Communique: July 2012

Communique
Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences

July 6, 2012
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In This Issue

Check out CFHSS's new website
Congress 2012 concludes with great success
uOttawa to host Congress 2015
CFHSS in the news
CIHR has a new Guide to Evaluation in Health Research
CIFAR is seeking a Junior Fellow for its Successful Societies Program
Apply for Mitacs' Accelerate Program.

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Check out CFHSS's new website

As you know, we launched our new website in May. We continue making
improvements
to the site, including new features, like our events calendar
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where you can find events of interest to the social sciences and
humanities community
and submit your own
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Congress 2012 concludes with great success

With over 7,400 attendees and featuring keynotes by luminaries like
Margaret Atwood
and His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston, the 2012
Congress of the
Humanities and Social Sciences, which took place from May 26 to June
2 at Wilfrid
Laurier University and the University of Waterloo, was a great success
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CFHSS thanks
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the Kitchener-Waterloo community for its hand in the success of Congress.
You can still relive some of Congress's best moments by visiting the
Congress blog
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and by watching our Congress Big Thinking video series
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uOttawa to host Congress 2015

Last month, the University of Ottawa and CFHSS proudly announced that
the 2015 Congress
of the Humanities and Social Sciences will be hosted by the University
of Ottawa
in the nation's capital. Read the official press release here
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CFHSS in the news

CFHSS president Graham Carr penned a column on the importance of the
social sciences
and humanities to community-campus collaboration that was published in
the June
25 edition of The Hill Times. Read the full article here
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CIHR has a new Guide to Evaluation in Health Research

The Guide to Evaluation in Health Research was developed for
researchers and reviewers
who want to build their knowledge and skill in the area of evaluation
of health
and health research initiatives. The specific objectives of this CIHR
online learning
module are to demonstrate the potential for evaluation to support
evidence-informed
action, support development of appropriate evaluation plans for
research funding
proposals, and facilitate assessment of evaluation plans by peer and
merit reviewers.
View the complete Guide, which includes an evaluation checklist and
other evaluation
resources, on the CIHR website:
http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/45336.html
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CIFAR is seeking a Junior Fellow for its Successful Societies Program

The Canadian Institute for Advanced Research is seeking an exceptional
early career
researcher to fill a Junior Fellowship in its Successful Societies
Program, beginning
in the summer of 2013. Applications should include a full CV,
statement of research
background and interests, statement of interest in the Junior Fellow
Academy, and
an imaginative 3-5 page research proposal related to the research
areas of the program.
Visit http://www.cifar.ca/JFA
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for more details on the fellowship and application process.
Applications are being
accepted until September 4, 2012.
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Apply for Mitacs' Accelerate Program

Mitacs is currently accepting applications/proposals for
Mitacs-Accelerate InDev.
Mitacs-Accelerate is Canada's premiere graduate internship program. It
connects
companies with over 50 Canadian universities through graduate students
and postdoctoral
fellows, who apply their specialized expertise to business challenges.
Interns transfer
their skills from theory to real-world application, while the
companies gain a competitive
advantage by accessing high-quality academic expertise. For more
information and
to apply, click here
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This is the last Communique of the summer. See you in September.
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About CFHSS

Representing more than 85,000 researchers in 81 scholarly
associations, 80 universities
and colleges, and 6 affiliates, the Canadian Federation for the
Humanities and Social
Sciences is the national voice for the university research and
learning community
in these disciplines.
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Congress 2012
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Off the Shelf

In this section we feature papers, podcasts and videos that-while part
of our archives-are
still relevant to current events.

Last month, Bill C-11, the Copyright Modernization Act, passed the
House of Commons.
CFHSS was involved in the consultation process for Bill C-32, the
act's previous
iteration. Read our response to Bill C-32 here
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