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Research News BulletinAUGUST 2010: Issue 10

Please visit the (New!!) Research website for information on Internal and External funding opportunities, upcoming book launches, the Research Ethics Board, policies, guidelines and deadlines.

Congratulations!

Warm congratulations to Dr. Mikhail Molchanov of the Political Science department for being awarded a SSHRC Research and Development Initiative award, valued at $38, 500 to study Russia’s bilateral relations with the Eurasian countries.

Research Ethics Board

The “Guidelines for Human Pluripotent Stem Cell Research” have been updated, effective June 30, 2010. Please visit http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/42006.html for details.

Senate Research Committee

Conference Travel Grants and Grants in Lieu of Salary continue to operate on a ‘rolling’ deadline.Apply when you need the $$! Send your application to the Research Office or to [email protected]

The Research Office has put together all the important funding information you need for the upcoming season of grant competitions and beyond into 2011.

PLEASE NOTE THE DEADLINES within these listings…

STU Senate Research Committee Internal grant deadlines for 2010-2011External SSHRC Deadlines (with the new architecture) with Graduate Award deadlines 2010-2011

Dr. Gayle MacDonald, Dean of Research

Danielle Connell, Office Assistant

Kayla Follett, Student Assistant

ST. THOMAS UNIVERSITYRESEARCH OFFICE

G E O R G E MA R T I N HA L L, S U I T E 202

Research Office WorkshopsFaculty Research Grants Writing Workshop Graduate Studies Master’s SSHRC Workshop

More info to follow via email and our new website.

Faculty are becoming interested in the possibilities that our new partnership with the University of Ulster Magee campus will afford for faculty and students, in disciplines in addition to Irish and Scottish Studies (the Masters programme on which we’re partnering). If this is something you’d like to explore, let us know at the RO.

The RO will be meeting with the Department of Social Work to discuss plans for an MSW, as pursuant to our agreement with the Graduate Studies Council of New Brunswick. More details on this will follow.

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Research Data Centers Program @ UNB

SSHRC, CIHR, CFI, Statistics Canada and a consortium of univerResearch Data Centres Program (RDC) to twentyneighbour, UNB, happens to host a RDC branch! This is an excellent resource for researprovides access to confidential microdata masterfiles from a wide range of population and household surveys... and only a quick walk down the hill.

Current Projects

Workshop - tentatively set for August 24th

Workshop – tentatively set for September 28th

More info to follow via email and our new website.

Graduate Studies

Faculty are becoming interested in the possibilities that our new partnership with the University of er Magee campus will afford for faculty and students, in disciplines in addition to Irish and Scottish

Studies (the Masters programme on which we’re partnering). If this is something you’d like to explore,


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Research Data Centers Program @ UNB

Statistics Canada and a consortium of universities have partnered to bring tResearch Data Centres Program (RDC) to twenty-one campuses across the country. Our closest

r, UNB, happens to host a RDC branch! This is an excellent resource for researprovides access to confidential microdata masterfiles from a wide range of population and household surveys... and only a quick walk down the hill. There are 6 workstations on the 3rd floor of Keirstead

Faculty are becoming interested in the possibilities that our new partnership with the University of er Magee campus will afford for faculty and students, in disciplines in addition to Irish and Scottish

Studies (the Masters programme on which we’re partnering). If this is something you’d like to explore,


sities have partnered to bring the one campuses across the country. Our closest

r, UNB, happens to host a RDC branch! This is an excellent resource for researchers, as it provides access to confidential microdata masterfiles from a wide range of population and household

There are 6 workstations on the 3rd floor of Keirstead

Hall, each running the latest statistical software. Active users of the RDC include faculty from engineering, education, economics, mathematics and statistics, nursing, political science, psychology, and sociology. If you are interested in this possibility, please contact Gayle at [email protected]. This option involves $$ and will only be available to us if we cobble together the fee (much reduced for us, but still sizeable).

Conferences, Calls For Papers/Proposals

Conference: Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice2011 CIAJ Annual Conference - October 13 & 14, 2011 - Montreal, Quebechttp://www.ciaj-icaj.ca/

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Call for Papers: Critic and Conscience?

http://www.victoria.ac.nz/law/events/lsaanz2010/index.aspx________________________________

Call for Abstracts: Ontario HIV Treatment2010 Annual Research Conference in Toronto on November 15 and 16, 2010The theme of the event is Research at the Front Lines: Targeting the Complexities of HIV

For more information on the event, see the conference websiteAbstracts can be submitted online. The abstract submission deadline is September 7, 2010Contact Conference Coordinator at (416) 642-6486 ext. 2215

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New Brunswick Health Research Foundation (NBHRF) 2nd Annual ConferenceNovember 1-2, 2010Saint John Trade and Convention Center

A preliminary conference agenda and registration form will be available online soon.

Click here for Invitation and Form to submit posters for the NBHRF 2nd Annual Conference.________________________________

Taste Fantastic: Sourcing and Preparing Local Foods at Tatamagouche CentreOctober 5 - 7; Tues 7pm to Thurs 1pm

Click here for full details and to Register

Email: [email protected]: 1-800-218-2220

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The National Restorative Justice SymposiumNovember 14-16, 2010 (during National Restorative Justice Week)Regina, Saskatchewan

The Symposium is being hosted by the John Howard Society - Regina Council with the active collaboration of many other agencies involved in restorative justice. The Symposium will be valuable for restorative justice practitioners; the staff and volunteers of Aboriginal justice, social justice, and community-based justice programs; criminal justice officials; educators; academics; members of faith communities; and anyone with an interest in restorative justice and effective responses to crime and conflict. The theme of the 2010 National Restorative Justice Symposium is “Reflexions: Past, Present and Future.”

Call for PresentersRegistration Form

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RESOLVE RESEARCH DAYWednesday November 17th, 2010Calgary, Alberta

SAVE THE DATE / CALL FOR ABSTRACTS (Submission Deadline: September 7th, 2010)

RESOLVE is a tri-provincial prairie research network that seeks solutions to violence and abuse. RESOLVE’s research mandate primarily focuses on violence involving women and girls, however, we conduct research on all forms of family violence in the broader context of communities and schools.

We are looking for completed research projects or presentations that describe interesting elements of the research project (such as challenges, successes, and partnerships).

Email to: [email protected] or [email protected]_______________________________

7th Canadian Risks and Hazards Network Symposium: Connecting with CanadiansOctober 27 – 29Fredericton Delta HotelTopic: Public Engagement in Disaster Risk Reduction

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Call for Proposals - Canada's R&D Partnership Conference

December 5-7 at the Westin Hotel, Ottawa, ON

Innovation2010 – Canada’s R&D Partnership Forum will address the future of competitiveness and innovation in Canada’s economy. Emphasizing collaboration, strategy, creativity and

internationalization, and aimed at stimulating real-world, practical ideas and solutions, at Innovation 2010, you will:

o Help shape how Canada’s world-renowned research excellence can become the nextgeneration of products and services to benefit Canadians and Canadian industry

o Develop new partnerships and collaborationso Network with key players from Canada’s industry, research and commercialization

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The New Brunswick Innovation Forum 2010: Atlantic Canada’s Fast Track to IT OpportunitiesOctober 5-6, 2010Saint John Trade and Convention Center, Saint John, NB

Updated Program at a Glance: See details on the panelists and the innovative ideas and business opportunities that are open to you.

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Call for Papers & Participation: Intellectbase International Consortium Academic Conferences

Intellectbase International Consortium provides an open discussion forum for Academics, Researchers, Engineers and Practitioners from the following multi-disciplinary research areas: BESTMAPS - Business, Education, Science, Technology, Management, Administration, Political, Social etc. We encourage a range of national and international research topics

All submitted papers must be in English and be accompanied by a cover page identifying the date, location of the conference, each author(s) name, title, preferred phone, e-mail, full affiliation, a 200 -500 word Abstract and keywords. Please attach and email your submission in Microsoft Word format to [email protected].

Where: Atlanta, GA Where: Las Vegas, NVWhen: October 14-16 When: December 16-18Submission Deadline: September 26 Submission Deadline: November 26

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Knowledge Brokering Workshop: Research Impact Organized with Environment Canada and the Canadian Water NetworkThe workshop will take place in Montreal on October 20, the day before the CDN Science Policy Conference 2010 (http://sciencepolicy.ca/cspc2010).

http://www.ec.gc.ca/scitech/default.asp?lang=En&n=8B093953-1

Please contact Sheila Allan ([email protected]) for more information.

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Fuse, Knowledge Exchange in Public Health Conference CALL FOR ABSTRACTS AND REGISTRATION NOW OPENApril 11th-12th 2011Ramside Hall Hotel, County Durham, UK

Any queries should be sent to the conference administrator at: [email protected]

General Information

This book is available in our office to all faculty, as well as dozens of other valuable resource texts.

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Association of Atlantic Universities (AAU) - second volume of the AAU Public Policy Paper Series, shares its perspective on why University Research is Vital to the Growth of the Knowledge Economy

Canada’s leading economists agree that the knowledge economy is becoming increasingly important as the nation’s traditional manufacturing sector declines. This paper suggests that the world-class research capabilities, already in place Atlantic Canada’s 17 universities, give Atlantic Canada a competitive advantage in this new economic order. The private sector’s role is clear: It must partner with academic researchers in building a stronger, more efficient, greener economy in a region poised for success. Compared to most competitor nations in the developed world, Canada has established its universities as centres of Research and Development excellence.

Leading research organizations, including the Rockefeller Institute, have concluded that universities have become the real incubators of success in North America’s knowledge economy. Atlantic Canada’s 17 universities continue to demonstrate that they have research capacity in place that can serve as a catalyst for progressive growth. In the past year, two institutions in the region have received national recognition and federal funding as centres of research excellence.

Read the full article here...________________________________

Upcoming Events

Dr. Debbie van den Hoonaard would like to announce that Wednesday, August 25th, a visiting Professorfrom India, Dr. Jamuna Duvvuru will be presenting a lecture at 1:30pm in BMH101. More details will follow from her office.

Also, The Atlantic Centre for Qualitative Research and Analysis is pleased to announce the Fifth Annual Qualitative Lecture and Workshop to be held on Friday and Saturday, September 24th and 25th. The 2010 conference keynote speaker and workshop presenter is Dr. Kerry Daly from the University of Guelph. His lecture is entitled: "Any time but now: Obstacles to mindfulness" and the workshop will discuss "The Art of Generating Theory from Data." The Friday lecture is open to the public and free of charge. Pre-registration is required for the Saturday workshop. Please visit http://w3.stu.ca/stu/sites/acqra/symposium.html for details and registration form.

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Research Office CENTENARY PROJECTDr. Lori Beaman, Canada Research Chair in Contextualization of Religion in a Diverse Canadawill be on campus as a Visiting Scholar with the Atlantic Human Rights Centre, from September-December, 2010, working out of the RO. She will be delivering a major guest lecture, and bringing in some significant speakers. A recent winner of a $2.1 million MCRI grant (5 were granted in the country this year), she will be conducting some of her research between here and her summer home on Deer Island. And she’s originally from Sussex!

Also, a talk will be given by Dr. Pam Dickey-Young, (Professor, Religion and Culture, Theology, Women's Studies, Queen’s University) as a part of Dr. Beaman’s stay here at STU. Dr. Dickey-Young is the RO’s contribution to the Equity Campaign by FAUST and we look forward to introducing her and Dr. Beaman to all faculty and staff at St. Thomas.

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We are now happily working to make our new section of the STU website accessible and up-to-date. We welcome all staff, faculty and students to peruse the many pages and provide us with questions, comments and feedback. Over the coming months we anticipate moving the majority of the

information contained within our two bulletins back to the web. We will do our best to make the transition as smooth and sensible as possible.

Please feel free to drop in during office hours (8am-5pm) to enjoy a fresh (free) cup of our Fair Trade coffee.

All the best for an enjoyable resumption of classes,

The Research Office staffGayle, Danielle and Kayla

Research OfficeP: (506) 452-0647F: (506) 452-9591 [email protected]://staging.stu.ca/research/

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