Community Engagement

Engagement is a key priority for SSHRC.

As societies steadily increase their expectations about how the social sciences and humanities can contribute to economic, cultural, social, technological, environmental and intellectual well-being, SSHRC remains committed to engaging its stakeholder communities and demonstrating that the research it supports leads to benefits for Canadians

Through engagement, SSHRC fosters interchange with and among key audiences on university and college campuses, in communities, and across public, private and non-governmental organizations, to enhance informed decision-making on SSHRC programs, policies and directions.

Knowledge Mobilization

Knowledge mobilization is about ensuring that all citizens benefit from publicly funded research. It can take many forms, but the essential objective is to allow research knowledge to flow both within the academic world, and between academic researchers and the wider community. By moving research knowledge into society, knowledge mobilization increases its intellectual, economic, social and cultural impact.

Through its knowledge mobilization strategy, SSHRC:

• funds activities that allow researchers to communicate their results to the world;
• supports research partnerships that facilitate the co-creation and use of knowledge beyond the academic world; and
• develops networks, tools and best practices in the areas of knowledge sharing and knowledge mobilization.

Links with Canadian universities

SSHRC Leaders are senior university administrators appointed by their university presidents to provide stable, ongoing channels of communication between their institutions and SSHRC.

More about SSHRC Leaders

University events and conferences

Use the SSHRC Events Calendar to find out about university events and conferences involving the social sciences and humanities.

Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences

SSHRC participates in the annual Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences hosted by the Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences.

News and views from Congress 2009

Big Thinking

Held up to six times a year on Parliament Hill, the Big Thinking lecture series brings the best Canadian research and scholarly work in the social sciences and humanities directly to the attention of elected officials, policy-makers, government officials, non-governmental organizations and the media. The series is organized by the Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences, with support from SSHRC.