Blogue
The wounded ones: Conversations about the multiple legacies of colonialism
Peter Midgley, University of Alberta Press
Sunday, May 29 from 11 am to 12 pm
Congress 2016, Main Expo Event Space
Light refreshments provided
For countries like Canada, Namibia, Rwanda, and Palestine, the ravages of colonialism represent unresolved trauma that has been passed from generation to generation. The effects of such inter-generational trauma are often difficult to identify and broach in conversation, and raise more questions than answers.
Come and join moderator Marcello Di Cintio and our panelists as they discuss the experiences of genocide from around the world and attempt to answer some of these questions. Peter Midgley looks back at the Namibian genocide and the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), which served as a model for the Canadian TRC, while Juliane Okot Bitek discusses her work remembering the Rwanda genocide. Ghada Ageel speaks about Palestine and whether what is...
Research methods: The right tool for each job
By Michael Todd, Social Science Communication Manager, SAGE Publishing
Some years ago, two great research traditions arose in social and behavioral science: talking to people and gathering data and numbers about people. A hybrid tradition, which goes by various names but which we’ll call ‘mixed methods,’ arose in the interstices of those qualitative and quantitative approaches.
But something else arose in those traditions: partisans of each method. The advocates of one tradition could at times have a ‘take-no-prisoners’ attitude toward practitioners of the other one—a divide that grew as the volume of data available to quants grew exponentially. This “methodological...
We live for this – Our first Congress
Ashley Craven, Event Planner, Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences
In the fall of 2015, the Federation took on three new staff members to join its events team: Lindsey DenBoer, Emily Nelms and myself (Ashley Craven). We all come from varying backgrounds within the meetings and events industry, which makes us a dynamic and well-rounded team. In pairing with our Manager of Congress, Terry D’Angelo, and our Registrar, Donna LeLièvre, who has been with the Federation for over 15 years, we have come together to pore over every logistical detail for our 8,000+ expected attendees.
Our “Ideas can..." branding at the Federation couldn’t be a more accurate description of the culture here in our office in Ottawa. Our fresh ideas along with the expertise of the veterans on our team are fusing together to execute the biggest academic conference in Canada. For the three of us, this is our first Congress and we are proud to have worked behind...
Manager’s welcome to the Hotel Alma
Amy Turner-Keller, General Manager, Hotel Alma & Seasonal Residence
When the University of Calgary was chosen to host the 2016 Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, we made sure to attend the preceding Congresses at Brock University and at the University of Ottawa to learn all we could. It's now our turn; we've taken what we've learned, added our own blend of Calgary hospitality, and created what we hope to be an outstanding experience.
As a proud ambassador of both the university and of Calgary, let me be the first to welcome you to our campus and to our city. We couldn't be prouder of both!
With over 8,000 attendees ready to make the most of Congress, preparations are being undertaken all over...
Panel Discussion - The role and future of community associations: to discuss the importance of community associations and the role they play in our daily lives
By Brian Conger Urban Policy Program, The School of Public Policy, University of Calgary and Jyoti Gondek, Westman Centre for Real Estate Studies, Haskayne School of Business, University of Calgary
As part of the Congress 2016 exciting line-up of events, the University of Calgary will host six Interdisciplinary symposia to exhibit the university’s most compelling and leading-edge thinking and research. This article is part of a six-part series showcasing each event, all of which are open to Congress attendees and the general public.
On Thursday, June 2, 2016 The School of Public Policy’s Urban Policy Program, in partnership with the Westman Centre for Real Estate Studies at the...