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Minister Duncan attends Congress
The Honourable
Kirsty Duncan, Minister of Science attended the largest ever Congress in history, with over 10,000 in attendance, seizing this first opportunity since taking office to speak directly to the humanities and social sciences community. See Executive Director
Gabriel Miller's blog
about Congress highlights and the Minister's message that the humanities and social sciences are disciplines key to Canada's long term success.
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Thank you for coming to the biggest Congress ever!
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Big Thinking at Congress 2017
Big Thinking
was a big success again this year thanks to our great host university, speakers, supporters and attendees. If you missed our
high-profile academics and public figures,
be sure to watch the
videos
and
check out
the preliminary 2018 line up for Congress 2018 at the University of Regina! More information about
Big Thinking
on the Hill starting in fall 2017
here
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Congress 2018 website is live!
The University of Regina partners with the Federation to bring you the next edition of Congress under the theme "Gathering diversities", evoking the idea of bringing people together in the spirit of building community. Check out the newly launched Congress 2018 website! #SeeYouInRegina.
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Federation welcomes new President-Elect and three new board members
Following its May 28 Annual General Meeting in Toronto during Congress, the Federation
welcomed
Guy Laforest as President,
Sandra Lapointe as Director, Associations,
Claudia Malacrida as Director, Research Policy and
David Sylvester as Director, Institutions.
Stephen Toope assumed the role of Past President and was thanked for his remarkable service to the organization.
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Federation releases new ASPP Report 2016-2017
The Federation is pleased to present the report on the activities of the Awards to Scholarly Publications Program's 2016-2017 program year.
Access the full report by clicking
here
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Lauréat des Prix de l'APFUCC 2017
L'Association des Professeur.e.s de français des universités et des collèges canadiens has awarded its Prix du meilleur livre to Alex Gagnon for his book La communauté du dehors : Imaginaire social et crimes célèbres au Québec. He has also won other awards for his book, including the Gabrielle Roy Prize from The Association for Canadian and Québec Literatures. Click here to learn more.
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From Far and Wide: German Studies in Canada
Following the Canadian Association of University
Teachers of German's
(CAUTG) 2017 annual meeting at Ryerson University, CAUTG is producing a conference volume to represent their academic and strategic discussions regarding the past, present and future of German Studies, or "Germanistik." More information on CAUTG's request for contributions to this volume exploring historical and ongoing institutional and political challenges can be found
here.
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Highlights from the HSS community
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New Quebec research and innovation strategy
The Quebec government has released an ambitious five-year research and innovation strategy that aims to make the province one of the top performing regions in the world for research, partly by increasing funding for provincial research grants. L'Association fracophone pour la savoir (Acfas) welcomed the new strategy, particularly its attention to the need for balance between different forms of research. More information
here.
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Final Five SSHRC Storytellers
After 25 inspiring three-minute presentations, the 2017 Final Five Storytellers were announced on site at Congress 2017. How is Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) -funded research improving our lives and our world? Click
here
to see the excitement as SSHRC celebrates this year's winners!
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Connection Grants: Next deadline August 1
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The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Connection Grants support events and outreach activities geared toward short-term, targeted knowledge mobilization initiatives within the humanities and social sciences. The grants are typically valued at $7,000 to $50,000 over one year. See if you're eligible and details about the application process
here
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International Policy Ideas Challenge finalists announced
Global Affairs Canada and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council have
announced the finalists for the second round of the International Policy Ideas Challenge. Ten projects were selected featuring policy ideas from Canadian graduate students, post-doctoral fellows and civil society researchers on such topics as environmental sustainability, trade and equality.
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Budget 2018 pre-budget consultation
The Federation is preparing to participate in the federal pre-Budget consultation process, which is expected to officially begin this summer. If you have input for the Federation or if your association or institution will be submitting a brief, please contact us at
federation@ideas-idees.ca. Stay tuned to learn more about the Federation's activities and opportunities to participate. See our 2017 pre-Budget submission
here.
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So you think you're a Congress expert...
Test your knowledge and answer our live poll here
and see other attendees' answers.
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