Dr Ted Hewitt has been appointed executive VP at the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), replacing Carmen Charette who was appointed VP external relations at the Univ of Victoria earlier this year. Hewitt comes to SSHRC from Western Univ (formerly Univ of Western Ontario) where he was VP research and international relations until January/12 when he stepped down to pursue research on Brazil. He holds a PhD in sociology from McMaster Univ….