Killam Research Fellowship

Deadlines:
Faculty of Education Research Office: May 1, 2012 (2-3 weeks prior to this if you would like feedback on your application)
Research Development & Services: May 8, 2012
Canada Council for the Arts: May 15, 2012

Amount: $70,000 (2 years release time from teaching and administrative work)

Description: These awards, which are administered by the Canada Council for the Arts, provide support to scholars of exceptional ability who are engaged in research projects of broad significance and widespread interest. Killam Research Fellowships are intended for established scholars who have demonstrated outstanding research ability and who have published the results of their research in substantial publications in their field. Typically, the recipient of a Killam Research Fellowship is a full professor in a Canadian university.

The fellowships provide two years of release time from teaching and administrative duties to individual scholars who wish to pursue independent research. The fellowships are awarded to individuals, but the funds are paid to and administered by universities or research institutes.

Applications and more information

Applications must be accompanied by a ROLA  proposal

More Information: When you submit your application to the Canada Council, an electronic copy will automatically be sent to your institution for its approval. (Without your institution’s approval, which must be received on or before 15 May 2012, your application will not be eligible.) Your institution may have special requirements and an internal deadline before the Canada Council’s deadline. Contact your institution well in advance to determine its process and deadline for reviewing and approving your application. Before you begin the process of preparing your application, you will need a Killam user name, password and agency PIN. Your submission is not complete until you receive confirmation of your electronic submission from the Canada Council, receive your institution?s approval and submit your supporting documents. You may submit your supporting documents by regular mail if you wish, but the package must be postmarked no later than 15 May 2012. If you submit them by courier, the courier slip must be dated no later than 15 May 2012.

Dr. Rodney Hopson & Dr. Christine Sleeter Visiting Western

MAKING CONNECTIONS: EXPLORING EQUITY AND ENGAGEMENT IN EDUCATION

Thursday, March 1, 2012, 10:30am
The Community Room (1139)
Faculty of Education Building

International scholars Dr. Rodney Hopson and Dr. Christine Sleeter will visit Western to discuss equity in education. In April 2009, Ontario’s Equity and Inclusive Education Strategy was launched to help the education community identify discriminatory biases, remove systematic barriers, and support the achievements and well being of students. Today, equity and engagement in education has never been more relevant for Ontario teachers and administrators.

This event is free to the public. For more information on the speakers and their presentations, or to RSVP for the event, contact jpearc@uwo.ca by February 24, 2012.

All are welcome!

Please visit http://www.edu.uwo.ca/news-events/events.html and see the attached flyer for more details.

Research Ethics Workshops – Electronic Submission System

Coming Soon: Research Ethics Electronic Protocol Submission

Please join Western’s Office of Research Ethics for an introduction to our new electronic protocol submission system.

To register, please visit the Office of Research Ethics website at: http://uwo.ca/research/ethics
and visit our Education page to select an available session.

Non-Medical Sciences Research Ethics Board focused sessions will take place at the following locations:

March 13th, 2-3pm,
Social Science Centre Room 9420

March 29th, 2-3pm, Ivey 2R07

Questions? Contact Mark Phipps, ethics-romeo@uwo.ca

NOTE: The Faculty of Education’s Sub-REB will also adopt this system sometime in the future.

Rwandan Strategies to Prevent Violence against Women and Children

You are welcome to attend  a Brown Bag Lunch highlighting the work of

Shirley Randell
Kigali Institute of Education, Rwanda

 
March 14, 2012
12 Noon – 2:00 p.m.
Community Room, Faculty of Education

This event is free.
Please bring your lunch. Coffee/tea and cookies will be provided.

RSVP to Joy Lang   jlang5@uwo.ca  or 519-661-2111 x81133

More information….Randell

Faculty of Education – Internal Travel Competition

The Faculty of Education announces a request for proposals for its Internal Conference Travel program.

Deadline: March 1, 2012, 4:00 p.m. (for a decision by April 1, 2012)

Amount: Expenses for conference trips may be reimbursed to a maximum of $3,700 for tenured and probationary faculty members per fiscal year (i.e., May 1 – April 30) for attending up to two conferences.  Pending availability of funds, faculty members may apply to attend:

1) an international conference (maximum $2500); and/or

2) a local (in Canada) or international conference ($1200) in each fiscal year.

If funds are available, the committee may consider requests in excess of $2,500 for travel to more expensive international conferences.

Description: The purpose of these conference travel funds is to help to support the research function of the Faculty.  These funds are intended to support faculty members in their research by providing the opportunity to attend conferences to present their research work and to benefit from interactions with other researchers.

Eligibility: The fund is restricted to faculty members within the Faculty of Education. Retired, part-time or seconded faculty are not eligible to apply.

NOTES: For this competition the conference must occur after May 1, 2012. Faculty members must be presenting a paper at the conference.

Guidelines and applications…

(After the March 1 deadline, the next offering for this competition will close on October 1, 2012.)

Research Day

Monday, March 19, 2012
3:00 – 5:30 pm
The Great Hall, Somerville House
Western University

A celebration of research in the Faculties of:

Arts and Humanities
Education
Information and Media Studies

Everyone welcome!

Sponsored by: the participating faculties and the Office of the Vice-President, Research

POSTER-research day

Research in Education Symposium

You are invited to the

3rd annual

Research in Education Symposium

to be held

April 11th at Faculty of Education 3:30- 8:30 p.m.

 This outstanding event will feature:
poster presentations, self-moderated round tables, paper presentations, and other creative formats on a broad range of Education related topics

 Not to be confused with Western’s Research Day (March 19th), our annual Research in Education Symposium (April 11th) is an event organized exclusively by our Faculty of Education graduate students to celebrate the research of fellow grad students within our faculty…

New Tri-Council Policy: Consent to Disclosure of Personal Information

Please note the new Tri-Council policy on Consent to Disclosure of Personal Information, which was implemented November 17, 2011 under the Tri-Agency Framework: Responsible Conduct of Research (http://www.rcr.ethics.gc.ca/eng/policy-politique/framework-cadre/).

All researchers applying for CIHR, NSERC or SSHRC awards will be required to consent to this new policy. If an applicant refuses to agree with the Consent to Disclosure of Personal Information, the application will not be accepted by the agency. Should an individual participating in a group application refuse to agree to the consent, the application would have to be submitted without the name and participation of said individual.

More information: Tri-Council Disclosure Consent Policy memo from Acting VP Research