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Canada Research Coordinating Committee launches consultation summary report
On November 5, the Canada Research Coordinating Committee released the findings of its national consultation on proposed measures to strengthen science in Canada. Insights gathered will help shape new research funding opportunities, strengthen equity, diversity and inclusion, and improve support for early career researchers.
Read the findings
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AT A GLANCE
A look at what we do by the numbers
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SSHRC supports partnerships across borders
SSHRC-funded international collaboration creates access to new ideas and talent, and increases the scope and impact of Canadian research.
In 2017-18:
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SSHRC supported 1,435 international researchers
representing 84 countries;
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41% of Partnership Development Grants involved at least one international partner;
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12% of Partnership Engage Grants involved at least one international partner; and
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83% of Partnership Grants involved at least one international partner.
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HEADLINES
The latest from SSHRC and its partners
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SSHRC Storytellers---- Contest details are now live!
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Trans-Atlantic Platform launches Social Innovation Call for Proposals
The Trans-Atlantic Platform has launched its 2018 Social Innovation Call for Proposals, which will support international projects that can contribute to increasing our understanding of societal transformations and the role of social innovation. The deadline for applications is February 14, 2019.
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Read a new report on Canada in an interconnected, evolving global society
SSHRC has released a new report that draws on findings from 30 knowledge synthesis projects, and insights from cross-sectoral leaders, focused on the impacts of peak population and the knowledge Canada needs to thrive in an interconnected, evolving, global landscape. The report identifies research gaps and strengths to help better understand Canada's diverse communities and issues, and innovative solutions for global challenges.
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Apply for SSHRC's Research Data Management Capacity Building Initiative
SSHRC has issued a special call for Connection Grants encouraging the research community to engage with data management concepts to determine what research data means to different disciplines.
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FUNDING FOCUS
Application deadlines, program updates, application tips and more
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SSHRC-funded book featured in the Los Angeles Review of Books
Conceived by University of Ottawa media studies scholar Patrick McCurdy, written by Hugh Goldring, and drawn by Nicole Burton, The Beast is a book-length comic about two young people who find work in the Canadian oil industry.
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Video games and big data: Promises and risks
Maude Bonenfant is a SSHRC-funded Canada Research Chair in Gamer Communities and Big Data at the Université du Québec à Montréal. She leads a research team seeking a better understanding of the issues surrounding the use of big data in video gaming.
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