Spring 2016
Researched.
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College of Education Research Team
What’s inside
The College of Education Research Team consists of three key
members; Ranjan Datta, Laurie Hellsten, and Stephanie Kehrig.
• President’s SSHRC
Together we work to enhance the research programs and activities of
the Education faculty, the College, and the University through a wide
range of research support, including :
• Writing Circles
1) providing research grant application support services
2) engaging in profile building
3) helping create dynamic research partnerships
4) supporting unit-specific goals and integrated planning initiatives
• Research Clusters
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• Workshops
• UnivRS Talk
• UnivRS FAQ
President’s SSHRC Fund
President’s SSHRC Fund
March, 2016
INSIGHT
CONNECTIONS
ENHANCEMENT
In May 2016 the U of S will launch a newly structured President’s SSHRC
Fund focused on Insight, Connections and Enhancement.
Insight
Supports the development of small-scale, preliminary research
projects to establish a foundation for future SSHRC funding
success.
Value: $7,000
Connections
Supports activities to develop or facilitate community
relationships or other partnerships prior to applying to one of
SSHRC’s programs.
Value: $3,000
Enhancement
Supports emerging scholars to undertake activities to
strengthen an Insight or Insight Development proposal for
resubmission to SSHRC.
Value: $2,000
The President’s Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (PSSHRC) Fund is
financed from an annual grant made to the President by SSHRC to support research
and scholarly work in the social sciences, humanities and fine arts at the U of S.
For program guidelines and application forms please visit research.usask.ca.
For further information on the PSSHRC program, contact your Research Facilitator or:
Laurie Schimpf, Grants Specialist, Research Services
Tel. 306 966 8370 Email laurie.schimpf@usask.ca
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Writing Circles
College of Education Writing Circles
Writing circles are a collegial approach to academic writing that facilitate the pooling of expertise and the exchange
of recommended writing practices. Writing circles provide dedicated time for academic writing and peer support.
Participation in writing groups has been shown to increase scholarly productivity (Brandon et al., 2015). Our current
term of College Writing Circles are ongoing and you are welcome to join. For more information contact Ranjan (ranjan.
datta@usask.ca) or Laurie (laurie.hellsten@usask.ca).
Manuscript Publication (Academic) Writing Circle:
To facilitate academic writing, several writing circle opportunities are envisioned including a faculty writing circle,
a joint faculty-graduate student writing circle, and writing pairs (“buddy system”). These writing circles are in
progress and planned to continue until the end of May from 1:30pm-3:30pm in ED 3058.
Writing Your Journal Article in 12 Weeks
Date and Location: TBA
The goal for this 12 Weeks Journal Article group is to aid you in revising your journal article and sending it the
editor of a suitable academic journal. If you are interested in joining our 12 weeks Writing group please contact
Ranjan.Datta@usask.ca.
Graduate Student Project, Capstone, Thesis and Dissertation Support:
Feeling overwhelmed? Confused about your project/thesis/dissertation and the next steps? Wondering how to
find the “right” question, identify a research gap, or how to conduct your analysis? Want advice and support from
peers and faculty on how to get started or complete your thesis? Anyone who has survived his/her own thesis or
dissertation knows that one of the “most daunting parts of the task is not the mechanics of the writing, but simply
getting started — and then keeping at it” (Delyser, 2003, p. 170). For more information on current supports please
contact Stephanie at stephanie.kehrig@usask.ca.
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Workshops
Faculty Research Mentorship Workshop
May 6th, 2016 at 8:30am - 1:00pm at Graduate Student Commons
The offices of the Vice-President Research and Vice-Provost Faculty Relations cordially invite the participation of
new and established faculty to the next Research Mentorship workshop on Value & Effective Practices in Forming
Research Networks. RSVP to Marie Crosson at marie.crosson@usask.ca
Show off your work!
Images of Research Competition
Knowledge is beautiful.
The Office of the Vice-President Research invites you to showcase your research and enter the second annual U of S
Images of Research photography and imaging competition.
The aim of the competition is to provide an artistic avenue for researchers-faculty, students, staff and alumni-to
celebrate the great diversity of research, scholarly and artistic work taking place across campus and beyond.
Enter before April 7!
Many cash prizes are available, including a grand prize of $500.
For more information, contact:
research.usask.ca/images-of-research.php
In Need of Research Funding
The UnivRS team has launched a research funding opportunities database at the U of S. This searchable database
allows faculty, students and staff to quickly and easily locate over 600 internal and external funding opportunities to
support their research, scholarly and artistic works – totaling over $50M and growing.
The database may be accessed through the U of S Research website or UnivRS Public Web.
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All Around the UnivRS
UnivRS Set to Reduce Blizzard of Paperwork
UnivRS Research Management System Gets Go Ahead
Research Services Moves from Paper to Online Tools
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Research Clusters
College of Education faculty are engaged in a range of
research that will improve the education for Canadians
and people around the world. Research clusters are
evolving in six areas:
• Indigenous Scholarship and Engagement
• Leadership
• Pedagogy and Curriculum
• Resilience, Health, and Wellness
• Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
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UnivRS Talk
UnivRS Talk
Presentation:
Friday, May 6, 2016
Noon, College of Education
Soup and bread will be provided!
Brenda Meyer-Burt, UnivRS Training Specialist
will discuss:
• how to logon to UnivRS
• how to use the Dashboard to
• switch between user roles
• change the notification settings
• delegate their roles to another end user
• the difference between Project Ideas, Project Applications and Projects
• how to create Project Ideas and Project Applications
• how to use filters to search for records based on specific criteria
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UnivRS FAQ
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UnivRS FAQ
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UnivRS FAQ
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