{"id":18362,"date":"2018-08-22T10:21:22","date_gmt":"2018-08-22T14:21:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/?p=18362"},"modified":"2024-07-03T19:51:19","modified_gmt":"2024-07-03T23:51:19","slug":"august-22-roundup-history-events-and-announcements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/2018\/august-22-roundup-history-events-and-announcements\/","title":{"rendered":"August 22 Roundup: History Events and Announcements"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n August 22 Roundup: History Events and Announcements\n <\/h1>\n \n \n <\/header>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n

Below are upcoming events as well as announcements that may be of interest. (A bulletin will be sent out each week with upcoming events and announcements.) Departmental events are also posted on our website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Events<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

August 23, 2018 \u2013 Fall 2018 Contract Instructor Orientation<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

If you\u2019re getting ready to teach your first course at Carleton, or if you\u2019re returning after a break, you may have questions about policies and procedures, teaching tips and educational technology. Join Teaching and Learning Services on Thursday, Aug. 23 from 4:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. for our Fall 2018 Contract Instructor Orientation<\/strong> to get the answers to your questions.In addition to covering a variety of teaching and learning topics, the orientation also features a special presentation from your union representative and an interactive panel discussion on dealing with difficult situations in the classroom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Find out more and register at: https:\/\/carleton.ca\/edc\/cu_event\/contract-instructor-orientation-fall-2018\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

August 25, 2018 \u2013 Hands-On Workshops with Teaching and Learning Services<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Teaching and Learning Services will also be offering an additional half-day of workshops on Saturday, Aug. 25 from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. specifically designed to help you get ready for a new term. Hands-on workshops include setting up your course in cuLearn, a syllabus course checkup and getting ready for your first day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Find out more and register at: https:\/\/carleton.ca\/edc\/cu_event\/contract-instructor-orientation-fall-2018\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Announcements<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Fellowship Opportunity \u2013 sent by retired colleague Dr. Duncan McDowall<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The Geraldine Grace and Maurice Alvin McWatters Visiting Fellowship is designed to foster, promote, and support original archival research by scholars, authors, or artists in the collections located at Queen\u2019s University Archives. This Visiting Fellowship has a stipend of $5,000 which is intended to help defray living, travel or research expenses of successful applicants to come to Kingston, Ontario, Canada to conduct their research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please see the attached flyer for more details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2019 Governor General\u2019s Innovation Awards nominations<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The Federation has been invited to nominate outstanding candidates from our community for the 2019 Governor General\u2019s Innovation Awards, and we welcome recommendations from you, our members. Since 2016, we have had the privilege of being a nominating partner for these awards, and we were thrilled to see one of our nominees selected as a winner in 2017. I encourage you to read more about Marie-Odile Junker\u2019s fascinating innovation story<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When considering whom we might nominate as an innovator, it\u2019s important to note that there are some differences between innovation and research excellence. For these awards, innovation is understood as addressing a pressing problem with a solution that\u2019s based on new thinking, and putting that solution into action. To recommend an individual candidate or a team, please send a short description (1,200 words maximum) to pseverinson@ideas.ca<\/a> by September 14, 2018<\/strong>. In your description, please let us know how they meet the following award criteria:<\/p>\n\n\n\n