The Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences is an annual gathering of scholars, students, policymakers and practitioners to exchange ideas and nurture groundbreaking research. This year's Congress is being held at Concordia University in Montreal, with "connected understanding" as its overriding theme. JP Lewis is a doctoral Political Science student at Carleton University. His lecture explains the strategem behind his numerically-based ranking of Canadian premiers from 1980 to present. Lewis's explains the in-depth ranking system -- with everything taken into consideration from political party to personal legacy -- and, of course, which premiers came out on top of the analysis. This lecture was recorded by Tariq Jeeroburkhan.

The Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences is an annual gathering of scholars, students, policymakers and practitioners to exchange ideas and nurture groundbreaking research. This year's Congress is being held at Concordia University in Montreal, with "connected understanding" as its overriding theme. Leigh Brownhill is a writer, editor and researcher at York University whose work focuses on social movements, feminism and the political economies of food and energy. On May 31st, Brownhill gave a lecture assessing food sovereignty movements in Kenya and Canada according to their ability not only to alleviate poverty and hunger, but also to encourge a carbon-neutral existence through environmentally-sound farming practices. This lecture was recorded by Tariq Jeeroburkhan.

The Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences is an annual gathering of scholars, students, policymakers and practitioners to exchange ideas and nurture groundbreaking research. This year's Congress is being held at Concordia University in Montreal, with "connected understanding" as its overriding theme. The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) of the Kyoto Protocol has been hailed as the grand compromise of the North-South divide over climate change mitigation; however, its efficacy in this regard remains poorly understood. As Beth Jean Evans argues in her lecture, an examination of distributive and procedural issues characterizing the CDM shows that significant trade-offs exist between Northern and Southern interests and suggests that the interests of the South are often sacrificed. According to Evans, there is a need for increased attention to and accommodation of Southern interests in the CDM specifically, and global climate change efforts more broadly. This lecture was recorded by Tariq Jeeroburkhan.

The Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences is an annual gathering of scholars, students, policymakers and practitioners to exchange ideas and nurture groundbreaking research. This year's Congress is being held at Concordia University in Montreal, with "connected understanding" as its overriding theme. Alejandra Roncallo is an instructor of Politics and Public Administration at York University's Glendon College. Her lecture at the Congress on May 31st asserted the "fourth moment of a new world order", and explained the uniqueness of present-day life in the context of monumental social and political factors -- from Obama, to the environment, to a shift in capitalist accumulation. This lecture was recorded by Tariq Jeeroburkhan.

The Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences is an annual gathering of scholars, students, policymakers and practitioners to exchange ideas and nurture groundbreaking research. This year's Congress is being held at Concordia University in Montreal, with "connected understanding" as its overriding theme. Jonathan Reinarz, of the University of Birmingham in the UK, spoke on May 29th about medical education during the 1930s and 1940s, as experienced by medical consultants who worked in provincial England during that time. This lecture was recorded by Yuxi Chen.

The Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences is an annual gathering of scholars, students, policymakers and practitioners to exchange ideas and nurture groundbreaking research. This year's Congress is being held at Concordia University in Montreal, with "connected understanding" as its overriding theme. Paul Ugor is a professor of English and Film Studies at the University of Alberta. Originally from Obudu, in South-South Nigeria, his work explores the connections between present-day Nigeria's socioeconomic conditions and its youth culture. Ugor argues that through Nollywood cinema, today's young Africans are constructing and expressing a shared identity impacted by the growing influences of globalization and postmodernity as well as an almost imaginary set of inherited traditions. This lecture was recorded by Sven Carlsson.

The Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences is an annual gathering of scholars, students, policymakers and practitioners to exchange ideas and nurture groundbreaking research. This year's Congress is being held at Concordia University in Montreal, with "connected understanding" as its overriding theme. Hugues Théorêt is a historian and independent researcher. His lecture, "Irma Levasseur: Femme Médecin Tombée Dans L'Oubli" explores the accomplishments of the first French-Canadian woman allowed to practice medicine in Canada. As Théorêt asserts, however, Levasseur has received considerably less recognition than she deserves for her many contributions to the field (including co-founding Montreal's Hôpital Ste-Justine). This lecture was recorded by Yuxi Chen.

The Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences is an annual gathering of scholars, students, policymakers and practitioners to exchange ideas and nurture groundbreaking research. This year's Congress is being held at Concordia University in Montreal, with "connected understanding" as its overriding theme.

Ed Broadbent is a social democratic politician and political scientist. His lecture, "The Rise and Fall of Economic Social Rights," reviews the connection between human rights (i.e. civil and political rights) and social and economic rights, arguing that the two sets were never meant to be treated separately. Broadbent suggests we have reached a new low since the rise of economic and social rights -- what he deems "a new barbarism" in Canada's approach to human rights and equality.

This lecture was recorded by Kim Elliott