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Since the 1990s, policy makers progressively became interested in assessing scientific research not only on its merits for the scientific community, but also for society at large. However, we still do not have a widely accepted, systematic way to...

Mme Stéphanie Bélanger, CD, PhD et Mme Heidi Cramm, PhD, co-directrices scientifiques intérimaires, Institut canadien de recherche sur la santé des militaires et des vétérans, avec la précieuse collaboration de l’équipe de l’ICRSMV. L’Institut...

Gabriel Miller, directeur général, Fédération des sciences humaines Le Congrès 2017 a pris fin le 2 juin, et j’ai encore le sourire aux lèvres quand je pense au succès de l’événement. Comme il s’agissait de mon premier Congrès, j’aimerais revenir sur...

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...

Who’s doing big data? Based on the buzz that the term has been creating since the turn of the century, perhaps a better question is who isn’t doing big data. Certainly the awareness of giant datasets and their potential to be mined for good, or ill...

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...