International Panel Discussion: Saturday, March 7th
The Federation was pleased to host an international panel of scholarly experts during its annual General Assembly. Entitled "The View from Abroad: Humanities and Social Sciences Research - A Value(able) Proposition", the session was lively and extremely helpful, reminding everyone that challenges facing the community in Canada are very similar to those faced in many other places around the world. Panelists remarked that Canada was, in fact, a leader in the organization and focusing of the humanities and social sciences community through bodies like the Federation. The Federation was pleased to host Dr. Steven Wheatley, Vice-President of the American Council of Learned Societies; Dr. Rüdiger Klein, Executive Director of the All European Academies (The Netherlands); Professor Miriam David, Chair of Council for the Academy of the Social Sciences (UK); and Dr. John Byron, Executive Director of the Australian Academy of the Humanities.
Watch the videos:
Introduction by Noreen Golfman
Past President, Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences
Nathalie Des Rosiers
President, Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences
Panelists
John Byron
Board Member of Council of the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences and Executive Director, Australian Academy of the Humanities
Miriam David
Chair, Academy of Social Sciences (UK)
Ruediger Klein
Executive Director, All European Academies (ALLEA)
Steven Wheatley
Vice-President, American Council of Learned Societies
In addition, to promote exchanges and discussion among the members of the various associations, the Federation held four panels on peer review, association issues and best practices, the new face of academia and open access that provided opportunities to hear about the latest developments and emerging trends in these areas.
