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Liberal arts education: good for your mind and your wallet
Jean-Marc Mangin Executive Director, Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences With the excitement, anticipation and promise of a new academic year inevitably come questions about the long-term value of a degree. Recently, Benjamin Tal and...
SSH News: University arts program woes, “Designing Healthy Campus Communities”, and the Global Young Academy calls for new members
Christine McKenna Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences The University of Prince Edward Island has seen its enrolment of students into arts programs drop 22% for this September, and registrar Kathy Kielly suggests the arts decline is part...
ASPP Books: "Free to Believe: Rethinking Freedom of Conscience and Religion in Canada"
Mary Anne Waldron University of Toronto Press, 2013 Christine McKenna Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences It was revealed this week that the government of Quebec is aiming to introduce a new piece of legislation called the “Charter of...
SSH News: Upcoming conference submissions, and the humanities get some time in the spotlight on the Colbert Report
The next deadline to submit a proposal for the Ninth International Conference on Interdisciplinary Social Sciences is September 9 th, 2013. This call for proposals not only pertains to paper presentations, but also to posters, exhibits, workshops...
Eligibility criteria for CIHR Foundation Scheme live pilot competitions released
Christine McKenna Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) have recently undertaken a number of steps to reform and improve their Open Suite of Programs and peer review process for funding...
SSH News: Building Better Lives & Communities, Research Ethics Panel appointments, and the 2013 Massey Lectures
The Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR) is set to host a half-day symposium called Building Better Lives & Communities, where a variety of international experts will engage with ideas about identity, groups, and the pursuit of happiness...
“We are all connected”: Shawn A-in-chut Atleo to speak at the 2013 LaFontaine-Baldwin Symposium
Christine McKenna Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences A great deal of discussion has come up in the news recently concerning Canada’s treatment of and relationship with its Aboriginal population. Obviously, there is still a lot of...
SSH News: Canadian Museum of History plans, Humanities 2.0, and the social conditions affecting Canadians’ health
The plans for the new Canadian Museum of History have been revealed, and they point to a greater focus on issues of politics, conflict, and First Nations history than can be found in its current incarnation as the Canadian Museum of Civilization. The...
Statistics Canada: New numbers on federal S&T spending
Karen Diepeveen Fédération des science humaines New numbers released from Statistics Canada reveal that federal spending for science and technology is expected to decline in the 2013/14 fiscal year. According to their survey, total spending is...