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From Peer Review to the Public: Re-imagining Academia for Civic Life
About the event | Meet the panelists | Watch the recording About the event From Peer Review to the Public: Re-imagining Academia for Civic Life is a timely conversation that explores how the humanities and social sciences shape our understanding of...
Reframing the Value Proposition of Social Science and Humanities to Society and Policy
About the event | Meet the panelists About the event The upcoming 2025 Canadian federal election is a critical moment for the social sciences and humanities in Canada. With their role in society and policymaking increasingly under question in...
Humanities in peril/at work
Jean-Marc Mangin Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences There is a well known discourse that humanities are less relevant and a luxury in a globalized, violent and competitive world to prepare young minds to the dog-eat-dog...
2010 Canadian Science Policy Conference
Jean-Marc Mangin Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences Organized a dynamic group of young scholars, the 2010 Canadian Science Policy Conference brought together a who’s who of leaders in the Canadian research enterprise from the...
Don't be fooled by "innovation nostrums"
Yesterday's Globe and Mail contained an op-ed by David Naylor (President, University of Toronto) and Stephen Toope (President, University of British Columbia). Outlining seven "innovation nostrums," they argue that Canada's productivity gap can't be...
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...