Join us at congress 2019 at ubc

_The Conversation Canada_ will be front and centre at this year’s Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, which is taking place on the beautiful campus of the University of British

Columbia. From Saturday, June 1, until Friday, June 7, we encourage anyone attending Congress to drop by our booth to meet members of our editorial staff. I’ll be there all week and my

colleagues Vinita Srivastava (Culture/Society/Critical Race Editor) and Heather Walmsley (Health and Medicine Editor) will be joining me for most of the week. We’re taking part in several

events at Congress, but if you can’t make them, please visit our booth located on the Upper Agora/Main Level in the AMS Nest building. We’ll be happy to explain more about our unique model

of journalism and demonstrate how we work with academics across Canada to produce expert-based analyses and explanatory journalism. Our team is also taking part in some workshops in

conjunction with UBC. Here are the details: WHY I WRITE FOR THE CONVERSATION CANADA MONDAY, JUNE 3: 3:30-5 P.M., AMS NEST - NEST 2311 _Why I write_ is a panel with four scholars who will

discuss how they reached close to 10,000 readers for their ideas and research. They will also explain motivations for writing for a general – rather than academic – audience. Join us to hear

a panel of researchers who have contributed to _The Conversation Canada._ They will share their insights into the reasons for writing op-eds. They will talk about the mentoring model of

_The Conversation Canada_ and what they learned from the experience of pitching ideas, writing and working with editors. They will also share the impact of publishing on _The Conversation

Canada._ PANELISTS: Yasmin Jiwani, Professor of Communications and Research Chair, Intersectionality, Violence and Resistance, Concordia University; Yue Qian, PhD, Assistant Professor,

Sociology, University of British Columbia; Warren Clarke, PhD student, Sociology, Carleton University; Roberta Timothy, Assistant Lecturer in Health and Social Justice, York University

CHAIR: Vinita Srivastava: Culture, Arts, Critical Race Editor, _The Conversation Canada_ ------------------------- WRITING OPINION PIECES FOR A PUBLIC AUDIENCE TUESDAY, JUNE 4: 10:30 A.M. TO

NOON, AMS NEST - NEST 2314 Scott White: Editor, _The Conversation Canada_ Vinita Srivastava: Culture, Arts, Critical Race Editor, _The Conversation Canada_ If you’re in an academic career,

or if you’re looking to pursue one, communicating your research to a range of audiences is probably going to be an important part of what you do. This writing workshop offered by _The

Conversation Canada_ editors will help academics learn how to plan, pitch and write with greater impact. The session is aimed at Humanities and Social Sciences researchers at all career

stages so that they can better persuade influential people outside your field – including funding assessors, politicians, the media, industry and the public – that their work matters. This

session would address how and when to pitch ideas for a story and how to go about writing in a clear, concise and compelling way for a broad audience. ------------------------- MEET THE

EDITORS OF THE CONVERSATION CANADA JUNE 2 AND JUNE 4: 10 A.M. TO 2 P.M., AMS NEST - NEST 2515 Vinita Srivastava: Culture, Arts, Critical Race Editor, _The Conversation Canada_ Heather

Walmsley: Health + Medicine Editor, _The Conversation Canada_ Scott White: Editor, _The Conversation Canada_ Do you have an important story to share about your research? Can you tell that

story in a concise and compelling way? This event would enable researchers to drop in and meet the editors of _The Conversation Canada_ over to discuss what makes for a good pitch and get

tips on writing clear, concise and timely research-driven analysis. The session is aimed at Humanities and Social Sciences researchers at all career stages who would like to meet one on one

with an experienced editor to ways of disseminating their research.