RESEARCH NEWS LETTER, June 2005

RESOURCES

• Paul, R. & Elder, L. The Miniature Guide to Understanding the Foundations of Ethical Reasoning. Foundation for Critical thinking, 2005.
  
• Highlights of the Board Meeting of the Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences are now available online on the Federation’s website: www.fedcan.ca
  
• AUCC Update are available online on the AUCC website: www.aucc.ca
  
• The latest issue of the ‘Prairie Centre of Excellence for Research on Immigration and Integration’ newsletter is available in the Research Office for your perusal.
  
• The Atlantic Centre of Excellence for Women’s Health has a number of publications/documents available in hard copy. To view these documents, please visit the following website: http://www.acewh.dal.ca/new.htm

FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

• Please be advised that the deadline date for the receipt of the Notification of Intent to Apply for a Discovery Grant (Form 180) at NSERC has been changed to AUGUST 1. This change is motivated by operational requirements. The 2005 version of the Notification of Intent and its instructions will be posted on NSERC's Web site. If you have any questions please contact:

  Ginette Drouin
  Chief, Program Operations Unit
  Research Grants & Scholarships
  Tel. (613) 996-1125

CONFERENCE OPPORTUNITIES

• Big Lessons from Small Places: A Forum on Governance in Rural North America and the North Atlantic Rim – October 13-15, 2005, Twillingate, Newfoundland. Rural areas, small islands and other peripheral jurisdictions face unique challenges and opportunities in an increasingly global economy. In these changing social, economic and political environments, governance tools are critical for local and jurisdictional development. This conference is an opportunity to share your experience, exchange strategies and discuss small places with this exciting group of people from North America, the North Atlantic Rim and around the world. For more information please visit the conference website: www.crrf.ca.
  
• Gender and Medieval Studies Conference 2006 - This conference seeks to explore the relationship between Gender, Ecstasy and Identity within the medieval context. An invitation for proposals for papers of 20 minutes that approach how feelings of ecstasy create, disrupt or transform notions of medieval gender and identity. Abstracts of 250 words that demonstrate both a critical engagement with current gender debates in medieval studies and an examination of any aspect of the intersection between gender, ecstasy and identity are welcome. Deadline for abstracts is August 1, 2005. For more information please contact conference organizer Maria-Kristina Perez: medievalgender@gmail.com
  
• The 2nd Annual Conference on Diversity and Wellbeing: Promising Directions in Research, Policy and Practice - Submissions should be related to Diversity and Wellbeing in Research, Policy and Practice with a particular emphasis on practical applications. The Calgary Health Region defines diversity as all the ways we are unique and different from others. Dimensions of diversity include such aspects as: race, religious beliefs, colour, physical appearance, gender, sexual identity, ability, age, family status, socio-economic circumstance. Deadline for submission of abstracts is 4pm, August 15, 2005. For more information about this conference contact: diversityservices@calgaryhealthregion.ca
  
• Impact of Global Issues on Women and Children - The Conference Secretariat for the Third International Conference on the Impact of Global Issues on Women and Children invites you to participate in an exciting exchange of knowledge, expertise, and experience on issues relevant to positive and negative effects of globalization on children and women. This conference is for individuals from all parts of the world and all walks of life: anthropologists, basic scientists, ecologists, environmentalists, economists, health economists, historians, human rights activists, information technologists, lawyers, nurses, nutritionists, physicians, politicians, sociologists, and social workers to name just a few. Deadline for submission of abstracts is October 30, 2005. For more information, please visit the conference website at: www.fhs.mcmaster.ca/slru/ic2006/main.html
  
• The University of Ontario Institute for Technology ~ First Critical Race Theory & Human Rights Conference ~ October 26 - October 28, 2005 at the Renaissance Hotel Toronto at Skydome (Rogers Centre). This conference will address a range of critically important themes relating to Critical Race Theory and Human Rights in academia and the broader community. For more information about this conference, please visit www.uoit.ca/~crhr

PUBLICATION OPPORTUNITY

• Migration and Development - The Canadian International Development Agency’s (CIDA) Analysis and Research Division of Policy Branch would like to request you or your organization to send us papers on “Migration and Development” for publication in its new quarterly, the Journal of Development Policy and Practice. To view publication guidelines, please visit the Research Office or the website: www.acdi-cida.gc.ca/journal.

OTHER MATTERS

• This information is from the International Educators Association of Canada:
  This note is to inform you about the launch of a new professional association of individuals dedicated to international education in Canada. The International Educators Association of Canada has formally come into being and is planning the first association meeting in Kingston in June. The association is comprised of individual members who have an affinity for international education. They may be currently employed in the field, may have been involved in international education in the past or may simply have a strong interest in the field. IEAC has launched a web site. They can be found at www.ieac.ca.
  
• Marc Renaud who has been the President of SSHRC for the last 8 years has resigned. The "Transformation Exercises" are complete and SSHRC has announced new strategic directions: "clustering research; mobilizing knowledge; connecting Canadian research to the world; creating new research tools. "Further study has been commissioned on the following
  directions: a “continuum of support” to provide scholars with flexible funding throughout their careers; the role of, and delivery mechanisms for, research time stipends; and an international strategy for SSHRC. Rosemary Clews can provide more information, or you might like to consult the SSHRC web-site: http://www.sshrc.ca/web/about/council_reports/news_e.asp#1
  
• A new autoethnography listserv has been formed for people who want to discuss topics about autoethnography.
  Here is the subscription and posting information:
  Post message: autoethnography@yahoogroups.com
  Subscribe: autoethnography-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
  Unsubscribe: autoethnography-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com
  List owner: autoethnography-owner@yahoogroups.com

Rosemary Clews
AVP (Research)