RESEARCH AND FACULTY DEVELOPMENT NEWSLETTER
September 5th 2003

RESEARCH GRANTS

SSHRC
Remember, the Internal Deadline for SSHRC Standard Research Grant Applications is Monday 29 September. Please let me know asap if you intend to apply. Also, please let me know if you would like to discuss your application before that date. Last year faculty volunteers agreed to act as second readers of applications (I read all the applications). Second readers review the application and give direct feedback to the applicant. In my opinion, second readwers can strengthen applications a lot. If you would like a second reader for your application, or if you are willing to act as a second reader please let me know.

NBIF
This is a reminder that the deadline for Research Assistants from NBIF is 12 September. Thanks to Lorraine Nolan for letting me have a link that works (I hope). It is http://www.nbif.ca/media_uploads/pdf/17.pdf . Grants are up to $5000 for one year for an undergraduate and up to $10,000 a year for up to 2 years for a graduate student.

TEACHING

ADULT EDUCATION RESEARCH IN FRENCH
The CDEACF (Resource Centre for Adult Education and the Status of Women is building a catalogue of rreseath relating to adult education that has been published in French since 1997. Please contact Julie Leclair at leclair@cdeacf.ca if you have anything to add.

CASAE (Canadian Association for the Study of Adult Education)
This page provides useful information about CASAE. It includes links to proceedings of CASAE Annual National Conferences and a call for papers for the 23rd National Conference to be held in Victoria in 2004. There are also links to other Adult Education sites. Http://www.oise.utoronto.ca/CASAE?maineng.html

GENDER ISSUES

A number of faculty are associated with our interdisciplinary Gender Studies Programme - see page 119 of the 2003-2004 Calendar. The gender list provides useful information about issues relating to gender. Contact Peter Weeks (pweeks@stu.ca) for more information and if you would like to subscribe. Here’s some information you might find interesting,

Nurturing Ourselves

This annual women’s conference is very well attended. This year it will be held from 17-18 Oct at the Hugh John Flemming Forestry Centre, 1350 Regent Street, Fredericton. The cost is $60. Keynote speakers this year are Elizabeth Weir and Elaine Dembe. There are 3 blocks of concurrent workshops with 7-8 choices in each block. One of the presenters is Sandra DeVink from social work - she will be speaking about “blended families.” For more information contact the College of Extended Learning at UNB (extend@unb.ca or 458-7614)

WELCOME TO NEW FACULTY

A very warm welcome to our “bumper crop”. Here’s a list of our new full time faculty.
Joshua Okeyo Anyangah, Economics
Thomas Bateman, Political Science
Cynthia Boyd, Social Work
Dawne Clarke, Criminology
Samira Farhoud, French
Fikru Gebrekidan, History
Daryl Gray, Journalism
Michael Houlihan, Psychology
Michelle Lafrance, Psychology
Christian Mbarga, French
Sue McKenzie-Mohr, Social Work
David Mercer, Humanities
Mikhail Molchanov, Political Science
Karla O’Regan, Criminology
Stephen Pidwysocky, Criminology
Craig Proulx, Anthropology
Angela Robinson, Native Studies
Kerrie Ann Shannon, Anthropology
Roberto Viereck-Salinas, Spanish

RECENTLY PROMOTED OR TENURED FACULTY

The following tenures and promotions were effective from July 1st 2003
Roland Chrisjohn, Native Studies (Tenure)
Suzanne Dudziak, Social Work (Tenure and Promotion to Associate Professor)
Heather Richmond, Education (Promotion to Associate Professor)
Jean Savageau, Criminology (Tenure and Promotion to Associate Professor)
Andrea Schutz, English (Tenure)
Linda Turner, Social Work (Promotion to Associate Professor)

Congratulations to all!

BOOK LAUNCHES

You should have received an invitation to book launches for Omar Basabe and Karen Robert on Friday September 19th. Please block off the following Fridays at 3.30 for more launches: October 3rd, October 17th, October 31st. Watch your internal mail for information.

NEED A NEW COMPUTER?

An advisory service is offered by the IT Department. To take advantage of it contact “peterd@stu.ca”

RESEARCH AND FACULTY DEVELOPMENT WEB-SITE

Check it out at http://www.stu.ca/facstaff/facdev/index.htm
I have recently added material to the “Career Development” section. In this section there are links to
1. Book Launches/Faculty Success
2. Deadlines and Due Dates
3. Expectations and Support
4. Faculty Awards
5. Professional Development Interviews
6. Renewal, Promotion and Tenure
7. Sabbatical Requests. Recommendations and Reports
Thanks to everyone who suggested items that should be included in this section and for recommending changes to the drafts I distributed last week.

I am now working on the “teaching” and the “frequently asked questions” sections.
Please give me ideas about what you think should be included in each of these sections.
It has been suggested that I should have links to course outlines that are “on line”. If you have outlines “on line” please let me have the links

JOBS PROGRAMME

The call for proposals for funding through the JOBS (student assistant) programme has recently been published. This is a great programme for faculty (who get help) and for students(who get paid by th university for providing the help) The deadline for making an application is September 25th. If you have nor received your memo, contact Student Affairs.

Rosemary Clews
September 5th 2003