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Research News January 2014: Issue 39

Please visit the Research website for information on internal and external funding opportunities, upcoming book launches, the Research Ethics Board, and policies, guidelines and deadlines.

DOC TalksSymposium - February 7th to 9th & Festival – February 7th to 16th Symposium The DOC Talks Symposium seeks to foster a creative and knowledge based economy in Atlantic Canada, through collaborative partnerships and networks that create, fund, mobilize and distribute “socially relevant” ideas, content and programming. Festival The DOC Talks Festival is an event featuring documentary film screenings, discussions and reception being held Friday February 7th to Sunday February 16th at the STU Kinsella Auditorium, Margaret McCain Hall / UNB Art Centre & Memorial Hall / Charlotte Street Arts Centre. ** ** Buy tickets HERE Following our recent CAURA East/CAREB Atlantic Conference we would like to share this paper with

you about Research Metrics by Dr. Tim Kenyon (conference presenter) “Defining and measuring research impact in the humanities, social sciences and creative arts in the digital age”.

ORS Events and Workshops

Congratulations! Double congratulations to Dr. Clive Baldwin, CRC in Narrative Studies for receiving the inaugural Dr. Rosemary Clews Research Internship, and for being the recipient of an NBHRF Operating Grant, valued at over $14,000.

Congratulations to Dr. Bill Randall, on having his highly acclaimed book “The Stories We Are: an essay on self-creation” being released as a second edition. First published in 1995, this second edition of The Stories We Are includes a new preface and afterword by the author that offer insight into his argument and evolution as a scholar, as well as an illuminating foreword by Ruthellen Josselson.

Congratulations to Dr. Matte Robinson, on his recent publication “Tailor-Made Traditions: The Poetics of U.S. Experimental Verse from H.D. to Michael Heller” in Anglophonia/Caliban, the French Journal of English Studies. This issue investigates the mechanics of canon formation and the stakes of literary identity in 20th and 21st U.S. poetry. Coming soon from Dr. Robinson - a new book….

News and Announcements

Internal News

School of Education Professor Ray Williams’ Research Instrument Receives International Attention - Schools in Finland to be Assessed by Learning Community Tool Read more….

Dr. Grant Williams, School of Education and Dr. Erin Fredericks, Sociology receive Major Research Grant funding from the Senate Research Committee Read more…

Canada Research Chair and School of Social Work Professor Dr. Clive Baldwin Receives SSHRC Grant - Study to Focus on Transableism Read more…

The Global and International Studies Initiative has hired Tanaka Chinembiri to be their new administrative assistant. She has been busy revamping the GISI website.

STU’s English Department Speaker Series Dr. Robin Whittaker Monday, February 24, 11:30-12:20 “Nationhood, Neighbourhood, Hoodlums: Postcolonial Discourse as Metaphor in (and around) Judith Thompson’s Habitat.” Double Bill! Monday, March 17, 11:30-12:20 Dr. Dennis Desroches: “Graphic Novels and the State of Exception.” Dr. Christine Cornell: Dramatic Reading of her Short Story, “Heavy Water.”

Annual Student Research & Ideas Fair St. Thomas University students are invited to participate in the 11th Annual Student Research & Ideas Fair by giving a 15-minute paper presentation, a poster, or presenting their work in another medium such as a radio or video broadcast. Any and all topics of student research are eligible for inclusion in the Fair. This annual event provides an opportunity for students to learn what is involved in academic conference participation. The fair will be held Friday, March 14, 2014 from 12:00 noon to 4:30 pm. Lunch will be provided. Students must have a faculty mentor to assist them. Faculty mentors will help students with the choice of research topic, the preparation of the abstract, and their presentation. Contact: Dr. Kim Fenwick dean.socialsciences@stu.ca

Sharing Stories Celebrating Black History Month at the UNB Art Centre The Secret Codes: Contemporary African Nova Scotian Narrative and Picture Quilts organized by the Black Artists Network of Nova Scotia opened January 31 at 5 pm on the eve of Black History Month. This exhibit features 25 quilts by members of the Vale Quiltmakers Association from the New Glasgow area of Nova Scotia. The quiltmakers explored this medium as a vehicle for storytelling, using the drawings of artist, writer and curator David Woods, as well as their own designs to create a series of quilts that capture community history. “The Secret Codes” refers to the use of quilts as a subversive medium to guide escaping slaves to the Underground Railroad. Learn more about Black History Month Events…..

External News

University Research in the News: Thomson-Reuters joins CASRAI (Casrai) Data, Not Dollars: Twitter Announces a Grant Program (The Chronicle of Higher Education)

Federal science hobbled by cuts and policies, poll says (CBC News)

How Colleges and Universities Help Students Get a Foot in the Door (Toronto Star)

We evolve, but the university stands still according to Quest president (The Globe and Mail)

Why I Don’t — and You Should — Care About Open Access (Social Science Space)

Partnerships for a better understanding of child development and education (Research Works)

Silence of the Labs (CBC) In the past five years the federal government has dismissed more than 2,000 scientists, and hundreds of programs and world-renowned research facilities have lost their funding. Programs that monitored things such as smoke stack emissions, food inspections, oil spills, water quality and climate change have been drastically cut or shut down.

Federal programs & research facilities that have been shut down/had their funding reduced (CBC) Hundreds of federal programs and world renowned research facilities have been shut down or had their funding reduced by the federal government. This list was compiled by the Canadian Association of University Teachers and the Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada. If you are a federal government scientist or researcher and your program, project, or research facility has been affected by the cuts the CBC would like to hear from you, send them an email at fifth@cbc.ca

SSHRC News

1. Budgets and Merit Review Over the past months, SSHRC has been reaching out to the research community to better understand the ways in which our renewed program architecture is being “lived” by applicants and post-secondary institutions. We welcome the engagement from our community on the impact of the changes that have been made to our programs, policies and processes as we are work to realize the goals of the new program architecture While this outreach will continue going forward, one issue that has arisen to date has been the treatment of proposed budgets within the merit review process. An appropriate and well-justified budget is an integral part of an excellent research proposal. At the same time – and consistent with the 2008 Blue Ribbon Panel report -- SSHRC continues to stress that the role of merit review committees is to assess the relative merit of individual proposals, rather than to engage in detailed discussion and revision of budgets. As a result, SSHRC relies on the collaboration of applicants and their institutions to ensure that requested budgets are realistic and properly justified – with sufficient funds to enable the success of the proposed research, and avoiding exaggerated budgets that would constrain the ability to fund other meritorious proposals. In this light, we wish to reiterate the following parameters for the work of our merit review committees in the upcoming competitions, as set out in the merit review manual posted on our web site:

Committees can and should consider assigning a failing score on the Feasibility criterion in the case of proposals where they deem that 30 percent or more of the proposed budget is either not appropriate or not sufficiently justified.

Where this is not the case, committees may nonetheless recommend specific budget reductions if they feel that a particular request is inappropriate or inadequately justified, and if they are confident that savings could be achieved without jeopardizing the project objectives. They are

instructed to refrain from proposing “across the board” cuts to all recommended projects, a practice which may put at risk the viability of individual research projects, and increases the likelihood of inflated budget requests in future competitions.

2. Imagining Canada’s Future: Universities to host regional events (U. de M) In collaboration with members of the SSHRC Leaders network, SSHRC is pleased to support a series of regional events in Canada that will highlight insights from research in the social sciences and humanities on issues related to a future challenge area. During the month of March 2014, institutions will be hosting regional dialogues on select topics featuring researchers, students as well as community leaders and representatives from the public, not-for-profit and private sector. Most events will be open to the public. Plan to participate and learn how Canada’s social sciences and humanities research community is contributing its knowledge, talent and expertise to building a better future for Canada and the world. Staff from St. Thomas’ Office of Research Services will be attending the event being held at the Université de Moncton on February 20th.

3. SSHRC Research Stories Valuing health Neena Research finds that social services that help keep people healthier longer hold the key to fighting skyrocketing hospital costs Fairy tale families Banishing the myth of the evil stepfather Sick of AIDS South African youth have heard it all, and they're not listening anymore Freedom 75? Older workers not ready to retire The Viagra myth How medicine and marketing made sex the benchmark of successful aging Wise women Modern attitudes about childbirth catching up to mediaeval times Extreme motherhood The quest for perfection hurts moms and kids Planning for an aging population Researcher: Janet Fast , University of Alberta Re-examining medical assumptions about aging Researcher: Margaret Lock , McGill University Healthy youth, healthy society Researcher: Raymond Corrado , Simon Fraser University Re-writing the story of dementia Mystery novels reveal clues to early detection of Alzheimer's Creative freedom Research helps children with disabilities express themselves through music Concentrating on school success Research finds new approach necessary for kids with attention problems Father involvement Network of researchers and community organizations studies being a dad in Canada Crime prevention Research partnership takes unique approach to reducing youth gang violence Care for the caregivers Canada needs new policy tools to support an aging population

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR NEWSLETTER Chairs Secretariat | January 2014 IN THIS ISSUE:

Canada Research Chairs Canada Excellence Research Chairs Indirect Costs Program

CIHR Open Operating Grants CIHR held a “Bootcamp” in October to address the move to the new Project and Foundation schemes for the Open Grant Competitions, focused on Pillars III and IV researchers as activity in the community indicates that Pillar I and II researchers are well on their way to adapting to the new structure. Here is the communication (and attachments) from CIHR on this topic. If you would like more information, there are other documents relating to this that can be shared. Email the ORS to request research@stu.ca

Changes in NBHRF Operating Grant Eligibility - CIHR Peer Review Scoring The peer review score requirement for the NBHRF Operating Grant is CIHR 3.5 or equivalent (previous requirement was 3.0) - Effective April 1, 2014 The NBHRF Operating Grant Program is intended to assist in building research capacity and to provide initial support for health researchers in New Brunswick. Grants are up to $25,000 for a period of 12 to 18 months. Due to the significant increase in the number of applications being submitted to NBHRF, the required peer review score on the original national granting agency application will be changed to 3.5 (CIHR Scale) or equivalent.

Issue 165

University Affairs Magazine Article: Granting councils consider mandatory open-access policies. Read more….

BDC Venture Capital Commits $10M to Atlantic Canada BDC Venture Capital has announced a commitment of $10 million to the Atlantic Canada Regional Venture Fund bringing the total amount committed to the fund to $50 million. Headquartered in Halifax, the fund is being set up to finance companies in the IT, clean energy and healthcare sectors throughout the Maritimes. BDC’s involvement in the Atlantic fund is part of an aggressive strategy it has been deploying over the past two years. VIEW EXTERNAL ARTICLE Over $1.9 M from CFI for Atlantic Research Infrastructure In Atlantic Canada, the Canada Foundation for Innovation’s Leaders Fund has awarded over $1.9 million to support 14 projects. The funding is for cutting-edge research equipment, laboratories and tools for researchers. The CFI funds facilities and equipment in Canada’s universities, colleges, research hospitals and non-profit research institutions. In turn, this enables universities to remain internationally competitive in areas of research and technology development. Five Springboard institutions received funding: Acadia (1 project), Dalhousie (7 projects), Mount Allison (1 project), Mount Saint Vincent (1 project) and UNB (4 projects). VIEW EXTERNAL ARTICLE

The SSRN Community continued its growth over the past six months. Downloads averaged close to 1,000,000 per month growing the full-text downloads since inception to 72 million. We will reach 75 million early in 2014 and we can envisage 100 million in late 2015. This milestone is one we had previously not contemplated yet appreciate greatly. We have a lot of work to do before we get there and are incredibly proud of the role we play in helping create innovative research by facilitating the worldwide, free and early distribution of scholarly research papers. The SSRN eLibrary currently has 522,000 paper abstracts from 242,000 authors and received 67,000 new submissions during the year. We have extracted 8.8 million references and 8.9 million footnotes, and matched 5.9 million citations from our 427,000 full text papers. Learn more….

Congratulations to Rina Arseneault, Associate Director, Muriel McQueen Fergusson Centre for Family Violence Research. It is with great pride that we congratulate Rina Arseneault on her appointment to the Order of Canada. Read more…

Submit your manuscript to SAGE Open—open access journal for social sciences & humanities Join the more than 2,500 researchers who have submitted their papers to SAGE Open, and take advantage of the discounted $99 APC. SAGE Open is a groundbreaking, open-access publication of peer-reviewed, original research and review articles from SAGE. Articles span the full spectrum of the social and behavioral sciences and the

humanities. SAGE Open articles receive high quality peer review, copy editing, typesetting, and electronic delivery. This special discounted price does not affect the publishing services or quality. Submitting your manuscript is free. Only if your manuscript is accepted will you pay the $99 APC. For more information, view the SAGE Open manuscript submission guidelines.

Research Canada is a national, broad-based alliance dedicated to advancing health research through collaborative advocacy. Canadians have long been concerned about diseases such as cancer, heart and stroke disease, diabetes and arthritis. Increasingly, they are also concerned about respiratory diseases, influenza and pneumonia. But they also understand the importance of health research and look to health researchers to find

solutions to a wide range of health challenges. Canadians are also increasingly aware that progress in health research leads to tangible economic benefits for Canada. Investments in health research lead to innovation and commercialization opportunities and ultimately jobs for Canadians. Through Research Canada’s strategic activities, we engage all sectors - including government - to build support for health research. We reach out to media, elected officials, and policy makers to bring greater attention to the critical importance of long-term, sustainable health research funding as an investment in Canada’s future. Only through sustained and balanced investments in health research will Canada succeed in keeping its citizens the healthiest in the world and in becoming an innovation nation. Members of Parliament have expressed a strong interest in the area of diabetes, pediatric diseases and child health, and vaccine research for our 2014 focus. We need your input! Contact President and CEO Deborah Gordon-El-Bihbety with your suggestions for our 2014 Health Research Caucus events.

Special Issue: Qualitative Inquiry Qualitative Psychology: Dialogues, Performances, and Other Reflections from the Field of Practice Guest editors: Marco Gemignani, Angelo Benozzo, Svend Brinkmann and César A. Cisneros Puebla

Canada Foundation for Innovation Newsletter Canada Foundation for Innovation's 2012-13 online annual report is now available.

IHSPR Innovator Institute of Health Services and Policy Research January 2014 Newsletter

York Care Centre You can now access Fredericton’s York Foundation on Facebook to learn more about: Golf Tournament info Symposium on Excellence in Aging Care Nursing Scholarship information York Care Centre Newsletter Donor recognitions Special projects and lots more. And you can now access their new and improved website for much information related specifically to York Care Centre at www.yorkcarecentre.ca. Whether you are a colleague in their field of Long Term Care, a government official, a family of a resident, and employee, a board member: these tools are in place to improve the process of communication with you; your feedback is welcome and helpful.

NBHRF Newsletter – January 2014

Globe & Mail Article: Researcher's taped interview with alleged killer Magnotta off-limits to police A judge has blocked Montreal police investigating a brutal killing from gaining access to a university researcher’s taped interview with the alleged killer, a decision that expands researchers’ rights to collect confidential information, much as journalists do. Read more… Twitter ready to give researchers access to Twitter data https://blog.twitter.com/2014/introducing-twitter-data-grants

Get your copy of the TCPS 2 from the ORS (English or French)

Email reb@stu.ca

Research Ethics News

Regional

Research to Impact: A Policy Weekend February 21st - 23rd 2014 With the guidance of mentors from academia as well as government and community, participants will develop impactful research questions to inform economic development policy in New Brunswick. By the end of the weekend, participants will have completed a research plan including a literature review and presentation of their findings, with the chance to win the top prize!

This event is being held in the Chancellor's Room at the Wu Centre and is open to undergraduate, graduate students, post-docs and individuals who have an interest in policy.

Dialogue for Peaceful Change: Community Conflict Mediation Training March 2-7, 2014 Dialogue for Peaceful Change (DPC) is an international program that has brought together the best methodologies from around the world in community based conflict mediation, providing effective tools and strategies for analyzing and addressing conflicts. This is a program applicable to conflicts and disputes in communities, families and organizations moving beyond traditional mediative methods, focusing on conflict content, culture and spirituality. The experiential processes allow practice of the stages of conflict mediation and to apply the tools of “meditative behavior” in a realistic context. Participants receive international accreditation as DPC Facilitators upon completion. See www.dialogueforpeacefulchange.net.

Workshops and Conferences

Supporting Individuals Living with Violence: A Community Response to Intimate Partner Violence MARCH 26 - 27, 2014 Apohaqui, NB What is the Silent Witness Project? The Silent Witness Project is a travelling exhibit of life-size red wooden silhouettes. Each represents a woman who was murdered by a current or former husband, partner or acquaintance. Because these women no longer have a voice, the silhouettes are called the Silent Witnesses. Each figure bears the name of a woman who once lived and worked among us. http://www.silentwitness.ca/swadmin/assets/documents/sw_pamphlet_en.pdf

2nd Annual Social Enterprise Dialogue April 24 & 25, 2014 Saint John, NB It’s about the atmosphere and the people who are sharing and learning together. The Dialogue is for socially-minded citizens from all sectors-the general public, business, technology, education, government, NGOs, co-ops, social enterprises, and for everyone who is passionate about making a difference in the community. This inspirational event is for those with an innovative and collaborative spirit to discover and develop new ways to address social, economic, environmental challenges through high-impact enterprises that “do well and do good.”

National

Interrogating Access: Current and Future Directions for Scholarly Research and Communications in Canada February 15-16, 2014 Wilfrid Laurier University Panels will be addressing journal and monograph publishing, copyright, the effects of technology and funding on the scholarly ecosystem, and the future of the scholarly endeavour in Canada. The keynote address by Kathleen Fitzpatrick will discuss potential paths forward for scholarly societies. Conference program

Registration now open! There are a number of software packages that meet different needs when it comes to qualitative data analysis. Most people are familiar and comfortable with one program, but are not aware of the other options that may positively impact the productivity and efficiency of their analysis. It is important to use the right tool for the right job and we want to help you with this task. The QSW series will introduce you to five different data analysis programs and give you the opportunity to sign up for training in any or all of them over three days of intensive workshops. ATLAS.ti Workshop Dedoose Workshop MAXQDA Workshop NVivo Workshop QDA Miner Workshop If you are interested in learning more about the individual workshops or attending one or more sessions, please click here.

4th Annual Summit on Education Technology Strategies for K-12 Schools, Colleges and Universities Join over 100 of your peers as they benefit from hearing first-hand experiences and explore strategies to implement blended, mobile, and BYOD initiatives at their institution and classes. Empower educators with practical tools and techniques to prepare your students for the 21st century knowledge economy. View the Agenda Online

eGirls, eCitizens: Girls' Experiences of Gender, Privacy and Equality Online - The eGirls Project Friday, 28 March 2014

Ottawa, CANADA

CANADA'S PREMIERE TRAUMA CONFERENCE Grounding Trauma - May 7 - 8, 2014 UPCOMING EVENTS Trauma Essentials 1 day Intensive - Mar 18, 2014 Advanced, with addiction focus - Hamilton, ON

CAST Canada 10th Anniversary event "Panelpalooza" - June 2014 10 years to the day in the same venue as our first event, a panel.

Gendered Dissent, Democracy and the Law: A workshop on the gendered face of Canada’s crackdown on dissent May 12-13, 2014 Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, Toronto, Ontario The Gender & Dissent Working Group of the Dissent, Democracy & the Law Research Network and the Institute for Feminist Legal Studies invite proposals for papers and other interventions to be presented at a workshop that aims to bring scholars and advocates together to consider the gendered dimensions of dissent in Canada and Quebec.

Registration is now open for the 2014 Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, which will be held from May 24 to 30, 2014 at Brock University. Come and enjoy a thought-provoking week of scholarly collaboration with your peers. Register by March 31 to benefit from early bird Congress rates, cheaper flights and more hotel options. Register today!

Qualitative Software Workshop (QSW) Series: February 18 - 21, 2014 The online QSW series will introduce you to five different data analysis programs and give you the opportunity to sign up for training. There are a number of software packages that meet different needs when it comes to qualitative data analysis.

TQ2U: Australia: May 2 - 13, 2014 TQ2U: Australia is a new international touring version of the International Institute for Qualitative Methodology’s (IIQM) globally acclaimed ‘Thinking Qualitatively’ (“TQ”) workshop series. TQ2U: Australia will allows participants to submit abstracts and present their posters at a world renowned workshop series to an international audience. This event will also allow participants to engage with experts in qualitative inquiry and learn about specific methods, techniques and approaches to qualitative research.

14th Thinking Qualitatively (TQ) Workshop Series: June 16 - 22, 2014 TQ allows participants to engage with experts in qualitative inquiry and learn about specific methods, techniques and approaches to qualitative research. The academic program consists of five days of hands-on workshops.

13th Advances in Qualitative Methods (AQM) Conference: June 23 - 25, 2014 AQM is the premier interdisciplinary forum for innovation exchange in Qualitative Methods and 2014 will highlight innovations in Applied Qualitative Research.

Call for conference submissions Kwantlen Polytechnic University in Metro Vancouver, BC July 23-25, 2014 www.atcura2014conference.ca Submissions due: February 28, 2014

More than a Game: The Politics and Potential of Sport August 7-10 Geneva Park, Ontario

International

Learn more…

Visit the Inorms 2014 website

Do you have New Brunswick research that is ready for publication? The Journal of New Brunswick Studies invites submissions from the scholarly community for our next issue, and for all subsequent issues. Articles based on original research from all disciplinary backgrounds are welcome. Articles must either focus on New Brunswick, or consider New Brunswick in a comparative framework, with New Brunswick as the main focus of the comparison. The deadline for the next issue is 17 March 2014. Scholars wishing to propose special issues focused on particular topics or themes should contact the Editor editor.jnbs@stu.ca

Call for papers: INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE CHICAGO - USA 3-5 September 2014 www.iet-c.net IETC 2014 seeks a diverse and comprehensive program covering all areas of educational technology. The program includes a wide range of activities designed to facilitate the exchange of expertise, experience, and resources with colleagues. These include keynote and invited talks, full and brief paper presentations, panels and round table discussion sessions.

Call for Papers/Chapters

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