Congress 2019 registration opens in January!

December 2018

Best wishes for a joyous holiday season from the Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences.

Congress 2019 registration

opens soon!

We can't wait to see you in Vancouver next June and registration for Congress 2019, hosted by UBC, will open mid-January. In the interim, browse the 73 association pages for a taste of what they are planning for their members and make note of their various call-for-papers deadlines. And see the fabulous array of UBC programming in the works.

Advertise at Congress

Meet your target audience and build your profile at Canada's top scholarly event of the year! Visit the Advertise at Congress page on the event website to discover the full range of options available.

Launch of new

Canadian research fund

This month we are getting our first competition under Canada's newest research fund. The New Frontiers in Research Fund - a tri-agency program promised in the 2018 federal budget - kicks off with a call to early-career researchers looking to pursue research that takes risks, has big potential impacts and involves multiple disciplines. Additional calls are expected throughout 2019 under this new fund, which will focus on supporting high-risk, fast-breaking, interdisciplinary and international research.

$10,000 x 2
New increased value of the Federation's two Canada Prizes in 2019

The Federation announced this week the doubling of its Canada Prizes to $10,000 each . Federation President Guy Laforest called it " a testimony to the important impact these exceptional authors are having on Canada's literary landscape." Two Canada Prizes are awarded annually to the best scholarly books in the humanities and social sciences (HSS) that have received funding from the Federation's Awards to Scholarly Publications Program. Two juries , each comprised of four distinguished academics representing a range of disciplines within the HSS, will select the finalists and winners in March and April 2019, respectively.

Big Thinking on AI

What are the social implications of cutting-edge technologies? We've had not one but two recent panel lectures on this fascinating topic. Watch the November 14 Big Thinking event on the social implications of artificial intelligence, held in partnership with Dalhousie University and the Halifax Public Libraries. And see the November 7 Big Thinking event on the social implications of emerging technologies, which was part of the Canadian Science Policy Conference in Ottawa.


Big Thinking - The social implications of artificial intelligence

Big Thinking - The social implications of emerging technologies

Bookmark it! blog

Many agree that regulation around reproductive technologies has been a failure, few agree on why. Find out more in this month's Bookmark it! blog by University of Guelph Assistant Professor Dave Snow, entitled Assisted Reproduction Policy in Canada: Framing, Federalism, and Failure , about government attempts to regulate the field of assisted reproduction. The Bookmark it! series brings you fresh content each month about books of significance to Canadian culture, society and research.

Are you a storyteller?

The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council has launched its annual #SSHRCStorytellers challenge . Open to all post-secondary students, this nationally renowned contest asks students to show Canadians how humanities and social sciences research is positively affecting our lives, our world and our future. Submissions are being accepted until January 31, and 25 finalists will be invited to Congress 2019 to compete for a spot in the Final Five.

Data management in the research community

The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council has released a Research Data Management Capacity Building Initiative that offers Connection Grants to support the research community's development, adoption and dissemination of research data management standards, practices, tools and skills. Grant applications are being accepted periodically until August 2019.

Members' Corner

How to: Scholarly journals and social media

The Canadian Association of Learned Journals (CALJ) is hosting a webinar on social media strategies for scholarly journals. Join CALJ on January 16 for a 1-hour session on how to lead digital and social media marketing strategies, how to measure social media efforts and a look at the top three online tools used by journals. For additional resources, we invite you to watch the Federation's recent webinar on the Effective use of social media for associations.

Members, this is your spot!

All members of the Federation are invited to submit their latest news to Emily Nelms , Member Relations Officer, to be featured in this Member news section of the Communiqué. Planning an event? Issuing a new report? Awarding a prize? We look forward to receiving and sharing your great news.

Upcoming events

American Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, February 14-17, 2019
Indspire Awards, Calgary, AB, February 22, 2019
Salon du Livre de l'Outaouais, Gatineau, Québec, February 28-March 3, 2019
Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Vancouver, BC, June 1-7, 2019
Women Deliver 2019 Conference, Vancouver, BC, June 3-6, 2019
National Humanities Conference, Honolulu, HI, November 7-10, 2019
National Gathering for Indigenous Education, Toronto, ON, November 21-22, 2019

See more events in our Calendar of Events.

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