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The Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences brings together leading thinkers, academics, researchers, policy-makers and innovators to explore some of the world’s most challenging issues. Congress celebrates the vitality and quality of Canadian...

Headlines today tell of melting ice and scrambles over resources and boundaries – signposts of an Arctic experiencing unprecedented transformation. But these accounts require historical context. Ice Blink: Navigating Northern Environmental History...

Le budget fédéral 2017 fixe l’objectif d’améliorer la prospérité du Canada et de veiller à une répartition plus juste des richesses dans la société. Pour y parvenir, le gouvernement compte principalement sur l’innovation et le développement des...

This article was published in Research Money on February 15, 2017. The morning that the report of the influential Advisory Council on Economic Growth was released, its chair Dominic Barton, global managing partner of McKinsey & Company, was in Ottawa...

What does a creative and entrepreneurial Canada look like to you? What are the steps needed to make your vision for a creative and entrepreneurial Canada a reality? How do creative entrepreneurs stay relevant in a rapidly changing digital landscape...

Zahura Ahmed, Congress student blogger From 2006 to 2015, Canadian federal politics were marked by the distinctive leadership style and priorities of Stephen Harper and the Conservative Party. From domestic and foreign policy, to institutions and...

Zahura Ahmed, Congress 2016 student blogger How do we reconcile the fact that our economy is driven by fossil fuels while facing an urgent need to transition to a low-carbon energy system? This is a contentious issue that is on the minds of many...

There is no doubt that climate change is real and contributing to natural disasters around the world: our global temperature has risen by approximately one degree since the preindustrial era; recently we have seen how the Fort McMurray wildfires have...

As part of the Congress 2016 exciting line-up of events, the University of Calgary will host six Interdisciplinary symposia to exhibit the university’s most compelling and leading-edge thinking and research. This article is part of a six-part series...