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Telling your research story - make it accessible!
We all dread the presenter who reads directly from the slides or paper in a monotone voice. Worse still is when that monotone voice uses heavy jargon that no one outside the field will understand. Shari Graydon says “scholars are trained to be...
The urgency of embracing multinational federalism in uncertain times
On June 4, 2015, Trudeau fellow Jean Leclair will give a Big Thinking lecture—“ Imagining Canada in a disenchanted world”—in which he will reflect on one way that federalism might reframe our relationships with Canada’s Indigenous peoples (read more...
The push and pull of open government
The 2015 Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences is happening at a watershed moment for Open Government in Canada. In November 2014, the Government of Canada released its Action Plan on Open Government 2014-16, a series of commitments to...
SSHRC Scholarships and Fellowships 101 at Congress
SSHRC Staff We in SSHRC’s Research Training Portfolio know that applying for a SSHRC award can be challenging. You spend all that time developing a great research question, pulling together all of your supporting documents, and getting feedback on...
Budget 2015: Federation welcomes Government’s renewed investment in research funding
We are pleased with the announcement of the 2015 federal budget, which includes renewed investment in research funding. In response to the budget announcement yesterday, President Stephen Toope stated: “New investments announced today in Canada’s...
Canada Prizes 2015: Treaties with native peoples ‘our Magna Carta,’ says professor
Michael Asch says the real defining moment in Canadian history was not Confederation, but the day the first treaty was signed between European settlers and the country’s Indigenous peoples. And he is inviting Canadians to rethink the way we look at...
What to expect at Career Corner 2015
Come get some advice to kick-start your academic or non-academic career! Here are some sessions that we recommend you attend at this year’s Career Corner at the University of Ottawa. How to tell your research story When: Sunday, May 31, 2015, 13:00 -...
Career Corner presenters bring a wealth of knowledge to grad students
Watch previous Career Corner presenters share tips on how to make the PhD and job-hunting experiences easier. Congress 2014: Why grad students should have an online presence Presenter: Amy Elder, director of Career Services at Brock University...
Federalism as a tool to rethink our relations
In Canada as elsewhere, Indigenous peoples have long been marginalized by the law. Recently, however, judicial decisions recognizing the existence of “aboriginal rights” have given certain Indigenous groups leverage in negotiating territorial...