News from Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences – March 2017
Latest edition of the Federation newsletter Communiqué View the issue here.
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Read articleOn behalf of the nominating committee, I have the pleasure of informing you of the election by acclamation of Lynn Thomas (Sherbrooke) as director to serve as president-elect of CSSE. Dr. Thomas’s term on the board of directors will begin following the 2017 AGM in Toronto. The president-elect becomes president following the term as president-elect.…
Read articleExtended submission deadline: April 30, 2017 In 2017, the Comparative and International Education Society of Canada/Société canadienne d’éducation comparée et internationale (CIESC/SCECI) celebrates its 50th anniversary. To mark the occasion, Comparative and International Education/ Éducation comparée et internationale (CIE/ECI), the official journal of the CIESC, will publish a special issue in the fall of 2017…
Read articleI am pleased to announce today the appointment of Gabriel Miller as Executive Director of the Federation. Mr. Miller is an experienced not-for-profit leader with an extensive track record in member relations, advocacy, stakeholder engagement and public policy development. Mr. Miller is currently Vice-President of Public Issues, Policy and Cancer Information at the Canadian Cancer…
Read articleThe Cost of Dropping Out: What are the alternatives? Apply for the $5,000 Indigenous ‘Innovation that Sticks’ Dropout Prevention Case Study Research Program We could examine how your alternative Indigenous-focused learning program has successfully improved graduation rates and prevents students from dropping out. • Would you like to receive a $5,000 bursary and be recognized…
Read articleLatest edition of the Canadian Education Association bulletin Education Canada View the issue here.
Read articleRoundtable for Association of Research in Cultures of Young People annual conference, 30 May 2017 Organizer: Benjamin Lefebvre (Ryerson) Galvanized by the theme of Congress 2017, “The Next 150 on Indigenous Lands,” this roundtable seeks to take stock of Indigenous texts for and/or about young people in the twenty-first century. Whether depicting past injustices such…
Read articleNew Eurydice Publications :: Structural Indicators for Monitoring Education and Training Systems in Europe 2016 – Thematic Overviews View the latest publications at here. Structural Indicators for Monitoring Education and Training Systems in Europe 2016 – Thematic Overviews Which European countries provide specific guidelines and guaranteed places for early childhood education? Do schools receive additional…
Read articlePlease consider contributing by submitting an article to the 15th International Conference on Education and Information Systems, Technologies and Applications: EISTA 2017 (http://www.2017iiisconf.org/eista), to be held on July 8 – 11, 2017, in Orlando, Florida, USA, jointly with: • The 11th International Multi-Conference on Society, Cybernetics, and Informatics: IMSCI 2017 • The 21st World Multi-Conference…
Read articleDear Educational Researcher, The importance of scholarly peer reviews in promoting excellence in our field of study is unquestionable—but we know very little about what kind of content reviews actually contain. This message is an invitation to you to contribute reviews you have received to an exploratory research study. My goals are to assemble a…
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