Congress starts next Saturday!
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Congress is family friendly
UBC is introducing the "Living Room," a beautiful lounge space with couches and kitchen facilities for families and companions to use as a meeting, play, and rest space all day, every day from 8:00 to 18:00.
Download the
UBC Family Programming brochure
to learn more.
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Welcome, Patrizia Albanese!
This month, the Federation welcomes Patrizia Albanese as President and thanks Guy Laforest as he moves into the role of Past President. The
2019 Board elections
took place at the Federation's first-ever virtual Annual Meeting, which also saw the election of four new Board members. Welcome
Joel Faflak
, Treasurer,
Yolande Chan
, Director, Institutions,
Deanna Reder
, Director, Associations, &
Annie Pilote
, Director, Research Dissemination!
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SmartICE wins 2019 Governor General's Innovation Award
Dr. Trevor Bell's team, from Memorial University, was nominated by the Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences for a Governor General's Innovation Award and is a 2019 winner! SmartICE is a social enterprise that empowers Inuit communities to adapt to unpredictable ice conditions. Team members will travel to Ottawa on May 29 to receive their award in person. Congratulations to all of you on your big win!
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Meet the 2019 Canada Prizes
Head over to the
Federation blog to read about what the authors have to say about their prize-winning books.
The Creator's Game by
Allan Downey and
Le piège de la liberté by
Denys Delâge and
Jean-Philippe Warren. If you're at Congress, the winner celebrations will take place on June 2 and June 4 at UBC -
see celebration times here.
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Storytellers: the 2019 edition
Who will this year's winners be?
On June 3 at 9:00 am in the AMS Nest - NEST 2301 at Congress at The University of British Columbia, come see the
Top 25 Storytellers finalists compete
on stage as they share the real-world impacts of SSHRC-funded research.
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A vision for the future of
Canada's largest academic gathering
The Federation is pleased to release the report it received from a working group tasked with evaluating strategic directions, emerging risks and opportunities pertaining to our community's flagship event: the annual Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences. The report is not an end-point but rather an invitation to keep the conversation going! So, why not have your say! Take stock of the report's
28 recommendations and share your feedback with the Federation, anytime, by writing:
membership@ideas-idees.ca
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Calling young science enthusiasts
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Call for papers: On Public History
The National Council on Public History is celebrating its 40th anniversary, and planning on capping the party off with its 2020 Annual Meeting in Atlanta, Georgia. Interested in joining in on the fun? Consider submitting a proposal for the conference, which will run March 18-21, 2020. The
conference theme will be "Threads of Change,"
and proposals are due July 15, 2019.
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Upcoming events
- 87e Congrès de l'ACFAS, Gatineau, Québec, May 27-31, 2019
- Conférence conjointe de l'ACI-CCR, ACÉC et ACE, Montréal, QC, May 27-31, 2019
- Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Vancouver, BC, June 1-7, 2019
- Women Deliver 2019 Conference, Vancouver, BC, June 3-6, 2019
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- National Humanities Conference, Honolulu, HI, November 7-10, 2019
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- National Gathering for Indigenous Education, Toronto, ON, November 21-22, 2019
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- Frankfurt Book Fair 2020, Frankfurt, Germany, October 6, 2020
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