Month: March 2013

Research Ethics Deadline

For more info visit UBC Research Ethics web site at: http://www.research.ubc.ca/ethics/meeting-dates-deadlines-0

March 15 for March 28 meeting

March 29 for April 11 meeting

April 12 for April 25 meeting

April 26 for May 19 meeting

May 10 for May 23 meeting

May 31 for June 13 meeting

June 14 for June 27 meeting

Academic Deadlines

Deadlines culled from the UBC Online Calendar at: http://www.calendar.ubc.ca/vancouver/academicyear.cfm?page=2012&view=all

Friday, 15 March 2013

Last day for submission of graduating essays and theses, most bachelor degree programs.

Wednesday, 20 March 2013

Meeting of the Vancouver Senate.

Friday, 22 March 2013

Distance Education Term D courses: Last day for withdrawal from most Distance Education Term D courses with withdrawal standing of “W” recorded on a student’s academic record. Consult your courses in the Course Schedule for specific information.
Pharmaceutical Sciences: Block 6 clerkship ends.

Thursday, 28 March 2013

Teacher Education Program: 12-Month Elementary and Middle Years Options: Term 2 classes end.

Friday, 29 March 2013

Good Friday. University closed. Some branches of the UBC Library may be open.

Monday, 1 April 2013

Easter Monday. University closed. Some branches of the UBC Library may be open.

Tuesday, 2 April 2013

Access & Diversity: Recommended date for submission of materials for alternate format production for Summer Session Term 1.
Graduate Studies: Deadline for guaranteed consideration by the Faculty of Graduate Studies of recommendations from graduate programs for North American students to be admitted for registration September 2013. Late recommendations may be accepted upon special request from a graduate program.
Graduate Studies: Last day for Graduate Students employed as Teaching and Research Assistants to apply for payroll deduction of Summer Session tuition fees.
Last day for sponsored students to submit application to have fees billed to a sponsoring organization for Summer Session Terms 1 and 2 (May to August) tuition fees. Students who do not submit their applications by the deadline will be required to pay their tuition fees by payment due dates to avoid financial hold procedures.
Pharmaceutical Sciences: Block 7 clerkship begins (April 2 to April 26 inclusive).
Student Financial Assistance & Awards: Students applying for a Summer Bursary should have applied for government student loans for the Summer Session by this date.
Teacher Education Program: 12-Month Elementary and Middle Year Options: Extended practicum begins (April 2 to June 28 inclusive).

Wednesday, 3 April 2013

Access & Diversity: Last day for submission of Exam Accommodation forms for April examinations.

Friday, 5 April 2013

Last day of classes for most faculties.
Graduate Studies: Last day for final oral examination for doctoral students planning to graduate in May.
Graduate Studies: Last day for supervisors to submit Appointment of External Examiner form to Faculty of Graduate Studies for August 31 program end date.

Wednesday, 10 April 2013

Term 2 examinations begin (day and evening classes) for most faculties (April 10 to April 24 inclusive). Saturdays are included in the examination schedule.

Monday, 15 April 2013

Forestry (third-year): FRST 452 field work begins at the University Research Forest, Maple Ridge, BC (April 15 to 19 inclusive).
Graduate Studies: Last day for final doctoral oral examinations in time for April 30 program end date.

Wednesday, 17 April 2013

Meeting of the Vancouver Senate.

Friday, 19 April 2013

Graduate Studies: Last day for final doctoral oral examination for April 30 program end date.
Graduate Studies: Last day for final master’s theses and doctoral dissertations to be accepted by the Faculty of Graduate Studies for May graduation. Must be approved and accepted by 4:00 pm.
Graduate Studies: Last day for graduate programs to notify the Faculty of Graduate Studies that all requirements (including major papers) have been met for non-thesis master’s degrees for May graduation.
Pharmaceutical Sciences: Block 7 clerkship ends.

Wednesday, 24 April 2013

2012/13 Winter Session ends.
Last day of Term 2 examinations for most faculties.

Thursday, 25 April 2013

Earth and Ocean Sciences: Hydrogeology field school begins (EOSC 428, April 25 to April 29 inclusive).
UBC Student Housing and Hospitality Services: Winter Session residences close; residents are required to vacate.

Friday, 26 April 2013

Earth and Ocean Sciences (second-year students): Geology field school begins (EOSC 223, April 26 to May 2 inclusive).
Earth and Ocean Sciences (third-year students): Geology field school begins (EOSC 328, April 26 to May 17 inclusive).

Funding Opportunities

Embassy of France Scholarship Program now open!

Applications are now open for the following programs:

• Scholarships of the Embassy of France: up to 8 months (monthly allowance + airplane ticket)

The scholarships will be awarded in priority to PhD students involved in a joint “cotutelle” PhD program.

Master’s and “non-cotutelle” PhD students as well as postdocs are also eligible for study or research internship in France;

·          France Canada Research Fund cotutelle scholarship: up to 12 months (monthly allowance + airplane ticket); for cotutelle PhD students only;

·         France Canada Research Fund best cotutelle prize

Killam Graduate Teaching Assistant Awards

In recognition of the valuable role that teaching assistants play in our programs, the University annually awards teaching prizes to UBC Teaching Assistants, with two of these awards being allocated to the Faculty of Education.  The prize includes both a certificate and $1,000.00.  At the same time, in recognition of the contribution to our Faculty so many outstanding Teaching Assistants, the Faculty of Education annually awards an additional teaching prize to supplement those awarded at the University-level – for a total of three awards.

Nominations are now being accepted for the 2012-2013  Killam Graduate Teaching Assistant Teaching Awards. We encourage nominations from faculty supervisors (professors, senior laboratory instructors) of the Graduate TA, from colleagues working closely with the nominee, and from the students who attended the nominee’s class or laboratory.  Grad TAs can also self-nominate for the award.  The award(s) are open to any Graduate Teaching Assistant who acts or has acted in this position during the current, and/or the preceding academic year (2012/2013, 2011/2012).

Please visit the VP Academic & Provost web site for information on eligibility, procedures, supporting documentation and criteria.  The full program description and call for nominations are available at: http://vpacademic.ubc.ca/killam-graduate-teaching-assistant-awards/.

All completed nomination packages are due in the OGPR for Faculty adjudication by 4pm, March 11, 2013

Social Justice @UBC: Beyond Recognition!/? Noted Scholar Lecture Series

March 13, 12-1pm, Dr. Larissa Lai, Assistant Professor, Department of English

Appropriation, Imagination, ESL and Asian Canadian “Literary Elites”: The Gold Mountain Blues Scandal

As part of a larger project on Asian Canadian literary production in the 1980s and 1990s, this talk interrogates the recent scandal around Ling Zhang’s novelGold Mountain Blues, published in 2009 in the PRC and in 2011 in Canada.The author is currently being sued for plagiarism by three well-known Asian Canadian writers: Wayson Choy, SKY Lee and Paul Yee. I situate the scandal as continuous with, but also different from, the cultural appropriation debates that raged through the 1980s and 1990s, and articulate how the cultural arena has shifted to make it possible for one kind of “Asian” to appropriate from another. A politics of Indigeneity is intertwined in this debate in ways that illustrate how the idea of Asian Canadian literature emerges in relation to Indigenous cultural politics.

Dr. Larissa Lai is an Assistant Professor, Department of English and Faculty Associate, GRSJ Institute. Dr. Lai is on the verge of sending off the manuscript for her first critical book Slanting “I”, Imagining “We”; Asian Canadian Cultural Production in the 80s and 90s. That project lays out the conundrum of liberatory reclamations of the racist name and looks at the cultural strategies employed by writers, artists, editorial collectives and conference organizing committees in Canada in the 80s and 90s. She currently holds an Early Career Scholar Fellowship at the Peter Wall Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies. Sybil Unrest. (Co-authored with Rita Wong.) Line Books. When Fox Is a Thousand­: Arsenal Pulp Press. Salt Fish Girl: Thomas Allen. When Fox Is a Thousand:  Press Gang.

**Lunch will be provided at noon Social Justice @UBC Lectures at no cost to all participants who RSVP: jane.charles@ubc.ca

Social Justice Institute Lecture Series Meeting Room 028, Jack Bell Building: Directions: http://bit.ly/R5WyjE

Global Scholarship Programme for Research Excellence

The Global Scholarship Programme for Research Excellence is designed to enhance research excellence at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) through building and strengthening the University’s ties with leading research universities and institutes around the world and to increase the visibility of CUHK as a world-class research university through student and staff mobility. The Programme provides basic funding support to PhD students to undertake short-term research visits at CUHK.

Deadline: Friday, March 15, 2013

Further information: https://www.grad.ubc.ca/awards/global-scholarship-programme-research-excellence

ARTS Graduate Research Award – Open to Masters and PhD Applications:
The award is offered for a completed scholarly project, thesis, or dissertation in the area of arts research and teaching. The work must have been accepted within two years prior to the year of the conference.
Graduates of Canadian universities or Canadians who have studied abroad are eligible for the award.
Criteria: All modes of inquiry are invited as are all modes of reporting. The submission will be examined by three experienced and active members of the ARTS SIG for the following:
Significance
* Relevance for contemporary arts researching and teaching
* Contribution to innovative arts teaching and/or arts research practices
Substance
* Compelling and provocative questions
* Adequate summary of the supporting literature
* Methodology and research process clearly explained
* Quality of reporting and writing
Distinctiveness
* Artistic merit
* Offers important new perspectives or ways of thinking about arts research and teaching
Eligibility: The winner must be a member of CSSE, CACS, and ARTS.
Submission Requirements
1. Interested applicants should submit the following:

2. A PDF copy of the signed committee acceptance of the dissertation/thesis/project.
3. An abstract of 1000-1500 words outlining: the problem(s) / question(s) addressed in the study, a brief review of the major literature, the design methodology, the major conclusions, and a statement of significance.
4. A PDF or link to the full project, thesis, or dissertation.
Deadline: March 15, 2013.
Please send applications to: John J. Guiney Yallop: johnj.guineyyallop@acadiau.ca

Janet Hyde Graduate Student Research Grant 

Proposals are being sought for Hyde Graduate Student Research Grants. These grants, each up to $500, are awarded to doctoral psychology students to support feminist research. The grants are made possible through the generosity of Janet Shibley Hyde, Ph.D., who donates the royalties from her book, Half the Human Experience, to this fund. Past recipients of Hyde Graduate Student Research Grants are not eligible to apply. Because the purpose of this award is to facilitate research that otherwise might not be possible, projects that are beyond the data analysis stage are not eligible.

Please send all application materials attached to a single e-mail message to both of the Hyde Award Co-chairs at the following addresses by September 15^th (for the fall deadline) or March 15^th (for the spring deadline):

Dr. Olivia Moorehead-Slaughter, oms@parkschool.org  and Dr. Mindy J. Erchull, merchull@umw.edu  

Requirements:

1) Cover page with project title, investigator’s name, address, phone, fax, and e-mail address

2) A 100-word abstract

3) A proposal (5-pages maximum, double-spaced) addressing the project’s purpose, theoretical rationale, and procedures, including how the method and data analysis stem from the proposed theory and purpose. [References are not included in this 5-page limit.]

4) A one-page statement articulating the study’s relevance to feminist goals and importance to feminist research.

5) The expected timeline for progress and completion of the project (including the date of the research proposal committee meeting). The project timeline should not exceed two years.

6) A faculty sponsor’s recommendation, which includes why the research cannot be funded by other sources. This letter should be attached to the e-mail with the application materials. Please do not send it separately.

7) Status of IRB review process, including expected date of IRB submission and approval. Preference will be given to proposals that have received approval.

8) An itemized budget (if additional funds are needed to ensure completion of the project, please specify sources).  Funds cannot be used for tuition, living expenses, or travel to present research at a conference.

9) The applicant’s curriculum vitae

All sections of the proposal should be typed and prepared according to APA style (e.g., please use 12-point font).

Applicants should submit no more than 2 files (i.e., one with the letter of recommendation and one with all the other required materials).

Proposals that fail to meet the guidelines described above will not be reviewed.

Review Process

A panel of psychologists will evaluate the proposals for theoretical and methodological soundness, relevance to feminist goals, applicant’s training and qualifications to conduct the research, and feasibility of completing the project.

Other Requirements

Only one application will be accepted per student, for each application deadline.  Applicants who are involved in multiple projects that meet the submission requirements should choose the project that best fits the evaluation criteria (see “Review Process”).

Within 24 months of receipt of the grant, recipients are expected to submit to the Hyde committee co-chairs a complete and final copy of the research document (e.g., a copy of the thesis, dissertation or journal manuscript based on the sponsored research), along with a 500-word abstract for publication in Division 35 newsletter.  In addition, grant recipients shall acknowledge the funding source in the author’s notes in all publications. Hyde award winners will be announced at the APA convention during Division 35 Social Hour. The names of the Hyde award winners may also be posted in Division 35 newsletter as well as on Division 35 web page and listserv.

Request for Abstracts from previous Hyde Award Winners

Brief abstracts of the work conducted by previous award recipients are printed in the newsletters. Previous award winners are highly encouraged to contact Dr. Olivia Moorehead-Slaughter, Hyde Award Co-chair, at oms@parkschool.org to submit a 500 word summary of their Hyde grant-funded research for consideration of publication in the Feminist Psychologist.

Questions and other communications may be sent to the committee co-chair:

Olivia Moorehead-Slaughter, Ph.D. Co-Chair, Phone: 617-414-4646, E-mail: oms@parkschool.org

FireTalks – Ethics and Dissemination

This month’s talk takes up many of the questions raised at our last FIREtalk: What role do ethics play in academic research, practice and dissemination? How can – or should – academics and grad students disseminate their work? Is it ethical to publish in journals which the subjects of research will never be able to access?

How does your research relate to these issues? Tell us by presenting at this FIREtalk!               

You’ll also get to;

* Practice presenting your research to an interdisciplinary audience

* Network with graduate students from across campus

* Receive feedback on your research in a low stakes setting

Want to hear more about this topic and join the discussion? Register to attend!

Koerner Library, 216, March 21 at 2pm.

Call for Applications:  Graduate Global Leadership Fellowship

The Graduate Global Leadership Fellowships enable promising leaders from developing countries to pursue doctoral studies at UBC. The fellowships are to support international students showing outstanding leadership in humanitarian and development work in their home country. Two fellowships will be offered; each fellowship provides an $18,000 stipend plus tuition each year for four years.

Applicants must:

– Hold a student visa at the beginning of the fellowship funding period

– Be a citizen of a developing country (see list of eligible countries on website link below)

– Be starting a PhD or DMA program at the UBC Vancouver campus in May 2013, Sep 2013, or Jan 2014

Deadline for graduate programs to submit nominations to the Faculty of Graduate Studies:  4:00pm Friday 22 March 2013 (check with departments for internal deadlines).

Please see the Graduate Awards website for more information: http://www.grad.ubc.ca/awards/graduate-global-leadership-fellowship

The contact at the Faculty of Graduate Studies for this award is Anne Brozensky, anne.brozensky@ubc.ca

2013 Canadian Student Health Research Forum (CSHRF)

The forum will be held June 4-6, 2013 in Winnipeg. The aim of the CSHRF is to provide a venue for the networking, research exposure and recognition of Canada’s most promising research trainees in the health sciences.  While the primary component is the judged research poster exhibition (with associated, nationally recognized CIHR awards of excellence), other value-added elements include tours of unique research facilities such as Health Canada’s National Virology Laboratory, student-led social events such as a tour of the NRC’s Institute for BioDiagnostics, dinner at the Lower Fort Garry National Historic Site, a CIHR information session with the CIHR Director of Research Capacity Development and cross-disciplinary symposia on hot topics with internationally-recognized speakers.  This year’s symposium will be on “Inflammation and Health.”  This is a unique opportunity to advance the careers of your top students and to showcase their excellence.

Universities have been invited on nominate their top PhD students in health sciences for participation in the forum.  A limited number of invited participants will also receive travel award funding from CIHR, though the amount of funding and number of students to be funded by CIHR has not yet been determined.

The Faculty of Graduate Studies will collect nominations on behalf of UBC, to forward to the CSHRF Coordinator. Graduate programs are invited to nominate their top PhD students in health sciences to the Faculty of Graduate Studies. Graduate programs may nominate up to 5% of their PhD students in health sciences (for instance, if a program has 40 PhD students in health sciences, it could submit up to 2 nominees). Appropriate selection criteria are to be determined by the graduate programs. Please note that the symposium theme rotates from year to year and should not bias student selection.

Graduate programs are asked to submit the following by e-mail to graduate.awards@ubc.ca by Friday, March 22, 2013:

1. completed nomination form http://www.grad.ubc.ca/sites/default/files/awards/awards_CSHRF_Nomination_Form.doc

2. one-page abstract for each nominee (abstract guidelines available at: http://www.umanitoba.ca/medicine/research_days/faqs2.html#abstractguidelines

Further information is available at:

• our website – http://www.grad.ubc.ca/awards/canadian-student-health-research-forum-cshrf-travel-award

• the CSHRF website – http://www.umanitoba.ca/medicine/research_days/

BC Aboriginal Student Award: Call for Applications

The Irving K. Barber British Columbia Scholarship Society has established an award program for Aboriginal students pursuing studies at the Master’s and Doctoral levels in British Columbia. Renewable awards of $5,000 per year are available.  Selection is based on a variety of factors, including financial need, family and community responsibilities, and career and life goals.

Deadline: April 5, 2013

Applications are submitted directly to the Irving K. Barber British Columbia Scholarship Society; for more detail and application instructions please visit the following website: http://www.bcscholarship.ca/web/aboriginal

ACDE Reception at AERA

The Association of Canadian Deans of Education invites all AERA delegates to a reception in San Francisco, during the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) on Monday, April 29, 2013, 7 – 8:30pm, Yorkshire Room, Westin St. Francis Hotel, 335 Powell Street, San Francisco. Please RSVP to ACDE@telus.net by April 1, 2013.

Rio Tinto Alcan Research Fellowship

As part of its ongoing commitment to innovation and research, Rio Tinto Alcan offers a research fellowship for a UBC graduate or post-graduate student in a field of pure or applied science related to Rio Tinto Alcan’s activities (production and processing of aluminum). Annual Value: $18,000

Graduate Program Deadline: to be set by graduate program (likely in mid-April)

Deadline for graduate programs to submit nominations to the Faculty of Graduate Studies:  Wednesday, May 1, 2013

For more information, including a list of research areas supported by the award, please consult the Graduate Awards website: https://www.grad.ubc.ca/awards/rio-tinto-alcan-research-fellowships

The contact in the Faculty of Graduate Studies for this competition is Joanne Tsui, who can be reached at: joanne.tsui@ubc.ca

Upcoming Events

Call for Presentations and Participation-The Challenge of Critical Pedagogy: Learning and Teaching in the “Corporate” University

Wednesday April 3, 2013, The Institute of Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice, UBC

At present the higher education environment is undergoing massive global, social and economic transformations which are impacting upon the role of higher education in relation to the economy, society, states, work and employment, labour markets and knowledge production. Particular attention has been directed towards the effect of neoliberalism, the effects of a general condition of increased austerity and an intensification of market pressures on universities. The increased commodification of higher education raises concerns for the practice of critical pedagogy and the promotion of social justice and requires reflection upon the ways we learn and teach, both as university educators and as members of communities. However, as the role of university education is increasingly contested these conditions also may present an opportunity to discuss a range of issues regarding the practice of teaching in our changing institutions, the role of the University within the community and in public life, and the availability of practical strategies for pursuing equality, diversity and social justice within our educational settings. **Please contact Dr. S. Budgeon for further details on the structure and themes of the workshop.

Submission of Presentation Proposal: Queries and proposals may be sent to Dr. Shelley Budgeon, Visiting Scholar at the Institute of Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice (Shelley.budgeon@googlemail.com) by the deadline of March 15, 2013.

Attendence is free but please register in advance by emailing Shelley at (Shelley.budgeon@googlemail.com).

This workshop is part of a broader Universitas 21 sponsored project linked to the University of Birmingham, UK. It is hosted by the Institute of Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice at the University of British Columbia.

Upcoming Library Workshops

 1) Citation Management Using RefWorks, Zotero, or Mendeley

Need to manage large numbers of references and citations as part of your research, teaching or administrative work? Citation management tools are for you. These tools provide a simple way to store, organize and retrieve your citations in an effective manner, and can also help you in formatting in-text citations and bibliographies in your work.

Sign up for an introductory workshop for an overview of citation management tools, or for a tool specific hands-on workshop to a brief introduction to the main concepts of citation management and detailed instruction for use of either RefWorks, Zotero, or Mendeley.

Introduction to Citation Management

Thursday, March 21, 1:00-2:30pm http://elred.library.ubc.ca/libs/dashboard/view/3875

Citation Management Using Zotero

Monday, March 11, 12:00 – 2:00pm http://elred.library.ubc.ca/libs/dashboard/view/3867

Monday, March 25, 2:00 – 4:00pm http://elred.library.ubc.ca/libs/dashboard/view/3868

Citation Management Using Mendeley

Wednesday, March 20, 5:00 – 7:00pm http://elred.library.ubc.ca/libs/dashboard/view/3737

______________________________________________

2) Tips and Tricks for Formatting Your Thesis: Little Things Mean A Lot!

Are you worried about getting your thesis/dissertation into the format required by the Faculty of Graduate Studies? Would you like to know more about how to use the formatting features in Microsoft Word? Research Commons staff will help you with your questions about the nuts and bolts of formatting: page layout, numbering, headings, front matter, and more! As well, find out more about the resources that are available to help you in writing your thesis/dissertation. Graduate students at any stage of the writing process are welcome; some prior knowledge of Microsoft Word will be helpful.

Wednesday, March 13, 4:00 – 6:00pm http://elred.library.ubc.ca/libs/dashboard/view/3708

Monday, March 18, 11:00am – 1:00pm http://elred.library.ubc.ca/libs/dashboard/view/3709

Thursday, March 28, 12:00 – 2:00pm http://elred.library.ubc.ca/libs/dashboard/view/3710

______________________________________________

3) Introduction to Grey Literature for Health Sciences

Learn about searching for grey literature, including conference proceedings and abstracts, reports & publications from governmental and non-governmental organizations, thesis and dissertations, and other non-traditional publications. While the focus will be on literature for the health sciences many of the strategies and tools will be useful for other disciples as well.
Tuesday, March 12, 1:00-2:00pm http://elred.library.ubc.ca/libs/dashboard/view/3911
______________________________________________

4) Digging Into Digital Collections

Learn how to further your research by using digital book collections including Google Books and the Hathi Trust. You will leave this workshop knowing:

·         how to search within books to locate research material not evident from title or chapter descriptions,

·         conduct more thorough literature reviews on primary sources,

·         perform cited reference searches,

·         conduct historical word searches, and more!

Tuesday, March 12, 2:00-3:30pm http://elred.library.ubc.ca/libs/dashboard/view/3917

Mental Health Awareness Club Presentation – Beyond Your Undergrad: Careers in Mental Health and Neurology

Each speaker will speak for 10-15 minutes on their field of work or study which will be followed with Q&A and networking. Food and drinks will be provided.

Last years event had a turnout of about 30 to 40 people, with 5 speakers giving a brief presentation on their work and study, followed by networking. Overall, the event was a success.

The event will be $3 for non-members and free for members of the Mental Health Awareness Club or the Neurology Club. Please RSVP here http://bit.ly/167lDBA

Thursday, March 21st, 2013, 5:30pm to 7:30pm, Location: TBA (on UBC campus)

Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology- Instructional Skills Workshop

Registration is open for the Instructional Skills Workshop March 23, 24, 25, 2013.  Please note that participants must be able to attend the entire 24 hour workshop.

The Instructional Skills Workshop is an internationally recognized program and students receive transcript notation for their participation.  It is a 3-day intensive workshop that develops participant’s teaching skills and confidence.  It is appropriate for first time teachers or those with years of experience.  Join the thousands of students who have taken this workshop.

This workshop is always in high demand. To register for the Late March ISW, please go to:

http://events.ctlt.ubc.ca/events/view/2257

Designing our Forests: A Call for Participants

The Interactive Digital Environmental Assessment Laboratory (IDEAL) in the Faulty of Forestry is recruiting individuals for a survey related to visual quality of harvest designs. The survey consists primarily of rating a number of landscape design images. Participants in the survey will receive a $10 honorarium.  We are looking for interested participants to start on April 2, 2013.

Time: By appointment – approximately 30 minutes

Contact information:

Email: ideal.forestry.ubc@gmail.com

Phone: (604) 822-6708 or (604) 363-1680

Location: Landscape Immersion Lab (LIL) in the Forest Sciences Centre

Participants: The survey will be open to anyone except those who have one or more of the following: limited availability, are under the age of 18, or has a blindness or severe visual handicap. All information associated with this study will be handled confidentially.

In this experiment we will show the subjects a number of landscape design images and ask them to rate these on a simple scale. These ratings will be compared to a computer model in order to investigate how well the model relates to individual perception. Upon completion of the image ratings, participants will be required to complete a short questionnaire. Participants in the survey will receive a $10 honorarium.

2013 Graduate Symposium in the Department of Education, Concordia University- Call for Proposals

Graduate students are invited to submit proposals and participate in a symposium at Concordia University on Friday, April 19, 2013. The theme of the conference is Making the Connection: Theory, Research, and Practice. The Graduate Symposium in the Department of Education aims to make connections between educational theory, research, and practice by bringing together researchers and practitioners from all areas of Education and related disciplines.

Please review the Frequently Asked Questions resource available at http://doe.concordia.ca/symposium2013/faq.html for detailed information about the conference before submitting a proposal.

Please complete the submission from available at http://doe.concordia.ca/symposium2013/submissionform.html. Please be prepared to include a required abstract (250 words maximum) which conforms to American Psychological Association guidelines. Abstracts will be evaluated according to a number of criteria.

FINE- Forum for International Networking in Education

The Forum for International Networking in Education (FINE), is organizing three FREE events at AERA 2013 in San Francisco for students from U21 Universities:

• The FINE forum will be held on Friday, April 26th from 1pm-5pm and then dinner will follow at 7pm. The forum will include a number of speakers (various topics will be covered, including navigating AERA and life in academia), a panel discussion featuring U21 Deans of Education, and discussions on the best ways to network with academics and other students
• 2 breakfasts will be held on Sunday, April 28th and Tuesday, April 30th (both at 7am). These breakfasts are an excellent opportunity to connect with other Education students and Deans from U21 universities

Locations are TBD and will be made available at a later date. Please RSVP to fine.u21@gmail.com

For more information on U21 and FINE please visit: http://www.universitas21.com

Call for Discussants

The CCGSE planning committee would like to invite faculty members and graduate students to act as discussants for the 2013 Canadian Committee of Graduate Students in Education (CCGSE) roundtable discussions. One discussant will be assigned to each roundtable (2-3 papers). The CSSE planning committee is hoping to dedicate one session to the CCGSE roundtables and poster presentations (as was done last year), meaning that no other session(s) will occur at this time. Please support our graduate students by acting as a discussant! Light snacks will be provided.

Discussants will receive papers by Monday, May 6^th, 2013. This will provide discussants with four weeks to read through the papers and generate comments for discussion (approx 5 minutes per paper).

If willing to participate, please provide the following information to (julieta@ualberta.ca):

First and Last Name, School, Department and Position (ex. MEd student, PhD student, professor), Email and Three Areas of Expertise.

Investigating Our Practices 2013

Please join us for the IOP 2013, 16^th Annual Conference on Saturday, May 11, 2013, Neville Scarfe Building, co-sponsored by the Faculty of Education and the BC Teachers’ Federation.  Neville Scarfe Building.  Practicing teachers, graduate students, undergraduate students, and university educators from different educational contexts convene at UBC to share their investigations, understandings and questions. Registration fee: $25 ($15 for students).  Breakfast, lunch and refreshments included. For more information or to register for the conference, visit http://pdce.educ.ubc.ca/iop2013 or contact Judy Paley at 604-822-2733 judy.paley@ubc.ca.

Research Day 2013 – Education Research Matters

Research Day returns to the Faculty of Education, and the 2013 edition will focus on engaging with the community and tackling issues of methodology. A panel of Indigenous graduates from our M.A. and Ph.D. programs, followed by a reception, will close the day.

Organized by the Faculty of Education’s Office of Graduate Programs and Research and the Graduate Student Council, in collaboration with the Indigenous Education Institute of Canada, in the context of the Year of Indigenous Education.

Thursday May 30^th, 2013 | 12:30 to 7:30 p.m, First Nations House of Learning, Sty-Wet-Tan Hall

More details about ways to participate will follow soon. We look forward to spending the day with you! Contact Brigitte Gemme (brigitte.gemme@ubc.ca) for more information.

Graduate Student Society

Why not sign up for the GSS newsletter? It makes sure that you are the first to know about trips (Whistler March 23) and events (Global Food Night) such as Farsi classes and job opportunities.

New activities and events are constantly being updated so check out the new GSS website for full details on http://gss.ubc.ca

Graduate Student Council Update

The next meeting of the Graduate Council will be held on Friday, March 15, 2013 11:30 – 1:30pm, Irving K. Barber, Room 182, 1961 East Mall. Visit the website of the Graduate Student Council of the Faculty of Education (GSFE) for an update of what your student representatives have been working on this month. Provide your input and feedback to the advocacy issues currently under discussion on the GSFE Blog.

Employment Opportunities

Research opportunities in Germany
The Alexander-von-Humboldt Foundation offers fellowships to young scholars (no more than twelve years after having completed the Ph.D.) as well as to post-doctoral fellows to be held in Germany for anywhere from 6 to 18 months. The monthly minimum amount is 2450 Euros with additional amounts for spouse and child(ren), for research costs, and for some travel. Fellowship holders choose their own project, but need a professor at a German university to sponsor them.
If this sounds tempting, please come to an information meeting at the Coach House, Green College. 6201 Cecil Green Park Road on Monday, 18 March 2013 at 3:00 pm to find out more. Should this time not be convenient for you, and you still wish to find out about the research opportunities, please get in touch with Dr. Gernot Wieland at gernot.wieland@ubc.ca or at 604-822-5749.