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Resources
Universities and Reconciliation: Conversations from the Building Reconciliation Forum
#BlackProfessorsMatter: Intellectual survival and public love
There is a distinct paucity of material, scholarly or otherwise, on the experiences of African Black Canadian scholars within the Canadian academy. This #BlackProfessorsMatter blog post — and others in the Equity Matters series — aims to help fill...
Talking Teaching at the Pedagogy Hub
Congress brings together scholars from dozens of universities, myriad disciplines, and uncountable research niches. Within this diversity, there is one thing almost all of us have in common: in our profession, we teach. Congress 2019 at UBC will...
Welcome to Congress 2019 at UBC!
I remember my first Congress so clearly: it took place at the University of Calgary in 1994. I was a new PhD student and I was terrified to be presenting my first conference paper. I remember the flight of butterflies I had in my stomach before...
Humanities and social science grads have more stable careers over time
You know your friends in the computer sciences, math, engineering and business—the ones who never quite took your arts degree seriously enough and then boasted about the fabulous salaries they were earning after graduation? Turns out their jobs and...
Humanities and social science research is crucial to our understanding of the changing workplace
In her recent op-ed for The Globe and Mail , Federation President and McGill Professor Antonia Maioni rightly asks why women, who have outnumbered men at universities for years, remain underrepresented in leadership positions in the workplace. Behind...
Out of the ivory tower to the public square: an interview with Shauna Sylvester
Every year, university campuses across the country fill with the hum and excitement of students looking for personally and intellectually transformative experiences. These students represent an unrivalled wealth of social and intellectual capital...
Our President-Elect asks universities to evolve, not transform radically
“I love you, please change.” These words succinctly capture Stephen Toope’s message to Canadian universities in his rich, nuanced and compelling October 2014 report for Taking Action for Canada: Jobs and Skills for the 21st Century . An initiative of...
A Vision for the SFU Centre for Dialogue
This is a transcript of the speech presented on September 16 by Shauna Sylvester , newly appointed Director of the Centre for Dialogue at Simon Fraser University, and Executive Director of SFU Public Square . In this speech, Sylvester lays out her...