In this newsletter:

• Call for UPEI Internal Research Grants and SSHRC Explore Research Grants
• Opportunities in the Faculty of Education
• Hurrahs!!!

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CALL FOR UPEI INTERNAL RESEARCH GRANTS AND SSHRC EXPLORE RESEARCH GRANTS

The IRG and SERG competitions provide research grants of up to $5000 for a one-year term to support stand-alone projects through the funding of fully developed research proposals.

Eligible Applicants: Tenured, Tenure Track, Term and Sessional UPEI Faculty in Arts, Business, Education, Nursing, Science, or Sustainable Design Engineering, and Librarians, who are employed by UPEI at the time of application and for the duration of the award.  A professor emeritus or adjunct professor may apply as co-applicant with an eligible tenure/tenure-track UPEI faculty member. 

Program guidelines and application forms can be found here.  The competition deadline is 13-Dec-2021 by 4pm.

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OPPORTUNITIES IN THE FACULTY OF EDUCATION

The Faculty of Education has a number of sessional opportunities available for the Winter 2022 semester. You can find the posting here.

Additionally, we are currently seeking a Coordinator of Bachelor of Education and Practice Teaching.

Please feel free to share these opportunities with those you know who would be interested!

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HURRAHS!!!

Drs. Jane P. Preston and Tim Claypool have published their latest article, “Analyzing Assessment Practices for Indigenous Students” in Frontiers in Education.  The article is a document analysis describing common assessment practices for Indigenous students. You can read the article here. Congratulations, Jane!

Dr. Tim Goddard, professor emeritus, is delighted to announce that his first novel has been published! This mystery/thriller, set in western Canada, is called TRACES. Both print and ebook are now available here. Congratulations Tim!!!