issue 34 june 2013 news bulletin
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Dr. Gayle MacDonald, Assistant Vice-President Josephine Adda, Proposal Support Officer
Shannon Briand, Office Coordinator Tanaka Chinembiri, Research Assistant
Research News - June 2013: Issue 34
In Memoriam Andy Scott, former MP and Cabinet Minister, President of NB's Social Policy Research Network, an agency that he had the vision and foresight to begin, Aboriginal peoples advocate, learning mentor and friend and ally to higher education, and especially to St. Thomas, has died at the age of 58 in Fredericton, early in the morning June 25th. Those of us who worked with Andy on his many projects involving faculty will remember him for his boundless optimism, his unfailing sense of humour, his incredible energy and his deep and compassionate sense of social justice. A friend to all who knew him and a mentor to many, the loss of Andy is one for Barker's Point, for Fredericton, for New Brunswick, for Canada, and for First Nations everywhere. Andy's was a life well lived.
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.
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] Thank you.
Dear Faculty: Are you planning on getting some writing done this summer? Did you do the same last summer? And how did it go? If you're like most of us, we plan to write much more than we actually accomplish. Karen Robert (History) has given the ORS her best strategies for writing and actually getting it finished and published. She is willing to chat with
anyone who wants to about how this technique actually works. You can reach her at [email protected] and if there is sufficient interest, we at the ORS can sponsor a workshop for any of you who would like to talk about the process of writing, what works and what doesn’t.
2013 Summer Conference –“Coming Together as One: Navigating the Relationship between Indigenous Peoples and Canada”. Geneva Park, August 8-11, 2013
Conference Co-Chairs, Amanuel Melles and Leon Thompson
In its history, Couch has never put on a conference that mattered this much or that drives as deeply at the heart of what it means to be “Canada.” Every Conversation we have put on this year – with Hayden King, with Buffy Ste. Marie, with Bob Watts, and with Mark Douglas – has made clear that there is a hunger for discussion between and among Indigenous and non-Indigenous Canadians, a hunger to reframe the relationship, a hunger to recognize that we are all treaty peoples and that we need to rethink the way we constitute ourselves if we are to move forward as a country. Too much depends on it to ignore it. Register now, while early bird rates are still in effect. Don’t leave it – because this Summer Conference is going to sell out. If you know students or folks who can’t afford to come on their own steam, have them check out our scholarships. For more information or to register for the conference visit the Couchiching Institute website
Workshops and Conferences
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]
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
The Symposium on Excellence in Aging Care will be held on September 25-27, 2013 at the Journey Wesleyan Church, 131 Duncan Lane in Fredericton, NB. Once again leaders in the long term care field from across the country and the US will speak. We are offering a special rate of $150 to make it easier for board
members to attend this very relevant event. We feel that these are difficult times and that board chairs need to take advantage of every opportunity to become conversant with issues in long term care. Also, a daily rate of $75 has been approved, a “per session” rate of $30. Please go to the York Foundation website to see the brochure along with registration forms. Nowhere in Eastern Canada, and perhaps nowhere in Canada, will you see an array of such expertise brought together for one symposium.
NeuroDevNet Annual Research Conference
Save the Date! Registration opening soon... NeuroDevNet Fourth Annual Brain Development Conference September 29 - October 1, 2013 Vancouver, BC
Visit our Virtual Conference to view photographs, review presentation slides, and access video and audio files from the Third Annual Brain Development Conference.
Welcomes you to the Association of Atlantic Universities 2013 Teaching Showcase!
October 26, 2013 in Sackville, NB. The annual Association of Atlantic Universities Teaching Showcase provides a forum to reflect on teaching practice, discuss issues related to university teaching and learning, and share teaching strategies. The theme for 2013 is:
“Assessment: Teaching, Learning, and Quality.” • An excellent place to hear teaching ideas • A place to discuss teaching issues with faculty from the region • A place to present/encourage sharing teaching ideas – a teaching conference
presentation/abstract counts on your year-end record! • A good place to get a low-stress peer-reviewed paper published based on a presentation
Visit the website for more information http://www.mta.ca/aaushowcase2013/
The second in the ISSC’s series of Fora, on the theme “Social Transformations and the Digital Age”. This event will take place in Montreal, Canada, from 13-15 October 2013 and is being hosted and organised by a Canadian consortium led by the International Political Science Association (IPSA).
See the ISSC website for more information
Join us for two special events on Narrative with Dr.Arthur Frank: renowned narrative scholar and author of The wounded storyteller and Letting stories breathe: A socio-narratology, will be delivering a public lecture and leading a two day master class on narrative and narrative analysis at St. Thomas University, Fredericton, New Brunswick in October. The master class will be of interest to faculty, researchers and graduate students across disciplines. John McKendy Memorial Lecture on Narrative “The Limits, Dangers, and Absolute Indispensability of Stories” Wednesday, October 23 at 7:00 pm Kinsella Auditorium - McCain Hall Two Day Master Class on Narrative “What People Do With Stories and What Stories Do With People” Thursday, October 24 and Friday, October 25 8:30 am - 4:30 pm Holy Cross Conference Room
The workshop is aimed at students, graduates, faculty and researchers who have some knowledge and/or experience of narrative research. Cost: $250 Further details and registration forms available from: Lauren Eagle at (506) 452-7709 or [email protected]. or visit the STU website events page
19th Qualitative Health Research Conference- Navigating the Diversity of Qualitative Research Abstract Submission Closes - June 30, 2013 QHR is the premier international and interdisciplinary conference for the dissemination and discussion of developments in qualitative health research. Attended annually by over 250 delegates from all over the world, the QHR Conference features keynote addresses, panel discussions, symposia & oral presentations on ‘state of the art’ work from international researchers and opportunities to learn and consolidate skills at workshops.
Abstracts are invited from scholars engaged in qualitative health research in such disciplines as public health, nursing, medicine, social work, psychology, sociology, information science, education, human ecology, anthropology, dentistry, physiotherapy, rehabilitation, occupational therapy, speech therapy, and many more! For Full Conference Info and to Submit an Abstract Click HERE .Early Bird Registration now open, Conference Oct 27-29, 2013 in Halifax, NS.
Agricultural Biotechnology International Conference, ABIC 2013 Call for Posters
Students, scientists and researchers are invited to submit abstracts of your work and prepare posters for display during the ABIC 2013 conference September 15 - 18, 2013 in Calgary Alberta. Topics will be related to the academic research or development
effort, which could potentially provide solutions to, or address, unmet needs in agriculture related biotechnology. Poster abstracts should outline the problem the research or development effort addresses and identify potential commercial markets.
Cash prizes will be awarded to the best poster in each of the four subject areas:
• Health and Agriculture (Food) • Environment / Global Stewardship • Productivity / Quality • Energy
Poster presenters must also complete the ABIC 2013 Calgary Abstract Submission Form and submit it with their abstract to the Conference Coordinator by Thursday August 1, 2013 by email to [email protected]. Individuals must register for the ABIC conference before submitting their work. So register today and save up to $400 by registering early. To register, click http://www.abic.ca/abic2013/html/registration.html.
Call for Papers and Proposals
Fall’s issue of Teaching Perspectives- Submissions Deadline- August 1st
• We seek articles on any topic related to Teaching and
Learning for the “focus articles”. These are typically 1-2000 words. They should be on a topic of broad interest, and ideally with some content that can be of practical use to other educators. They can be opinion pieces, or be based on presentations at T and L conferences etc.
• Questions for the Dear Dr Mentor: Having a problem and you would like to get advice from regional faculty developers? Ask a question as you would like it to appear – short agony aunt style question. It can be signed “anonymous” in the issue, on request.
• Book reviews. If you have a teaching/learning book you can review it, or we can provide you with some from our library.
• If you have recently presented at a teaching/learning conference, please send us your abstract. It’s good for our community to be informed of our T&L interests.
• Review/report of a technology you have used in the classroom. • Letters to the editor – based on previous articles or other issues.
If you have an idea but are not sure if it is appropriate – please just ask or for more information please contact Dr. James Whitehead [email protected]
Recreation Nova Scotia Conference--Research Symposium Thursday, October 24th, 2013 Holiday Inn - Sydney, Nova Scotia Call for Papers-As a component of the 2013 Recreation Nova Scotia conference there will once again be an opportunity for those involved in research to present their completed work. Please illustrate how your work relates to the theme of the conference, “Collaboration”. Deadline is August 15, 2013. For more information please visit the website
Marie Curie International Fellowships - - Final FP7 Call and First H2020 Calls
The calls for proposals for the 2013 Marie Curie International Fellowships were published to the CORDIS website on March 14th. Proposals are due August 14th. International Outgoing Fellowships provide full funding for European post-doctoral fellows to spend 1-2 years working in a Canadian research institution. International Incoming Fellowships fund Canadian researchers work for 1-2 years in Europe. If you would like assistance in completing a proposal, please contact the ERA-Can secretariat.
There remains only one FP7 call, for research on the Future Internet that will be published to the CORDIS website on June 28, 2013. Any researchers interested in responding, may wish to communicate with their European colleagues or contact ERA-Can for further information.
Note: the first Horizon 2020 calls will also focus on ICT research. They will be launched November 6-8, 2013, at a conference in Vilnius, Lithuania. For more information, please visit: https://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/en/ict-2013
Bridging the Gap! The 5th Annual New Brunswick Health Research Conference presented by the University of New Brunswick Saint John and the New Brunswick Health Research Foundation will be held at the Hilton Saint John on November 14-15, 2013.
As in previous years there will be poster presentations on health research and this year again we are pleased to include cash prizes. For information on how to submit an abstract for poster presentations please go to our “Poster Call” page. For more information visit the NBHRF website
Atlantic Innovation Fund- Round XI- Since its launch in 2001, the Atlantic Innovation Fund (AIF) has been helping Atlantic Canadians compete in the global economy through the development and commercialization of new ideas, technologies, products and services.
From developing your business’ innovative products and services to bringing your ideas from the lab to the marketplace, the Atlantic Innovation Fund is there to help. Mandatory letters of intent are now being accepted until August 14, 2013 (2 p.m. AST). Project proposals are due November 6, 2013 (2 p.m. AST). Visit the ACOA website for more information.
JCharlton Publishing Ltd, an emergent wholly owned Canadian publishing house with a solid reputation for bringing critical yet informed voices to the public arena, whose endeavors are centred upon issues of Social Justice are seeking book manuscripts for publication.
JCharlton Publishing is interested in obtaining critical, yet informed, voices that question the status quo when, and where, injustice exists.
If you have a book project that would fall within our area of concentration, and wish to be considered for publication, please forward either an abstract, or manuscript, to [email protected]
Interrogating Access: Current and Future Directions for Scholarly Research and Communications in Canada –
Friday, February 14–Sunday, February 16, 2014 Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, ON
Call for Papers: August 1, 2013
Interrogating Access: Current and Future Directions for Scholarly Research and Communications in Canada is a conference designed to bring together a range of stakeholders in scholarship, particularly those working in the social sciences and humanities. Academic researchers and librarians, university and college administrators, scholarly editors and publishers, and representatives from funding agencies and scholarly associations are all invited to attend and participate to advance our mutual knowledge and understanding about current and future directions of the pursuit, support, and communication of Canadian scholarship. We seek paper proposals from Canadian stakeholders in the scholarly enterprise on topics such as: • the research enterprise and financial supports for the scholar (e.g. research and dissemination) • the strengths and weaknesses of the Canadian research infrastructure (e.g. vetting and acquisition practices associated with libraries and archives; library collaborations and consortia; data collection, integrity and access provided by government, public and private entities; long- term preservation; independent versus partnered research) • scholarly communications and academic capital (e.g. forms of measuring success and their strengths/limitations [metrics and altmetrics]; differentiated credit for outputs across fields; career advancement and scholarly outputs) • scholarly publishing and dissemination (e.g. analysis of business models; external funding; paid and volunteer labour; acquisition, marketing, production, distribution, and discovery; contexts of publication [scholarly societies, scholar-led supported by libraries, or formal publishers]; consortia opportunities) • peer review (e.g. established and alternative models [management and timing of the review process in the research lifecycle, blinded or open]; reliance on a gift economy of labour; credit for peer-reviewed vs. non-peer-reviewed publications) • intellectual property (e.g. copyright and the researcher/creator, the publisher, the instructor, the librarian, the student; Access Copyright, commercial databases and alternative business models for providing access; data mining; open access) • electronic publishing (e.g. relationship between print and electronic publishing models and reading practices; costs/challenges of conversion & archiving; licensing versus ownership; the 'death' of the monograph; publishing and academic status of electronic forms of scholarship such as blogs, websites, apps, etc.; the culture of free and open access and its effects on the dissemination of scholarship) •new directions and initiatives Please send proposals of 250-350 words, accompanied by a brief bio, by August 1, 2013 to:
Lisa Quinn, Wilfrid Laurier University Press [email protected]
Fourth International Conference on Families with Parental Mental Health Challenges: Addressing the Needs of the Whole Family-Call for Abstracts
Friday, April 25 – Sunday, April 27, 2014 Ed Roberts Campus, Berkeley, California, USA This conference will bring researchers, educators, policy-makers, and providers from across disciplines together with members of the judiciary and those with lived experience. The primary aim is to share knowledge and experience, to advance the rights and highlight the needs of families striving to live well with parental mental health challenges. Related objectives include provision of an interactive
forum to discuss common experiences, effective and evidence informed support and advocacy strategies, and contemporary, cutting edge, research. For more information on abstract submission and deadlines or the conference please visit their website here
20th ATLANTIC CANADA STUDIES CONFERENCE 1-4 May 2014 IMAGES OF ATLANTIC CANADA: PAST and PRESENT- Call for Papers The landscape of Atlantic Canada is changing rapidly as out port communities lose people to the oil fields, as towns shutter mills and businesses, and as urban centres grow. People from diverse fields are struggling to make sense of the rapid changes:
writer, Indigenous leaders, scholars, activists, musicians, film makers, and public policy advisers and makers. The 20th Atlantic Canada Studies Conference will explore the shifting images of the region over the last half millennium, but with a special emphasis on the last half century. The conference will be held in Fredericton on the adjoining campuses of the University of New Brunswick and St. Thomas University. Proposals for individual papers, sessions, and workshops are welcome, and presenters are encouraged to use formats that include diverse media. Submissions may be made in English or French. Professionals from all fields concerned with “Images of Atlantic Canada” are welcome. As in the past, papers presented at the Atlantic Canada Studies Conference may be considered for publication in Acadiensis. Hosted by: The University of New Brunswick – Fredericton Campus and St. Thomas University Please send submissions to Beckey Daniel c/o Acadiensis [email protected] by Sept 30, 2013 Inquiries to Dr. Elizabeth Mancke Department of History-UNB [email protected] Or Dr. Michael Boudreau Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice - STU [email protected]
Innovation 2013: The Changing Landscape of Partnership & Commercialization- in Toronto, December 4-6. Call for Topics: Please follow the link for more information: 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: [email protected]
Keep your ears and eyes open for workshops presented by the research office in the fall such as: Digital Humanities and Knowledge Mobilization.
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.
• Jovan Every.ca (2009). Writing your SSHRC Grant Proposal: Helping you achieve your research goals. Jo VanEvery.
• Lukerm K. (2010). Salsa dancing into the Social Sciences: Research in an age of info-glut. Harvard University Press
• Lather, P. (2007). Getting Lost: Feminist Efforts toward a Double (d) Science. NY: State University of New York Press.
• 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.
• 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
Research Resources
• MacDonald, M. & Owen, M.K. (2004). On building solutions for women’s equality: Matrimonial property on reserve, community development and advisory councils. CRIAW-ICREF.
• McCormick, Christopher. Constructing Danger: Emotions and Mis/Representation of Crime in the News (Second Edition). Fernwood Publishing.
• Reid, John G. , & Savoie, Donald J. (2011). Shaping an Agenda for Atlantic Canada. Fernwood Publishing.
New Books in Our Resource Library
Slow Violence and the Environmentalism of the Poor Rob Nixon Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 2011. 370 Pages
The Thesis and the Book: A Guide for First-Time Academic Authors By Elenor Harmen, Ian Montagnes, Siobham McMenemy, and Chris Bucci. University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division © 2003 World Rights 176 Pages
For more information please visit our complete list of Resource Library Books
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] Best wishes with your research and enjoy your summer! The ORS staff: Gayle MacDonald Josephine Adda Shannon Briand Tanaka Chinembiri