Category: FIMS

Building and Promoting Your Scholarly Identity: Workshop Series at Western Libraries

Western Libraries presents a series of workshops to help researchers build research skills – offered in Spring 2018:

Getting Noticed: Tips and Tools for Building and Promoting Your Scholarly Identity
March 14, 2018, 1 – 3 pm, Weldon Library Instruction Room 

From Zero to Website: Creating a Scholarly Presence Online 
March 28, 2018, 1 – 3 pm, Weldon Library Instruction Room

Organizing the Research Process: Putting Together your Data Management Plan
April 11, 2018, 1 – 3 pm, Weldon Library Instruction Room

More information on each of the workshops and to register …

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Sexuality and Gender Research Group – Queer Research Day

Western’s Sexuality and Gender Research Group will be holding the ninth annual Queer Research Day on Wednesday, April 18, from 9:00am to 5:00pm.

They welcome both papers (15 – 20 minute oral presentations) and posters. Also welcome are proposals for artists’ performances, film screenings, musical events, and other forms of queer work taking place on campus or in the local community.

The event will be held in Stevenson 3101, and the poster display will be in the space outside 3166.

Lunch will be provided. Everyone is welcome!

Faculty and graduate students are welcome to participate or just to attend. If you are interested in presenting, please email a brief abstract with title or a brief description of your paper, poster or other proposal to Wendy Pearson (wpearson@uwo.ca). Organizers hope to include presentations on a wide variety of topics from a broad range of disciplines.

The deadline for receiving proposals is April 4, 2018.

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2018 Canadian Japanese Mennonite Scholarship – Human Rights in Canada

The Mennonite Central Committee Canada, with the National Association of Japanese Canadians, offers the Canadian Japanese Mennonite scholarship to a student enrolled in a graduate degree program that is engaged in research concerning human rights in Canada.  The scholarship is for $2,000 and applications must be received by April 1, 2018.

More information, along with the application form, is available on the website at mcccanada.ca/scholarships.

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BrainsCAN Funding Opportunity: Postdoctoral Fellowship Program

CFREF-BrainsCAN Postdoctoral Fellowship Program

BrainsCAN has recently announced the second Request for Applications for their Postdoctoral Fellowship Program. This program is part of Western’s $66M BrainsCAN initiative, supported by the Canada First Research Excellence Fund (CFREF). The CFREF investment is intended to enable researchers at the University, along with their national and international academic and commercial partners, to seek answers to fundamental questions regarding how we learn, think, move and communicate.

Training the next generation of researchers is a key aim of BrainsCAN, and postdoctoral fellows are the engines of innovative research. The BrainsCAN Postdoctoral Fellowship Program has been developed to attract the world’s most promising young neuroscientists. Successful applicants will be outstanding young scientists whose innovative work has already achieved impact, and who have demonstrated great potential for continued contributions.

Program Details: Up to 10 BrainsCAN Postdoctoral Fellowships will be awarded in the Spring 2018 competition, to highly qualified individuals from any country. Depending on prior experience, awards will be offered for 2 years (Tier II) or 3 years (Tier I), potentially renewable, with annual salary ranging from $55,000-$75,000 CAD (plus benefits) depending on Tier and on other funding, as well as an independent research/travel allowance of $3000-$5000 per year (depending on Tier). Tier I recipients will also have access to apply for internal BrainsCAN operating funds of over $12M for innovative research. Other benefits include Employment Insurance, Canada Pension Plan, a health care spending account, parental leave, and Western’s mentorship and professional development program for postdoctoral scholars, Competitive Edge (http://bit.ly/2tBfAtm).

Applicants must identify and contact potential advisors at Western before applying. An interdisciplinary, collaborative approach, involving affiliation with more than one lab, is strongly encouraged.

More information:http://www.uwo.ca/brainscan/programs/postdoctoral_fellowship_program/index.html

Application Deadline: May 1, 2018 (Expected Results: July, 2018)

Contact Information: The program co-chairs are Drs. Stefan Everling and Ingrid Johnsrude. For administrative questions, please contact BrainsCAN (brainscan@uwo.ca)

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Epidemiology and Biostatistics Summer Workshop Series at Western

All students, clinicians, faculty and staff are welcome to register for the upcoming Epidemiology and Biostatistics Summer Workshop Series, however spaces will be limited.

 The event takes place May 7, 8, 9 and 11, 2018.

Enhance your research methodology skills with faculty and student leaders from the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics as well as representatives of the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES) and SAS Software.

Tentative workshop titles include:

  • Introduction to SAS Certification Program
  • Using health administrative data
  •  Longitudinal data analyses
  • Analyzing and visualizing interactions in SAS
  • Applying propensity scores in SAS
  • Systematic review & meta-analysis

Visit the webpage to sign up to receive workshop details and registration fee information as it becomes available: www.schulich.uwo.ca/epibio/about_us/events/2018/2018_workshop_series.html

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Call for Presentations – 2nd Annual FIMS/Music/Law (FIMULAW) Research Day

The Faculties of Music, Information and Media Studies, and Law invite graduate students and faculty to submit a poster, panel presentation, lightning talk, or performance presentation to the 2018 FIMULAW Research Day, Friday April 13, 2018.

The FIMULAW Research Day is an interdisciplinary research day that provides faculty and graduate students an opportunity to present their work and to engage with an interdisciplinary audience on matters of importance to researchers across disciplines. Graduate students and faculty are welcome to reuse posters and presentations from previous conferences.

SUBMISSIONS FROM GRADUATE STUDENTS AND FACULTY FOR ALL PRESENTATION TYPES ARE WELCOME 

PANEL PRESENTATIONS 

  • Panelists should speak to this year’s topics of “Mental Health” or “Deconstructing Privilege.”
  • Submit an abstract of no more than 300 words based on the above topics.
  • Panelists will be given 10 minutes to speak on their topic. A question and answer period will follow roundtable discussions and is not included in the time limit.

POSTER PRESENTATIONS 

  • Posters on any and all topics relating to FIMS, Music, or Law research will be considered.
  • An emphasis on interdisciplinarity is encouraged, but not required.
  • Submit a brief description (50-100 words) and poster title for consideration.
  • Posters can be printed or presented in electronic format. Proposals for alternate formats of presentation are welcome. 
  • Partial reimbursement for graduate student poster cost may be provided.
  • Posters from previous presentations are welcome and do not need to be reprinted

LIGHTNING TALK PRESENTATIONS 

  • Lightning talks on any and all topics relating to FIMS, Music, or Law research will be considered.
  • Lightning talk participants will be given exactly 3 minutes to present. Visual aids are welcome, but not required.
  • An emphasis on interdisciplinarity is encouraged, but not required.
  • Submit a brief description (50-100 words) and presentation title for consideration.

PERFORMANCE PRESENTATIONS 

  • Solo or Chamber Music presentations on creative process exploring any repertoire or context are welcomed. ● Presentations should include performance and discussion of creative process.
  • Performance Presentations are limited to 15 minutes.
  • Submit a brief description (50-100 words) and suggested work(s) for consideration.

Please submit your name, faculty, tentative title and abstract/brief description to kbylica@uwo.ca by February 16, 2018 and indicate the format of your proposed presentation.  Successful submissions will be notified by Friday, March 9, 2018.

Questions? Please contact Kelly Bylica (PhD Student, Faculty of Music) – kbylica@uwo.ca 

More information on the event…

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Registration for Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition Open

Registration is now open for Western’s 3MT 2018 competition. Students from FIMS, Law and Music will compete with students from Arts & Humanities, Education, and Ivey,  on Friday, March 2.

The final day to register will be Friday, February 23.

3MT (Three Minute Thesis) is a research communication competition where graduate students have 3 minutes or less to present their research and its impact to a panel of non-specialist judges and peers. The exercise develops academic, presentation, and research communication skills and supports the development of research students’ capacity to effectively explain their research in language appropriate to an intelligent but non-specialist audience.

Full details are available on the 3MT website.

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SSHRC Storytellers Challenge

SSHRC has recently launched its annual Storytellers contest, challenging postsecondary students to creatively show Canadians how social sciences and humanities research has an impact on our lives and on our communities.

The contest is open to all students—graduate and undergraduate—enrolled at Canadian postsecondary institutions. Their task is to tell the story, in 3 minutes or 300 words, of a SSHRC-funded research project—their own or a professor’s—taking place at their institution. SSHRC will select 25 finalists to receive a $3000 cash prize and specialized training in research communications. For details on this year’s Storytellers contest, please follow SSHRC on Twitter, watch the #SSHRCStorytellers hashtag, and visit the SSHRC website.

Don’t hesitate to contact SSHRC should you have any questions. Participant questions should be addressed to Storytellers@sshrc-crsh.gc.ca

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Mitacs Globalink Research Award

Mitacs, a non-profit organization, is accepting applications for competitive international research opportunities for student travel from Canada. It is recommended that students apply by May 2018 for travel planned in Fall 2018.

The Globalink Research Award provides $6,000 for senior undergraduate and graduate students to undertake research projects abroad. Projects last 12–24 weeks and all disciplines are eligible.

New destinations include:

The full list of destinations is available on the Mitacs website: https://www.mitacs.ca/en/programs/globalink/globalink-research-award?utm_source=Mitacs Calls for Proposals&utm_campaign=d9d81ccb9a-Mitacs-GRA-Call-ENG-Jan172018&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_4fbc5a07d9-d9d81ccb9a-121944549, along with resources for finding a professor abroad, suggested application timelines, and other program information.

To learn more about these initiatives, visit the Globalink web page or contact Mitacs Business Development Specialist (at Western), Erin Azzopardi at eazzopard@mitacs.ca. Note that, to apply, the student’s faculty supervisor must be involved.

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Submission Call: Queen’s Policy Review 2017-2018

Queen’s University School of Policy Studies’ graduate publication, the Queen’s Policy Review (QPR) is announces its 9th Annual Graduate Publication centered on the theme of, “Security and Insecurity: Balancing Innovation in an Uncertain World”.

Graduate students across multiple disciplines are invited to present their research and/or submit papers addressing Canada’s future with innovation policy, or how innovation can provide solutions or challenges to public policy issues.The deadline for papers and proposals to be considered is 11:59pm (EST) February 9th, 2018.

Detailed submission criteria can be found at: http://www.queensu.ca/sps/qpr/call-papers.

Please do not hesitate to contact the QPR editorial team at qpr@queensu.ca for any questions or information.

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