This year's Congress boasts an exciting lineup of programming. Career Corner is a professional development workshop series where graduate students and new faculty members can learn how to advance their academic careers, publish and market their research, improve their lesson planning and teaching skills, and find out about careers outside of academia. Career Corner is jointly hosted by the Federation, Brock University and University Affairs. The workshops are free and open to all Congress attendees. Be sure to visit the online Congress Calendar of Events frequently as new programming and details are updated in real time. And don't forget to use the new Congress hashtag: #congreSSH.

 

Registration for Congress 2014 at Brock University opened last month. Be sure to book your travel and accommodations soon and take advantage of the great early bird rates until March 31.

The federal budget was announced earlier this week, revealing the Government's commitment to significantly increase investments in research and learning. Antonia Maioni, President of the Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences, stated "The investments announced [February 11] --and taken together, they are significant and represent the largest increase in funding through the granting councils in a decade-- will lead to crucial research advances to address challenges to Canadian society, as well as equip graduates with the critical thinking and creative skills needed to contribute to the knowledge society." For more on the budget, be sure to read the Federation's media release.

Registration for the next Big Thinking lecture is open! Join Lorne Dawson, Professor and Chair, Department of Sociology and Legal Studies, University of Waterloo, on March 4 in Ottawa at Big Thinking on the Hill as he discusses "Why do some Canadians become terrorists?" Research reveals that explaining why requires a complex approach. Lorne Dawson will explore the many variables at work, the ways we can use existing forms of knowledge to model what is happening, and how this can help us create policies and programs that will best prevent further radicalization to violence. For more details and to register, click here.

 

The most recent Big Thinking lecture "Reason versus passion in politics" on February 11 was presented by Joseph Heath, Director, Centre for Ethics, and Professor, Department of Philosophy and School of Public Policy and Governance, University of Toronto. This lecture addressed "reason versus passion" in politics and what we are sacrificing when we allow our political system to be dominated by appeals to passion rather than reason. This event was organized in partnership with the Trudeau Foundation. The video of Professor Heath's lecture will be available on the Federation website in the coming weeks. In the meantime, be sure to read L�o Charbonneau's article (University Affairs) reflecting on Heath's talk.  

In a submission to Industry Canada on Canada's Science, Technology and Innovation Strategy this month, the Federation highlighted four key ideas and recommendations on how best to shape federal policy on science, technology and innovation. The Federation emphasized that successful business innovation is a people-centered process; innovation may be accelerated through digital research and technologies; experiential learning and collaboration should be facilitated across all sectors of the economy; and Canadian science and technology strength depends on social sciences and humanities. To read the Federation's full submission, please visit here.

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The Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences works to promote the value of research and learning in the humanities and social sciences. Created in 1996, its membership comprises over 80 scholarly associations, 79 institutions and six affiliate organizations, representing 85,000 researchers, educators and students across Canada.