Graduate Research at FIMS, Law and Music
Research Information for Western Graduate Students in FIMS, Law & Music
Where do you start when your goal is to influence policy? This systematic review looks at the advice provided to academics and is synthesized in this KTECOP (Canadian Knowledge Transfer and Exchange Community of Practice) post.
Oliver, K. & Cairney, P. (2019). The dos and don’ts of influencing policy: A systematic review of advice to academics. Palgrave Communications, 5(21). https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-019-0232-y
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You are invited to the SGPS March Scholars to Leaders Guest Speaker Event. This is the final of the year.
“Oh, the Places You’ll Go!”: How to Get Where You Want to Be
Lisa Cechetto
Executive Director of WORLDiscoveries
Wednesday, March 27, 2019
12:30pm
IGAB Atrium
International and Graduate Affairs Building (IGAB)
Pizza will be available on a ‘first come, first served’ basis for those attending the event. No registration is required.
Lisa Cechetto has worked in both industry and academia and her most recent appointment was at Institut Pasteur Korea where she was the Director of Business Development and Intellectual Property. In this position she was responsible for the commercialization of the institute’s research inputs while balancing the interests of key stakeholders including government, faculty and third parties. Lisa obtained her BSc from the University of Guelph and her MSc from McMaster University. She also obtained dual executive MBA degrees from the Kelley School of Business, Indiana University and Sungkyunkwan University.
Universities Canada, in partnership with Employment & Social Development Canada, is promoting the Innovative Designs for Accessibility (IDeA) student competition. This national initiative encourages students in all undergraduate and graduate programs to develop innovative, cost-effective and practical solutions to accessibility issues for people with disabilities. The competition invites students’ ideas that address barriers in society within one of three streams:
For more information and to see complete contest guidelines visit:www.univcan.ca/accessibility
Three first-place entries will be awarded a top prize of $5,000 plus receive an invitation to present their concept, program, initiative or design at an innovation or accessibility themed conference (travel and conference fees will be covered for up to two students per winning team). Three second-place entries will be awarded $1,500, and three third-place entries will be awarded $1,000.
Each university can make a total of 10 submissions to the competition and all entries must first be vetted and nominated by Western’s IDeA representative prior to students making a formal submission.
For this year’s competition, the vetting process for Western entries will be coordinated through the Provost’s Office
Deadline for submissions is April 30, 2019.
All entries and questions about the competition should be directed to the Provost’s Office through Gayle Stuebing at gstuebin@uwo.ca .
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The FIMULAW Interdisciplinary Graduate Research Day is fast approaching – Friday, March 22, 2019.
The FIMULAW organizing committee would like to invite you to pre-register for the event by following this link: https://goo.gl/forms/eU0EQbztQ0GPHhOx2.
Pre-registration allows you to specify any dietary needs you may have so that appropriate accommodations may be made for the luncheon.
NEW this year, the FIMULAW organizing committee also offers each attendee a sheet of personalized business cards to be shared with colleagues and peers, if requested. If interested, please indicate this on the registration form.
FIMULAW Interdisciplinary Graduate Research Day is made possible through the generous support of Research Western and the Faculties of Information and Media Studies, Music, and Law.
Thanks to the FIMULAW Graduate Interdisciplinary Research Day organizers for some great resources on creating posters for an academic audience. See this blog post to access the resources.
Many researchers conduct research outside their home institution, which is also known as multi-jurisdictional research. Examples of this kind of work include scholars collaborating with colleagues at other institutions or physically conducting their own research at other institutions.
The Tri-Council Policy Statement (2nd Ed.; 2014), chapter 8 indicates each institution is responsible for reviewing research conducted under its jurisdiction. At Western, this includes research conducted by the University’s own faculty, staff and students, and research conducted by external researchers using Western’s resources. The Office of Human Research Ethics (OHRE) has developed guidelines for Multi-Jurisdictional Research to help Western and external researchers alike determine when Western’s REB oversight is needed.
If you are unsure if your research project or your role in a research project requires Western Research Ethics Board (REB) oversight the OHRE has developed a new process. Currently, there is a fillable pdf document called “Determining REB Oversight for Peripheral Collaborations” that can be submitted to the OHRE for review. The OHRE will be moving to have this document added to WREM as a separate Multi-Jurisdictional research application form and will send out correspondence once that has been implemented.
Both the Multi-Jurisdictional Research guidance document and Determining REB Oversight for Peripheral Collaborations fillable pdf can be found on the website here.
If you have any questions, please contact the OHRE at ethics@uwo.ca or 519-661-3036.
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The 2019 International Policy Ideas Challenge organized by Global Affairs Canada in partnership with the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) closes on March 29, 2019.
This is a great opportunity to promote your work (graduate students and postdoctoral fellows) and your contributions to policy development.
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RDC Statistical Assistant
Classification: Statistics Canada part-time worker CR-04
Salary: approximately $20/hour; fixed schedule 11.75 hours per week and variable schedule as needed
Language requirement: English essential
Job description:
Qualifications:
Assets:
Personal suitability: Client Service Orientation, Initiative, Reliability, Thoroughness, Judgement Security clearance: Enhanced Reliability Check is a condition for employment
Preference given to Canadian citizens and Permanent residents of Canada. Please indicate your citizenship status on your cover letter and/or resume.
Please submit your resume and a cover letter outlining how your education and experience relate to the position to rdc@uwo.ca by March 14, 2019. Successful candidates will be contacted for an interview.
For any further questions contact Nathalie Goodwin at nathalie.goodwin@uwo.ca or Tina Luu Ly at tluuly@uwo.ca.
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Women in International Security (WIIS) – Canada is pleased to announce its 12th annual workshop:
Security and Power in a Tumultuous World Order
Munk School of Global Affairs,
Toronto, June 19-21, 2019
Presentation proposals due: March 22, 2019
Women in International Security (WIIS)-Canada is proud to invite applications from graduate students* to participate in its 12th annual Workshop, to be held at the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs from June 19-21, 2019. WIIS-Canada is a national network dedicated to advancing the position of women students, scholars, and practitioners in the field of international affairs, defence, and security. Up to 35 graduate students will be selected to present their research and take part in skill-building, networking, and mentorship exercises with subject-matter experts from academia, government, military, and the non-profit and private sectors.
This year’s theme, “Security and Power in a Tumultuous World Order” offers participants a platform to survey and analyze the dramatic changes in international security and cooperation since the 2016 United States’ general election. In addressing these challenges, the workshop seeks
to diversify the voices in defence and security, encouraging dialogue between traditional and critical approaches, as well as theory and practice.
This year, we seek two types of presentation from graduate students interested in international security, broadly defined. First, we invite five-minute thesis proposals from junior graduate students to receive feedback on early-stage projects. Second, we invite senior graduate students to
propose ten-minute presentations on their research during topical roundtable sessions. Specific topics may include, but are not limited to:
• Tensions between national and international security
• Canada-US relations
• Shifts and transformations in the international system
• New actors in international relations and security
• Indigenous global politics
• Diplomacy and international cooperation
• Feminist methods and methodologies in International Relations
Please send questions and abstracts of a maximum of 250 words, together with a short bio of 150 words, to workshop@wiiscanada.org by Friday March 22, 2019. While we do not expect complete papers to be submitted prior to the workshop, selected participants must submit a detailed outline of their presentation to the organizers by June 1st, 2019.
*WIIS-Canada welcomes workshop applications from all genders.
The Mitacs Globalink Research Award provides $6,000 for senior undergraduate and graduate students, and postdoctoral fellows in Canada to conduct 12–24-week research projects at universities overseas.
The opportunities support travel and research from Canada to universities in: Australia, Brazil, China, EU member countries, (In France, both universities and Inria Research Centres are eligible host institutions), Israel, India, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Norway, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, United Kingdom, United States
Jumpstart your application:
Applications are accepted any time. For participants wanting to travel by a certain date, Mitacs recommends the following timelines:
| Submit your application in: | For travel starting as early as: |
| January | The following summer |
| May | The following fall |
| September | The following winter |
Contact international@mitacs.ca for more information or see the Website.
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