The Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences is the largest annual academic gathering in Canada; its multidisciplinary character marks it as unique in the world. Now in its 76th year, it is an important meeting place for new and established academics and researchers working in such diverse areas as anthropology, bibliotherapy, communication and disability studies, English language and literature, francophone 19th-century literature, geography, the history and philosophy of science, international development, Jacques Maritain studies, political science, social work, theatre research, Ukranian and women studies and many more. In 2006 approximately 8,000 delegates representing over 68 learned societies came to Toronto from all over North America, Europe, Africa and Asia to present their research and to debate some of the most important social and cultural questions of the day.