Jan
8
Malinda S. Smith, University of Alberta
Vice President,
Equity Issues Equity matters. It matters in our homes, in parliament, on corporate boards and in the halls of academe. Equity matters to individuals as an expression of our desire to be treated fairly and to be fair, even or perhaps especially, when it is not popular or easy to do so. It matters in law as a body of rules based on principles of fairness and justice. Equity matters in politics as an expression of democratic equality and human rights. And it matters in policy as an expressed commitment to ameliorating systemic discrimination and pervasive unfairness in social outcomes. Equity, in...
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Jan
7
Pierre Normand, Directeur des communications
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Janvier, à Ottawa, est un mois où tout semble suspendu et s’installe une sorte de veille surréaliste dans l’attente du budget fédéral. Alors que les Canadiens se livrent aux joies de l’hiver, le personnel du ministère des Finances et des agences centrales est à calculer, à préparer les tableaux comptables et à rédiger le texte du budget. C’est le calme après la grande valse des consultations pré-budgétaires qui se tient chaque année de septembre à décembre. Pendant cette période, les groupes d’intérêts et les lobbyistes rencontrent les élus, le personnel politique et les décideurs du gouvernement pour partager leurs idées sur ce que devrait être le prochain budget.
La Fédération a...
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Jan
5
Ryan Saxby Hill, Media Relations 
Ever had a tough problem that you wished you could run past an eminent expert in the field? Do you have a big question that might benefit from interdisciplinary collaboration? Sometimes the first problem is locating the right expert. Memorial University is working to make sure that you won’t have that problem with their researchers, and at the same time, testing an example of how universities might be able to encourage links between researchers and the community using online technology. Researchers at Memorial have created an online search tool for research taking place at the University called “...
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Nov
12
Noreen Golfman, President, Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences
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The Federation is storming the Internet this fall. We are thrilled to have launched the new main site at www.fedcan.ca – where you can find well organized information about our programs and work. The fresh design of the site was well overdue – and I’m glad we’ve finally got an online presence our members can be proud of. Besides, we’re all over the pale blue tones, at once serious and calming.
For starters, delegates needed more from our congress website, and so we are happy to have launched a great new site for...
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