The workshop was convened by the Social Science Research Council of Canada as part of its annual meeting. Its purpose was to explore the possible usefulness of a large-scale conference on the same topic. The three papers presented are included in the final report: (1) social science research needs of smaller Canadian universities (John T. Sears); (2) social science research in small Canadian universities (John R. Hofley); and (3) the problems of social science research in small or new Canadian universities (in French, Andre Bernard). In the papers and the discussion that followed, an assumption was borne out: that little social science research is effectively carried out in these institutions. Additionally, it was also seen that there is in the smaller institutions a growing conflict between increasing pressure for more research activity and the inadequacies of the current situation for conducting research. Two factors are identified as accounting for the difficulty in conducting research: (1) the virtually exclusive undergraduate teaching orientation of the institutions, and (2) their lack of research facilities. (MSE)