Category: FIMS

Mitacs Elevate (Postdoctoral)

Mitacs Elevate provides two years of postdoc funding valued at $60,000/year plus extensive customized professional development training ($7,500/year non-cash value).

Postdocs:

  • Manage a long-term collaborative research project with a company or not-for-profit
  • Develop business-ready skills in leadership, financial literacy, management and negotiation, project management, problem solving and much more
  • Key deadline: January 23, 2019 – Intent to Apply and Conflict of Interest declaration deadline

For questions or more information, please contact Mitacs at elevate@mitacs.ca.

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Parliamentary Internship Program

The Parliamentary Internship Programme (PIP) is a unique training opportunity for young professionals and recent university graduates. It increases knowledge of Parliament, and provides MPs with skilled assistants.

During their ten-month tenure, interns shadow MPs to learn firsthand about the work that goes on in the House. They write speeches, briefing notes, research reports, and questions for question period. They visit their MPs’ ridings, author innovative research papers on Parliament and the work of MPs, and take part in legislative study tours within Canada and abroad. These internships are full-time, paid positions.

Deadline: January 31, 2019

Eligibility: PIP is open to all candidates who, at the start date of the internship (September 5, 2019)hold Canadian citizenship or permanent residence status; hold at least one university or college degree; and are available to work full-time from September 2019 to July 2020.

More information and applications…

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Centre for Teaching and Learning – Workshops

Western’s Centre for Teaching and Learning is offering workshops this November. If you would like to register for the below session (and explore additional sessions), please click on this link.  Log in using your Western ID and password in order to register.

Getting It Done: Strategies for Finding Focus and Overcoming Procrastination in Graduate School
Friday, November 23
University Community Centre (UCC) 147
9:00 am – 10:30 am
Come to this workshop to discuss strategies for finding focus and making progress on your degree at times when you feel that you are stuck.

Teaching Workshops are also available at this link…

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CBC’s Call for PhD Research

CBC would like to turn your PhD research into a 54-minute Ideas episode as part of their regular feature on the program called “Ideas from the Trenches.”

If you are interested in participating, in a page or less, tell them a bit about yourself and what inspired your interest in your area of study. Describe the focus of your PhD and why it would appeal to a national audience, and outline a few of the key theorists, authors and concepts your PhD explores and challenges. Email your submission to nicola.luksic@cbc.ca.

Deadline: November 16, 2018.

Successful candidates will be expected to participate in a background interview to explain more about your thesis, and then participate in three recording sessions for the documentary itself. Please note that you can be at any stage of the PhD process.

Sample of episodes that have been done so far: Ideas from the Trenches archive.

More info: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/ideas-from-the-trenches-call-out-to-phd-students-1.4879862

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Western’s Scholars to Leaders Series from SGPS

You are invited to attend the October SGPS Scholars to Leaders Guest Speaker Series event.

Professor Mary Crossan is a Distinguished University Professor of General Management at the Ivey School of Business and one of the most highly cited faculty members at Ivey, earning the Academy of Management Review Paper of the Decade Award (1998-2008). Come and listen to her talk about “What I Know Now That I wish I Knew Then”: Activating and Developing Character for Sustained Excellence.

The event takes place this Wednesday, October 31, 2018 at 12:30pm in the IGAB Atrium of the 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.

Visit http://www.grad.uwo.ca/finances/external_funding/index.html for the full roster of speakers this year.

Looking for a Non-Academic Career – Resume Advice

From Academica Group’s Today’s Top Ten in Higher Ed, October 19, 2018:

“Improving your résumé for an alt-ac position

Rather than converting an academic CV into a résumé, Jennifer Polk and L Maren Wood advise PhDs embarking on the nonfaculty job search to write their résumé from scratch to appeal to hiring managers. Polk and Wood explain the different functions, strengths, and failures of CVs and résumés; noting that the details that a CV obscures must be made explicit in a résumé. “Do consider the work you did in academe relevant experience,” they suggest, “but don’t use the language of higher education to talk about what you did as an academic.” Polk and Wood go on to provide a number of tips for improving one’s résumé for alt-academic careers.

[More at] Inside Higher Ed”

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Northern Scientific Training Program: Funding for Students Conducting Northern Research

The Northern Scientific Training Program (NSTP) provides funding for senior undergraduates and graduate students conducting research in the North.

This is a supplementary grants program which was put in place to help defray the high costs of conducting fieldwork in the North and to encourage students to develop a commitment to northern research. The program funds projects on northern topics from all disciplines and in multi-disciplinary fields.

Online application forms are available at: https://nstp-pfsn.fluidreview.com/

The Western deadline for applications is November 11, 2018.

Further information on the program is available at: http://www.canada.ca/en/polar-knowledge/fundingforresearchers/index.html#h2-2

Answers to frequently asked questions are here: http://www.canada.ca/en/polar-knowledge/fundingforresearchers/faq/index.html.

Guidelines for submitting a successful NSTP application (pdf)

CRITERIA and ELIGIBILITY

The Program supports field research in any discipline – life, physical, human and health sciences – as long as the research has an essential orientation and impact on the North.

Funding is available for ALL complete and eligible applications that are submitted from Western.  Typical awards are between $2000 and $3000, with a recommended maximum request of $4500.  Awards are intended to provide travel expenses for students already receiving research funding from another source (for example, a supervisor’s research grant).

The student must be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident and enrolled in a graduate or senior undergraduate (currently in 3rd or 4th year) program at a Canadian university.  Part time students are eligible for NSTP funding.

A student who is employed or remunerated for their research in the field cannot receive NSTP.

Field schools are not eligible.

Geographic eligibility:  The research activity and travel must be north of the sporadic discontinuous permafrost line (approximately 50 deg N), ANYWHERE in the Northern Hemisphere.

SIMPLE APPLICATION PROCESS

IT IS EASY!  The application and statement of research require significantly less content and effort than NSERC, SSHRC or OGS!

Students must go online, create a profile and complete the online application form.  New supervisors will have to create a profile as well.  The forms for students and supervisors are available at: https://nstp-pfsn.fluidreview.com/

Following the field season for which funding was provided, a brief report is required from the student through the online system.

Please follow the instructions in the student manual (http://www.canada.ca/en/polar-knowledge/fundingforresearchers/). Incomplete or incorrectly formatted applications will be returned to the applicant for revision.  Applications received at the deadline that are incomplete or requiring changes may not be accepted.

DEADLINES AND CONTACT INFORMATION

The deadline for completing the online application is 11:59 pm, November 11, 2018.
Please direct any questions to: Northern Studies Committee at northern@uwo.ca

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Open Access Week Activities, October 22-26

Monday – Open Access Week Kickoff Reception

When: 1:00 -3:00 p.m.
Where: D.B. Weldon Library Atrium
Cake, opening remarks, and exploration of what it means to be open! There will be an accompanying art show of data visualizations about open access or made using open data.
Musical performance provided by Ethan Lacey using open sheet music available through the International Music Score Library Project.

Tuesday – Before you Sign: Know your Academic Publishing Rights

When: 10:30 a.m. to noon
Where: TSC Room 121, D.B. Weldon Library
This hands-on workshop empowers participants to understand and exercise their rights as authors. Attendees will have an opportunity to compare publication agreements, learn about tools and best practices for self-archiving, and explore how your rights as an author can help make your work more open. The following FAQ’s will be addressed:
– Who holds the copyright?
– Can I post my work across various sharing platforms?
– Where can I post my work?
– How can I make my work more open?

Wednesday – Creating and Sustaining Inclusive Equitable Open Systems: A Panel Discussion

When: 10:30 a.m. to noon.
Where: Weldon’s Atrium
Increasingly, funders, publishers, universities, and governments are mandating open policies and practices. In the design of new systems that produce and distribute knowledge openly, we must think critically and act with intention to ensure that these systems serve the diverse needs of a global community. This panel of speakers will explore how to increase equity and inclusiveness within scholarship as research becomes more open. Facilitated by Associate Chief Librarian, Bobby Glushko.
List of speakers:
1. Candace Brunette – PhD Candidate in Critical Policy, Equity and Leadership Studies
2. Nafiz Shuva – PhD Candidate in Library Information Science. Research is focused on digital inclusion and open access in developing countries
3. Thomas Peace – Assistant Professor in Canadian History and member of the Open Educational Resources Campus Working Group

Thursday – Before you Sign: Know your Academic Publishing Rights

When: 1:30-3:00 p.m.
Where: TSC Room 120, D.B. Weldon Library
This hands-on workshop empowers participants to understand and exercise their rights as authors. Attendees will have an opportunity to compare publication agreements, learn about tools and best practices for self-archiving, and explore how your rights as an author can help make your work more open. The following FAQ’s will be addressed:
– Who holds the copyright?
– Can I post my work across various sharing platforms?
– Where can I post my work?
– How can I make my work more open?

Friday –  Paywall: The Business of Scholarship (Film Screening)

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When: 3:00 p.m.
Where: McKellar Room Theatre, UCC
This documentary, produced and directed by Jason Schmitt, focuses on the need for open access to research and science, questions the rationale behind the 25.2 billion a year that flows into for-profit academic publishers, examines the 30-40% profit margin associated with the top academic publisher Elsevier, and looks at how that profit margin is often greater than some of the most profitable tech companies like Apple, Facebook and Google.

 

Mitacs – Support for Research Projects in Japan

Mitacs is now accepting applications for the Mitacs-JSPS Summer Program, which supports researchers in Canada to undertake 10-week research projects in Japan in Summer 2019.

The program is open to graduate students and postdoctoral fellows in all disciplines at Canadian universities. The deadline to apply for the Mitacs-JSPS Summer Program is December 5, 2018.

More information…

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Mitacs – Globalink Program

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:

  1. Talk to your faculty supervisor or university international office to identify a professor in one of the eligible destinations who works in your research area
  2. Reach out to the professor(s) about your research and hosting your potential project
  3. Get signatures from your home and host professors and university Office of Research Services, then submit your complete application by the suggested deadline (Mitacs recommends allowing 1–2 weeks to secure university signatures).

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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