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SSHRC Connection Grant Workshop

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SSHRC Connection Grant Workshop

Date: Friday, September 30th
Time: 11:30 – 1:00pm
Location: MSJ, Room 302A

Ready to mobilize your knowledge?  SSHRC’s Connection Grants support events and outreach activities geared toward short-term, targeted knowledge mobilization initiatives such as workshops, colloquiums, conferences, forums, summer institutes, etc. Connection Grant funding is for one year, and there are four application deadlines throughout the year: February 1, May 1, August 1, and November 1. This workshop provides a detailed overview of SSHRC’s Connection grant, and the essentials needed to apply for this opportunity.

Dr. Steve Kleinknecht, a recipient of multiple Connection Grants over the years in both lead and co-lead applicant roles, will be on hand to answer specific questions and provide information based on his experiences with Connection grants.

 

Brescia Fall 2016 Research Workshops

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The following research workshops will be offered in September at Brescia:

Research Grant Writing & Development Workshop

Date: Friday, September 23rd
Time: 11:30 – 1:00pm
Location: Mother St. James Building, Room 302A

This workshop provides a high-level overview of planning, writing and developing research grant applications. Topics covered include:

  • Preparation and planning (proposal, timelines, budget, CCV, ethics etc)
  • Elements of successful proposals
  • Find the right sponsor – types of funding sources
  • Writing tips
  • Common flaws
  • Resources

Time will be set aside for specific questions. Please feel free to bring your lunch.

SSHRC Connection Grant Workshop

Date: Friday, September 30th
Time: 11:30 – 1:00pm
Location: MSJ, Room 302A

Ready to mobilize your knowledge?  SSHRC’s Connection Grants support events and outreach activities geared toward short-term, targeted knowledge mobilization initiatives such as workshops, colloquiums, conferences, forums, summer institutes, etc. Connection Grant funding is for one year, and there are four application deadlines throughout the year: February 1, May 1, August 1, and November 1. This workshop provides a detailed overview of SSHRC’s Connection grant, and the essentials needed to apply for this opportunity.

Please contact Elizabeth Russell-Minda, Research Officer with questions about these workshops.

Research Metrics and Scholarly Communication Tools available at Brescia and Western

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The Beryl Ivey Library’s Scholarly Communication page provides information on the following resources open to the Brescia community: Western’s institutional repository– Scholarship@Western (open to BUC faculty), retaining your author rights, and open access resources.

Western Libraries has created a new website for Research Metrics. Research metrics provides an introduction to various metrics and tools used to evaluate and assess research productivity. Types of metrics include article, author, journal, altmetrics (alternative metrics), and social media.

 

Living Research Volume 6

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Brescia’s Living Research newsletter Volume 6 is now available and can be accessed online at Brescia Research. Living Research Vol. 6 features four faculty research profiles that reflect the variety of scholarship at Brescia. In this issue, you’ll find profiles of Dr. Jamie Seabrook, Food and Nutritional Sciences; Dr. James Doelman, English department; Dr. Marlene Janzen Le Ber, School of Leadership and Social Change; and Professor Colleen Sharen, Management and Organizational Studies.

Read more about Brescia Research at: http://brescia.uwo.ca/about/research/ 

Canadian Common CV (CCV) Workshop

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A Canadian Common CV (CCV) workshop will be held at Brescia in February. A CCV is quite often a required attachment for primary applicants and co-applicants when applying for various grant opportunities that use online application interfaces (CIHR, SSHRC etc.). The CCV allows researchers to have a single CV that they can use to apply to multiple agencies. Building and maintaining a CCV can also be a time-consuming task.  In this workshop, we will review the basic instructions for registering and establishing a CCV using the online system. We will learn how to select a funding CV type using the online system and other functional components of the CCV.

Date: Friday, February 5th, 2016

Time: 9:30am – 11:00am

Location: MSJ Room 135

Please feel free to bring your CV and/or specific CCV questions with you, if you have them.

For more information and/or questions, contact Elizabeth Russell-Minda, Research Officer x28260 elizabeth.minda[at]uwo.ca

 

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2016 Call for Nominations–Brescia Award for Excellence in Research

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DSC05438 The 2016 Call for Nominations for the Brescia University College Award for Excellence in Research is now open.

Please note the following:

  • Letters of Nomination are due on or before February 1, 2016.
  • Letters are to be no more than one page and signed by the Nominator. If more than one Nominator is submitting the nomination, the letter must be co-signed.
  • Nominations for the Award for Excellence in Research may be initiated by any full- or part-time faculty member, alumnae, or staff member from Brescia University College. Nominators must not be a member of the Award Selection Committee (Research Advisory Committee).
  • Nominators should seek the permission of the nominee to have his/her name stand before submitting the nomination to the Research Officer and Academic Dean.
  • Dossier compilation, including letters of support, is the responsibility of the Nominator, in cooperation with the Nominee.
  • The Award Selection Committee (Research Advisory Committee, chaired by the Academic Dean) will determine this year’s awardee.

Information on the award and Call for Nomination guidelines can be found on the Brescia Award page: http://brescia.uwo.ca/about/our-people/awards/award-for-excellence-in-research/ . You may contact the Research Officer, Elizabeth Russell-Minda at any time with questions of clarification.

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Brescia Research Grant Workshop–Focus on Knowledge Mobilization & Translation

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You’re invited to attend a Brescia research grant workshop with a special focus on knowledge mobilization (KMb) and knowledge translation (KT). KMb and/or KT strategies (ideas, activities, partners, plans, etc.) are often required to be developed during the research grant proposal stage (for example, SSHRC and CIHR applications), as well as through the lifecycle of a research project (integrated, and end-of-grant). Kmb/KT strategies are key components of engaged research.

When: Tuesday, November 17th, 2015
Time: 11:30 – 1:00pm
Where: Brescia UC, Mother St. James Bldg, Room 136

Areas of focus in this workshop include:

  • Gaining a better understanding of KMb and KT concepts and strategies;
  • Incorporating KMb / KT into the research grant process (integrated and end-of-grant);
  • KMb / KT related funding opportunities; and
  • Success stories: KMb/KT research grant case studies/examples.

Questions about this session can be directed to Elizabeth Russell-Minda, Research Officer: elizabeth.minda[at]uwo.ca

Brescia Research Lecture -Professor James Doelman, Excellence in Research Professor of the Year (2015)

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J Doelman_Cambridge University LibraryBrescia English professor Dr. James Doelman, will present a lecture on his current research on unpublished manuscript funeral elegies from the Early Modern Literary period in England (17th century). Dr. Doelman is the 2015 Brescia Excellence in Research Professor, and winner of the inaugural Brescia Award for Excellence in Research. His forthcoming book, The Epigram in England: 1590-1640 published by Manchester University Press is due out later this year.

For more information on Professor Doelman’s research and the Brescia Award for Excellence in Research, visit:

Dr. James Doelman faculty profile
Brescia Award for Excellence in Research

Event details

When: Tuesday, October 27, 2015  @3:30 – 5:00pm
Where: Mother St. James Building, Room 201 (Brescia campus)

Please send your RSVP by 12:00pm on October 13th to Elizabeth Russell-Minda, Research Officer:  elizabeth.minda[at]uwo.ca x28260

Refreshments will be served.

On behalf of the Office of the Academic Dean, we look forward to seeing you there!

Dr. Jamie Seabrook – Guest Lecture @Western, Friday September 25

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Dr. Jamie Seabrook, Division of Food and Nutritional Sciences, will be presenting a guest lecture on his recent published research entitled, “Family Structure and Children’s Socioeconomic Attainment: A Canadian Sample” His talk is part of a seminar series hosted by Western’s Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics (Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry).

When: Friday, September 25, 2015
1:30 – 2:30pm
Where: Kresge Building (3rd floor), K203
Western University Campus

For more information on this talk and upcoming lectures in the seminar series, go to: https://www.schulich.uwo.ca/epibio/about_us/seminar_series.html

 

Just Own It! Entrepreneurship Videos and Teacher Guides Now Available

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Brescia’s Just Own It! Entrepreneurship Video series is now available and ready for use in high school classrooms. Earlier this year, Brescia successfully hosted 270 high school girls at a one-day conference and summer entrepreneurship boot camps. The program was supported by funding from the Ontario Ministry of Economic Development, Employment and Infrastructure to promote entrepreneurship to high school girls,

Just Own It! is a series of five videos that provides high school students with an introduction to entrepreneurship . The videos feature young entrepreneurs to whom high school students will relate. The quirky, fun, ironic approach will engage students.  The videos range in length from 6 – 8 minutes, ideal for use in an educational environment. Find them on our Just Own It! YouTube channel.

The videos cover topics such as the traits of an entrepreneur, identification of a customer problem, development of a product, creating a business model, validating a business model, and pitching a business idea.  And for good measure, we have also created a Teacher’s Guide for each video, with resources and class activities.  Go to Just Own It! Teacher’s Guides to download the teacher’s guides. Please share these videos with anyone who might find them helpful in reaching Ontario’s Youth.

If you’d like to help promote these videos, we’re especially interested in getting the message out to high school teachers. Feel free to send a Tweet, Facebook or Linked In post, or just send emails to your nearest and dearest. The Just Own It! team is very grateful for your assistance! Thank you.