Panelists will discuss the six future challenge areas identified through SSHRC’s Imagining Canada’s Future initiative at the Munk School of Global Affairs on Thursday, September 26.
Hosted by Dr. David Wolfe, director of the Innovation Policy Lab, the event will feature presentations by:
- Dr. Gisèle Yasmeen, SSHRC’s senior advisor to the president;
- Dr. Helmut Reichenbächer, associate vice‑president of research and dean of graduate studies at OCAD University;
- Dr. Pekka Sinervo, senior vice‑president of research at the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research;
- Dr. Brent Herbert‑Copley, SSHRC’s vice‑president, research capacity; and
- Jennifer Corriero, co‑founder and executive director of TakingITGlobal.
Over the past two years, SSHRC conducted a cross‑Canada and international consultation process, reaching 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 of Imagining Canada’s Future 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.
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.
The panel discussion will take place Thursday, September 26 from 2 to 4 p.m. in the Vivian and David Campbell Conference Facility at the Munk School of Global Affairs.
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