[UM GradStudies notice] FGS Announcements for the week ending June 13 - AWARDS-CONTACTS

17 Jun 2008


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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: 13 June 2008
Upcoming Award Application Deadlines
_Title of Award or Scholarship_ 	
/*_Application Deadline or Date of Event_*/
    /*_Research Area_*/ 	
/*Study Level (M=Master, _D=Doctoral)_*/
    
_/*Value*/_
*Manitoba Excellence in Sustainability Awards
      http://webapps.cc.umanitoba.ca/gradawards/index.asp?WCI=SearchForm&WCE=browse&keywords=&criteria=any&category=0&citizen=0&range=0-1000000&tenable=0&byResearch=on&byAward=on&byEligibility=on&id=3335&letter=M*
June 27 	sustainable development, climate change, air quality, energy 
efficiency 	M, D 	na
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*CANADIAN SOCIETY FOR COAL SCIENCE AND ORGANIC PETROLOGY
      http://webapps.cc.umanitoba.ca/gradawards/index.asp?WCI=SearchForm&WCE=browse&keywords=&criteria=any&category=0&citizen=0&range=0-1000000&tenable=0&byResearch=on&byAward=on&byEligibility=on&id=3323&letter=C*
June 30 	Coal geology, organic geochemistry, organic petrology 	M, D 
$400 or 600
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*_Intent to Apply Form for Cystic Fibrosis Research Grants_*
The Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation invites investigators to submit 
a notice of intent to apply to the October 2008 Grants Competition.  All 
research grant applicants, initial and renewal, must advise the 
Foundation's office of their intent to apply for funding.  No more than 
one initial application may be submitted to a single competition.
The application process is comprised of two steps: 1) a notice of 
intent to apply and 2) the full application.  The registration deadline 
for the _notice of intent_ is *August 1, 2008*.  The deadline date for 
receipt of the _full application_ is *October 1, 2008*.
The Notice of Intent to Apply form and further information are 
available on the CCFF website 
http://www.cysticfibrosis.ca/page.asp?id=87 (www.cysticfibrosis.ca 
http://www.cysticfibrosis.ca/).  The Full Application form for 2008 
will be available on the website in early August.
* *If you have any questions, please contact Andrea Mackesy 
mailto:amackesy@cysticfibrosis.ca, Manager of Research Programs 
(amackesy@cysticfibrosis.ca mailto:amackesy@cysticfibrosis.ca).
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Conference / Workshop Announcements and Calls for Papers
New Website that Might be Useful for Graduate Students - The
      Graduate Junction http://www.graduatejunction.com/
*About*
The Graduate Junction is a brand new site which aims to give research 
students an easy way of making contact with others who share their 
research interests no matter which department, institution or country 
they work in.
This website has been created by two graduate research students, who 
felt isolated in the specifics of their respective research projects. 
This isolation is briefly relieved at conferences, where student 
researchers can meet others who might be interested and doing similar 
work. However, conferences are limited and don't happen every week. And 
whilst, literature reviews are essential, they can only ever reveal 
completed work. Therefore we want to pioneer the first online meeting 
place for graduate research students all over the world so that you can 
find out what research is currently being done by your fellow students.
The Graduate Junction also has a bold vision to break down disciplinary 
and national boundaries that exist in research. Our own experiences have 
taught us that research in different subject areas has much overlap. 
Therefore, key to The Graduate Junction is your Research Keywords rather 
subject area, department or institution.
*The Problem*
Graduates have three sources of information about work done in their 
chosen field.
* Published literature
    * Conferences and seminars
    * Their supervisor
The problem is that literature reviews can only ever reveal completed 
work, conferences don't happen every week and supervisors mostly rely on 
the same sources as you do. It is very easy to become isolated, overly 
focused on the specifics of your own work and lose a sense of what other 
related work is being done.
We also noticed that very distinct and separate literatures and 
conferences exist for different subject areas when in reality there is 
much overlap in the research being undertaken within these areas. For 
example, although I am doing a chemistry PhD, my work as a physical 
chemist overlaps with areas of physics and chemical engineering. In 
Education, experience has shown that there is overlap in many other of 
the Social Sciences, such as Human Geography, Sociology, Economics.
*A Solution*
Networking is an essential part of the research process; promoting 
collaboration, generating new ideas and preventing duplication of 
effort. Consequently, we thought, wouldn't it be great if there was a 
common point for graduate researchers in all disciplines, in all parts 
of the world to come together and meet others who share their research 
interests. And by making Research Keywords central to The Graduate 
Junction we hope to break down existing disciplinary boundaries.
We hope you enjoy and benefit from using the site.
Dan and Esther
The Graduate Junction
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Conference Announcement and Call for Papers
The Fourth International Joint Conferences on Computer,
      Information, and Systems Sciences, and Engineering (CISSE 2008)
      http://www.cisse2008online.org
*December 5-13, 2008*
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*CONFERENCE OVERVIEW*
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CISSE 2008 provides a virtual forum for presentation and discussion of 
the state-of the-art research on computers, information and systems 
sciences and engineering. CISSE 2008 is the fourth conference of the 
CISSE series of
e-conferences. CISSE is the World's first Engineering/Computing and 
Systems Research E-Conference. CISSE 2005 was the first high-caliber 
Research Conference in the world to be completely conducted online in 
real-time via the internet. CISSE 2005 was the first high-caliber 
Research Conference in the world to be completely conducted online in 
real-time via the internet. CISSE 2005 received 255 research paper 
submissions and the final program included 140 accepted papers, from 
more than 45 countries. CISSE 2006 received 691 research paper 
submissions and the final program included 390 accepted papers, from 
more than 70 countries. CISSE 2007 received 750 research paper 
submissions and the final program included 406 accepted papers, from 
more than 80 countries.
*Paper Submission*
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Prospective authors are invited to submit full papers electronically in 
Microsoft Word format through the website of the conference at 
http://www.cisse2008online.org.
Accepted papers must be presented in the virtual conference by one of 
the authors. To submit your paper, visit http://www.cisse2008online.org 
http://umanitoba.ca/graduate_studies/htmlmail/awrd20080613.htm
*Paper submission Deadline: October 15th, 2008
Notification of Acceptance: November 9th, 2008
Final Manuscript and Registration: November 26th, 2008*
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*Call for Papers - CONFERENCE - "Discovering the Way to a
      Sustainable Future"*
*Wednesday, Nov. 19th and Thursday, Nov. 20th, 2008*
Trade and Convention Centre, Saint John, New Brunswick
Over the past 100 years or so, Geomatics has played a part in many 
discoveries. It now has an important role to play in "Discovering the 
Way to a Sustainable Future".
"Sustainability and environment issues are centrally connected to 
healthy living on our planet and 'green' technologies play an integral 
role. Geomatics are uniquely positioned to support this role because 
they act as the glue which binds the understanding of environmental 
processes to the decision making systems driving our economy."
Jeff Thurston, Editor, V1 Magazine
The Canadian Institute of Geomatics New Brunswick Branch would like to 
invite interested parties to submit proposals for papers / presentations 
that support this year's conference theme. The keynote address will be 
made by Mr. Carl Duivenvoorden, one of only two Atlantic Canadians 
tasked with spreading Al Gore's message on climate change.
Papers / presentations should be proposed in the form of an abstract and 
include:
* Title, author's name and contact information, including title,
      employer, address, telephone, fax and e-mail
    * Identification of primary speaker where different from the author
      or where there are multiple authors
    * Abstract (no more than 300 words)
    * Author's biographical information (no more than 150 words)
    * List of any other publications / venues where the paper /
      presentation may have been previously published / presented.
All abstract submissions must be made by e-mail to Mark Doucette at 
*watrmark@nbnet.nb.ca* mailto:watrmark@nbnet.nb.ca. By submitting an 
abstract, the author agrees to its publication in the final program and 
on the Geomatics Atlantic 2008 web site if it is accepted.
The committee will assess the proposals received and invite the selected 
authors / presenters to present their paper / presentation at Geomatics 
Atlantic 2008.
Each paper / presentation will be allotted 30 minutes total in the 
conference schedule: 20 minutes for the presentation and 10 minutes for 
questions. All documentation must be submitted in MS Power Point, MS 
Word or ADOBE PDF formats. By submitting a paper / presentation, the 
author(s) agrees to its publication on the Geomatics Atlantic 2008 web 
site.
*Deadlines*
* *Submission of Proposal: June 30, 2008*
    * *Notification of Acceptance: July 15, 2008*
    * * Submission of Final Paper: November 1, 2008*
    * A complimentary conference registration will be extended to the
      primary speaker for each paper selected to be presented.
In addition to the paper presentations, come celebrate the 10th 
Anniversary of GIS Day with us on November 19th and plan to attend the 
Canadian Institute of Geomatics' National Annual General Meeting to be 
held November 20th, 2008, at the Geomatics Atlantic Conference.
Additional information can be obtained from Mark Doucette at 
506-454-9189 or at the e-mail address noted above 
mailto:watrmark@nbnet.nb.ca.
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CALL FOR PAPERS - Graduate Student Research Conference on Latin
      America and the Caribbean
*November 7-8, 2008*
      York University, Toronto, Canada
      *www.yorku.ca/cerlac/lacsconf.htm*
      http://www.yorku.ca/cerlac/lacsconf.htm
2008 marks the 30th anniversary of the founding of York University's 
Centre for Research on Latin America and the Caribbean (CERLAC), 
Canada's oldest and largest research group on the region. As part of a 
year-long series of events to mark this achievement, CERLAC is hosting a 
Graduate Student Research Conference on Latin America and the Caribbean 
on November 7th and 8th, 2008, at York University in Toronto.
In recognizing the strength of diversity, papers and presentation 
proposals are welcome on any aspect of study of Latin America and the 
Caribbean as a whole and/or its constituent parts. We particularly seek, 
however, to attract those contributors whose work can open fruitful 
dialogues and exchange across disciplines. Consistent with CERLAC's 
long-standing spirit and practice of collaboration, graduate students 
from other institutions are also invited to submit abstracts to the 
conference and to share in this celebration of graduate student scholarship.
Since its founding in 1978, the academic and institutional reputation of 
CERLAC and York University's diverse graduate programs have attracted 
many students from Canada and abroad. This conference represents an 
outstanding opportunity to recognize, explore and build upon the work of 
the current generation of graduate students in all disciplines, 
including (but not limited to) the social sciences, humanities, fine 
arts, environmental studies, law and business.
* Contact/Submissions:*
Please visit www.yorku.ca/cerlac/lacsconf to obtain the required 
conference application form and for further information. The form 
includes a request for a 250-word (maximum) abstract for papers or 
alternative presentations.
The *deadline for applications is August 31st, 2008*; however, those 
planning to present in artistic/alternative formats (e.g. film, dance, 
visual arts, music, etc.) are encouraged to contact us earlier for 
logistical/planning purposes.
Inquiries and completed application forms may be sent to 
*lacsconf@yorku.ca* mailto:lacsconf@yorku.ca
Applicants will receive confirmation of acceptance by October 1st, 2008. 
Those students wishing to receive more detailed feedback from a panel 
discussant will be asked to submit their full papers/presentation 
material by October 10th, 2008 to facilitate a thorough review.
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*2008-09 Competition for Students' Exchange Program: CARICOM
      Countries*
The Government of Canada is seeking applications from Canadian publicly 
funded institutions for the 2008 Graduate Students' Exchange Program 
(GSEP) http://www.scholarships.gc.ca/CARICOMGSEP-en.html and the 
College and Undergraduate Students' Exchange Program (CUSEP) 
http://www.scholarships.gc.ca/CARICOMCUSEP-en.html (under the 
Canada-Caribbean Community Leadership Scholarships) to provide 
international students with research/studies scholarships at Canadian 
institutions.
Information and online application is available at:  
www.scholarships.gc.ca.  Please note that the Canadian institution must 
apply on behalf of the student.
Please distribute the attached PDF to Exchange Programs officers and 
others who may be interested.  Note that the deadline is July 18, 2008.  
If you have questions, please contact scholarships-bourses@cbie.ca 
mailto:scholarships-bourses@cbie.ca.
*_Eligible CARICOM countries/ /Pays de la CARICOM admissibles :/_*
Anguilla / /Anguilla/
Antigua and Barbuda / /Antigua et Barbuda
/Bahamas / /Bahamas
/Barbados / /Barbade
/Belize / /Belize
/Bermuda / /Bermudes
/British Virgin Islands / Îles Vierges britanniques
Cayman Islands / /Îles Cayman/
Dominica / /Dominique/
Grenada / /Grenade/
Guyana / /Guyane/
Haiti / /Haïti/
Jamaica / /Jamaïque/
Montserrat / /Montserrat
/St. Lucia / /Sainte Lucie/
St. Kitts and Nevis / /Saint-Kitts et Nevis/St. Vincent and the 
Grenadines  / /Saint-Vincent et les Grenadines/
Suriname / /Suriname/
Trinidad and Tobago / /Trinité-et-Tobago/
Turks and Caicos Islands / /ÎlesTurques et caïques/
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Regulating Biopatenting: A Case for Contrast or Convergence?
      Friday June 27th 2008
      Brocher Center, 471 Rte d'Hermance, 1248 Hermance, Geneva,
      Switzerland
Biopatenting is a controversial and central aspect of the most 
significant challenges currently facing societies and governments around 
the world. It is drawn into alternative energy technology, 
waste-management, food production, and public health, to mention a few. 
Given the diversity of global perspectives, a unified approach to 
biopatent regulation may be difficult to achieve across governance 
sectors and in different countries, but of critical importance. Or
perhaps not?
You are invited to join a select group of scholars, policy makers, NGOs, 
technology business innovators, and experienced legal practitioners for 
this workshop on comparative regulatory policies in biopatenting and 
their future. The event will be held from 9:30 am to 4:30 pm on Friday 
June 27th 2008, at the Brocher Foundation, and is hosted with the 
Foundation's support by Dr. Bita Amani, Assistant Professor of Law from 
Queen's University, Canada.
The purpose of this workshop is to bring together a multi and 
interdisciplinary group to share perspectives, experiences, and future 
projections for biopatent policy and regulatory diversity and to 
encourage fruitful discussion on practical issues in operationalizing 
policy initiatives for coherent regulation across sectors. In addition, 
we hope to promote further pluridisciplinary thinking on the governance 
issues related to the ethical, legal, and social implications of 
biotechnologies for humanity and society as set out in the mission of 
the Brocher Foundation's main current programme. Discussion will focus 
on biopatent policies at the intersection of other"sectors of vital 
importance" to "socio-economic and technical development" from different 
stakeholder perspectives and policy preferences. Please contact us by 
*June 15th, 2008* to participate.
*Capacity is limited. Please Register early! Registration is free. *
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Questions? Please contact Enza_Pohl@UManitoba.Ca 
mailto:Enza_Pohl@UManitoba.Ca or Christal_Barkman@Umanitoba.ca 
mailto:Christal_Barkman@Umanitoba.ca
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