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Arts Researchers Teachers Graduate Research Award 2014

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 between January – December, 2013.

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, 2014.

Please send applications to: John J. Guiney Yallop:
johnj.guineyyallop@acadiau.ca
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Publication Opportunities

CAP Journal – Spring Edition 2014 – Call For Submissions‏

Greetings,

My name is K.J. White. I am the Eastern Vice-President of the Canadian Association of Principals (CAP) http://cdnprincipals.org/.  As part of my role as Eastern VP, I am editor for our CAP Journal. CAP advocates for Principals and Vice-Principals at the national level. Working with other national educational groups, CAP presents the views and opinions of Principals, Assistant-Principals, Vice-Principals and other school administrators regarding a variety of issues and in many different forums.

CAP is requesting written submissions for our next publication with the theme: Principal Leadership – Building Instructional Capacity.  If you have articles or studies of approximately 1000 – 1250 words, CAP would be pleased to view them for consideration in our next edition. The deadline for submissions is March 11th, 2014.

Please note the CAP journal has a print version and an electronic publication. Amendments to accommodate space requirements may be necessary, however any revision would be approved prior to publication.

If you have another friend or colleague that may be interested in writing an article, please forward this e-mail, along with my contact information, to any faculty member who may be interested. Works can be e-mailed directly to me at  kjwhite@edu.pe.ca preferably as a Word document, 1000 – 1250 words in length. Authors should include a writer’s biography, not to exceed 40 words, containing designation, credentials and/or any relevant experience. No e-mails will be printed in the CAP Journal.

Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have further questions.

K.J. White – CAP Eastern Vice President – CAP Journal Editor
kjwhite@edu.pe.ca

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Announcements Graduate Program Opportunities Publication Opportunities

Change to Thesis/Dissertation Licence for UBC Library‏

The UBC Library has developed a new online cIRcle Non-Exclusive Distribution License, very similar to the current UBC Thesis Licence Agreement which students have been using up to now. The License will be applicable to theses and dissertations as well as to all non-thesis work in cIRcle, and will likely go into effect on Friday March 7, 2014 (tomorrow). The current UBC Thesis Licence Agreement form will be discontinued.

NOTE: This new online cIRcle Licence will be presented to students as part of the submission process. They do NOT have to submit a paper License form. None of the other procedures have changed. Our website will be updated tomorrow when I get confirmation from the Library that they are ready to launch the online License.

Key information:

·         Students retain full copyright to their theses, as always.

·         The new cIRcle License clearly states the restrictions on theses via a Creative Commons license. It specifies that, by default, works deposited in cIRcle will correspond to the most restrictive of the Creative Commons licenses. Please see the links below for details.

The text of the new License is here: http://circle.ubc.ca/handle/2429/46029

Description of changes to the Licence here: http://circle.sites.olt.ubc.ca/forms/distribution-license/

or here – the Library will likely be moving the information to this link: http://circle.sites.olt.ubc.ca/licensing-copyright/

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