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FCCS Faculty Research
March 2015
monthly research newsletter is designed to keep you in touch with the research and
Tcallshecreation
in the Faculty and to inform you of upcoming deadlines, grant opportunities,
for papers, and other relevant information. Please send brief notifications of
conferences, publications, exhibitions, performances, CFPs related to our core research
areas, and other relevant content to Shauna Oddleifson.
Nancy Holmes, Associate Dean of Research and Graduate Studies
upcoming grant deadlines & information
UBC INTERNAL GRANT DEADLINES
Publication/Production Grant | ongoing deadline
Equity Enhancement Fund | MAR 31
equity.ubc.ca/equity-enhancement-fund/
For more information on Internal Funding Opportunities, click here.
SSHRC Research Training Grant | MAR 16
Must have application to Dept. Head and Associate Dean by March 13 to sign
Available to any applicants to the 2015 SSHRC IDG competition to hire a student RA to
assist with one’s research program. More information...
NSERC Strategic Project Grant | MAR 27
For workshop info, internal deadlines and application information, click here.
SSHRC Connection Grant | MAY 1
More information...
Killam Research Fellowships | JUNE 15 (nominations)
More information...
Information session (UBCV), March 16. Registration...
The Canada Council for the Arts provides grants to professional Canadian artists and
arts organizations. More information...
For a full list of External Funding Sources, click here.
FCCS GRANT DEADLINES
FCCS Travel Fund | MAR 16 (for travel between Apr 1-Sept 1)
www.ubc.ca/okanagan/fccs/faculty/secure/resources
Guidelines and Best Practices for Reference Letter Writers
The Canada Research Chair (CRC) program has introduced new guidelines to try
to limit unconscious bias against women in letters of recommendation. More
information...
Tri-Agency Open Access Policy on Publications. More information...
opportunities & Call for Papers
Fresh! Air Art & Environment Themed Residency | Caetani Centre.
Deadline: MAR 15, More information...
Failure | Journal of Comparative Media Arts. Deadline: MAR 15. More information...
Digital Narratives – a multi-platform, interdisciplinary, creative production residency
| Banff Centre, May 2015. More information...
2015 BC Studies Conference | Kwantlen Polytechnic University, MAY 7-9, 2015.
More information...
Nominations 2015 American Library in Paris Book Award |
Deadline: May 1. More information...
recent publications
Kyong Yoon | Affordances and negotiations of the digital
reputation society: a case study of RateMyProfessors.com,
Continuum: Journal of Media & Cultural Studies, 29:1, 109120. More information...
Grisel Garcia-Perez | Learning y Doing: Spanish applied
Linguistics as a Living Lab. Article published in The
European Scientific Journal. More information...
recent conferences
Nina Langton | Incorporating best practices in the use
and design of games for the beginning Japanese language
classroom: an instructor’s perspective. Press Start: Culture,
Industry, and Innovation in Japanese Gaming, University of
British Columbia, Vancouver, Feb. 27, 2015.
research news
Nancy Holmes received a $10,000 grant from City of
Kelowna’s Community Public Art Award for Bee Central:
A Community Art Pollinator Project.
CFI Grant Recipients
Samuel Roy-Bois | The Research Studio for Spaces
and Things
upcoming Visiting Scholars
Visiting Scholars in 2015 sponsored by the Faculty
of Creative and Critical Studies
Renowned writer Richard Kerridge is one
of the most distinguished ecocritics in
Europe today, and a highly accomplished
nature writer. He was responsible for
developing the MA in Creative Writing at
Bath Spa University, which is today one of
the leading programs in the UK. Kerridge
will be here for a week in March.
Accomplished poet/artist Roy
Miki is a Professor Emeritus in the
English Department at Simon Fraser
University, and has published widely on
contemporary Canadian literature and
on Japanese Canadian concerns. Miki
is the author of several books, his third
book of poems, Surrender (Mercury Press 2001), received
the Governor General’s Award for Poetry. Miki will be here
for a week in March.
Each Visiting Sholar will spend one week on campus
working with students and faculty, and offering a public
talk. More information on dates and activites for both
Visiting Scholars to come.
Visiting Scholar Public Events:
Richard Kerridge, Cold Blood | Eco Cultures Research
Series talk, Wed. March 18, 2pm, CCS 227
Richard Kerridge & Roy Miki Public Reading |
Thurs. March 19, 7pm, Kelowna Art Gallery
fccs.ok.ubc.ca/news-events/speakers-guests/visitingscholars.html
Faculty research con’t
Research week
2015 marks the 10th year that UBC’s Okanagan campus showcased its research and its importance to our communities and the world
with the annual Celebrate Research week. At the FCCS Brown Bag Luncheon series, Faculty members shared their research by delivering
recent conference papers. Presenters included: Suzanne Gott, Virginie Magnat, Michael Treschow, Sean Lawrence, Greg Garrard,
Alkeksandra Dulic, Oliver Lovesey, Martin Blum, Anderson Araujo and Lisa Grekul.
upcoming Research events
Alterknowledge Discussion Series
Recognizing knowledge as a form of power, and acknowledging how structures of power shape what constitutes knowledge,
AlterKnowledge provides a venue for so-called “alternative” knowledge to be shared and valued and for dominant systems of
“knowledge” to be altered.
Becoming Home: The Welcoming Okanagan | Friday, March 20, 2015
Alternator Centre for Contemporary Art, 421 Cawston Ave. More information...
FCCS Eco Cultures Research Series
The Eco Cultures Research Series focusses on the complex intersection of culture, imagination,
and ecological issues. This series connects UBC Okanagan researchers with colleagues and
students engaged in diverse explorations of today’s most timely forms of artistic and critical
innovation.
Richard Kerridge, Cold Blood | Wed. March 18, 2pm, CCS 227
Jodey Castricano, Behind the Walls: B
ioengineering, Animal Advocacy and the Ethics of Control | Wed. March 25, 3:30 -5:00 pm, CCS 227
Victorian Studies Association of Western Canada (VSAWC) Conference
The VSAWC, will be held in Kelowna from April 9-12, 2015 at the Manteo Lakeside Resort. This year’s conference is organized locally by
Constance Crompton and Oliver Lovesey with a number of FCCS Graduate Students assisting.
web.uvic.ca/vsawc/vsawc-conferences/2015-conference/
Writer in Residence
Playwright, screenwriter, performer, director, and producer Marie Clements is UBC Okanagan’s eighth annual writer-in-residence.
Clements will spend two weeks on campus from March 16 to 27 meeting with students and writers to do critiques of their written work,
select the winners of the Short Story Contest, and visit classrooms for readings of her work.
Public Reading | Tues. March 24, Okanagan Regional library, 1308 Ellis Street (winners of the OK Short Story Contest will be announced)
FCCS Graduate Student Researchh
3 minute thesis
Congratulations to MFA student Clayton
McCann - the winner of the FCCS 3MT
competition! Clayton presented at the campus
wide competition on March 4th during Reserach Week.
Exhibitions
David Kadish | Subtle Emergences
MFA Thesis Exhibition, March 27-May 9, 2015
Alternator Gallery, 421 Cawston Ave
Opening Reception: April 9, 7pm
Graduate student & Alumni news
Alumni Profile: Mina Rajabi Paak graduated with an MA in IGS
in 2014, and is currently working on PhD in Humanities at York
University. More information...
Upcoming grant & award deadlines
UBC Grad Student Travel. Deadline: APR 15. More information...
FCCS Undergraduate Student Researchh
FCCS undergraduate research award
Congratulations to Meghan Hunter (Creative Writing) and Trystan Carter (English/Creative Writing) on their successful applications to the
FCCS Undergraduate Reseach Award. Each student will engage in research and creation activities from May 1 to August 31, 2015.
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