Faculty of Social Sciences

A world of ideas to change the world

A vibrant community of 10,000 students and 270 professors is at the heart of the cutting-edge research and events that define the Faculty of Social Sciences. It’s renowned for interdisciplinary studies: its nine academic units offer a wide array of programs in French and in English

EVENTS

FSS Challenges

The next FSS Challenge, WELCOME MINISTER: Delivering a Briefing Book, will happen September 27 to 29, 2024. During the three-day competition, participants will pool their knowledge and expertise to develop a briefing book for a new federal government minister, following their appointment to Cabinet. As a team, they will create a written document and an oral briefing from the point of view of the department's non-partisan public service team, to which the minister has just been assigned.

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Graduate Studies

Partnership

International

Collabzium

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Research at the Faculty of Social Sciences

Research at the Faculty of Social Sciences is dynamic and aims to produce local and global impact in two cross-cutting research themes – “la francophonie” and Indigenous research – that frame our priorities and guide the way in which research topics are addressed.

Discover the new Research Priorities

Decolonizing, Indigenizing, and Reconciliation

Indigenous

Upcoming events

Sep 16

Graduate and Professional Studies Information Fair

Discover programs, meet faculty members, and gain valuable insights!

Sep 17

Fireside chat with Yasir Naqvi and Gina Wilson

First encounters: what is onboarding a new Minister in a Federal or Provincial Ministry really like? Come and hear from two people who know. Gina Wils…

Sep 19

CRECS Noon-Hour Colloquium

Dear Member,We invite you to join us on September 19th from 12:00 to 1:00 pm EST for a discussion with Nicholas Ng-A-Fook (he/him), Professor of Curri…