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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">SSHRC to
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Present the Imagining
<span style="color:black">Canada's Future</span><span style="color:#1F497D">:</span><span style="color:black"> Six Future Challenge Areas</span></span></b><span lang="EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">For Canada to be a successful 21st-century society we need to anticipate the challenges ahead and keep our minds open to the potential futures facing us all. This is the inspiration
behind SSHRC’s Imagining Canada’s Future initiative.</span><span lang="EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Over the past two years, SSHRC conducted a cross-Canada and international consultation process, during which the Council reached out to more than 13,000 subject matter experts, members
of the academic research community, and public and private sector leaders, to seek their insight. The goal was to identify future challenge areas for Canada in an evolving global context that are likely to emerge in five, 10 and 20 years and to which the social
sciences and humanities research community could contribute its knowledge, talent and expertise. </span><span lang="EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">The result was the selection of SSHRC’s six future challenge areas. They represent lenses through which SSHRC—in collaboration with the Canadian social sciences and humanities research
community—feels it can and should make a difference in the coming years. For more information, please see the </span><span lang="EN-CA"><a href="http://youtu.be/b-hE1p7nlW0"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#000066">video</span></b></a></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> and </span><span lang="EN-CA"><a href="http://www.sshrc-crsh.gc.ca/society-societe/community-communite/Imagining_Canadas_Future-Imaginer_l_avenir_du_Canada-eng.aspx"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Imagining
Canada’s Future</span></b></a></span><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">
</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">webpage.<br>
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SSHRC will present the six future challenge areas at a panel discussion on Wednesday, November 6, at CIGI, co-hosted by David Dewitt, Vice-President of Programs, CIGI, and Fred Kuntz, Vice-President of Public Affairs, CIGI. The following presentations will
be included, followed by engagement with the audience on how SSHRC can best encourage and support work in these six areas:</span><span lang="EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">John Baker, CEO, Desire2Learn and a SSHRC Council member</span><span lang="EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Abby Goodrum, Vice-President Research, Wilfrid Laurier University, and a SSHRC Leader</span><span lang="EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Steve Wilcox, a SSHRC Final Five Storyteller winner, University of Waterloo</span><span lang="EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Brent Herbert-Copley, SSHRC Vice-President Research Capacity</span><span lang="EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">The event is open to the public and we invite you to forward this message to your colleagues and students, as well as to your multisectoral contacts. Coffee and muffins will be provided.</span><span lang="EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">To register for this event, please click </span><span lang="EN-CA"><a href="http://www.cigionline.org/events/imagining-canadas-future-sshrc-present-its-six-future-challenge-areas"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">here</span></a></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">.</span><span lang="EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">For further information, please contact: <br>
Thérèse de Groote<br>
Senior Policy Advisor, Office of the Vice-President, Research <br>
</span><span lang="EN-CA"><a href="mailto:ifca-sica@sshrc-crsh.gc.ca"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">ifca-sica@sshrc-crsh.gc</span></b>.ca</a>
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