SSHRC
Should professors speak out more?
Esteemed law professor Mary Eberts thinks so
Will new rules prevent academic fraud?
Canada’s funding agencies define cheating, promise stats
On the utility of peering into dusty books
A commenter on my last post asked why I’m willing to say a good word for such silliness as social-sciences and humanities research. Here are some of the winners of top awards from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council’s top prizes in recent years. (Full disclosure: I acted as host for this year’s SSHRC awards and was paid at the rate my speakers’ bureau usually charges. I am sure my enthusiasm for social-science research led to the gig, rather than the other way around.)
Feds wrongly choosing business over humanities: NDP
“Business-related” research gets priority over social work, health and education