Reports and publications archive

SSHRC maintains an archive of its reports and publications for reference, research or recordkeeping purposes.

On this page

• Annual reports
• Audit reports
• Consultation reports
• Corporate reports
  • Departmental results reports
  • Departmental plans
  • Departmental performance reports
  • Reports on plans and priorities
  • Multi-year action plans for the implementation of Article 41 of the Official Languages Act
  • Status Reports on the Implementation of Article 41 of the Official Languages Act
  • Quarterly Financial Reports
• Evaluation reports

Annual reports

• 2011-2012
  • Annex to the Statement of Management Responsibility Including Internal Control Over Financial Reporting (Unaudited)
• 2010-2011
• Annex to the Statement of Management Responsibility Including Internal Control Over Financial Reporting (Unaudited)
• 2009-10
  • Supplement
• 2008-09
• 2007-08
• 2006-07
• 2005-06
• 2004-05
• 2003-04

Audit reports

2018

• Internal Audit Performance Results
  Updated: November 2019

2017

• Audit of Research Portal 2.0 (Phase I)

2016

• Audit of Partnership Funding Opportunities

2015

• Audit of Human Resources Management (Staffing)
• Audit of Physical Security Management

2014

• 2014 Audit of SSHRC’s Insight Grants Funding Opportunity
• 2014 Audit of Financial Monitoring
• 2014 Audit of Integrated Planning

2013

• Audit of the Policy on Internal Control Implementation
• Audit of the SSHRC Appeals Process
• Audit of Procurement and Contracting Management

2012

• Audit of the Canada Research Chairs Program
• Audit of Internal Governance
• Audit of IT Security

2011

• Audit of Corporate Information Management

2010

• Audit of the Enterprise Awards Management System (EAMS) Project

2009

• Internal Audit of the Indirect Costs Program

2007

• Audit of the Adequacy, Effectiveness and Efficiency of the Non-Financial Administration of the Fellowships, Scholarships and Prizes Program
  • Management Response
• Audit of Controls over the Integrity of Information in the Report on Plans and Priorities
  • Management Response

2006

• Review of AMIS Final Report
  • Management Response

2005

• Audit of Information Technology
  • Management Response
• Audit of NSERC and SSHRC Travel Practices and Expenditures
• Client Satisfaction Benchmarking Survey
• Risk-Based Analysis of Documented Competitive Processes Guidelines and Processes: Screening, Assessing, Ranking and Recommending Applications
  • Management Response

2004

• Assessment of NSERC/SSHRC Award Monitoring Activities
• Audit of Contract Management Practices in the Common Administrative Services Directorate
  • Management Response
• Audit of the Electronic Common Information Management System (eCIMS) Development Project
  • Management Response
• Integrated Management Practices Action Plan

2003

• Modern Management Practices Assessment

Consultation reports

2008

• Thinking About Knowledge Mobilization: A discussion paper prepared at the request of the Canadian Council on Learning and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
• Promoting Excellence in Research – An International Blue Ribbon Panel Assessment of Peer Review Practices at the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
• Public Views on Social Sciences and Humanities Research
• The Economic Role and Influence of the Social Sciences and Humanities: A Conjecture

2007

• Environmental Scan for SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship Program

2004

• Dialogue on Northern Research: Summary Report

2003

• Opportunities in Aboriginal Research

2002

• Nature and Society: Environment and Sustainability Research Program

2001

• National Data Archive Consultation
  • Needs Assessment Report
  • Final Report (2002)

2000

• Alternative Wor(l)ds: The Humanities in 2010 – Report of the Working Group on the Future of the Humanities
  • A Response from SSHRC Council
• Consultation on Themes for the Strategic Grants Program of SSHRC

1998

• Final Report of the Joint Working Group of SSHRC and Statistics Canada on the Advancement of Research Using Social Statistics

Corporate reports

Departmental results reports

• 2020-21 Departmental Results Report
  • Corporate information
  • Reporting on green procurement
  • Details on transfer payment programs
  • Gender-based analysis plus
  • Unaudited financial statements
  • Annex to the Statement of Management Responsibility Including Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
• 2019-20 Departmental Results Report
  • Additional information
  • Departmental Sustainable Development Strategy
  • Details on transfer payment programs of $5 million or more
  • Gender-based analysis plus
  • Unaudited financial statements
  • Annex to the Statement of Management Responsibility Including Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
• 2018-19 Departmental Results Report
  • Supplementary information
  • Departmental Sustainable Development Strategy
  • Details on transfer payment programs of $5 million or more
  • Gender-based analysis plus
  • Audited Financial Statements
  • Annex to the Statement of Management Responsibility Including Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
• 2017-18 Departmental Results Report
  • Supplementary Information
  • Departmental Sustainable Development Strategy
  • Details on transfer payment programs of $5 million or more
  • Audited Financial Statements
  • Annex to the Statement of Management Responsibility Including Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
• 2016-17 Departmental Results Report
  • Supplementary Information
  • Departmental Sustainable Development Strategy
  • Supporting Information on Lower-Level Programs
  • Audited Financial Statements
  • Annex to the Statement of Management Responsibility including Internal Control over Financial Reporting

Departmental plans

• 2021-22 Departmental Plan
  • Corporate information
  • Future-Oriented Statement of Operations
• 2020-21 Departmental Plan
  • Corporate information
  • Future Oriented Financial Statements
• 2019-20 Departmental Plan
  • Additional Information
  • Future Oriented Financial Statements
• 2018-19 Departmental Plan
  • Supplementary Information
    • Corporate Information
  • Future Oriented Financial Statements
• 2017-18 Departmental Plan
  • Supplementary Information
  • Future Oriented Financial Statements

Departmental performance reports

• 2015-16 Departmental Performance Report
  • Supplementary Information
  • Audited Financial Statements
  • Annex to the Statement of Management Responsibility including Internal Control over Financial Reporting
• 2014-15 Departmental Performance Report
  • Supplementary Information
  • Audited Financial Statements
  • Annex to the Statement of Management Responsibility including Internal Control over Financial Reporting
• 2013-14 Departmental Performance Report
  • Supplementary Information
  • Audited Financial Statements
  • Annex to the Statement of Management Responsibility including Internal Control over Financial Reporting
• 2012-13
  • Supplementary Information
  • Audited Financial Statements
  • Annex to the Statement of Management Responsibility including Internal Control over Financial Reporting
• 2011-12
• 2010-11
• 2009-10
• 2008-09
• 2007-08
• 2006-07

Reports on plans and priorities

• 2016-17
  • Supplementary Information
  • Future Oriented Financial Statements
• 2015-16
  • Supplementary Information
  • Future Oriented Financial Statements
• 2014-15
  • Supplementary Information
  • Future Oriented Financial Statements
• 2013-14
  • Supplementary Information
  • Future Oriented Financial Statements
• 2012-13
  • Supplementary Information
  • Future Oriented Financial Statements
• 2011-12
  • Supplementary Information
  • Three-Year Plan for Transfer Payment Programs
  • Future-Oriented Statement of Operations
• 2010-11
  • Supplementary Information
  • Three-Year Plan for Transfer Payment Programs
• 2009-10
  • Supplementary Information
  • Three-Year Plan for Transfer Payment Programs
• 2008-09
  • Supplementary Information

Multi-year action plans for the implementation of Article 41 of the Official Languages Act

• 2012-2015
• 2009-2012
• 2005-2008

Status reports on the implementation of Article 41 of the Official Languages Act

• 2009
• 2008
• 2007
• Status Reports on the Implementation of Article 41 of the Official Languages Act 2006

Quarterly financial reports

2021-22

• October 1, 2021 - December 31, 2021 (PDF)
• July 1, 2021 - September 30, 2021 (PDF)
• April 1, 2021 - June 30, 2021 (PDF)

2020-21

• October 1, 2020 - December 31, 2020 (PDF)
• July 1, 2020 - September 30, 2020 (PDF)
• April 1, 2020 - June 30, 2020 (PDF)

2019-20

• October 1, 2019 - December 31, 2019 (PDF)
• July 1, 2019 - September 30, 2019 (PDF)
• April 1, 2019 - June 30, 2019 (PDF)

2018-19

• October 1, 2018 - December 31, 2018 (PDF)
• July 1, 2018 - September 30, 2018 (PDF)
• April 1, 2018 - June 30, 2018 (PDF)

2017-18

• October 1, 2017 - December 31, 2017 (PDF)
• July 1, 2017 - September 30, 2017 (PDF)
• April 1, 2017 - June 30, 2017 (PDF)

2016-17

• October 1, 2016 - December 31, 2016 (Revised) (PDF)
• July 1, 2016 - September 30, 2016 (PDF)
• April 1, 2016 - June 30, 2016 (PDF)

2015-16

• October 1, 2015 - December 31, 2015 (PDF)
• July 1, 2015 - September 30, 2015 (PDF)
• April 1, 2015 - June 30, 2015 (PDF)

2014-15

• October 1, 2014 - December 31, 2014 (PDF)
• July 1, 2014 - September 30, 2014 (PDF)
• April 1, 2014 - June 30, 2014

2013-14

• October 1, 2013 - December 31, 2013 (PDF)
• July 1, 2013 - September 30, 2013 (PDF)
• April 1, 2013 - June 30, 2013 (PDF)

2012-13

• October 1, 2012 - December 31, 2012 (PDF)
• July 1, 2012 - September 30, 2012 (PDF)
• Supplementary Data on Budget 2012 Implementation
• April 1, 2012 - June 30, 2012 (PDF)

2011-12

• October 1, 2011 - December 31, 2011 (PDF)
• July 1, 2011 - September 30, 2011 (PDF)
• April 1, 2011 - June 30, 2011 (PDF)

Evaluation reports

2021

Canada First Research Excellence Program

• Evaluation report
• Management response
• Summary

Evaluation of Awards to Scholarly Publications

• Evaluation report
• Management response
• Summary

2020

Evaluation of Aid to Scholarly Journals

• Evaluation report
• Management response
• Summary

Evaluation of the Canada Excellence Research Chairs Program and the Canada 150 Research Chairs Program

• Evaluation report
• Management response
• Summary

15th-Year Evaluation of the Research Support Fund Program

• Evaluation report
• Management response
• Summary

2018

Evaluation of Partnership Funding Opportunities

• Evaluation report
• Management response
• Summary

2017

Evaluation of Commercialization of Research—Centres of Excellence for Commercialization and Research (CECR)

• Evaluation report
• Management response
• Summary

Evaluation of Research-Based Knowledge Culture

• Evaluation report
• Management response
• Summary

2016

Evaluation of the Canada Graduate Scholarships (CGS) Program, 2008-2013

• Evaluation report
• Management response action plan

Evaluation of the Canada Research Chairs Program

• Evaluation report
• Management response

Evaluation of the SSHRC Insight Grants and Insight Development Grants

• Evaluation report (PDF)
• Management response
• Summary

2015

Evaluation of the SSHRC Institutional Grants (SIG) and Aid to Small Universities (ASU) Programs

• Evaluation report
• Management response

Evaluation of the Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships Program

• Evaluation report
• Management response

Evaluation of the Networks of Centres of Excellence (NCE) Program

• Evaluation report
• Management response

Evaluation of the Business-Led Networks of Centres of Excellence (BL-NCE) Program

• Evaluation report
• Management response

Evaluation of SSHRC Fellowships

• Evaluation report
• Management response

2014

Evaluation of the Canada Excellence Research Chairs (CERC) Program Final Evaluation report

• Evaluation report
• Management response

Tenth-Year Evaluation of the Indirect Costs Program

• Evaluation report
• Management response

Evaluation of the Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships Program

• Evaluation report
• Management response

2008

Evaluation of the Aboriginal Research Pilot Program

• Evaluation Report
• SSHRC Management Response

Formative Evaluation of SSHRC’s Research Creation Grants in Fine Arts Program

• Evaluation Report with Appendices
• SSHRC Management Response

Review and Conceptualization of Impacts of Research-Creation in the Fine Arts

• Final Report

2007

Evaluation of the Joint Initiative (JI) Program Mechanism

• Evaluation Report
• SSHRC Management Response

Evaluation of the Networks of Centres of Excellence

• Evaluation Report
• Management Response

2005

• Performance Report: SSHRC’s Major Collaborative Research Initiatives (MCRI) Program

2004

• Data Analysis of Milestone and Year One Reports: Community-University Research Alliances (CURA) Program
• Evaluation of the Aid to Occasional Research Conferences and International Congresses in Canada Program with Appendices
• Formative Evaluation of the Aid to Scholarly Publications Program (ASPP)
  • Part I—Evaluation Report
  • Part II—Context for Scholarly Publishing
  • Part III—Case Study Reports
• Performance Report: Phase I of the Community-University Research Alliances (CURA) Program

2000

• Evaluation of the Metropolis Joint Initiative Program