Do you struggle to find the focus you need to think and write? The 21st-century professor has to manage: the constant barrage of emails;the unending needs of students, colleagues, and family members;the distractions of social…
The Petro-Canada program provides awards to new researchers at Western ($16,000) to recognize, promote and support work that is particularly innovative, impacts positively on the learning environment in their department, and has the potential to be…
From the University of Waterloo’s Survey Research Centre an article describing the pros and cons of using crowdsourcing platforms to recruit participants. photo credit: floffimedia swarm intelligence via photopin (license)
The Canada Council for the Arts (CCA) is Canada’s public arts funder, with a mandate to foster and promote the study and enjoyment of, and the production of works in, the arts. The Council recently…
Global Affairs Canada has partnered with SSHRC to launch its fourth International Policy Ideas Challenge for graduate students and early career researchers from Canadian postsecondary institutions. Participants are invited to submit their best ideas and solutions…
Partnership Engage Grants provide short-term and timely support for partnered research activities that will inform decision-making at a single partner organization from the public, private or not-for-profit sector. Amount: $7,000 – $25,000 (over one year)…
The goal of the International Curriculum Fund is to promote innovative curriculum initiatives that help support international and intercultural learning opportunities for Western students. Specifically, they are designed to enhance the education of students, and…
Description: The Charles D. Gonthier Research Fellowship is awarded annually to an academic who will present the best research on the Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice’s (CIAJ) Annual Conference topic. For 2019 the…
The Canadian Research and Development Classification (CRDC) 2019 is the systematic categorization of research and experimental development according to type of activity, fields of research and socio-economic objectives. Members of the research community are invited…
The Faculty of Social Science has organized a workshop on Amazon Mechanical Turk By Taylor Kohut, Post-Doc (Psychology) Monday, February 11th10-11 amSSC 5220 “Amazon Mechanical Turk (MTurk) is a crowdsourcing marketplace that makes it easier…
