issue 33 may 2013 news bulletin
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Dr. Gayle MacDonald, Assistant Vice-President (Research) Josephine Adda, Proposal Support Officer (Research)
Tanaka Chinembiri, Research Assistant (Research)
Research News - May 2013: Issue 33
Please visit the Research website for information on internal and external funding opportunities,
Upcoming book launches, the Research Ethics Board, and policies, guidelines and deadlines.
ORS News
Article & Paper Publications - if you have published Papers/Articles, we as the Office of Research Services would like to add it to our Article Catalogue. Please email a soft copy of the Paper/Article to [email protected] or send a hard copy to Office of Research Services Brian Mulroney Hall 312. Thank you. In eformat, please.
Workshops and Conferences
MAY
Stars in Global Health – Round 5 Videos - Watch innovators explain their Bold Ideas with
Big Impact for solving the world's most persistent health challenges. Over 450 videos from 40
countries were submitted as part of the application process for Round 5 of the Stars in Global
Health program. All videos are two minutes or less. If you want to make comments then you
must register and be logged in. Videos are available for viewing until May 31, 2013.
http://applications.grandchallenges.ca/
Mind to Market: A Workshop for Commercializing Ideas May 27 & 28, 2013 Location: St. John’s NL
Of Special interest to: Students, Researchers, Entrepreneurs, Early Stage Companies
Cost: $50.00 Free for students
For more information and to register please click
here: http://springboardatlantic.ca/events_main/event/995/
FIELDS, FOREST and OCEANS: 2nd Annual Atlantic Canada Bio-refinery Conference
May 30-31, 2013. Location: Charlottetown, PEI
Business professionals, growers, fish processors, foresters, government officials, academics and
students should attend this event to hear from array of regional and national experts talking
about their field experience and addressing the challenges of innovation , business
management and commercialization of our region bio resources.
Cost: $75.00, Students are free.
For more information and to register please click
here: http://springboardatlantic.ca/events_main/event/728/
Designing Productivity V: Productivity and Innovation Challenges in Atlantic Canada May 31, 2013. Location: Halifax, NS
The Industrial Engineering department at Dalhousie University is pleased to announce the renewal of the Designing Productivity Conference series - the conference series is designed to bring the industrial engineering and business communities together to discuss local productivity themes and challenges .Of special interest to: engineers, business executives,
researchers, students. Cost: General: $80, Student: $30
For more information and to register please click
here: http://springboardatlantic.ca/events_main/event/924/
JUNE
Collaborating Across Borders (CAB) IV - Transformative Change from the Classroom to
Practice. This is being held on the June 12-14, 2013 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
CAB IV is the fourth joint conference that links Canada and the United States around inter
professional education (IPE) and practice (IPP). CAB IV will continue the traditions established
by previous CAB conferences by focusing on the themes of education, practice, leadership and
policy in a North American context. The conference will feature best practices, showcase
evidence-based outcomes and lessons learned, and provide a venue for scholarly dialogue and
productive networking. Please visit http://www.cabiv.ca/ for more information.
Canadian Association of Continuing Health Education (CACHE) 2013 Annual Conference.
Evolving the Continuum of Learning; Shifting Cultures towards Collaboration: How we work
and learn together for the benefit of learners and patients is scheduled for June 11, 2013, in
Vancouver, BC. Please visit for more information http://www.interprofessional.ubc.ca/cache/
Congress of Humanities and Social Science is being held at the University of Victoria June 1-8
2013. For further information you can refer to the link: http://www.congress2013.ca/about-
congress
Theme: Transforming Higher Education in the Arab World - Date: 9 & 10 June
2013 Venue: Irbid & Petra, Jordan. For details of the seminar programme, participation fee and
registration form, please visit qsinconversation.com
Alliance of Canadian Comprehensive Research Universities (ACCRU) meetings - The
University of Lethbridge and the University Northern British Columbia are the 2013 co-hosts for
the (ACCRU) meetings. This year the meeting will be held on June 19 and 20th with one day
(June 20th) dedicated to ACCRU meetings. This will be held in Ottawa. Please visit for more
information
12th Annual Advances in Qualitative Methods Conference - June 21 - 23, 2013 Edmonton,
Alberta, Canada. For more information on TQ 2013. Please telephone or visit for more
information (780) 492-9041
http://www.iiqm.ualberta.ca/Conferences_and_Workshops/AdvancesinQualitativeMethods.aspx
Late Summer
CFP: International Congress on Gender Violence: Intersectional ties. Held at Oñati
International Institute for the Sociology of Law Oñati, 10 – 12 July 2013. For further
information: IISL (Meetings), Antigua Universidad, Apartado 28, 20560 Oñati (Gipuzkoa) –
Spain Tel.: +34 943 71 88 89; Fax: +34 943 78 31 47; E-Mail: [email protected]
The 2013 Summer Conference -"Coming Together as One: Navigating the Relationship
between Indigenous Peoples of Canada and Canadians". Geneva Park, August 8-11, 2013.
The 2013 Couchiching Conference is a unique forum for open, non-partisan discussion about the
significant historical and contemporary issues that affect the relations of Indigenous Peoples of
Canada and Canadians. It will explore, under different frames, including constitutional, social
justice, economic, and environmental, how we can move forward to create a just and mutually
respectful relationship between Indigenous Peoples and Canadians. Keynote Speakers - Hon.
Paul Martin, Roberta L. Jamieson is a Mohawk woman from the Six Nations of the Grand River
Territory in Ontario named three times to the Women’s Executive Network’s Top 100 list and
she is a Member of the Order of Canada.
Autumn
CASRAI international conference (Reconnect13) .The 2nd
Annual conference will be held on
October 16-18, 2013 at the Chateau Laurier in Ottawa, Canada. The conference program is still
evolving but the theme track is "BIG DATA: THE ADVANCE OF DATA-DRIVEN
DISCOVERY". The theme will focus on the unique perspectives of those supporting research
and innovation. The theme track (with keynote and plenaries) is co-sponsored by Research Data
Canada. Please visit for more information (http://rds-sdr.cisti-icist.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca).
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Prevention Conference . September 23-25, 2013
FASD is hosting its First International Conference on Prevention of FASD in Edmonton,
Alberta, Canada. Please visit for more information www.fasdedmonton2013.ca/FASD-
Prevention
Call for Papers
“Intercontinental Cross‐Currents: Women’s (Net‐) Works across Europe And the Americas (1776‐1939).” Dec. 5‐7, 2013, Martin‐Luther‐University Halle‐ Wittenberg, Germany. Inviting abstracts from literary, historical and cultural studies Perspectives focusing on the literal and metaphorical networks created and navigated by Women from the American Revolution to the onset of the Second World War. Please follow link for more information: Innovation 2013: The Changing Landscape of Partnership & Commercialization- in
Toronto, December 4-6. Call for Topics: Please follow the link for more information:
http://bit.ly/141tD4P. If you have any questions at all, please feel free to contact directly: Janet E
Scholz (President & CEO, ACCT Canada) Direct phone: 250-229-4137 or any of the following
emails:
Lost Souls
We have been going through our library and the following books have been taken out but not signed out. If you borrowed any of the following books please return them as soon as possible.
o Jovan Every.ca (2009). Writing your SSHRC Grant Proposal: Helping you achieve your research goals. Jo VanEvery.
o Lukerm K. (2010). Salsa dancing into the Social Sciences: Research in an age of
info-glut. Harvard University Press
o Lather, P. (2007). Getting Lost: Feminist Efforts toward a Double (d) Science.
NY: State University of New York Press.
o Michaelsen, Larry K. & Sweet, Michael (eds.) (2012) Team-Based Learning
in the Social Sciences and Humanities: Group Work That Works to Generate Critical Thinking and Engagement. Sterling Virginia: Stylus Publishing.
o Stevens, D.D. & Levi, A.J. (2005). Introduction to rubrics: An assessment tool
to save grading time, convey effective feedback and promote student learning. Sterling, Virginia: Stylus Publishing
o MacDonald, M. & Owen, M.K. (2004). On building solutions for women’s
equality: Matrimonial property on reserve, community development and advisory councils. CRIAW-ICREF.
o McCormick, Christopher. Constructing Danger: Emotions and
Mis/Representation of Crime in the News (Second Edition). Fernwood Publishing.
o Reid, John G. , & Savoie, Donald J. (2011). Shaping an Agenda for Atlantic
Canada. Fernwood Publishing.
Best wishes with your research, The ORS staff: Gayle MacDonald, Josephine Adda, and Tanaka Chinembiri
For information on upcoming deadlines for Funding Applications, our Resource Library, or regarding Research related activities contact the Office of Research Services at 452-0647 or [email protected] for more info.