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At Congress 2015, publishers from across Canada joined academics in a Career Corner panel discussion on publishing and marketing your scholarly book. The publishers spoke passionately about books and provided practical tips and advice, especially for...

The all-day hackfest at Congress 2015 was certainly not reserved for computer geniuses only. Researchers of all levels of technology know-how gathered to collaborate on different methods of tackling research data. The event encouraged experimentation...

We all dread the presenter who reads directly from the slides or paper in a monotone voice. Worse still is when that monotone voice uses heavy jargon that no one outside the field will understand. Shari Graydon says “scholars are trained to be...

Au cours de l’été 2014, Ty Branch, une étudiante des cycles supérieurs de l’Université de Waterloo, a amorcé un stage du programme Mitacs Accélération à titre de philosophe en résidence à la firme d’architecture Philip Beesley Architect Inc. (PBAI)...

Here is our list of the most interesting news articles on the humanities, social sciences and higher education from the past week. Voici notre liste des plus intéressants articles concernant les sciences humaines, sciences sociales et l’enseignement...

Nota bene: The Federation works with many publishers through its Awards to Scholarly Publications Program (ASPP). We admire the work they do, though we also know that it is not well understood. So in honour of World Book and Copyright Day, we have...

Daniel Drolet Il est quasiment impossible pour un membre de la classe politique de critiquer l’industrie pétrolière au Canada, affirme Dominique Perron, auteure d’un récent livre analysant les identités, mythes et discours entourant le pétrole dans l...

Last week at a conference in Montreal, a group of more than 60 scholars from across disciplines and regions of the country released a major report: Acting on Climate Change: Solutions from Canadian Scholars . The report from this eminent group of...

Shannon Kindornay , Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University There is no question that 2015 is a year for change both within Canada and abroad. As noted by Julia Sánchez , President-CEO, Canadian Council for International...