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Coming Out: Re-engaging the Radical
Elise Chenier, Simon Fraser University Guest Contributor This entry is part of the CFHSS’s VP Equity Issues series on issues related to LGBTQI2-S (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered, questioning, intersex and Two-Spirited) peoples. Today (October...
News from the Social Sciences and Humanities
Milena Stanoeva Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences Industry Minister Christian Paradis reintroduced the copyright reform bill. Bill C-11 expands the list of uses that fall under fair dealing, although it also contains an anti...
Queering the language of ‘sexual minorities’ in Canada
Alexa DeGagne, University of Alberta Guest Contributor This entry is part of the CFHSS’s VP Equity Issues series on issues related to LGBTQI2-S (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered, questioning, intersex and Two-Spirited) peoples. The term “sexual...
Women’s Status in Higher Education: Equity Matters
Elizabeth J. Allan, University of Maine Guest contributor he excerpt below is the Executive Summary of the ASHE’s Higher Education Report: Volume 37, Number 1, Women’s Status in Higher Education: Equity Matters, by Elizabeth J. Allan. It is from the...
Will history repeat itself? For the sake of food security, let’s hope not
Alison Hebbs, Director, Policy and Communications Canadian Federation for Humanities and Social sciences Drawing from history, economics and political science and speaking with an infectious style, Dr Evan Frase r, Canada Research Chair in Global...
News from the social sciences and humanities
Milena Stanoeva Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences What is the value of an arts degree? This seems to be the central question of this week’s news round-up. The importance of the humanities and the skills afforded to students...
Education Matters: Confronting Homophobia and Transphobia in Schools
Brian Burtch, Simon Fraser University Guest Contributor This entry is part of the CFHSS’s VP Equity Issues series on issues related to LGBTQI2-S (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered, questioning, intersex and Two-Spirited) peoples. Our awareness of...
Disability research, digital innovations and online activism
Filippo Trevisan, University of Glasgow Guest Contributor This entry is part of the CFHSS’s VP Equity Issues series on diversity, creativity and innovation / diversité, innovation et créativité. In 1980, disability scholar and activist Vic...
Wangari Maathai – living the life of an engaged scholar (1940-2011)
Jean-Marc Mangin, Executive Director, CFHSS I first met Dr. Maathai face to face in September 2009 for a working breakfast in New York. Later that day, she was scheduled to address the UN General Assembly summit on climate change as the lone voice...