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The Faculty of Graduate Studies
would like to bring the following competition(s) to your attention:
Announcements
for the week ending: 07 November 2008
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(M=Master, D=Doctoral)
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| PEDIATRIC
ONCOLOGY GROUP OF ONTARIO (POGO) RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM |
December 5 |
Medical health sciences,
Nursing
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D or post-doc |
$45,000 salary
+
Ability to apply for $5,000
(one-time) in project-specific operating support
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The First Annual UM QRG
Qualitative Research Conference
CALL FOR PAPERS for May 6, 2009
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The Qualitative Research Group (QRG) will be
holding a local University of Manitoba based conference focusing on the
theory and application of qualitative research methodologies across
disciplines. This first conference is designed to be a workshop: to
stimulate discussion, create new research networks, and to develop more
awareness of qualitative research as a methodology. The conference will
offer Faculty the opportunity to present on areas of expertise and
emerging research, and students to explore new language and concepts in
qualitative research.
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Roberta Woodgate (Nursing) is
a leading Canadian researcher who holds several national grants and has
a long list of peer reviewed publications describing her qualitative
research. She will speak on 'Challenges and Opportunities in the Land
of Qualitative Research.'
Presenters: Several small round table discussions
will be planned in the morning and again in the afternoon comprised of
a mix of undergrad / graduate students and Faculty. Each participant
will present to a roundtable for up to ten minutes followed by a
discussion facilitated by a selected group facilitator. Participants
not presenting may attend roundtables as well (see below). Themes for
roundtables will be determined by the abstracts submitted. Your
abstract may also be accepted as a poster for presentation during the
noon-hour. Students and new Faculty are encouraged to apply!
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WANTED: Ethnographers,
grounded theorists, phenomenologists, those employing narrative theory,
mixed methodologists, participatory action researchers are all
encouraged to submit an abstract from 150- 250 words.
Topics may include:
*come and workshop a new draft idea
*describe or theorize a specific qualitative methodology: pros and cons
*discuss a completed mixed method study – what worked and what didn’t?
*working across cultures using qualitative methodologies – what can we
learn?
*present on issues you have faced related to grant applications and/ or
ethic review committees
*getting published as a qualitative researcher
The abstract should describe your presentation. Language used should be
accessible to an interdisciplinary audience. An interdisciplinary panel
will review all abstracts.
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HOW TO REGISTER:
A) Round Table and/or Poster Presenters
— Send your abstract (with title), name, status (student, faculty etc.)
and
your department by email to Trish_Farkas@cc.umanitoba.ca
DUE: November 28, 2008 (by 4pm).
You will be notified by January 15 by email regarding the status of
your application, details regarding the presentation on May 6, and a
request for your confirmation of attendance.
B) Participants who are not presenting
— Advance registration is mandatory. The cost for the day including
lunch is $20.00 (cheque made to University of Manitoba). Send your
name, status (student, Faculty etc.), department and area of interest
to QRG Conference, Room 221 Human Ecology, 35 Chancellor’s Circle,
University of Manitoba R3T 2N2
DUE: April 6, 2009.
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SAAM speaker series: Sharing Our
Success: Promising Practices in Aboriginal Education
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Sharing Our Success: Promising Practices
in Aboriginal Education
Dr. George Fulford Department of Anthropology
University of Winnipeg
Hear about how applied researchers are working to
identify best practices that appear to contribute to reducing the
education gap between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal students across
Canada.
Date: Thursday, Nov. 13, 2008
Time: 6:30 p.m.
Location: Cross Common Room, Room
108, St. John’s College, University of Manitoba, (Fort Garry Campus)
Free parking: http://umanitoba.ca/campus/parking/
info@saaminc.org
www.saaminc.org
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Manitoba Palliative Care Research
Unit
Post-Doctoral Fellowship Opportunity:
2009-2011
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The Manitoba Palliative Care Research Unit
(MPCRU), in conjunction with Wyeth pharmaceuticals and CIHR, is pleased
to offer a two-year post-doctoral fellowship in palliative care
research. The MPCRU has a long history of successful interdisciplinary
research, conducted in collaboration with our regional palliative care
network. Post-doctoral fellows would have the opportunity to work and
learn within this exciting academic milieu, in order to hone their
skills in palliative care research.
The MPCRU strives to combine the university’s
expertise with the experience of those who work in the field of
palliative care to create innovative, new ways of improving the care of
patients and families at the end of life. Within our post-doctoral
program, experts from a wide range of disciplines share in the goal of
developing palliative care research scholars.
The fellow will be based at the MPCRU housed at
CancerCare Manitoba and work in collaboration with Dr. Harvey Max
Chochinov, Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry and Director of the
MPCRU. The post-doctoral fellowship will involve work on research
projects and the development of new initiatives. Current MPCRU
initiatives include: exploring areas of end-of-life distress; testing
the Patient Dignity Inventory with psychosocial clinicians and in
different patient populations; exploring issues in the delivery of
end-of-life care for cancer and non-cancer patients and their families;
addressing the vulnerability of disabled people at the end of life;
pursuing knowledge about patients’ experience with weight loss in
advanced cancer.
Preferred candidates would have completed a PhD
in the past two years, have an excellent academic record, some record
of publication and have a strong research vision. Applicants must be
eligible for CIHR funding (http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/).
Interested applicants from medicine, nursing,
psychology, social work, or relevant health or social science
backgrounds should contact the following individual to discuss the
potential fit of their program of research with the MPCRU research
program.
Applications should send their resume, in
confidence to:
e-mail: angela.saj@cancercare.mb.ca
mail: Angela Saj, Administrative Assistant, Manitoba Palliative Care
Research Unit, CancerCare Manitoba, 3017-675 McDermot Avenue, Winnipeg,
MB R3E 0V9
Telephone: (204)787-4923.
We thank all interested candidates, however, only
those selected for an interview will be contacted.
Deadline for applications:
Monday, December 1, 2008
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Canadian Friends of Peace Now
Offers 2009 Peace Fellowship
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Canadian Friends of Peace Now offers its 2009
Peace Fellowship in the amount of $4,000 for a deserving doctoral
student at any Canadian university, or for a deserving Canadian
doctoral student at any foreign university, whose research is
consistent with the mission, goals and values of Peace Now, in
particular with its advocacy of a Palestinian-Israeli
peace based upon mutual recognition, a secure, viable state for the
Palestinians and a secure, Jewish state for
the Israelis.
Preference will be given to doctoral students who
are writing dissertations on such subjects as diplomacy in the service
of Arab-Israel peace-making, economic co-operation between Israel and
the Palestinians, educational reforms in Arab and Israeli curricula
that would foster reconciliation, grassroots activities promoting
support for government peace policies, medical/health programs to
attenuate the physical and psychological effects of war, etc. The
preceding list is illustrative rather than comprehensive.
Students from such disciplines as political
science, international relations, economics, business, education,
history, psychology, sociology, environmental science, social work,
public health and law would be eligible, as well as students from other
disciplines whose research is relevant to, and consistent with, the
aims of Peace Now.
Applicants should submit a cover letter, a
five-page summary of their dissertation and two letters of
recommendation,
one of which must come from the dissertation supervisor. The fellowship
recipient will provide a photo that CFPN can use in publicizing the
award at the time that it is announced. The recipient will permit CFPN
to publish a summary of the dissertation on the CFPN Web site and will
agree to provide a copy of the full dissertation to CFPN upon
completion.
Deadline for application is
March 3, 2009.
The recipient will be announced on April 20,
2009.
For further information phone 905-707-5308 or e-mail at
info@peacenowcanada.org.
Send applications with supporting
documentation to:
Fellowship, CANADIAN FRIENDS OF PEACE NOW,
1054 Centre St., Suite 312, Thornhill, Ontario L4J 8E5
or by email to: info@peacenowcanada.org -
with 'FELLOWSHIP APPLICATION' in the Subject Line.
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2008 Competition: Scholarships for
Canadians Applications for Canadians to study, under the Commonwealth
Scholarship Plan and the Foreign Government Awards Program
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Scholarship Deadline Approaching
2008 Competition: Scholarships for Canadians
Applications for Canadians to study, under the Commonwealth Scholarship
Plan and the Foreign Government Awards Program, are currently being
accepted for the following countries.
Deadlines are as follows:
Further information is available at
www.scholarships.gc.ca.
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