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Big Thinking
on the road - Nov 7
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Opportunities to contribute to public policy
There are several great opportunities for humanities and social sciences scholars to contribute to the development of government policy. These ongoing consultations are seeking expert advice:
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Big Thinking on the road -
Nov 14
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The Federation, in collaboration with Dalhousie University, presents a Big Thinking event on November 14 entitled "
The Social Implications of Artificial Intelligence
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Big Thinking on the Hill - Connecting the Workforce to Climate Change
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Carla Lipsig-Mummé
, Professor, Work and Labour Studies, York University and Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Impact Award winner spoke to parliamentarians on the topic of Canadian labour and its relationship to climate change. Read
Mummé's op-ed
in The Hill Times and watch her lecture,
"Work in a warming world
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Bookmark it! blog:
The Trans Generation
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David Sylvester's appointment at University of St. Michael's College
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Governor General's Literary Awards
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The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) announced the five
2018 Impact Award winners
, celebrating Canada's top leaders and researchers in the social sciences and humanities. This year's ceremony was at Rideau Hall - with Governor General Julie Payette and Minister of Science and Sport Kirsty Duncan attending - and was part of SSHRC's 40th anniversary celebrations.
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CAUT Report: Out of the Shadows
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The Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) recently published its findings from a national survey of contract academic staff.
Out of the Shadows: Experiences of Contract Academic Staff
documents the working conditions, feelings and life goals of these Post-Secondary Education workers.
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Greening academic conferences
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Federation member Environmental Studies Association of Canada (ESAC) has prepared a
draft document on greening conferences, springing from their work at Congress 2018. The piece is timely, as the Federation is also reflecting on ways of reducing the environmental impact of our events. Members can read the
draft report, reflect on their own approaches to events and
submit their best practices for greening academic conferences to ESAC.
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UVic launches the world's first Indigenous law degree
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The University of Victoria is excited to have launched the
world's first Indigenous law degree
. This fall, 26 students entered the
degree program in Canadian Common Law and Indigenous Legal Orders.
The joint degree program is
a direct response to a call to action from the
Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC)
to establish Indigenous law institutes for the development, use and understanding of Indigenous law.
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Upcoming events
- 2018 CICAN Indigenous Education Symposium. Wendake, QC, Oct. 14-16, 2018
- CAGS 56th Annual Conference, Winnipeg, MB, Nov. 6-8, 2018
- Big Thinking on the road: The social implications of emerging technologies: Are the most important questions the least studied?, Ottawa, ON, Nov 7, 2018
- CSPC 2018: Building Bridges between Science, Policy and Society, Ottawa, ON, Nov. 7-9, 2018
- 2018 National Humanities Conference, New Orleans, LA, Nov. 8-11, 2018
- Decolonizing Conference: Dialoguing and Living Well Together, Toronto, ON, Nov. 8-10, 2018
- 74e Gala de l'ACFAS, Montréal, QC, Nov. 13, 2018
- Big Thinking on the road: The Social Implications of Artificial Intelligence, Halifax, NS, Nov. 14, 2018
- 4th Annual Building Reconciliation Forum, Victoria, BC, Nov. 15-16, 2018
- Royal Society of Canada's Celebration of Excellence and Engagement, Halifax, NS, Nov. 15-18, 2018
- World Indigenous Law Conference 2018, Windsor, ON, Nov. 18-21, 2018
- Conference Board of Canada Education and Skills Symposium 2018, Toronto, Nov. 28-29, 2018
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