dr. felix bivens:  building an engaged university: how institutional change inside universities is driven by diverse actors, including administrators, academics, 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 and community partners

join us for a public lecture to explore, develop and build support for a collective vision for community engaged scholarship (ces).  everyone welcome.

public lecture:  monday, november 17, 2014

time:  7:00pm to 9:00pm

speaker:  dr. felix bivens

location:  conference room a of bartley residence (video linked to sudbury (mse107) and orillia (oa 3041))

speaker biography

felix bivens is the founder and director of empyrean research, a community-based research organization dedicated to working with higher education institutions to build better community-university partnerships.

sponsored by:

• instructional deveopment centre
• research services
• northern ontario school of medicine

please rvsp to andrew friesen (afriesen@lakeheadu.ca) sshrc research facilitator by november 12, 2014.

for more information, click here.

this event encourages learning, collaboration and interaction by connecting industry and researchers to foster industry/academic partnerships.  join us and discover how northwestern ontario businesses are accessing expertise and funding to maximize innovation and growth.

networking and complimentary bbq by the lake begins at 5:00pm with the presentation portion taking place inside the faculty lounge at 6:15pm.  park is complimentary (r14/g13)

please register at www.eventbrite.ca (business2innovation - 4th row down) or  copy and paste into your web browser http://tinyurl.com/q3cykln.

please note that there will be a sshrc insight grant information session on september 11, 2014 in at3004 from 10-12.  the session will be presented by office of research services staff along with a 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 faculty member with grant selection committee experience.  the session will provide an overview of the sshrc insight grant program along with insights about the grant review process.

orillia faculty can participate by going to oa 3041.

if you are interested in attending this session, please e-mail andrew hacquoil, research grants officer (ahacquo1@lakeheduca), by september 2.  

dear nserc-eligible faculty member:

please note that there will be an nserc discovery grant information webinar on september 5, 2014 in at5035 from 10-12.  the session will be presented by an nserc program officer in ottawa.  the session will provide an overview of nserc news along with insights about the grant review process, and how to prepare an effective discovery grant application.

if you are interested in attending this session, please e-mail andrew hacquoil, research grants officer (ahacquo1@lakeheadu.ca), no later than august 22, 2014.  

the webinar can also be viewed by our orillia faculty as well.  orillia faculty can participate by going to oa 3041.

if there are any specific issues that you would like the program officer to deal with during the webinar, please send an e-mail to ahacquo1@lakeheadu.ca  no later than august 18, 2014.

are you looking to organize or host any of the following events or outreach activities to help disseminate your research?

• workshops
• colloquiums
• conferences
• forums
• summer institutes

you might be eligible for a connections grant from the social sciences and humanities research council (sshrc). this workshop will provide an introduction to the sshrc connections grant program and include a walkthrough of the application process through the sshrc web portal.

other activities eligible for a connections grant include:

• adaptations of text (incl. translation to english, french or aboriginal languages)
• development of policy briefs
• development of articles for newspapers or magazines
• virtual networking
• media events
• public debates
• artistic exhibits, performances, or festivals
• development/use of interactive technologies, audio-visual products, or software
• development/use of educational aids, instruments or equipment

the workshop will be on july 2^nd, 2014 from 10am to 12pm in atac 3004 and oa2005.

the workshop will be facilitated by dr. andrew friesen, sshrc research facilitator from the office of research services. please confirm your attendance to andrew @ ext. 8290 or afriesen@lakeheadu.ca by june 27, 2014.

dear nserc discovery grant applicant:

there will be a series of nserc webinars related to completing an application in the research portal.  information will also be provided on updates to the common cv:

wednesday, june 18, 2014
tuesday, june 24, 2014
thursday, july 17, 2014

all sessions are from 1-4pm.

the office of research will be participating in the session on june 18 in at3004.  please notify andrew hacquoil at ahacquo1@lakeheadu.ca if you will be attending on june 18 by june 11.

if you are a faculty member in orillia or would like to view a session on a different date, please click here for more information on how to participate using your own computer.

阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 graduate 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 and postdoctoral fellows are invited to a mitacs information session to be held on april 11, 2014 in at 5035 from 10:00-12:00. the session will be presented by christine macdonald director, business development, mitacs inc.  mitacs offers a suite of research and training programs (including internships for graduate 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 and postdoctoral fellows) which enable companies to connect with top canadian and international researchers.  these programs include:

• accelerate (internship program)
• elevate (post-doc research)
• global link (establishes global partnerships through student mobility)

if you are interested in attending this session, please e-mail andrew hacquoil, research grants officer (ahacquo1@lakeheadu.ca), no later than april 3, 2014.

the session will be linked to our orillia campus by video conference as well.  orillia graduate 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 and postdoctoral fellows can participate in the webinar by going to oa 2005.

dear 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 faculty member:

阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 faculty members are invited to a mitacs information session to be held on april 10, 2014 in at3004 from 10:00-11:30. the session will be presented by christine macdonald director, business development, mitacs inc.  mitacs offers a suite of research and training programs (including internships for graduate 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 and postdoctoral fellows) which enable companies to connect with top canadian and international researchers.  these programs include:

• accelerate (internship program)
• elevate (post-doc research)
• global link (establishes global partnerships through student mobility)

if you are interested in attending this session, please e-mail andrew hacquoil, research grants officer (ahacquo1@lakeheadu.ca), no later than april 3, 2014.

the session will be linked to our orillia campus by video conference as well.  orillia faculty can participate in the webinar by going to oa 3041. 

the economic development and innovation office is teaming up with the innovation centre to host free seminars in thunder bay called entrepreneurs on campus.

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wednesday, feb. 12
11:30 - 1 pm

all workshops are in atac 3004.

questions can be sent to kelly fettes via kafettes@lakeheadu.ca. preregistration is required. visit www.nwoinnovation.ca to register.