Comparative and International Education Speakers’ Series

The Second Lecture in the
Comparative and International Education (CIE) Speakers’ Series

Managing productive international collaborations: Experiences in industrial, clinical and academic settings

Dr. Andrew Leask
Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry
The University of Western Ontario

Monday, October 26th
1.00-3.00 pm
UWO Faculty of Education Room 1010

Centre for Inclusive Education – Research Hours

A preview of the fall line-up for the Centre for Inclusive Education’s Research Hours:

October 28:    Gabrielle Young, Ph.D. candidate presents Inclusion means everyone:
Teachers’ reflections on including all students with exceptionalities in their high school classes.
Come and hear early results of this research project.

November 25:   Joel Lopata, M.Ed. candidate discusses “Pre-service teacher beliefs about the antecedents to bullying and victimization: A concept mapping approach”. 
Catch up with the latest literature on this critical issue in our schools.             

Location: Elborn Hall, Room 1440

Time:  12:00 – 1:00.

Bring your lunch; pop, water, juice and snacks provided.

Rethinking Relationships: Engaging Youth, Connecting Communities

Rethinking Relationships: Engaging Youth, Connecting Communities

is a full-day interactive, creative, and arts-oriented conference that will take place in London on Friday, November 20, 2009. This conference will provide opportunities to learn about innovative strategies, resources and tools for working with diverse groups of youth.  Interactive workshops will be led by youth and adult leaders engaged in innovative and creative programs geared to the promotion of healthy and equal relationships in school, community and health settings. Conference presenters and panelists include Ben Barry, Jessica Yee, Geneviève Morand and Gaston Cotnoir with a special live performance by London’s own Juno nominee, Shad. The conference will feature forum theatre, new media and digital exhibits, art displays and more. 

There is no cost but pre-registration is required!! 

Who should attend?
This conference is intended for youth and adults who work with youth. In particular, this conference will be of interest to educators, social justice committees, youth leaders, students, and health and social service professionals who work with youth and are interested in creating culturally relevant programs, mutual mentoring, and shared leadership.

Where?
The London Convention Centre in London, Ontario, Friday November 20, 2009, 9am – 4pm,

Registration
Online registration can be completed on the website for the Centre for Research & Education on Violence against Women and Children www.crvawc.ca

Open Access Week @ Western, October 19-23

Open Access Week @ Western

October 19-23, 2009

Western Libraries is sponsoring  two events to enhance the Western community’s understanding of open access:

What Can Open Access Do for Academic Authors and Society?
A panel discussion of the benefits of open access and how scholars can reap those benefits
 Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009
2:00 pm-3:30 pm
Room 51, Faculty of Law Building
Panelists:
Professor Joaquin Madrenas, Robarts Research Institute
Professor Mark Perry, Faculty of Law
Professor Ajit Pyati, Faculty of Information & Media Studies
Moderator: Professor Joyce Garnett, University Librarian

Workshop: Ensuring Open Access to Your Research

Learn how to ensure that your published research will be openly available online. Also an opportunity to discuss issues related to open access publishing. Attendees are required to register in advance at: www.lib.uwo.ca/scholarship/openaccessregistration.html
Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009
9:00 am-9:50 am
Kellogg Room, Taylor Library

There will also be information booths at Taylor and Weldon Libraries.

For more information: http://www.lib.uwo.ca/scholarship/openaccessweekwestern.html

International Research Award – UWO Internal

International Research Awards are offered to support the cost of international research projects of modest scope.

Deadlines:  
Faculty of Education Associate Dean’s Office: Nov 2, 2009 (2-3 weeks earlier if you wish feedback on your application – submit to Karen Kueneman)
Research Development & Services: Nov 16, 2009

Value: $7,000 maximum

Description: This program provides seed money for one-time requests and projects of short duration, which involve a significant international component and enhance knowledge generation or information exchange between Canadian and foreign academics. Priority will be given to applicants who propose to conduct primary or secondary research in or about other countries and to applications that require international travel. Preference will be given to full-time, probationary or recently tenured faculty members striving to get programs of research established and to those who, during the past three years, have not received funds through this or other centrally administered internal funding programs at Western.

NOTE: In this case, “international” refers primarily to the subject of the research and not simply to the means by which it is carried out. Applicants are encouraged to describe any plans for scholarly interactions with researchers at that location. Applicants must be eligible to hold a research grant at UWO.

Previous Awards

Note: The submission instructions have been changed for this competition.

A ROLA submission must be submitted by the Dean’s deadline date.  Your generated Proposal ID must be included on your application.

Applications and guidelines …

Faculty of Education – Internal Research Grant Competition

The Faculty of Education, UWO announces a special request for proposals for its Internal Research Grant program.  Additional funds ($5000) are available for distribution from this fund. If several requests for funds are deemed fundable the committee may decide to award an amount less than the maximum allowable ($2,500).

From the guidelines: “Surplus: In the event that the funding awarded is less than the amount available in the budget, the Research Committee will consider other options for awarding the funds such as running a second competition during the fiscal year, providing seed funds to those researchers who were unsuccessful in applications for external funding, or other research possibilities.”

Deadline: November 2, 2009, 4:00 p.m. (for a decision by December 1, 2009)

Amount: up to $2,500 over one year (must be spent by April 30, 2010)

Description: These awards are to support the cost of research projects of modest scope (seed money, one-time requests, and projects of short duration). Preference will be given to probationary faculty.

Eligibility: The fund is restricted to faculty members within the Faculty of Education. Part-time or seconded faculty are not eligible to apply. Faculty may hold only one Internal Research & Development Grant annually.

Guidelines and applications available at: http://www.edu.uwo.ca/Research/internalfunding.html

Applicants must also complete ROLA.

ROLA II – Now Live

The ROLA Team announces that ROLA II enhancements are now live. You are invited to utilize this new tool to obtain institutional approvals for your next grant application.  All Investigators who currently hold or have held grants at Western have been grandfathered in and will not need to request access to the system. 

You may access ROLA here: http://www.uwo.ca/research/rds/ROLA/ROLAFrameset.html 

NOTE: The system is now in production and we ask that you not use ROLA to create test Proposals, contact rolahelp@uwo.ca for assistance if required.

Information Sessions are still available to anyone interested, as well as ROLA Live Labs.  Registration can be accessed at: http://www.uwo.ca/research/rds/resource/rds_resources_registration.html

Centre for Inclusive Education- Research Hour

The Centre for Inclusive Education

Research Hour Meet & Greet!

You are invited to meet and greet
faculty members and graduate students

 Wednesday, September 23, 2009
12:00 p.m. until 1:00
Elborn College, Room 1440
ghowell@uwo.ca by Sept. 17

Light refreshments will be available

Future Sessions

Network with your colleagues, and enjoy presentations or discussions of research on issues in inclusion. All future sessions are on Wednesdays, from 12:00 – 1:00.
Bring your lunch; juice, water and pop will be provided.

October 28
November 25
Discussion leaders will be announced.