Travel Grants to Scholarly Associations (fwd)

[Louise Forsyth]

Hi Richard,

What a wonderful ambassador you are for the Federation!! It was a delight to
see you in Ottawa. Recent contacts have not been long enough though. Maybe
next time we could find at least enough time for a conversation over a beer.

I hope that you are enjoying a festive and joyous holiday season.

Fondly,

Louise

At 09:40 AM 12/17/1998 -0500, Richard Plant wrote:
>Hello All:
>
>In my capacity as ACTR/ARTC (the association under whose auspices
>"Candrama" was set up) representative to HSSFC, I'm forwarding another
>missive from the Federation. It is greatly the result of HSSFC work that
>the aid to associations programme has been continued. Not long ago the
>news was that funding would be entirely eliminated, but a strong
>campaign headed by HSSFC resulted in the programme extension over the past
>year and a bit. Now here is further news.
>
>Richard Plant
>Dept of Drama, Queen's University
>and
>Graduate Centre for Study of Drama,
>University of Toronto
>
>---------- Forwarded message ----------
>Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 14:07:46 -0500
>From: Fedcan <fedcan at hssfc.ca>
>To: @hssfc.ca
>Subject: Travel Grants to Scholarly Associations
>
>To:  Presidents of Associations, National Offices of Association
>representatives on the General Assembly
>
>From:  Louise Robert, Executive Director
>
>
>The Federation has been advised by the Social Sciences and Humanities
>Research Council (SSHRC) that its program of Travel Grants (formerly known
>as Aid And Attendance Grants to Scholarly Associations) has been extended
>for one more year with a slight increase in its budget.  This extension
>means that only those associations currently receiving monies under the
>program will be eligible.  Associations will be advised of the procedure for
>applying for funding later this month.  If your association has not been
>contacted by mid-January 1999, you should communicate with Ms. Katharine
>Benzekri at (613) 947-9655 or by e-mail at: katharine.benzekri at sshrc.ca.
>
>The Federation had urged SSHRC to undertake a review of the program in order
>to establish new criteria which would enable those associations currently
>not eligible for funding to apply for assistance. We have been assured that
>there will be an evaluation of this program in the coming months and it is
>hoped that this will result in new guidelines which would guarantee stable
>funding for a 3-year period.
>
>
>
>
>
>Humanities and Social Sciences Federation of Canada
>Federation canadienne des sciences humaines et sociales
>151 Slater Street, Suite 415, Ottawa, Ontario K1P 5H3
>Tel:  (613) 238-6112; Fax:  (613) 238-6114
>Email/Courrier electronique:  fedcan at hssfc.ca
>
Louise H. Forsyth, PhD
Professor of Women's & Gender Studies and French
Associate Member of the Department of Drama
University of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon, SK   S7N 5A5

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