Blog
Oct
28
Generation Next: How are the children of immigrants faring in Canada
Alison Hebbs, Director, Policy and Communications
Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences
You’d think that many people take on the life-altering process of moving to a new country with a better life for their children in mind. Canada has worked hard to open its doors for families in search of a brighter future.
And how are these efforts translating? Well, in Canada, the pattern is one of upward mobility for second generation immigrants...overall. For example, the children of Chinese and South Asian immigrants outperform their parents when it comes to educational attainment and labour market outcomes. Actually, they outperform the general Canadian population too. However, as Dr. Philip Kelly, associate professor of geography at York University,...
Jun
15
Making news at Congress 2011
Ryan Saxby Hill, Media Relations
Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences
If you happened to read a newspaper anywhere in Canada over the past two weeks, it’s likely that you got a taste of the research being presented at this year’s Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences. When you put over 5000 of Canada’s top researchers in one place for 9 days of intellectual discussion, dialogue and debate – the media takes note. I’ve often pointed out that issues in the social sciences and humanities take up significant column inches in our national papers and Congress helps remind us that the researchers investigating these issues have something important to say. Here are some of the stories from the past few weeks that have kept us busy and motivated. These are our Congress newsmakers.
Questioning question period - Researchers Alex Sévigny and Philip Savage of McMaster...
Jan
20
Big Thinker Keith Ambachtsheer on CBC's The House
This past spring we hosted pension expert Keith Ambachtsheer for our Big Thinking lecture on Parliament Hill. Last weekend on CBC Radio One, Keith leveraged his informed and reliable take on Canada's pension system to offer an analysis of recent proposals for reform in Canada. This is one of many examples of where our community is being called on to address critical and pressing issues. You can listen to the podcast of The House online here and get the audio recording of our Big Thinking lecture here.
We're hosting our next Big Thinking event on February 9th with Lori Curtis. Get all the details at fedcan.ca or from the Facebook...
Oct
6
Discover East Coast Charm at Congress 2011
Ryan Saxby Hill Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences
A team from the Federation made the short trek from Ottawa to Fredericton last week for the annual Congress planning meeting. This trip gave us a chance not only to get information out to our over 150 Program Chairs and Local Arrangements Coordinators for 2011, but we also got a taste for the maritime hospitality that Fredericton is famous for. Being an east-coaster myself, I'm a bit biased, but I can say with certainty that the team at UNB and STU and the Fredericton community are ready to put on quite a show next May. This will be the biggest event...
Oct
5
It's the digital economy, stupid!
Ryan Saxby Hill
Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences
We at the Federation are getting pretty excited...