Dr Ted Hewitt has been appointed president of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), replacing Dr Chad Gaffield (R$, April 15/14). Hewitt was previously SSHRC's executive VP and COO and has managed the agency's day-to-day operations since Gaffield's departure last August. He joined SSHRC as a member of the governing council in 2011 and took on fulltime duties in 2012 after serving as VP research and international relations and Western Univ (formerly Univ of Western Ontario). Hewitt holds a PhD in sociology from McMaster Univ….