Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences

All this week - thousands of delegates from around the world are gathering at the downtown campus of Concorida University.

They're attending the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences.

It used to be called "the Learneds" - and it's billed as the largest annual academic gathering in Canada.

On all the street corners around the campus, you'll find volunteers in bright blue t-shirts - with the word "questions" on the back.

They are there to answer all the delegates questions.  Shawn Apel asked the volunteers some questions of his own.