2015 Hampton New Faculty Award
Congratulations to Rob Bedi, Rhea Owens, Kerry Renwick, Michelle Tan and Amery Wu on being awarded 2015 UBC Hampton New Faculty Awards!
Postdoctoral Scholar Position – University of Calgary
Area: Literacy Studies Duration: 2 years Start date: January – April 2016 Annual Stipend: $50,000 (plus benefits) The Department of Language and Literacy in the Werklund School of Education at the University of Calgary is accepting applications for a Postdoctoral Fellow in Literacy Studies. Job Description: The position involves working as part of a research […]
Associate Professor Counselling Psychology – Simon Fraser University
Tenure-track Associate Professor position at SFU (Faculty of Education) for contribution to the teaching of any of the core counselling courses and support of graduate student research. Candidates will contribute to the growth of the Counselling Psychology program at the SFU Surrey campus. The program includes the SFU Surrey Counselling Centre, which works in collaboration […]
Call for Applications: UBC Endowed Scholarships and Prizes
We are pleased to announce the call for applications for a number of UBC endowed scholarships and prizes available to our Faculty of Education graduate students who are making the most outstanding contributions in their fields of study. These awards are for take-up in December 2015. The awards included in this call are: THE DEAN […]
Call for Submissions: Ken Spencer Award 2015
Apply for CEA’s seventh annual Ken Spencer Awards for Innovation in Teaching and Learning and get noticed for how you, your colleagues, and your school community are nurturing your students’ curiosity and love of learning. Winning entries will be profiled nationally to encourage peer-to-peer learning and positively impacts winning educators and their schools.For details on […]
8th CATE Working Conference 2015
When & Where: November 5-7, 2015 at OISE/University of Toronto What Should Canada’s Teachers Know? Teacher Capacities: Knowledge, Beliefs and Skills If you are interested in participating in the conference, the focus questions this year are: How does the global teacher education context influence what capacities Canadian teachers are expected to develop? How are the […]
International Research Roundtable Program
Sponsor: The Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies (PWIAS)
Application deadlines:
- Apr 11: Contact OGPR if you wish to participate in IR.
- Apr 18: Email your draft application to OGPR for internal review and feedback.
- Apr 28, Noon: OGPR internal signature deadline. Applicants should email OGPR a copy of their application with a completed, signed, and scanned ORS Research Project Information Form. RPIFs will be returned to you if your application is in order and once the Associate Dean has signed off.
- May 1: (It is due on a Sunday) Deadline to submit a signed original application and RPIF to PWIAS (see instructions for address) and an electronic version (PDF) to Bernadette Mah, Program Manager.
International Visiting Research Scholar Program
Sponsor: The Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies (PWIAS)
Application deadlines:
- Feb 1: Contact OGPR if you wish to participate in IR.
- Feb 16: Email your draft application to OGPR for internal review and feedback.
- Feb 29, Noon: OGPR internal signature deadline. Applicants should email OGPR a copy of their application with a completed, signed, and scanned ORS Research Project Information Form. RPIFs will be returned to you if your application is in order and once the Associate Dean has signed off.
- Mar 1: Deadline to submit a signed original application and RPIF to PWIAS (see instructions for address) and an electronic version (PDF) to Bernadette Mah, Program Manager.
Wall Scholars Research Award
Sponsor: The Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies (PWIAS)
Application deadlines:
- Feb 1: Contact OGPR if you wish to participate in IR.
- Feb 16: Email your draft application to OGPR for internal review and feedback.
- Feb 29, Noon: OGPR internal signature deadline. Applicants should email OGPR a copy of their application with a completed, signed, and scanned ORS Research Project Information Form. RPIFs will be returned to you if your application is in order and once the Associate Dean has signed off.
- Mar 1: Deadline to submit a signed original application and RPIF to PWIAS (see instructions for address) and an electronic version (PDF) to Emma MacEntee, Program Manager.
Insight Development Grants
Sponsor: Social Science Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)
Application deadlines:
- Nov 18: Email Danica Kell (SPARC) a note to say that you would like to participate in SPARC IR and/or Robert Olaj (OGPR) that you would like to participate in OGPR IR.
- Dec 4: Email completed proposal to Danica Kell for SPARC IR and/or email completed proposal to Robert Olaj for OGPR IR.
- Jan 5: Email completed proposal to Robert Olaj for OGPR ‘high-level only’ IR.
- Jan 29, 11:00 a.m.: OGPR internal signature deadline. Email Robert Olaj a PDF of their proposal with a completed, signed, and scanned ORS Research Project Information Form. RPIFs will be returned to you if your application is in order and once the Associate Dean has signed off.
- Feb 1, 4:00 p.m. : Deadline for you to hit ‘Submit’ online and to email ORS your fully signed RPIF and the PDF of your application.
- Feb 3: SSHRC national deadline
Special notes:
- Applicants for the 2016 IDG competition will be ineligible to apply to the October 2016 Insight Grant Competition, even if applicants are unsuccessful in the 2016 IDG competition.
- SSHRC has developed a new online application portal called the Research Portal and the IDGs are the first SSHRC program to use the new system. Applicants must submit an online application, as well as a Canadian Common CV. Co-Applicants must submit a Canadian Common CV, but Collaborators do not (new this year). Please allow a generous amount of time to complete your and your team member’s CCVs (80-100 hours each, from scratch).
- Requests for equipment must follow SSHRC’s new Guidelines for Support of Tools.