Category: Knowledge Mobilization

Western Libraries – Upcoming Research Skills Workshops

The library is offering several workshops this winter that can help you to better understand the scholarly publishing process, measure your research impact, and teach you how to make the most of data and geographical information in your research.

Register Today!

Upcoming Workshops:

If you have any questions about the workshops please contact:
Courtney Waugh
Assistant Librarian, Research & Scholarly Communication
519.661.2111 x84816, cwaugh5@uwo.ca

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3 MT (3 Minute Thesis) Kick-Off

The School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (SGPS) invites you to a special 3MT 2020 Celebration Kick-Off!

DATE: Tuesday, January 7, 2020
TIME: 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
LOCATION: International and Graduate Affairs Building (IGAB) Atrium

3MT (Three Minute Thesis) is a research communication opportunity where graduate students have three minutes to present their research and its impact to an audience of non-specialists.

Why Should You Attend?

  • Watch professors take on the 3MT challenge.
  • Discover your passion for creating your own 3MT.
  • Experience the exciting research happening across campus.

This is a fun and exciting opportunity to learn more about the 3MT.  Please join us, and the following presenters, to celebrate the 3MT 2020 Kick-Off:

Three Minutes, Three Years in the Making

Veteran 3MT participant, Yoah Sui, PhD candidate, Kinesiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, will discuss his 3MT journey, some key takeaways and learning experiences he’s picked up along the way, and some practical advice for how to succeed in the 3MT (and not take three years to do it).

Faculty Member 3MT Presentations

  • Dean Betts, Professor, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry
  • Kim Solga, Professor, Faculty of Arts and Humanities
  • Arghya Paul, Associate Professor, Faculty of Engineering
  • Anita Christie, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences
  • Robert Shcherbakov, Associate Professor, Faculty of Science
  • Mathieu Turgeon, Associate Professor, Faculty of Social Science
  • Francisco Olea-Popelka, Associate Professor, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry
  • Victoria Rubin, Associate Professor, Faculty of Information and Media Studies

Lunch will be served. No registration is required.

SSHRC Storytellers Contest

SSHRC 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 our communities.

The contest is open to all students—graduate and undergraduate—enrolled at Canadian postsecondary institutions. Your challenge is to tell the story, in 3 minutes or 300 words, of a SSHRC-funded research project—your own or a professor’s—taking place at your 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, follow SSHRC on social media and visit the SSHRC website.

Deadline: January 28, 2020

Various promotional materials are available at the following link: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/gcv2cyu5i0vpxgg/AABu1y5GyhrK_2JXYlbLRpX7a?dl=0

Questions should be addressed to Storytellers@sshrc-crsh.gc.ca.

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Laura Bassi Scholarship – Editorial Assistance


The Laura Bassi Scholarship was established by Editing Press in 2018 with the aim of providing editorial assistance to postgraduates and junior academics whose research focuses on neglected topics of study, broadly construed. The scholarships are open to every discipline.

Winter 2019
Application deadline: 25 November 2019
Results: 15 December 2019

Spring 2020
Deadline: 25 March 2020
Results: 15 April 2020

Summer 2020
Deadline: 25 July 2020
Results: 15 August 2020

Amount:
Master’s candidates: $750
Doctoral candidates: $2,500

NOTE: Application fee of $10 USD.

Applicants are required to submit a completed application form along with their CV through the application portal by the relevant deadline. Further details, previous winners, and the application portal can be found at:  https://editing.press/bassi

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Open Access Week Events at Western Libraries

You are invited to participate in Open Access Week – a great opportunity to explore the benefits of open access and learn how to take advantage of open access publishing.

Workshop – Before You Sign: Know Your Academic Publishing Rights
Tuesday, Oct. 22, 10:30 a.m.- Noon
Thursday, Oct. 24, 1:30-3 p.m.
Room 121, Centre for Teaching & Learning, The 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 open access publishing options.
Register now

Workshop – Putting Together Your Data Management Plan (DMP)
Tuesday, Oct. 22, 1:30-3 p.m.
Thursday, Oct. 24, 10:30 a.m. – Noon
Instruction Room (Ground Floor, Map and Data Centre), The D.B. Weldon Library 

In this workshop, you will learn the basics of RDM best practices and receive hands-on assistance drafting a Data Management Plan using Portage’s DMP Assistant. You’ll leave empowered with knowledge of RDM best practices and a working document to guide you in quality research data collection.
Register now

Academic Panel – What’s the Big Deal about Open Access?
Oct. 23, 1:30-3 p.m.
Room 258, The D.B. Weldon Library

Open access to academic research is rapidly becoming the norm, not the exception. Join members of the Provost’s Task Force on Open Access and Scholarly Communication to hear their experiences and perspectives on open access. Come with questions about open access and thoughts on how Western can best use open access to share knowledge for the benefit of society.

Panelists:

  • Joyla Furlano, Vice-President, Society of Graduate Students, and PhD candidate in Neuroscience
  • Kristin Hoffmann, Research and Scholarly Communication Librarian, Western Libraries
  • Katina Pollock, Associate Professor, Faculty of Education
  • Sam Trosow, Associate Professor, Faculty of Information & Media Studies, and Faculty of Law

Film Screening – Paywall the Business of Scholarship
Oct. 25, 1:30-3:00, McKellar Room, UCC

Paywall: The Business of Scholarship is a documentary which focuses on the need for open access to research and science. The film questions the rationale behind the $25.2 billion a year that flows into for-profit academic publishers, examines the 35-40% 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 such as Apple, Facebook,  and Google.
Free popcorn!



Western Libraries Research Skills Workshops This Fall

Western Libraries is offering several workshops this fall that can help you better understand the scholarly publishing process, how to build and promote your scholarly identity, conduct a comprehensive systematic review, and make the most of data and geographical information in your research.

Upcoming Workshops:

  • Tips & Tools for Building and Promoting your Scholarly Identity
  • Getting Started with ORCID
  • Preparing to Publish 
  • Continuum of Data Access
  • Who Pays for Open Access?
  • Open Monographs: Options for Authors
  • Before You Sign: Know Your Academic Publishing Rights
  • Putting Together Your Data Management Plan (DMP)
  • How to Make a Map in QGIS
  • Storytelling with Maps
  • GIS Day

Session dates, Registration and more information…

If you have questions or require further information please contact Courtney Waugh, cwaugh5@uwo.ca.

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How to Influence Policy?

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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FIMULAW Interdisciplinary Graduate Research Day – Please Register

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.

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