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Ableism, disability studies and the academy
Gregor Wolbring, University of Calgary Guest Contributor This entry is part of a collaborative series on disabilities between the Federation’s Equity Issues Portfolio and the Canadian Disability Studies Association/ Association Canadienne des Études...
Live from Worldviews in Toronto
I am attending the Worldviews Conference on Media and Higher Education in Toronto this week and the team here is running a live blog from the event. If you are interesting in following along with the proceedings, I've embedded the live blog here...
Making news at Congress 2011
Ryan Saxby Hill, Media Relations Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences If you happened to read a newspaper anywhere in Canada over the past two weeks, it’s likely that you got a taste of the research being presented at this year...
‘The truth about stories’: Yes, I am Aboriginal and I enjoy mathematics
Florence Glanfield, University of Alberta Guest Contributor This entry is part of the Equity Issues Portfolio’s series on Indigenizing the academy and Indigenous education . When people learn that I am of Aboriginal descent and that I enjoy...
Female leaders and the double bind: Why leadership styles that work for men might not work for women
Kara Arnold, Memorial University of Newfoundland Guest Contributor This blog post is part of the Federation Equity Issues Portfolio’s series marking the 100 th anniversary of International Women’s Day. The double bind is “a situation in which a...
Equity matters at Congress 2011
With Congress 2011 officially launching tomorrow at the University of New Brunswick and St. Thomas University in Fredericton, we're giving you a sneak preview of the Equity Issues content that will be going on throughout the week . Under the theme "...
Just in time for the end of the world - it's the Big Thinking Podcast Apocalypse Now! edition
If you're sitting around waiting for the end of days this weekend, you might like to have a listen the Big Thinking podcast. We have interviewed Lorenzo DiTommaso from Concordia University to get his take on Apocalypism. Basically, Lorenzo looks at...
Equity and social justice from the inside-out: Ten commitments of a multicultural educator
Paul C. Gorski, George Mason University Guest Contributor This blog entry is part of the Equity Issues Portfolio’s series on ‘ interculturalism and pluralism ’. History teaches us that many progressive initiatives, if not nurtured carefully, risk...
Congrats to the 2011 Trudeau Scholarship winners
Some of our community's best and brightest were recognized today by Trudeau Foundation. Fourteen scholars in the humanities and social sciences will receive a total of $2.5 M in research funding. Tackling issues from social media to religious...