Federation Congratulates Recipients of Latest Round of SSHRC Funding

Ottawa, September 3, 2010 - Over $190 million in new grant and scholarship funding will support almost 4,000 of Canada's research community members. Revealing a continued commitment to emerging scholars, SSHRC's announcement included over 2,000 scholarships and fellowships for masters and doctoral students, and for postdoctoral fellows.

"Our disciplines foster innovation and creativity across sectors, and these scholarships will open the door for a new generation of talent and excellence to tackle today's complex issues," said Noreen Golfman, President of the Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences. 

Aboriginal education, youth and digital media, and knowledge sharing in rural economies are just a few of the world-class research funded as a result of these grants.

"We would like to extend congratulations to all recipients, confident that their endeavours will strengthen our research capacity and bolster an already-strong international reputation held by Canada's social science and humanities research community."

The full list of awards can be found on the SSHRC website.

Federation Blog Features Equity Issues: From the gender gap to collective bargaining to integration, this series touches on a range of issues affecting equity in Canada and beyond. Leave a comment and participate in this important dialogue with academics across the country. Click here to read all entries.

Call for Sessions on the Royal Commission on the Status of Women

The Equity Issues portfolio advances issues of interest and concern to women, Aboriginal people, people of colour, people with disabilities and people of diverse sexual orientation who work and study in the humanities and social sciences.

Today’s Equity Issues portfolio is an extension of what was formerly the Women’s and Equity Issues portfolio and prior to that the Women’s Issues Network. Find out about its history.

The Vice-President of Equity Issues, with the assistance of a Steering Committee, monitors the status of women and members of the other equity groups in the Federation's member associations and universities, lobbies for increased attention to women's and other equity issues, and educates with respect to these issues.

Each year at Congress, the Equity Issues portfolio organizes panels and discussion groups on topics such the status of minorities in academia and employment equity. Over the years, the portfolio has developed a body of work and identified resources that can be used to trace the history of equity issues on Canadian campuses or for training purposes.

Resources

• Equity issues
• Aboriginal issues
• Disability issues
• Academic programs in disability issues
• Journals
• Societies and organizations
• Library
• Multicultural issues
• Web sites and portals
• Library
• University policies
• Sexual diversity issues
• Women’s issues

 

Podcasts from Congress 2010

• Closing the Gender Wage Gap: Provincial perspectives on pay equity
• Local and Global Social Justice Movements
• The Status of First Nations, Inuit and Métis Women 40 Years On
• In Conversation: The status of women 40 years on
• Women and Leadership in the Age of Obama

Equity Matters on Experience Congress 2010

Videos from Congress 2009

	25 Years After : A retrospective on the Abella Commission and employment equity Federation Equity Issues Portfolio
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	Panel Presentation: Decolonizing the academy? The status of indigenous peoples and scholarship Federation Equity Issues Portfolio
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	A colour-blind academy? The status and experiences of visible/nonwhite minority scholars. Federation Equity Issues Portfolio
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	A more equitable and inclusive academy? Rhetoric and reality. Federation Equity Issues Portfolio
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As the voice of the social sciences and humanities research community, the Federation promotes teaching, research and scholarship, and a better understanding of the importance of such work for Canada and the world.  The Federation is constantly seeking opportunities to show the value and relevance of research in these disciplines to the cultural, social, political and economic life of our country.

New ideas for Canada's research enterprise

The Federation believes that the foundations for innovation must include continued investments in research and teaching - despite fiscal constraints and pressures facing Canada for the coming years. 

Funding for research is a central theme of the Federation's awareness work, providing new ideas on how to best strengthen Canada's research capacity to the benefit of Canadians. The Federation's awareness work also involves showing the importance of arts and social sciences education to build stronger, vibrant Canadian society and economy.

Issues currently at the top of the Federation's agenda include:

• Funding for social sciences and humanities research;
• The significant contribution of the social sciences and humanities community to Canadian life;
• The critical role of the social sciences and humanities in the emerging digital society;
• Talent development and mobility; and
• Equity issues in academia.

Federal Budget

Each year, the Federation is actively involved in the consultation surrounding the preparation of the federal budget. Its contribution normally takes the form of a written submission and a presentation to the House of Commons Permanent Committee on Finances.

• 2011 Federal Budget
• 2010 Federal Budget
• 2009 Federal Budget
• Previous Years

Humanities and Social Sciences

Each year, the Federation develops and distributes various documents intended to show the value and importance of social sciences and humanities research and training in every aspect of Canadian life. The Federation also submits editorial articles for publication in various media.

• Fedcan Blog - Social Sciences and Humanities Key to Digital Economy July 22, 2010
  
• Letter to Minister Clement Regarding the Elimination of the Mandatory Long-Form Census (PDF 27KB) July13, 2010
  
• Letter to Minister Clement Regarding Appointment of 19 Canada Excellence Research Chairs (PDF 42 KB) May 25, 2010
• Fedcan Blog - "Haitians...you are not alone" January 13, 2010
  

Informing the Development of Public Policy

From time to time, the Federation is invited to develop and submit briefs as part of various consultations on a range of topics of interest to the research community. These documents are developed with input from the Federation Board of Directors and from its membership.

These submissions to groups such as the House of Commons Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology or party caucuses on post-secondary education, help promote constructive dialogue with Canadians by showing the tangible benefits of a healthy social sciences and humanities research and training enterprise.

• Federal Brief - Digital Economy Consultation (PDF) July 9, 2010
• Submission to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology: Regarding Mobilizing Science and Technology to Canada's Advantage (PDF 65KB) April 2008
• Submission to the Senate Standing Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology: Regarding Mobilizing Science and Technology to Canada's Advantage (PDF 98KB) January 2008
• Discussion Paper on the Proposed Canada Social Transfer (PDF 147KB) - revised December 2003
  
• Remarks by Federation President to Government Caucus on Post Secondary Education August 21, 2001
  
• ALTERNATIVE WOR[L]DS. THE HUMANITIES IN 2010 - Report by Louise H. Forsyth, Representative of the University of Saskatchewan October 19-21, 2000
  
• Report to the HSSFC on "Alternative Wor(l)ds: the Humanities in 2010" - by David G. John, Representative of the Canadian Association of University Teachers of German (CAUTG) October 19-21, 2000
• Brief on the Indirect costs of research submitted to the Advisory Council on Science and Technology June 2000
• Report of Roundtable: The Future of the Humanities November 20, 1999
• "Women in the Academy" - A Report of the HSSFC Vice President of Women's Issues November 20, 1999
  
• Introduction to the roundtable by the Chair Dr. Ian Lancashire November 14, 1999
  

pre-Budget 2011 from Ryan Saxby Hill on Vimeo.

CFHSS Pre-Budget 2011 Submission

Federal Budget 2011: Strengthening Canada’s research capacity (Fedcan Blog)

• women's critical mass at the Bachelor's, Master's, and PhD level in the student body;
• women's representation amongst senior academic administrators and in major research initiatives such as the Canada Research Chairs program;
• the gender-based faculty wage gap;
• academic women's "baby gap"; and
• the number of Aboriginal faculty teaching at universities and colleges across Canada.

Equity groups' data was added in 2003. The postcard has drawn in national media attention to the issues it addresses.

Postcards:

• Ivory Tower: Feminist Audits 2010 (PDF, by PAR-L)
• Ivory Tower: Feminist Audits 2008-2009 (PDF, by PAR-L)
• Postsecondary Pyramid - Equity Audit 2007 (PDF 1799KB)
• Notes (PDF 499KB)
  
• Ivory Towers - Feminist Audits: Selected indicators of the Status of Women (2006) (PDF 293KB)
• Sources (PDF 21KB)
  
• Ivory Towers - Feminist Audits: Selected indicators of the Status of Women (May 2005) (PDF 168KB)
• Ivory Towers - Feminist Audits: Selected indicators of the Status of Women (May 2004) (PDF 95KB)
• Ivory Towers - Feminist Audits: Selected indicators of the Status of Women (May 2003) (PDF 98KB)
• Ivory Towers - Feminist Audits: Selected indicators of the Status of Women (May 2002)
• Ivory Towers - Feminist Audits: Selected indicators of the Status of Women in Universities in Canada (May 2001)