CONFERENCE 2010 - May 30th to June 2nd, 2010 at Concordia University, Montréal, Québec

The McGill University School of Social Work, together with the Schools of Social Work at Université de Montréal and Université du Québec à Montréal, welcome conference participants to the 2010 Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences Congress held in partnership with the Canadian Association for Social Work Education (CASWE).

The theme is:  Families and Communities: Intersections and Connections
Sub-themes are mentioned on the Call for Abstracts.

A `Call for Abstracts` to be presented at the conference is posted along with other details from CASWE and the planning committee.
Families and Communities: Intersections and Connections - Call for presentations

*The deadline for submitting abstracts is February 1st, 2010.

* Please email abstracts with the authors names and contact information to Sharon Leslie at admin@caswe-acfts.ca .

Types of presentations

Registration for the conference will be available soon on the website for the Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences.  Details to assist in travel and hotel arrangements will also be posted. http://www.congress2010.ca/content.php?id=427 

AGM - May 31st, 2010

Please see "Dates to Remember" for various deadlines, details regarding registration, and dates of meetings.

The Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences will take place Friday, May 28th to Friday, June 4th, 2010 at Concordia University, Montréal, Québec.

Congress 2010 Theme
Connected Understanding

Connected understanding speaks to scholarly activity from two perspectives.  First, it refers to the impact of the rise of digital technology on scholarly research and research-creation.  New technology has provided humanities and social science scholars with different research tools, access to new sources and new means of communicating results to colleagues and the wider public.  In many cases these new tools have transformed how scholars understand problems.  In addition, the idea of connected understanding speaks to the links that scholars make with their colleagues in other fields and with larger audiences beyond the academic world.  Here, too, technology has enhanced the ability of individuals outside the academy to respond to, and challenge the authority of scholars.  These connections have added new voices to the discussion of many issues and complicated our understanding of them.  Finally both dimensions of this theme fit well with the institutional identity of Concordia, a university which prides itself on technological and communications innovation, and which is strongly connected to the larger urban community of which it is part.

CFHSS Congress 2010

The Canadian Association for Social Work Education (CASWE) will be holding the Annual General Meeting, May 31st, 2010, during the Congress and the CASWE conference from May 30th until June 2nd, 2010 at Concordia University in Montréal.