Internal Deadline: September 7 Application Deadline: September 15 Link: NSERC Science Promotion NSERC invites applications for initiatives that promote the natural sciences and engineering (NSE) to Canada鈥檚 young people, particularly to under-represented groups in NSE careers, including girls and Indigenous peoples.聽Taking equity and diversity into account, NSERC may support additional meritorious applications that focus…
Qu茅bec, July 19, 2021 鈥� Today, the Fonds de recherche du Qu茅bec are launching their equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) strategy, which was adopted by the boards of directors of the three Fonds in June 2021. The approach is in line with the agencies鈥� commitment to strengthen EDI, as outlined in their 2018鈥�2022 plans L’annonce…
For the English version of this announcement, please click here (opens in a new tab) Le聽programme Engagement聽propos茅 par les Fonds de recherche du Qu茅bec est pr茅sentement ouvert aux chercheurs et chercheuses du Qu茅bec qui souhaitent (1) accompagner des citoyens et des citoyennes ayant r茅pondu 脿 l鈥檃ppel des FRQ dans la d茅couverte de la m茅thode…
Race, Gender, and Diversity Initiative Coming Soon! From SSHRC’s Announcement: Initiative aims to support partnership research to inform actions to address social disparities related to race, gender and other forms of diversity. Research in the social sciences and humanities is essential to understanding and tackling inequities in society, and identifying systemic barriers and discrimination. To…
Congratulations to both Catherine Fichten and Joel Trudeau on each being awarded $100,000 towards AI research from聽P么le montr茅alais d’enseignement sup茅rieur en intelligence artificielle (PIA)! In collaboration with Concordia, McGill’s teaching hospital, Lady Davis Institute, and C茅gep And茅-Laurendeau, Catherine and her team will be examining聽how virtual assistants and AI-based smartphone apps help post-secondary students with disabilities…
Joss Whedon Vs. The Horror Tradition: The Production of Genre in Buffy and Beyond Edited by Kristopher Karl Woofter and Lorna Jowett聽 This book examines the work of writer-director-producer Joss Whedon within a horror tradition that has formed its main source of inspiration and critique. The collection鈥檚 15 chapters situate Whedon鈥檚 productions and critical pretensions…
Congratulations! Dawson researchers were successful in their grant applications submitted this past year, with three new grants awarded for 2017-2018. Liz Charles, Chris Whittaker, Yann Brouillette and team (Pedagogy, Sciences) Liz and the team will continue their research on active learning classrooms through their new grant project funded by PAREA titled, 芦聽Gestion et r茅gulation du…
Congratulations to Catherine Fichten and her Adaptech team who received a Partnership Engage Grant from SSHRC this fall. The team will partner with l鈥橝ssociation qu茅b茅coise pour l鈥櫭﹒uit茅 et l鈥檌nclusion au postsecondaire (AQEIPS) to create a bilingual online survey tool to evaluate successful employment search and job maintenance strategies for students with disabilities in postsecondary education….
Research Infosource collects data on research income, partnerships, and faculty research activity each year; in October, they publish their list of the top 50 colleges and research universities. In data collected from 2014-15, 星空传媒视频 placed 37th on the list, with research funding of $1,655,500 and 35 active research faculty. Dawson鈥檚 key research strengths include:…
On October 18, 2016, the Association francophone pour la savoir (Acfas) announced during its annual gala in Montreal that Catherine Fichten from 星空传媒视频 is this year鈥檚 recipient of the Prix Acfas Denise-Barbeau pour la recherche au collegial. Dr. Fichten is the Co-Director of the Adaptech Research Network, which conducts research by, for, and with…
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