Pôle ressources

Quoting Ralph Waldo Emerson, American essayist, lecturer and poet, “I cannot remember the books I’ve read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made me.” Unfortunately, this paradigm is not universal. Concerns about Canadian...

The MakerBus team, Ryan Hunt, Kim Martin, and Beth Compton Things aren’t looking very bright for the arts and humanities at the moment. In our current age of austerity, arts and humanities budgets are easy targets for spending reductions. In both the...

Jean-Marc Mangin, Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) traditionally offers little space for the humanities. There were however several panels which included social...

This month’s Big Thinking lecture presented by Joseph Heath, Director, Centre for Ethics, and Professor, Department of Philosophy and School of Public Policy and Governance, University of Toronto, is now available to view online. This lecture...

Jean-Marc Mangin, Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences This last weekend, Chicago hosted this premier inter-disciplinary academic conference by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) which focussed a great deal on...

Michael Ullyot, Associate Dean (Teaching and Learning), Faculty of Arts, University of Calgary When I was an undergraduate, the recruiting poster for an interdisciplinary program in the humanities asked, "What do Leonardo da Vinci and Martha Stewart...

Véronique Mallet, Fédération des sciences humaines La période d’élection commence aujourd’hui, le mardi 18 février 2014, pour deux postes au conseil d’administration de la Fédération des sciences humaines. Les postes à combler et les candidats sont...

The most recent Big Thinking lecture "Reason versus passion in politics" was presented on Tuesday by Joseph Heath, Director, Centre for Ethics, and Professor, Department of Philosophy and School of Public Policy and Governance, University of Toronto...

Le budget fédéral a été annoncé plus tôt aujourd'hui. « Les investissements annoncés aujourd’hui qui – pris dans l’ensemble sont notables et représentent la plus importante augmentation de fonds consentie par l’entremise des conseils subventionnaires...