SickKids has launched a new casebook which describes 10 KT programs. Included are descriptions of programs, opportunities, barriers, and practical tools. FREE digital copies available at: http://www.sickkids.ca/Learning/AbouttheInstitute/Programs/Knowledge-Translation/Resources/Resources.html photo credit: kin.lane Circuit board background vector via photopin…
The application form for the Aid to Scholarly Journals competition will be available mid-July. Amount: Up to $30,000 per year (base grant); Up to $5,000 per year (supplementary funding) Deadlines: Faculty Research Office: 5 days…
The federal research funding agencies (SSHRC, NSERC and CIHR) have launched a special call which invites proposals from applicants affiliated with First Nations, Métis and Inuit not-for-profit organizations, as well as with other not-for-profit organizations…
In How to Survive a Media Blitz: an Academic’s Guide, Erin Thompson describes things you should know in order to be prepared. Link to the article from the Chronicle of Higher Education. In addition, in…
After engaging with stakeholders on several occasions, SSHRC will implement new parameters for the Aid to Scholarly Journals (ASJ) funding opportunity in 2018 that demonstrate SSHRC’s commitment to the government’s Open Science agenda; including the…
SSHRC’s Connection Grants support events and outreach activities geared toward short-term, targeted knowledge mobilization initiatives. These events and outreach activities represent opportunities to exchange knowledge and to engage on research issues of value to those…
FIMS, Law and Music Faculty Researchers are invited to the Spring Research Workshop Tuesday, May 15, 2018 9:45 – 2:30 Law Building Room 228 (Faculty Common Room) Program: 9:45 – coffee (provided) 10:00 – 12:00…
SSHRC will be holding a webinar for applicants and research administrators to provide information and answer questions about Connection Grants. The webinar will be held via Adobe Connect: Webinar Date Adobe Connect link Connection Grants…
“Aiming to bridge the gap between the Ivory Tower and the general public, Western has committed to being a founding member of The Conversation Canada. The Conversation, a daily independent news and analysis online publication,…
Alex Gillis describes the problem of predatory conferences in the April 2018 edition of University Affairs: “Many publishers of deceptive or poor-quality academic journals have created a big sideline business organizing equally questionable academic conferences”…
