Byrd Clark Invited to Organize Symposia

Congratulations to  Dr. Julie Byrd Clark who has been invited to organize a symposium for the International Association of Applied Linguistics/Association internationale de la linguistique appliquée (AILA) World Congress in Brisbane, Australia (2014).  This is a very prestigious conference, which only occurs every three years.

Panelists will consist of  world renowned scholars who have accepted the invitation to present and contribute to this symposium (including Claire Kramsch, UC Berkeley; Suresh Canagarajah, The University of Pennsylvania; Angela Scarino and Tony Liddicoat, University of South Australia).  The invited symposium, Interdisciplinary Approaches to language teaching and learning in contemporary and transnational times, will address language teaching and learning.

CCV Upgrade, May 2013 – Summary

From May 17th to 19th, improvements to the CCV application were implemented.  The system is now back in service.

As part of the commitment to continuous improvement, the following changes were introduced in response to the feedback received:

Enhancements to search functionality

• Smart search functionality is now available for drop down lists (e.g. Title, Phone Type, Degree Type, etc.) and reference group selection (e.g. Organization, Research Disciplines, Location, etc.)
• Users can now complete field searches using autoselect/autocomplete functionality.

Removal of subdivision requirement

• Users are no longer required to select a Subdivision for countries other than Canada and the United States.  The value “Not Required” will automatically be populated.
• Note: In all user accounts, all subdivisions other than those for Canada and the United States have been converted to “Not Required”.

Ability to sort PubMed entries

• PubMed date values were converted to CCV date format (YYYY-MM-DD) for the chronological sort and filtering of records only.  These enhancements have been made to allow PubMed entries to be sorted by their publication dates. As a result, all PubMed publication dates currently entered in the CCV using any of the formats listed below have been automatically converted to the format YYYY-MM-DD.

YYYY
YYYY MMM
YYYY MMM DD
YYYY MMM-MMM
YYYY MMM-MMM DD
YYYY MMM-MMM DD-DD
YYYY-YYYY MMM-MMM DD-DD
YYYY Season [Spring, Fall, Summer, Winter]

* Please note that if your PubMed publication dates were not entered using any of the above formats, the publication date field was cleared when this enhancement was implemented.  Therefore, if you have modified the publication date of a PubMed record in your CV and have not used one of the above formats, you will need to re-enter the date in your CV.

The CCV is continuously improving based on feedback received from the research community and its member agencies. The community is invited to continuously provide feedback to any of the member agencies.

Everybody’s Children – New Publication

Congratulations to Dr. Alan Leschied for his recent book, Everybody’s Children: Proceedings from the Western University Forum on School-Based Mental Health published by The Alhouse Press.

Everybody’s Children was the product of a one-day Faculty of Education Forum on School-based Mental Health held in Fall 2012.  As Alan noted in his preface, the idea to hold this gathering grew out of an increasing belief within our Faculty that we were well positioned to help address the needs of our young people.  To quote Alan, “This belief is predicated on our mission of educating and preparing the next generation of teachers; this professional group are second only to parents in being charged with the responsibility to know, educate, and support children and adolescents to grow into well-informed, physically and mentally healthy individuals prepared to take their place in society.  And, while we invest considerable energy in promoting the educational and arguably the physical needs of our youth, no one would argue we have done a very good job of addressing their mental health needs”.

Dr. Amit Chakma, in his Foreword, noted that the Forum’s impressive line-up of speakers, including The Honourable Michael Kirby, fulfilled its promise to be engaging while advancing the cause and advocacy for assisting children, adolescents, and families who are challenged with mental health problems.  The event attracted children’s mental health experts and practitioners from across Canada and under Alan’s exemplary leadership led to the publication, Everybody’s Children, which highlights the numerous papers presented at the Forum.

Canadian Common CV “Walk-in Clinics” at Western

CIHR has been using the CCV for its applications for the past year.

SSHRC Insight Development Grants used the CCV in the most recent competition and will add competitions over the next year.

NSERC will be using a new Portal for the upcoming Discovery Grants (Individual and Team) and Subatomic Physics Grants. The Common CV will replace the Form 100 for these NSERC programs. The Common CV is required at the Discovery Grant NOI stage deadline of August 1^st. NSERC Details: http://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Professors-Professeurs/Grants-Subs/DGIGP180Notice-PSIGP180Avis_eng.asp

If your upcoming research application requires the Common CV, it is recommended that the Common CV be completed early. Creation of a new CV is time-consuming and will take 1-2 working days, or more.

COMMON CV WORKSHOPS:
To assist with the creation or update of your Common CV, a number of ‘Walk-in Clinics’ have been scheduled. Drop in at any time during the dates below, and bring your laptop to have your questions answered while working on your CV. Joe Halbersma from Research Development & Services will be available for assistance.

Scheduled Workshops:
Thursday May 16^th      1pm to 4pm                 WSC 187
Friday, May 17^th         9am to 12pm               SEB 3102
Tuesday May 28^th       9am to 12pm               WSC 187
Wednesday May 29^th 9am to 11:30am          SEB 3102
Friday May 31^st           9am to 12pm               WSC 187
Wednesday June 5^th    9am to 11am               M150A (CIHR)
Thursday June 6^th        1pm to 4pm                 WSC 187
Tuesday June 11^th       1pm to 4pm                 WSC 187
Thursday, June 13^th     1pm to 4pm                M150A (CIHR)
Monday June 17^th       1pm to 4pm                 SEB 3102
Thursday June 20^th      9am to 12pm               SEB 3102

Human Ingenuity Research Group – Open Session

The Human Ingenuity Research Group presents

Cornelia Hoogland
Author of the one act play RED
(based on the 400 year old fairy tale ‘Red Riding Hood’)

Dr. Hoogland will share her experience with those interested in creative thinking

Thursday May 16th
12 noon – 2 p.m.
Faculty of Education Building, Room 1092

Refreshments available.

Tickets to RED can be purchased on line (www.onstagedirect.com) or at the Fountainhead Theatre ticket box office, 355 Wellington Street.

Measuring Research – The H Index

A researcher’s H-index is the largest possible number n for which n of the researcher’s publications have been cited at least n times.

Western Libraries has posted a document that outlines how to find the H-index in Web of Science, Scopus, and Google Scholar.

CIHR – CCV Changes

Canadian Common CV (CCV) changes effective April 22, 2013

As part of CIHR’s ongoing commitment to providing updates on the Canadian Common CV (CCV), please note that, effective April 22, 2013, the following changes have been implemented.

* Adjustments to terms used in sections, fields and drop-down lists

Users who created a CV before April 22, 2013 may notice that some section and field names as well as terms within drop-down lists have been refined, and in some cases changed, the next time the CV is accessed or printed. Please note that the section and field name changes will not be applied to CVs that have already been submitted to the CCV system. These changes apply to the CIHR Academic, Knowledge User and IAB CV templates.

* New drop-down list values

New values have been added to the drop-down lists within the Knowledge Translation Activities and Leave of Absence sections of the CIHR Academic and Knowledge User CV templates.

* Removed “Industry” from drop-down list options

The term “Industry” has been removed from the Target Stakeholder field of the Knowledge Translation Activities section of the CIHR Academic and Knowledge User CV templates. New terms have been added to the Target Stakeholder field to more accurately identify this stakeholder group.

Users who previously selected “Industry” within the Target Stakeholder field will now see an error when they access the CV and must select one of the new terms (Industry/Business – Small, Industry/Business – Medium, etc.).

Detailed information about these changes is available on the CIHR website at Detailed tables of CCV changes effective April 22, 2013.