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Rethinking water, the stuff of life, through art at Congress
Stuart Reid, director/curator, Rodman Hall Art Centre, Brock University As hosts of Congress 2014, all of us at Brock have been busy preparing an engaging and thought-provoking “Congress Plus” program for both our out-of-town and local guests. As...
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...
Crossing over silos in genomics research
Karine Morin, Director, National GE3LS Program, Genome Canada Silos, to many delegates who will attend Congress 2014, refer to insular thinking. To a few, they may evoke Canada’s agricultural tradition. It would seem unlikely that an exploration of...
"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...
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...
From traditional mentoring to mentoring networks
James Deaville, Carleton University Guest Contributor This is an edited version of Dr. Deaville’s recent presentation to the Federation’s General Assembly meeting on March 27, 2010. Listen to the podcast of the panel presentation, or read the...
“Mentoring is Key!” Success for female graduate students
Marlene Pomrenke, University of Manitoba Guest Contributor The following narratives describe the ways in which female graduate students see mentoring as essential to their academic success. As one woman stated, “Having a responsive and engaged...
Much ado about mentoring
Over the past few weeks, some of our Equity Matters content has featured posts exploring the issues behind mentoring in the academy, including a podcast from Minister Faust and pieces about mentoring within one's discipline and an unconventional...
Anti-Racism: Is there a university responsibility?
Carol Tator, York University Guest Contributor “Who are we in the university…? What do we represent? Whom do we represent? Are we responsible? For what and to whom? If there is a university responsibility, it at least begins with the moment when a...