences, 2000-2004. Wendy J. Robbins – feminist activist with...
Letters show women were politically engaged during the 1837-38 rebellions
In the 19th century, there was a sharp distinction between home life – a private domestic world that was essentially feminine – and the public life of business and politics, which was dominated by men. In a new book, Mylène Bédard of Laval University...
Where Are Women Safe? Some Thoughts on International Women’s Day
*Below is an excerpt from a talk prepared as the Distinguished Guest Speaker at the University of Waterloo’s 2017 International Women’s Day Dinner. November 9, 2016: The morning after Donald J. Trump is elected President of the United States of...
Se dire arabe au Canada : un siècle d'histoire migratoire
Lorsque je me suis intéressée à la genèse de l’immigration arabe au Canada, j’ai constaté que si les « Arabes » suscitaient l’attention des médias, des sociologues et des experts, leur histoire, leurs identités et leurs actions politiques étaient...
Smart Ideas: Q&A Marie-Odile Junker, an Alsatian who loves Algonquian languages
This series, which is sponsored by the Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences, features notable researchers in humanities and social sciences with smart ideas for a better tomorrow. This month, we are speaking with Marie-Odile Junker, a...
Eugenics and its modern world implications
Imagine having no agency over your reproductive decisions. Imagine that those around you believe that you are not capable of making decisions for yourself and your future. Now, imagine a society in which your body is policed to the point where...