By alex smiciklas
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The Embassy of France in Canada’s Mobility Funding for Researchers Program is intended for French and Canadian researchers (Quebec excluded as there are specific programs between France and the Quebec Government) who wish to spend a short stay with their counterparts, either in France or in Canada.
The call for applications is open to all research fields, as well as to all researchers working in a Canadian or French laboratory, university or research center. The laureates are offered a transatlantic flight and financial support for a short stay on site.
Funding:
- 1 return economy-class flight Canada- France or France-Canada
- A contribution towards subsistence costs (per diem, for a maximum of three nights)
Questions:
assistant.science@ambafrance-ca.org
Tel: +1 613-562-3794
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By alex smiciklas
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Innovate BC’s Ignite Program provides up to $300,000 to fund innovation projects in the areas of natural resources, applied science and/or engineering. Teams made up of industry and academia come together to solve real life business problems in a 3-year time frame.
Focus area
Proposals must involve the areas of natural resources, applied science and/or engineering, and must outline the business problem you and your team is attacking.
Teams
Applicants must be a BC-based team comprised of two or more companies, organizations and academic researchers. All teams must include an academic member and an industry partner.
Matching funds
Projects must secure matching funds from industry or government sources at a ratio of 2:1 matching dollars to Ignite dollars.
Timing
Projects must plan to move a proposed innovation to market within a 3-year timeframe.
Key dates:
Ignite Round 7
- Deadline to submit Letter of Intent (LOI) to Innovate BC: January 28, 2019
- Deadline for invited applicants to submit full proposal: April 8, 2019
- Anticipated notice of decision: Late June 2019
- Anticipated start of funding: July 2019
Ignite Round 8
- Deadline to submit Letter of Intent (LOI) to Innovate BC: August 12, 2019
- Deadline for invited applicants to submit full proposal: October 21, 2019
- Anticipated notice of decision: Late December 2019
- Anticipated start of funding: January 2020
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By alex smiciklas
December 31, 2018
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UBC Library now subscribes to the online newsletter, The Teaching Professor. This subscription was a joint purchase between UBC Library, CTLT (Vancouver) and CTL (UBCO).
From The Teaching Professor website: “The Teaching Professor was founded in 1987 with a simple goal in mind: Create a newsletter that helps college faculty improve their teaching, share best practices, and stay current on the latest pedagogical research.
Each week readers can expect thought-provoking and actionable advice on a wealth of critical topics, including:
- Improving student learning
- Designing effective activities and assignments
- Energizing and re-inspiring yourself in mid-career
- Promoting academic integrity
- Responding to course evaluations and feedback
- Dealing with difficult students
- Getting students to read what’s assigned”
UBC Education Library is excited by this announcement and expects this newsletter will be a popular, frequently accessed resource in our collection.
By justine huang
Jan. 2, 2019
We are pleased and excited to welcome Dr. Cynthia Glidden-Tracey
Dr. Cynthia Glidden-Tracey joined us as a tenure–track Instructor in Counselling Psychology on January 1, 2019. Dr. Glidden-Tracey previously held an appointment as a clinical faculty in the Counseling and Counseling Psychology programs, at the Arizona State University in the USA.
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By justine huang
Jan. 2, 2019
We are pleased and excited to welcome Dr. Surita Jhangiani!
As announced at the November department meeting, Dr. Jhangiani will join us as a tenure–track Instructor in Human Development, Learning and Culture on January 1, 2019. Dr. Jhangiani is already a valued member at ECPS where she has served as a 12-month Lecturer since 2017 . Dr. Jhangiani has taught at Capilano University and the Justice Institute of British Columbia. Dr. Jhangiani’s teaching specializations are lifespan development, diversity, and critical pedagogy.
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By alex smiciklas
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Global News
December 18, 2018
UBC Assistant Professor of Kinesiology Dr. Eli Puterman explains how your body deals with stress and how exercise can help combat that. He explains why exercise is vital during times of stress.
Link to the video.
By alex smiciklas
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The Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences (AESS) is an independent faculty-and-student-based professional association in higher education, designed to serve the needs of environmental scholars and scientists who value interdisciplinary approaches to research, teaching, and problem-solving. The Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences (AESS) serves the faculty, students and staff of the 1000+ interdisciplinary environmental programs in North America and around the world. We seek to strengthen teaching, research and service in environmental studies and sciences, and to improve communication across boundaries that too often divide the traditional academic disciplines. The Association facilitates the professional development of Association members not just as individuals but also to advance Environmental Studies and Sciences as a whole.
The 2019 Conference will take place at the University of Central Florida, Orlando, from June 26-29, 2019.
We invite proposals for panels, discussion symposia, roundtables, and workshops.
Aess Conference
Aess Online
Proposal Descriptions and Guidelines
By epederso
Dec 13, 2018
You might have noticed that the Education Library’s website has been refreshed! As we head into a new year, we wanted to make sure that everyone who uses our library was able to find our most sought-after resources and answers to common questions as efficiently as possible. We’ve created new categories that reflect the scholarly activities happening in the Faculty of Education and the library resources that are most needed to support those activities. You’ll find our most-used guides for research in education and juvenile literature, library materials for teaching, learning and lesson design, and faculty and graduate student supports right from our main page. As always, please reach out to the Education Library team for further information about library services and assistance finding and utilizing library and research materials.
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By alex smiciklas
Maclean’s 2019 University Rankings Magazine
By:
December 3, 2018
My parents were not wealthy and never went to university. It was therefore necessary for me to learn to navigate the many cultural practices of university life through trial and error. I was surprised when one student, who came from a wealthy family, was given a generous financial scholarship, while I was holding down two jobs and working around the clock. I gathered up the courage to ask him how he knew about the scholarship. Without a moment’s hesitation, he said, “I make it my business to find out.” I have never forgotten this lesson on the relationship between human agency and access to knowledge and opportunity. We need to make it our business to “find out”—not only about scholarships and financial aid, but the way human possibility is socially and historically constructed, both locally and globally, and how we can achieve a more equitable world through sharing access to knowledge and power.
Link to full text.
By alex smiciklas
December 11, 2018
Pramod Sah has won this year’s Mary Ashworth Scholarship, valued at $1000. Pramod will use the scholarship to travel to the 2019 TESOL International Convention in Atlanta, Georgia where he will present a paper related to his graduate studies titled Translanguaging in English-Medium Instruction (EMI) Classrooms in Nepal as well as Neoliberal Language Policy as Cultural Reproduction. Pramod will share his research at the 2019 BC TEAL Conference and/or write an article for the BC TEAL Journal.
For more information, please visit bcteal.org/teal-charitable-foundation/congratulations-to-tcf-winners
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