Dear faculty, sessional instructors, grad students, and educational partners:

We are now scheduling for the Fall 2015 Theory and Method Seminar series and we invite you to present a seminar.

Theory and Method:
The Theory and Methods Seminars Series aims to support grad students. It is also a seminar that can help keep faculty up-to-date on emerging methodologies. Please indicate by reply to this email that you would be willing to present a seminar. Please include the theory/method on which you will be presenting.

Researchers (Faculty/Sessional/Grad Students):
Whether you are a grad student doing research to complete your program, or a faculty member working on research, the Theory and Method Seminar offers a forum for you to present your findings, reflections, lessons learned, or outcomes. It is also a forum for engaging in discussion with colleagues about the research you are currently doing. We invite all who are currently working on research or who have completed their research to submit your request to present by replying to this email.

Educational Initiatives: (Teachers, Administrators, Policy Makers, Educational Partners …)
Participants of Theory and Method Seminars are also interested in hearing about new educational initiatives. If you are currently involved in a new educational initiative, please consider presenting a seminar.

The seminars are held on: Wednesdays ~ 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. New Location: ED 341

If you are interested in presenting or if you have a topic or speakers you would like to suggest be included in the seminar line-up, please contact Shuana at shuana.niessen@uregina.ca

Please respond by July 31 with an email that includes:

~the title of the presentation,
~name/s of all presenter/s (include short bio and contact info for each)
~audiovisual equipment needed,
~preferred date or month of presentation (Sept 16 – Dec 2)
~abstract

Note: Because our seminars are advertised to our educational partners and general public, it is best to provide the title and presenter information at the time of submission and to confirm details when requested, so that we can market the seminars in a timely way.

You will receive a tentative schedule once all the openings have been filled or after the response deadline has passed.

Sincerely,

Shuana Niessen
Theory and Method Seminar Coordinator/Host

Join us for a special Toolkit Workshop on research techniques!

Doing Research: Focus Groups
Monday, June 1
8:30 AM 12:00 PM
College Building, Room 106, 2155 College Avenue, Regina
$25, $15 student/low income

This interactive workshop will provide you with an overview of the role of research in your work with attention to focus groups as a research tool: what they are, why you might conduct one, how to analyse data, and the advantages and disadvantages of the method. Participants will learn what sort of qualitative data can be gathered through focus groups and how to analyse and use it. Through interactive small-group activities, participants will apply the knowledge gained in the session and get hands-on experience with the method.
Facilitator Michelle Stewart is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Justice Studies where she teaches in the area of social justice and research methods. Her current research investigates how Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder is understood in different groups that work on or are engaged with FASD. Michelle is also the Director of the Community Research Unit. She is dedicated to community-engaged and publicly-available scholarship.Doors open at 8:10 a.m., and the workshop will begin at 8:30. To register, go to http://rpirg.org/events-projects-paren/toolkit-workshop-series/toolkit-registration/

Naomi Beingessner, Coordinator
Community Research Unit
Faculty of Arts
CL 432
University of Regina
306.585.4084

On March 31, 2015 Statistics Canada released the study “School mobility
and educational outcomes of off-reserve First Nations students, 2012
( http://www.statcan.gc.ca/daily-quotidien/150331/dq150331c-eng.htm) ”,
based on data from the 2012 Aboriginal Peoples Survey (APS). Among
other findings, the study reports that off-reserve First Nations
students who had changed schools once, outside of a regular academic
progression, were more likely to have repeated a grade than those who
had not changed schools or who had one regular academic progression
move. This finding held even when other variables such as age, sex,
household income, living arrangements and rural/population centre
residence were taken into account.

Students in Grades 1-6 who had one non-regular progression move were
more likely to need or receive help for behavioural or emotional
problems than those who didn’t move. For more findings, please see the
full report at
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/89-653-x/89-653-x2015006-eng.pdf (in
PDF) or http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/89-653-x/89-653-x2015006-eng.htm
(in HTML).

For further information on the 2012 Aboriginal Peoples Survey, please
see: www.statcan.gc.ca/aps .

The Humanities Research Institute announces the 2015-16 Humanities Research
Fellowships to faculty members at the University of Regina and federated
colleges. Full-time continuing faculty are eligible to apply.

The HRI supports research in traditional humanities disciplines as well as in
philosophical, historical, and ethical, contexts across academic disciplines.
The humanities are not conceived as a specific group of subject areas but
include all forms of study that examine the human condition. Humanities
researchers are engaged in questions that address human thought, experience,
and creativity.

Fellows will be expected to conduct research, be active participants in the HRI
community, present their research at an HRI-organized event, and organize an
activity or series of activities as part of the HRI’s programming (e.g., a
lecture, seminar series, or similar).

Up to three $4,000 research awards will be granted for the period July 1, 2015-June
30, 2016. Additional

funds, up to a maximum of $1,000, will be provided to fellowship holders to
assist with the organization of the activity/activities. This activity need not
be directly linked to the proposed research (e.g., the activity could be an

invited lecturer who discusses interpretive dance and the proposed research is
on developing theatrical lighting theories).

Application Criteria

-Specific research aims, activities, and outcomes that can be achieved during
tenure of the award should be identified. These may be linked to longer-term
research projects: the relationship between the one-year award and the larger
project should be made clear.

-A detailed budget is required. Expenses supported are those typically
associated with the conduct of research. Ineligible expenses include:
equipment; travel for the purposes of dissemination (e.g., to present at
conferences) or to attend conferences and academic meetings; and
publication-related costs.

-For projects in non-traditional humanities disciplines, the relationship to
the humanities must be clearly articulated.

-The proposed activity (lecture, seminar series, or similar) must be outlined,
including an estimated budget. Other

sources of funding (department, faculty, or other source) above the $1,000
provided by the HRI should be detailed.

Formal Application Process

Applications must be combined into a single file and be provided in PDF format
and must include:

1. a curriculum vitae;

2. a detailed statement of the research proposal. Maximum two pages;

3. a descriptive title and abstract of 75 words;

4. a budget, with justification where necessary. Maximum one page; and

5. a description and budget for the activity/activities (lecture, seminar
series, etc.). Maximum one page.

Incomplete applications will not be considered.

To be submitted to the HRI at humanities.research@uregina.ca.

Due Date: May 1, 2015

Term of Fellowship

The term of the fellowship will normally be one year. The fellowship will
commence July 1, 2015.

Further information about the HRI and current HRI Fellowship holders can be
found on our website: www.humanitiesresearch.org.

Questions can be directed to:

Dr. Carmen Robertson

Acting Director, Humanities Research Institute

Carmen.Robertson@uregina.ca

305-337-2227
Humanities Research Institute
3737 Wascana Parkway
Regina, SK S4S 0A2
www.humanitiesresearch.org