Federation News

Véronique Mallet, Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences

Nominations open today, Tuesday, January 6, 2021 for seven positions on the Board of Directors of the Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences. The open positions are:

• Director, Research Policy
• Director, Research Dissemination
• Director, Institutions (2 positions)
• Director, Associations (2 positions)

Please note that the Board of Directors will also nominate a Treasurer, as per the Federation’s Governance Policy. If you are interested in this position and would like you candidacy to be considered, please contact Véronique Mallet.

Nominations can be made by current General Assembly...

Jean-Marc Mangin, Executive Director, Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences

I am very pleased to introduce Gauri Sreenivasan as our new Director of Policy and Programs. Gauri brings nearly 25 years of policy and programming experience, most recently as the Director of Parliamentary Affairs in the Official Opposition Leader`s Office.  Gauri also worked for 15 years at the Canadian Council for International Cooperation (CCIC) as a senior analyst and team coordinator. Gauri has a deep understanding of the legislative and policy making process, including the complexities of the interactions between research, policy stakeholders, and decision makers across a wide range of issues-- both domestic and global in scope.  I look forward to calling on her rich expertise...

Matthew McKean, Policy Analyst, Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences

The Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences has been hard at work on an ambitious research impact project. Our new working paper, entitled “The Impacts of Humanities and Social Science Research,” launches today at Concordia University in Montreal at the “Mobilizing Knowledge for Social Innovation” colloquium, organized by the Fonds de recherche du Québec, as part of the prestigious Entretiens Jacques Cartier.

Why, you ask, should we worry about defining research impact and why should we attempt to measure it?  Because in this era of...

Karen Diepeveen, Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences

Each year, the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance asks Canadians to identify their priorities for the upcoming federal budget. In response, the Federation puts forward recommendations pertaining to the social science and humanities community, noting ways in which federal funding could bolster these disciplines, research, scholars and students.

Last year in 2013, in addition to ask for the granting councils, the Federation recommended the federal government change the regulations for Mitacs to allow not-for-profits to participate in their internship program. When Budget 2014 was announced, this recommendation was adopted, with...