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OFFICE OF THE VICE‐PRESIDENT RESEARCH ‐ INTERNAL NEWSLETTER July – September 2010
VPR UPDATE
NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS
AWARDS & GRANTS
PEOPLE FUTURE EVENTS
RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS
OFFICE OF RESEARCH SERVICES
UPDATE RESEARCH CENTRES
VPR UPDATE New “Research at UVic” website now online! Research at the University of Victoria has a new online presence. In late August, the new and improved “Research at UVic” website was launched at www.uvic.ca/research. Work on the large, complex website began late last year, with prototype pages run through user testing this past spring. It’s the first website to be completed in the university’s new web content management system, which will be available for broader use this Fall. The new website comprises two major categories of information: Learn about our Research and Conduct your Research. Pages in the Learn about our Research public portion feature a wealth of information about research at UVic, with links to topics such as our areas of research strength, research facts and figures, awards and honours, general news and events, publications, and information for students who are interested in becoming involved in research at UVic. The Conduct your Research pages feature information about research services specifically targeted to faculty, post‐doctoral fellows, staff and student members of the UVic research community. This section of the website includes information about such topics as funding opportunities, forms and guidelines, processes for submission of grants and contracts, and regulatory approval. To access these pages, you must log in using your net‐link ID. When you log on to the Conduct your Research page, look for the ‘Latest Announcements’ feature, where you’ll find timely information about internal grant deadlines, grant‐crafting workshops and other presentations. Also look for our new ‘Research Bulletin Board,’ where you can let your colleagues know about recent publications, available graduate and post‐doctoral opportunities, and upcoming lectures and conferences. Another new feature in Conduct your Research is a page devoted to research communications. On it, you will find a checklist for assessing the news potential of your work, tips from practicing journalists on how to do successful media interviews, and links to other research communications resources. Our new website is an easy to access, excellent resource for researchers, staff and students, and an informative, interesting site for visitors who want to learn about research at UVic. Let us know what you think ‐ we have received a number of very useful suggestions and feedback since the launch and we encourage you to use the feedback form if you have questions or comments for us. The Offices of the VP Research and Research Services would like to extend sincere thanks to the following UVic staff who worked so diligently and with such good humour to build our fantastic new site ‐ and to deliver it just in time for grants season!
UVic On‐line Systems ‐ Garry Sagert, Dave Wolowicz, Dave Shaykewich and Faye Hoffman University Communications – Bruce Kilpatrick, Robin Sutherland, and Val Shore, and Beth Doman University Marketing – Justin Kohlman and Cathie Walker
Special thanks as well to our OVPR and ORS staff who worked tirelessly to update content and populate pages over the summer months! Howard Brunt, Vice‐President Research Rachael Scarth, Acting Associate Vice‐President (Planning and Operations)
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NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS Times Higher Education University Rankings The University of Victoria has climbed to 130th in the world and sixth place in Canada in the Times Higher Education’s annual World University Rankings released on September 15. UVic was the top‐ranked university in Canada without a medical school and there are nine Canadian universities in the top 200. For more information about UVic’s success please read the media release. UVic receives funding for a new green garage Support for the Green Vehicle Research and Testing Centre was announced on September 16 by Lynne Yelich, Minister of State for Western Economic Diversification Canada (WED). WED is providing $550,000 (of the $625,000 capital costs) for the centre. The remaining funds come from a number of other funding agencies and UVic. The overall project also includes non‐capital costs, the funding for which comes from many different sources. UVic has already started construction on the Centre. Comprised of a garage, a separate testing lab and new automotive testing equipment, the centre will allow UVic researchers to fine‐tune their green vehicle technology. The centre will also be used by members of the public and private sectors to help further research into alternative energy, particularly the plug‐in hybrid, hybrid and electric vehicle technologies. For more information please go to the media release. Revised policy and procedures for Post Doctoral Fellows The revised policy and procedures for Post Doctoral Fellows have been approved and implemented. Key changes include a clearer definition of a Post Doctoral Fellow and what their role is at UVic. The responsibilities of supervisors have been clarified and a new standardized process for employing or appointing Postdocs has been developed. The policy and procedures can be found on the University Secretary’s policy website http://www.uvic.ca/shared/shared_usec/docs/policies/HR6310_7010_.pdf Template letters of offer, appointment forms and other useful information is now available on the new internal Postdoc webpage http://www.uvic.ca/research/conduct/infofor/postdocs/index.php (accessed with primary netlink ID and password). There is also a webpage for prospective Postdocs http://www.uvic.ca/research/learnabout/infofor/postdocs/index.php which includes a place to post jobs and information for postdocs considering a position at UVic. Award Winning Books on Tour Canada's award winning books are on tour and the University of Victoria is one of the Canadian university library stops! The winners of the 2010 Alcuin Awards for Excellence in Canadian Book Design are traveling the globe, having just completed their exhibition at the Canadian Embassy in Tokyo. You’ll be able to view the 30 winning titles in the McPherson Library Special Collections Reading Room from mid‐September to the end of October. The books were chosen from 252 Canadian entries published in 2009, from 9 provinces and 108 publishers. This year's winners can be viewed at: http://www.alcuinsociety.com/awards/2009/index.html. The Malahat Review– first Canadian literary journal online with full archive The University of Victoria’s journal publishing service is growing. The Malahat Review, established in 1967, is the first Canadian literary journal to go online with a complete archive of back issues. This online edition, a joint initiative with the University of Victoria’s e‐Publishing Services (http://journals.uvic.ca/), will extend and disseminate Canadian literary works to new audiences across Canada and around the world. http://journals.uvic.ca/index.php/malahat/ . Summon: University of Victoria Libraries has launched a new search service Summon allows students and faculty to find the libraries’ content – books, articles, newspapers, videos and more – all from a single search box. The Summon service is designed to deliver the quality content that UVic libraries hold with the ease of searching the internet. UVic Libraries is one of a handful of academic Canadian libraries who are pioneering this simple, instant search of library collections. Users can simply enter a couple of search terms in the Summon search box and the service will return – nearly instantaneously – a list of the physical and digital materials from the libraries collections that are relevant to that search. Users click‐through to articles or find the book on
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the shelf in the library. Look for the Summon search box on the home page of the libraries’ website at http://library.uvic.ca. Grad research aids coalition to end homelessness The thesis project of Health Information Science grad student, Tyrone Austen has provided the Greater Victoria Coalition to End Homelessness with an effective method of reporting progress on homelessness programs. Austen determined that better integration of data gathering among the more than 20 agencies addressing the homelessness issue would make both evaluation and service delivery more effective. Based on these findings, several of the agencies involved in the research have already begun planning to advance their information management capabilities. His report card framework provides the coalition with an annual means of evaluating and reporting the effectiveness of progress in addressing the complex issue of homelessness in the community. "This master's thesis was a unique learning opportunity because the research was grounded in the needs of the community and facilitated by a community‐university partnership,” says Austen’s supervisor, Bernie Pauly from the School of Nursing and Centre for Addictions Research BC. New Lab in Geography Construction is almost finished on a state‐of‐the‐art research facility for geographic information science (GIS), part of Dr. Rosaline Canessa’s Coastal and Ocean Resources Analysis (CORAL) Group. The research facility will focus on enhanced seascape visualization, and interactive collaboration with GIS for marine spatial planning. Seascape visualization aims to simulate marine features and processes in photo‐realistic 3D perspective views based on scientific data that are geo‐referenced. Collaborative GIS aims to bring varying viewpoints together to collectively work on addressing marine spatial planning issues such as: siting and zoning marine protected areas; examining impacts and potential conflicts associated with offshore wind turbines, aquaculture or marinas; identifying potential routes for seabed pipelines; or assessing risks associated with marine shipping. Dr. Canessa expects the new lab to be operational over the next couple of weeks. Probing the origins of matter: the LHC startup marks a new epoch in particle physics Nearly 20 years since its inception, spring 2010 marked the startup of the physics program of the ATLAS experiment at the CERN Large Hadron Collider, the LHC. UVic Physics and Astronomy Professor Michel Lefebvre led Canada into ATLAS in 1992 and the Canadian LHC team is now composed of nearly 200 scientists with current spokesperson UVic Adjunct Professor Rob McPherson. The LHC, a particle accelerator built inside a 27 km circular tunnel at the CERN lab near Geneva, collides protons at the world record setting energies needed to probe the scale where “raw energy” cooled enough to become “matter” in the early universe. The debris from the collisions is reconstructed in ATLAS seeking to discover the mysterious new particles expected to lurk at these energy scales. The UVic ATLAS team, which currently includes Professors Albert, Astbury, Keeler, Kowalewski and Lefebvre as well as adjuncts McPherson and Sobie from the Canadian Institute of Particle Physics and Trigger from TRIUMF, together with four postdoctoral research associates, engineers, technicians and a dozen graduate students, led efforts designing critical parts of ATLAS. UVic also hosts a massive LHC computing and analysis centre. Today, UVic scientists are playing key roles extracting the first physics from the ATLAS data, which after only a few months include published results with sensitivity to new physics processes that exceeds that from previous experiments. The coming year will see enough new ATLAS data to search for, and possibly discover, the Higgs boson, Supersymmetry, new dimensions in space and time, or whatever secrets the universe holds for us at these new energy scales. For more information, see https://particle.phys.uvic.ca/atlas/, http://www.atlas‐canada.ca/ and http://atlas.ch/. Dr. Issa Traore – Plurilock Security Solutions Inc. Plurilock Security Solutions Inc., a spin‐off company supported by UVic, is making an exciting entry into the computer and network security market. BioTracker, the company’s flagship product, uses behavioural biometrics to authenticate a user’s identity and is being tested by the Japanese telecom giant Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT) in field trials. The company is using BioTracker as part of their integrated e‐learning platform, which is used to verify the identities of students taking online courses and examinations. Three e‐learning institutions in Japan are getting a sneak preview of the NTT platform and initial feedback is very positive. As field trials progress, IDC is supporting Plurilock in their discussion with NTT about a potential licensing agreement. We are excited to see Plurilock sign its first major business deal with a Fortune 500 company!
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The Making of a Transnational Capitalist Class: Corporate Power in the 21st Century Professor William K. Carroll (UVic Sociology) is publishing _The Making of a Transnational Capitalist Class: Corporate Power in the 21st Century_ this fall, with Zed Books. The result of ten years of research on the social organization of the global corporate elite, the book charts the making of a transnational capitalist class, reaching beyond national forms of organization into a global field, but facing spirited opposition from below in an ongoing struggle over alternative futures. Details: http://www.zedbooks.co.uk/book.asp?bookdetail=4360 Engaging and Articulating 'Race': Historical Encounters with Race and Racialization In June the department of History hosted a successful graduate student conference, "Engaging and Articulating 'Race': Historical Encounters with Race and Racialization", organized by our graduate students, particularly Meleisa Ono‐George and Megan Harvey. Presenters came from a range of both Canadian and American universities. Office of Community Based Research VICRA CBR Summer Institute, the OCBR with our counterpart at Vancouver Island University organized a 2 day retreat to bring together researchers and community organizations to network, and plan new projects at the Haven, on Gabriola Island in June. Researchers and community “knowledge mobilizers” worked on plans for joint field schools, student internships and how to work better together. Entitled ‘Asset‐Based Community Development: Making it Work for Healthy Communities, Partnership‐Building and the CBR Movement’ and was led by Jim Diers, author of Neighbor Power: Building Community the Seattle Way. Over 170 people attended the three Community Based Research workshops hosted by the Office of Community Based Research and the Vancouver Island Community Research Alliance in Victoria, Nanaimo and Courtenay in May. Workshops were offered on Community Mapping, Story Catching with video, Evaluation, and Grant writing as well as on general principals. Canada Research Chair Lorna Williams made a presentation to the Victoria.
AWARDS & GRANTS Royal Society Fellowship for Mary Kerr Celebrated Canadian stage designer and UVic theatre professor Mary Kerr is being awarded Canada’s highest academic honour, fellowship in the Royal Society of Canada (RSC), the country’s senior national body of distinguished Canadian scholars. In the history of the RSC, Kerr is the only set and costume designer to be inducted into the society. For more information about Mary’s award read the media release. Royal Society Pierre Chauveau Medal for John Oleson The 2010 RSC Pierre Chauveau Medal for distinguished contribution to knowledge in the humanities will be awarded in November to UVic’s John Oleson, FRSC, Distinguished of Professor of Greek and Roman Studies. Professor Oleson has published extensively in a wide variety of fields associated with Classical Archaeology and Ancient Technology. His field work has involved desert sites in Jordan, Roman harbours, and deep water Roman shipwrecks. Victoria’s Leadership Award: Honouring Inspired Leadership Do you have a colleague who has built strong linkages between UVic and the greater Victoria community? Do you work with someone in the community who has facilitated your research, worked closely with your students, or otherwise enriched your research or teaching? We encourage you to show your appreciation for this very special person by nominating him or her for a 2011 UVic Community Leadership Award. Contact Marilyn Florence at 250 472‐5408 [email protected] for more information or visit the Leadership Victoria site http://www.leadershipvictoria.ca/ Early Childhood Development Intercultural Partnerships Professor Jessica Ball in the School of Child and Youth Care has received grant support from the Queen Alexandra Foundation for a community partnership project to identify determinants of success of an Aboriginal multi‐service centre supporting First Nations children and families in northern Vancouver Island. The centre, housed in a former elementary school in Campbell River, is operated by the Laichwiltach Family Life Society (LFLS www.lfls.org). The centre provides Supported Child Care, Aboriginal Infant Development Program, Aboriginal Head Start, after‐school care, cultural learning, programs for youth, life skills training for young adults, employment training, programs for Elders, health education, a food bank, child and family support services, and numerous special workshops and
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events. Based on previous successful research partnerships with First Nations communities including LFLS, the Executive Director of LFLS, Audrey Wilson, and co‐founder Pauline Janyst, asked Jessica Ball to partner in this project as part of her program of research at UVic called Early Childhood Development Intercultural Partnerships (www.ecdip.org). The project was supported through a seed grant from the REACH group at UVic (Research in Early Education and Child Health) http://web.uvic.ca/~reach/. The project started on August 1, 2010 and will be completed on December 31, 2011, just in time for the start of a celebratory 20 year anniversary of LFLS. The goal is to provide an in‐depth look at a promising practice for other Aboriginal groups; provide opportunities for donors and government agencies to learn about how to support culturally‐based, community‐driven, and coordinated services in promoting wellness; and provide specialized services for Aboriginal children within their families and communities. Centre for Co‐operative and Community‐Based ‐ Research Fellowships The Centre for Co‐operative and Community‐Based Economy (CCCBE) is now accepting submissions for Research Fellowships for the 2011/2012 academic year. The following fellowships are available:
• University of Victoria Faculty • University of Victoria Graduate Student • Community Research Fellowship • Visiting Scholar and Sabbatical Research Fellowship.
The deadline for submissions is 31 October at 4:30pm. For more details visit: http://bcics.org/content/fellowships. Grants in the Faculty of Humanities Eric Sager, Jordan Stanger Ross and John Lutz of the department of History were recently awarded a Research Development Initiative grant from SSHRC for $24,902. The project is: The Population of Vancouver BC in 1911. Claire Carlin of the department of French was recently awarded a SSHRC grant of $62,071. The title of the project is: “Discours sur le corps marié sous l’Ancien Régime: religion, médecine, mondanité.” NSERC CREATE program in forests and climate change The Centre for Forest Biology’s new NSERC CREATE Program in Forests and Climate Change is up and running with two new graduate students. The program provides funding to graduate students, post‐doctoral fellows, and undergraduates for research in projects on the interaction of forests with climate change. It will also fund more formal training opportunities including new graduate workshops and internships. Research projects are based at UVic and will involve collaborations among labs within the Centre for Forest Biology or with collaborating scientist at the Ministry of Forests and Range, the Pacific Forestry Centre, or other universities. For more information visit http://web.uvic.ca/forbiol/create/home.html Department of Chemistry ‐ HIV Protease Inhibitors Marine organisms are endowed with a bounty of unusual molecules, many of which have the potential to lead to new medicines. Chemistry graduate student Jason Davy is currently working in Dr. Jeremy Wulff’s laboratory to synthesize one such molecule, called didemnaketal A, harvested from a sea squirt off the coast of Palau. Didemnaketal A inhibits HIV protease – an enzyme that is required for the lifecycle of the human immunodeficiency virus. Although many other HIV protease inhibitors are known (including 5 commercialized drugs) didemnaketal A works by a fundamentally different mechanism, which could provide a means to combat drug resistance. Due to his successful work in the laboratory, Jason has recently been announced as the recipient of the 2010 Boehringer Ingelheim Cooperative Scholarship in Organic Chemistry. This award – sponsored by one of Canada’s preeminent research‐based pharmaceutical companies – is awarded to only one student in Canada each year. (In addition to paying Jason’s salary for the remainder of his PhD, the award provides funds for Jason to travel to BI for three months during the second year of the award. During this time, he’ll continue to work on his PhD research, but will benefit from interactions with an industrial co‐supervisor. Additionally, both Jason and Prof. Wulff will visit the company to discuss research problems and explore new collaborations.)
COSI Grant on Oil Sands Research Oil sands are rich in asphaltenes – the “heavy” portion of oil, or the fraction that interferes with oil processing. The Imperial Oil‐Alberta Ingenuity Centre for Oil Sands Innovation (COSI; www.cosi.ualberta.ca) has awarded Cornelia Bohne (Chemistry) a 3‐year research grant in the value of $100,264 per year to investigate the aggregation of asphaltenes with fluorescence probes. Her work is part of the COSI mandate to improve the productivity and
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sustainability of oil sands operation, aiming toward new technology for cleaner and cheaper oil sands development. With her expertise in supramolecular dynamics studies work, Cornelia will use time‐resolved fluorescence (a very sensitive technique) to study how the components of asphaltenes aggregate. Understanding the aggregation mechanism will enable a more efficient usage of asphaltenes. The Vancouver Island Local Food Production CBR Initiative Growing food on the island is both an economic, climate change, and health initiative and the focus of a $103,000 SSHRC Grant received by the Office of Community Based Research (OCBR) to bring together food researchers, community and First Nations food security groups, growers, institutional consumers (like UVic Food Services) and retailers on Vancouver Island. The OCBR is hosting this joint application of the five post‐secondary institutions on Vancouver Island who have created the Vancouver Island Community Research Alliance (VICRA) to co‐ordinate island based research. Lansdowne Research Chair in Spatial Sciences Award Dr. Trisalyn Nelson, an Associate Professor in the Department of Geography, has been awarded a Lansdowne Research Chair in Spatial Sciences. Her research develops and uses spatial and spatial‐temporal analyses to address applied questions in ecology, forestry, and health. Dr. Nelson leads the Spatial Pattern Analysis and Research (SPAR) Lab (www.geog.uvic.ca/spar). Centre for Youth and Society ‐ New Research Bursary: Mary Catherine Marshall Bursary Thanks to the generous $27,000 donation by Gloria and Duncan Marshall, the Centre for Youth and Society is pleased to announce the creation of a new research bursary for graduate students: The Mary Catherine Marshall Memorial Bursary. The Centre is pleased to offer the new research bursary in the context of our on‐going work of interdisciplinary research, innovative training and knowledge mobilization promoting the well being of youth. The Center acts as an incubator for excellence and innovation in research and action on issues significant to youth and society. We look forward to the expansion of our graduate research team afforded by the generosity of Gloria and Duncan Marshall. Details regarding application for the inaugural year of the research bursary will be made available shortly.
PEOPLE New Director for Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium One of Canada’s leading climate researchers has returned to the University of Victoria to head a consortium that promotes collaborative research on the physical impacts of climate change on Pacific North America. Dr. Francis Zwiers, an internationally recognized expert on climate variability and change, began his term as president and CEO of the Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium (PCIC) on Sept. 1, 2010. He succeeds Dr. Dave Rodenhuis, who continues to work with the consortium as associate climatologist. For more information on Dr. Zwiers’ appointment please read the media release. Graduate Student Success • Tyrone Austen, is a UVic Masters of Health Information Science student who delivered his thesis titled 2010
Report on Housing and Supports to the Greater Victoria Coalition to End Homelessness annual general meeting in June.
• A UVic Masters of Geography student, Norma Serra‐Sogas, has identified factors that can predict oil pollution risk off Canada's west coast.
• Sarah Cockburn, a UVic Masters of Biology student, co‐authored a paper on how female fruit flies are protected against infertility thus ensuring the next generation of flies.
• Jackie Bush, a PhD clinical psychology candidate, is conducting in‐depth research to assess how siblings fare during parental breakups.
• PhD psychology candidate, Philip Montgomery, in conjunction with UVic's Innovation and Development Corporation developed the 'aerodynamic bicycle drinking system' that has already been approved by USA Triathlon and licensed with Full Speed Ahead, a Seattle‐based manufacturer of high‐end bicycle components.
• Daniel Grace, a sociology candidate, is making a difference in the lives of people living with and vulnerable to HIV in BC, with his research on new HIV testing methods among gay men in BC.
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Patent Granted for Dr. Caren Helbing Dr. Caren Helbing of UVic’s Biochemistry and Microbiology Department has received a US National patent for an alternative to conventional stripped serum used in cell culture. The serum has naturally low levels of Thyroid Hormone while containing a full complement of proteins and growth factors facilitating optimal cell growth and survival. This technology is protected by US National Patent No. 7,754,443 entitled “Serum Replacement for Thyroid Hormone‐Responsive Cell Culture”.
Mountain Legacy Project Dr. Eric Higgs, professor in the School of Environmental Studies, leads the Mountain Legacy Project, an interdisciplinary long‐term research project investigating change in Canada's mountain environments. Dr Higgs and his colleagues and students investigate landscape ecology, ecological restoration, and social perspectives on the mountainous landscapes of western Canada through repeat photography and archival research. The adventuresome work of faculty and students makes it the largest project of its kind in the world. The original photo was taken in 1889 by J.J. McArthur, looking North West from Mt. Baldy in Kananaskis, Alberta. The repeat photo was taken on July 16, 2009 by the field crew, under the direction of Eric Higgs, Principal Investigator. You can see obvious changes in the tree line and in the river volume and course.
New Associate Dean Research for Human and Social Development Charlotte Reading has joined the Dean’s Office of Human and Social Development, filling in for six months as Associate Dean for Research while Leslie Brown is on study leave. Charlotte joined the Faculty in January, 2009. She moved from Dalhousie University to join the School of Public Health and Social Policy. Charlotte brings her success as a researcher in the field of Indigenous health to our new school and to the Faculty. Minos to Midas: Ancient Cloth Production in the Aegean and in Anatolia’ (Oxbow) Brendan Burke (Greek and Roman Studies) published a book on ancient textiles, From Minos to Midas: Ancient Cloth Production in the Aegean and in Anatolia (Oxbow). Office of Community Based Research Dr. John Lutz (History) has been appointed to replace Budd Hall (Public Admin) as director of the Office of Community Based Research for a year while Budd is on sabbatical. Lutz comes to the post with experience working with First Nations communities in Coast Under Stress Project (2003‐8) and his bi‐annual field school with the Sto:lo nation. He also works on projects with the local heritage community.
FUTURE EVENTS Agnostic Objects (things persist) ‐ Daniel Laskarin
Daniel Laskarin | butterfly trap, 2009 | cardboard, fibreglass, acrylic | 20 x 19 x 14 Opening October 7, 2010 – 7:30pm, October 8, 2010 ‐ January 30, 2011 This is the first survey exhibition for Victoria artist, Daniel Laskarin, whose sculptures and public art commissions have been presented across Canada and internationally. Laskarin’s art practice is primarily object‐based working with a diverse range of media to arouse questions about perception, doubt and uncertainty. Laskarin uses a rich array of materials to intrigue and repulse, materials that suggest or refer to the familiar but somehow cannot be defined. The exhibition includes a selection of new works from his most recent series as well as earlier works that will
illustrate the evolution of his practice and theoretical concerns explored over the last decade. The exhibition will be accompanied by a catalogue with essays from Bruce Ferguson (independent curator and critic), Jessica Berlanga (art historian and critic from Oaxaca, Mexico) and Nicole Stanbridge (Associate Curator, Contemporary Art, AGGV).
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Celebrate UVic Authors It’s not too early to mark your calendars for the Celebrate UVic Authors event that takes place Thursday October 21 from 7:00 – 9:00 pm at the UVic Bookstore. The evening celebration will honour UVic’s publishing accomplishments and features readings by four authors chosen from the submitted works from 2009. ‘Research Conversations’ in the Faculty of Human and Social Development All presentations will be held in HSD building room A373 from 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM.
• Wednesday, September 29 ‐ Indigenous Peoples and Global Collapse – Waziyatawin, Canada Research Chair, Indigenous Peoples, Indigenous Governance This book project expands on the chapter of the same title that Waziyatawin wrote for the volume, For Indigenous Minds Only: A Decolonization Handbook, co‐edited with Michael Yellow Bird. Her project seeks to facilitate an understanding of the impending crises due to global climate change and end of oil that are already impacting Indigenous lives, while also conceptualizing Indigenous solutions to those crises.
• Wednesday, October 27 ‐ Story‐lines of Life‐threatening Illness – Laurene Sheilds, Associate Dean Academic, Faculty of Human and Social Development The purpose of this CIHR funded narrative inquiry is to explore how people story and re‐story their lives in the face of life‐threatening illness. Thirty‐one people are participating in interviews over a three year time period. Their narratives portray the complexity and ineffable nature of luminal experiences of living with serious illness. The significance in understanding people’s experiences of illness as well as methodological tension in narrative inquiry will be explored.
• Wednesday, November 24 ‐ Is e‐Health Living up to is Expectations? – Francis Lau, CIHR Applied e‐Health Chair, School of Health Information Science The UVic e‐Health Observatory is a 5‐year endeavour jointly funded by CIHR and Canada Health Infoway as part of the e‐Health Research Chair Award. The mandate is to examine the effects of health information system deployment in Canada, build capacity in health informatics research and engage the healthcare community in sharing new e‐Health knowledge. In this session we will discuss some of our latest work, which includes the creation of a set of rapid response evaluation methodologies, providing guidance to healthcare organizations in benefits evaluation planning and studies, and exploring the notions of meaningful use, patient/provider experience, and practice reflections as ways of demonstrating impacts.
Café Scientifique ‐ Centre for Biomedical Research All Cafés are held at Strathcona Hotel in The Maple Room, 919 Douglas Street. 6:30 pm Start and admission is complimentary.
• Tuesday, 21 September 2010 "Clinical trial applied to cancer care delivery ‐ telemedicine ‐ or let your remote do the walking." By Dr. Brian Weinerman. Co‐Sponsored by CIHR (Canadian Institute of Health Research)
• Tuesday, 19 October 2010 "Riding a giant telescope to the beginning of time." By Luc Simard Co‐Hosted by the Department of Physics and Astronomy.
CONNECT – Next Happens Here Tickets are now on sale for CONNECT, a conference for early‐stage tech entrepreneurs who want the answers to “what’s next for my company”. Uncover the answers to the burning question on every entrepreneur’s mind … What’s my next step? Attend CONNECT’s valuable learning and networking sessions and get access to expert advice and knowledge you will gain from leading tech entrepreneurs and mentors from within BC’s tech community. Visit www.CONNECTnext.ca for a detailed event program and the list of leaders attending. Early bird ticket price: $40. Centre for Global Studies Events Margaret Tuhumwire, Director of the Entebbe Women's Association in Uganda, will be speaking on October 5th at UVic, sponsored by The International Women's Rights Project and the Centre for Global Studies. The IWRP works in close partnership with EWA on their local environmental sustainability project on the shores of Lake Victoria. Ms Tuhumwire will present a short film on their work for the Global Environment Facility as well as discuss their projects on HIV/AIDS, orphans and vulnerable children, grandmothers, and child labourers.
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Derek Fraser CFGS Senior Associate will give a lecture on October 18th on the Ukraine Conundrum under the auspices of the UVic’s Continuing Studies program. The Centre for Co‐operative and Community‐Based Economy (CCCBE) guest speakers for the 2010 fall series
• On September 16th, Professor Rebecca Johnson, Faculty of Law, University of Victoria will present "In the Best Interests of the Corporation: Corporate Social Responsibility, Fiduciary Duties, and Structures of Feeling".
• On October 14th, we are pleased to have Bob Williams, Director of Vancity Board of Directors as a guest lecturer.
• On November 18th our guest speaker is the current Acting Director of School of Indigenous Governance at the University of Victoria, Professor Jeff Corntassel, from the Tsalagi (Cherokee Nation). “From Rights to Responsibilities: Indigenous Nation Regeneration and Sustainable Self‐Determination” is the title of his lecture.
Please go to http://bcics.org/content/bcicscsehub‐speakers‐series for more information on the speakers and their topics. International Marine Conservation Congress The University is helping sponsor the world’s largest marine conservation conference, the International Marine Conservation Congress (www.conbio.org/IMCC2011) to be held downtown at the Conference Centre from May 14th to 17th. Philip Dearden the Chair of Geography is leading the local organizing committee. Aboriginal health Speaker Series & Student Engagement Strategy The Centre for Aboriginal Health Research (CAHR) will commence a six month speaker series on Aboriginal health beginning with Dr. Jeff Reading, CAHR Director on Wednesday, October 20th, 2010. CAHR has formed a Student Advisory Committee (SAC) to assist in the development and implementation of a Student Engagement Strategy. The objective of the SAC is to foster and enhance the relationship between students and professors engaged in Aboriginal health at UVic and to increase mentorship opportunities while promoting career development in the area of Aboriginal health research. For more information on the Aboriginal health Speaker Series or the Student Engagement Strategy, please contact Robynne Edgar at [email protected]. More information on the speaker series will be available soon on www.cahr.uvic.ca. The Centre for Studies in Religion and Society The Centre for Studies in Religion and Society spent the summer preparing for the arrival of over 20 fellows‐in‐residence for the 2010/11 academic year. Of special note are visiting scholars from Russia, Israel, Chicago, San Francisco, Sherbrooke, Montreal and Toronto. We will also have an artist‐in‐residence and eight UVic graduate students working with us this year. The work of these CSRS fellows is featured in our weekly public lecture series, every Wednesday from 4:00 – 5:00 pm in SSM A104. Two other major events are planned for the fall: on Saturday, November 6 we will host Writing and Religion: A Literary Forum, with guest authors Anne Michaels, Don Domanski, Alissa York and Jan Zwicky. Registration for this free, day‐long event is at www.csrs.uvic.ca. From November 23 to 29, Professor Kwok Pui Lan, a scholar of Asian feminist and postcolonial theology at Episcopal Divinity School in Massachusetts, will deliver the 2010 John Albert Lectures. The Reel Spirituality will also continue, with screenings on the last Friday of the month. Visit our website for more information on these and other events.
RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS Research Bulletin Board The Research bulletin board is a place where you, as a researcher, can post quick notes to the research community at UVic. For example, you can use the bulletin board if:
• you would like to publicize the publication of some of your work. • you would like to announce an award. • you are taking on graduate students or post‐docs for a project. • you need or can share a piece of equipment. • you want to publicize a lecture or event relevant to researchers.
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Please try to keep your post to a maximum of 100 words and be sure to include any important dates and contact information and web links. Post your own message to the bulletin board at https://www.uvic.ca/research/conduct/news/bulletinboard/index.php . Posts are moderated and published by the Office of the Vice‐President Research. Share your research results with Research Ahead! Are you a UVic researcher who is about to publish in a peer‐reviewed journal? Does the research have significant public interest or public policy potential? A new UVic website provides you with a quick and easy route to alert both the vice‐president research and UVic Communications that a research paper you’ve authored is about to be published in a major academic journal. Working with you, UVic Communications may use this information to generate media interest in your work. Access the Research Ahead! website at www.uvic.ca/research. For more information on the above‐mentioned initiatives—and especially to propose new story ideas—contact Valerie Shore, Research Communications Officer in UVic Communications at local 7641 or [email protected]. Research Publications See the latest editions of The Ring, Fastlane and KnowlEDGE for more news about exciting research at UVic.
OFFICE OF RESEARCH SERVICES (ORS) UPDATE As you may remember, the 2009 federal budget provided the CFI with $600 million for “one or more research funding competitions to be launched before December 2010”. CFI has just announced that will invest $155 million (plus $45.5M for operations and maintenance) in a future Leading Edge Fund and New Initiatives Fund (NIF‐LEF) competition. As comparison, the NIF‐LEF competition in 2008 distributed $512 million (plus $154 for O&M). You can access the official announcement here: http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/ic1.nsf/eng/05797.html. Additional information will be provided as soon as it is received. In the meantime, please do not hesitate to contact Joaquin Trapero ([email protected]) with any question related to CFI and this new competition.
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Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions ‐ Shale Gas and Climate Targets: Can They Be Reconciled? On 27 July 2010, the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions (PICS) released its latest white paper entitled, "Shale Gas and Climate Targets: Can They Be Reconciled?" which indicated that increased shale gas development would increase provincial emissions by almost 10% relative to where they should be in 2020 under the BC Government’s legislated emissions targets. Written by Professor Mark Jaccard and Researcher Brad Griffin from SFU's School of Resource and Environmental Management, the report is the newest in a series of PICS white papers exploring topical policy‐related issues that span the full adaptation to mitigation spectrum. Key findings from the report indicate that if BC is to achieve its GHG emission targets the provincial government would need to either ban shale gas development in BC entirely or only allow such development if it includes Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) to prevent CO2 venting. The report also recommends that the province should establish a competitive bidding process for gas industries to apply for government funding to assist in the first development of shale‐gas‐with‐CCS and conduct a thorough analysis of its evolving natural gas industry and the implications for its GHG targets. The full report is available at: www.pics.uvic.ca Centre for Global Studies The Centre for Global Studies (CFGS) Globalization and Governance Division has been busy preparing for upcoming meetings in Korea. CFGS Executive Director Gordon Smith and Associate Director Barry Carin will travel to Seoul at the end of September to participate in three events: the Korea‐Canada Forum co‐hosted by the Asian Pacific Foundation of Canada and the Seoul Forum for International Affairs to advise on Canadian and Korean opportunities for partnership in the G20; the Korean Development Institute Conference, co‐hosted by the Korean Development Institute, Brookings Institution, and Dong‐a Ilbo to discuss innovations for G20 summits; and lastly a Chatham House Rule consultation meeting with the Korean G20 Sherpa team to advise the presidential G20 committee on promising ideas and initiatives.
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The International Women’s Rights Project has launched the Constitute! film and website. Constitute! is a project of the International Women’s Rights Project. It is a multi‐media educational resource on citizen engagement and women’s constitutional activism. Visit the website at www.constitute.ca. CFGS’s Executive Director Gordon Smith has been busy this summer writing multiple newspaper articles including, “The last thing we need is a G12 competing with a G8” and “Canada can set the G8 agenda – within limits” both published in the Globe and Mail,” and “How to get Climate Change on the G20 Agenda” published in the Toronto Star. CFGS Senior Associate Derek prepared a paper for the Canadian International Council on the Ukrainian Conundrum. It analyzed the implications for Canadian policy of the election of Viktor Yanukovych, a man with authoritarian tendencies, as President of Ukraine. On June 11, 2010, the International Institute for Child Rights and Development (IICRD) met with the Governor General of Canada, Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, to engage in a two‐hour round table discussion on child rights and the work of IICRD. The discussion focused on youth resiliency in Canada and the need for a collective Canadian community and landscape. Her Excellency is a prominent child advocate and is eager to pursue future partnerships with IICRD. The International Institute for Child Rights and Development (IICRD) has published Changing the Landscape: Involving Youth in Social Change, a guidebook on engaging youth in decision‐making. Through case studies, stories, activities, real life lessons and practical recommendations learned from YouthScape, a four year initiative of IICRD, this Guidebook offers insights and tools to bring youth engagement to life in organizations and communities. To learn more about this amazing resource or youth engagement work of IICRD, visit the YouthScape website at www.youthscape.ca. Centre for Forest Biology ‐ Rooted at UVic
In August, the Centre for Forest Biology hosted the Fifth International Symposium on Physiological Processes in Roots of Woody Plants at UVic. This event brought 80 plant root physiologists from 19 countries together to share research on plant nutrient and water uptake, root dynamics, carbon allocation and root‐microbe associations. A special session on biological carbon sequestration and the role of woody roots and forest soils in climate change mitigation attracted internationally renowned keynote speakers, Drs. P. Millard and M. Weih, sponsored by the federal‐provincial‐territorial initiative “Growing Forward”. The symposium included a day of workshops on experimental tools and techniques in
root research, three days of scientific sessions, and two field trips. Participants were very enthusiastic, not only about the scientific exchange, but also about our campus and the beauty of our surroundings. Organization of the conference was in collaboration with UBC Okanagan and Vancouver, BC Ministry of Forests and Range, Canadian Forest Service, Agriculture and Agrifood Canada and the US EPA. The sixth symposium will be held in Japan in 2014. The Centre for Co‐operative and Community‐Based Economy The Centre for Co‐operative and Community‐Based Economy (CCCBE) is pleased to welcome our distinguished group of 2010/2011 Research Fellows. Dr. James Rowe is a senior instructor at the School of Environmental Studies at UVic and is with the CCCBE on a Faculty Fellowship. Dr. Panu Kami is an adjunct professor and we are delighted he is with us as a visiting scholar from Aalto University in Finland. Lisa Pasolli is a graduate student fellow and is currently working on her PhD in History at UVic. Ben Geselbracht is also a graduate student fellow. Ben is a Masters student in the Child and Youth Care program at UVic. We are also very pleased to welcome Stuart Hertzog and Don Brown who are both Community Research Fellows. The Centre is very excited to be heading up the Western Cluster of a new Community‐University Research Alliance (CURA) project measuring the impacts of co‐operatives on communities. This project is funded for a 5‐year term to conduct research on the social, economic and environmental impact of co‐operatives. Three other Canadian
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Universities including St. Mary's University, Mount Saint Vincent University and the University of Saskatchewan and more than a dozen other co‐operative associations, co‐ops, credit unions and academic researchers will also participate in this research collaboration. This summer the CCCBE hosted a very successful Co‐operative Community Research Forum, bringing University of Victoria researchers and co‐operative practitioners representing various regions of British Columbia together in a collaborative framework. The forum began with a roundtable discussion in which we identified several key issues, perspectives, questions and research ideas. The importance of creating research that analyzes the ongoing problems faced by co‐op practitioners, and the sector more broadly was emphasized. Read more about our partners and stay tuned for research findings as the projects progress at: www.cooperativedifference.coop Centre for Aboriginal Health Research The Centre for Aboriginal Health Research (CAHR) has recently concluded a series of six workshops in First Nations communities across British Columbia. Community members played an integral role in the planning and implementation of these meetings, from selecting the overall theme, to content development, to facilitating the workshops day‐of. The purpose of these workshops was to connect communities to academic experts in topics pertinent to their locale, to provide open forum for airing out issues affecting the community and working toward a shared community vision, and to generate commitment for community‐level action plans developed over the course of some workshops. Topics discussed include climate change and hydrology, the significance of water in First Nations languages and cultures, and Indigenous water rights. We are honoured to have been invited into our partner communities and allowed copies of participant‐generated notes from the workshops. Thematic analysis of these notes is currently underway and CAHR is currently working on a report on the workshops' process and findings. Emerging themes are of the importance of land use decisions to water quality and ultimately ecosystem integrity, and of the role that strong, vibrant cultures have to play in securing safe drinking water for future generations of First Nations. NEW! CAHR is updating its website to reflect the programs of research it is developing. The long‐awaited video documenting the Consensus Conference on Small Water Systems Management for the Promotion of Indigenous Health will be available on the new home page when it is launched, so stay tuned!
This is a newsletter presented by the Office of the Vice‐President Research for the University community. We thank you for your continued interest in and support of University research. Please contact us at [email protected] if you would like to contribute a story to the newsletter.
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