WEEK of 3 December 2010
MEETINGS
(Held in HUM 228 unless otherwise noted)
Dec. 16, 2010 |
Departmental Meeting
[Guest - Principal Woolf] |
3:00 p.m.
|
THANK YOU NOTES
Chris Bowie and family wishes to thank everyone for the beautiful flowers they received.
Monica Castelhano and family also wishes to thank everyone for the lovely flowers they received upon the birth of their daughter.
DEPARTMENT OFFICES CLOSING DECEMBER 23RD (Candace Hartley)
The Department will be closing for the Holiday Season at
4:30 p.m. on Thursday, December 23, 2010. We will re-open on Monday, January 3, 2011.
Note: the University will close at noon on December 24th, 2010. We wish everyone a safe and happy holiday.
NAGS AWARDS 2010-2011 Northeastern Association of Graduate Schools (NAGS) Awards.
School of Graduate Studies DEADLINE: THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, 2011. All nomination materials must be submitted in Adobe pdf file format to Leisa McDonald, outlined on the application information at the following website:
http://www.neags.org/static/award.html . If you have any questions, please contact Leisa McDonald @
leisa.mcdonald@queensu.ca . ATTENTION STUDENTS
CFI has recently launched a competition for 2 student science journalism awards worth
$2500 apiece. The two student winners of the 'pitch' contest will each receive $2500 to help pay for the research, reporting and crafting of an in-depth journalistic piece about any of the nearly 7,000 research projects that the CFI has funded across Canada. Funds may be used for travel and other reporting expenses and up to $1500 may be retained by the student as a stipend. Deadline for 'pitch' ideas is
February 1, 2011. More information can be found below and at the following website:
http://innovation.ca/en/news?news_id=245
STAUFFER LIBRARY HOURS
Please note during Exam hours December 5 - 21, the library will be
OPEN 24 hours from Monday to Sunday.
GRADUATE STUDENTS Cultural Identity in Contemporary Germany - Hamburg between Global Modernity and Local Patrimony,
May 2-13, 2011. Graduate students from across Canada are invited to apply to participate in an interdisciplinary ten-day study tour to Hamburg and the surrounding region providing unique first-hand insights into present-day Germany. See further
details attached.
The
Ontario Association on Developmental Disabilities (OADD) Research Special Interest Group (RSIG) is inviting proposals for presentations and posters for its annual research conference, to be held
Thursday, April 17, 2011 at Four Points Sheraton Hotel, in St. Catharines, Ontario. You are also encouraged to nominate people for the Student award. Deadline for submissions has been extended to
December 15, 2010. For more information please visit their website:
www.oadd.org Pain in Europe VII - EFIC 7th Congress of the European Federation of IASP Chapters, Hamburg, Germany,
21-24 September 2011. Call for papers including registration and accommodation information. Deadline for submission of abstracts:
May 2, 2011.
Don't Suffer In Silence. Website:
www.efic.org
JOBS
The University of Prince Edward Island invites applications for a five-month position in Clinical Psychology at the Assistant Professor level beginning
August 1, 2011. This position is a Sabbatical replacement and is not renewable. Review of applications will begin on January 31, 2011. Please applications to Dr. Philip Smith, Professor and Chair. Email:smithp@upei.ca
Full-time Tenure Track appointment at Mount St. Vincent University, Department of Psychology, Halifax, NS. Consideration of applications will begin Tuesday, January 4, 2011. Please email applications to Dr. Elizabeth Bowering at elizabeth.bowering@msvu.ca
Department of Psychology at Dalhousie University invites applications for a tenure-stream faculty position at the Assistant or Associate level in the area of clinical psychology. The position will begin
1 July 2011. Applications will be considered until the position is filled. Further details please go to website: www.psychology.dal.ca
Applications should be sent to Dr. Raymond Klein.
New 2-year NIDA-funded post-doctoral position in Clinical Affective Neuroscience available in Dr. Matthew Shane's Clinical laboratory at The Mind Research Network in Albuquerque, New Mexico.Applicants may email Dr. Matthew Shane directly for more information at mshane@mrn.org, or may submit an official application online at: www.mrn.org/careers.
The Department of Psychology at Mount Royal University, Calgary, Alberta invites applications for two tenure-track positions which will commence August 15, 2011. One position in Biological Psychology, Behavioural Neuroscience or Neuroscience area. Second position is in the area of both statistical analysis and psychological research methods. See the attached for further details: (1) and (2).
Competition closes January 7, 2011 for both positions.
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