Musicologist Beverly Diamond Wins Gold Medal for Impact
Beverly Diamond explains her work on contemporary Indigenous music is “motivated by my desire to see Settlers give more respectful attention to this remarkable realm of creative activity.”(Photo:...
View ArticleThree Countries, Three Methods to Preserve Social Science
Panelists, from left: Chad Gaffield, Stephen Toope and Felice Levine.“I don’t think I have to tell anyone in this room that the value of a broad-based social science and humanities education is, in...
View ArticleLanguage Expert Janet Werker Awarded SHHRC Impact Gold
Janet Werker (Photo: SSHRC) A developmental psychologist whose study of how – and when — people acquire language has had enormous implications across the worlds of education, clinical practice and...
View ArticleCanadian Science Minister Funds More than 1,000 SSH Projects
Kirsty Duncan is Canada’s first Minister of Science, named by Justin Trudeau in November 2015. Her position essentially re-instates the role of national science adviser eliminated by former President...
View ArticleNew Members Appointed to Canada’s SSHRC
Canadian Science Minister Kirsty Duncan Canada’s Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, or SSHRC, has announced the membership of its 18-member governing council. SSHRC is the...
View ArticleSSHRC Impact Awards Honor Expanders of Access, Citizenship
Earlier this month, Ted Hewitt, the president of Canada’s Social Science and Humanities Research Council, presented the 2019 SSHRC Impact Awards to gold medal winner Will Kymlicka and four other...
View ArticleReport Discusses Recommendations For Addressing Anti-Black Racism in Canadian...
(Photo: Mohamed Hassan/Pixabay) Including diverse perspectives in research is vital to improving social science. Nonetheless, Black researchers face inequity in research training, accessibility,...
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