Thanks to everyone that have submitted abstracts for the upcoming Complexity Science and Educational Research conference.  The abstracts are very interesting and I am looking forward to the meeting.  We have received 23 abstracts for full  length presentations.  A few people have requested an extension of the abstract deadline, therefore we are extending the deadline to Monday, December 17th.

Online submission of abstracts:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=iCW8sTFJP9D6WKLv2iFv3Q_3d_3d
Information about the conference:
http://www.complexityandeducation.ualberta.ca/conference.htm

Thanks,
Nadia

The fifth Complexity Science and Educational Research conference will be held at the University of Georgia (Athens, Georgia, US) on February 3-5, 2007. Check under the “Conference” button on the complexityandeducation.ca site for updates on proposals, accommodations, and so on.  Abstracts for presentations are due on December 10th.  Let me know if you have any questions about the meeting. 

Cheers,

Nadia Kellam (nkellam@engr.uga.edu)

My name is Michael Harcourt and I am a secondary school history and social studies teacher in Wellington, New Zealand. Last year I finished an MA at Victoria University looking at what an ecological philosophy of history education might look like as opposed to the dominant individualist philosophy of education.

I am especially interested in the implications complexity theory has for history and social studies teachers, but especially history. There are a number of historians who have grappled with complexity theory, most notably John Lewis Gaddis from Yale, but I have found nothing about school history education. Sometimes I wish I had studied mathematics; that way I would have the advantage of Brent Davis’ literature. Is there anyone interested in exploring what implications complexity theory and enactivism might have for history and social studies education? Or has anyone come across anything that they could alert me to? My email address is michael.harcourt@whs.school.nz.

Our graduate program in Human Systems Intervention is inviting applications for a tenure track position which will involve teaching in the grad program as well as undergraduate courses in Human Relations, Organizational Development/Leadership, and/or Human Systems. Our program takes an action research and systems approach to communities and organizations. For more information on the program go to:

http://artsandscience1.concordia.ca/ahsc/Goals.shtml

For the job announcement, go to

http://artsandscience1.concordia.ca/ahsc/FT_Faculty_Positions.shtml

If you have any questions, you can contact me at this address.

Thanks!

Warren Linds
Concordia University
Montreal, Quebec, Canada

CARL and SPARC offer Canadian authors new tool to widen access to published articles

For more information go to http://www.arl.org/sparc/media/07-0815.html

CARL AND SPARC OFFER CANADIAN AUTHORS NEW TOOL
TO WIDEN ACCESS TO PUBLISHED ARTICLES
Popular author copyright addendum adapted for use in Canada

Ottawa, ON and Washington, DC - August 15, 2007 - The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) and SPARC (the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition) today announced the release of the SPARC Canadian Author Addendum, a new tool for authors in Canada to retain key rights to the journal articles they publish.
Traditional publishing agreements often require that authors grant exclusive rights to the publisher. The new SPARC Canadian Author Addendum enables authors to secure a more balanced agreement by retaining select rights, such as the rights to reproduce, reuse, and publicly present the articles they publish for non-commercial purposes. It will help Canadian researchers to comply with granting council public access policies, such as the Canadian Institutes of Health Research Policy on Access to Research Outputs. The Canadian Addendum reflects Canadian copyright law and is an adaptation of the original U.S. version of the SPARC Author Addendum.

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L’ABRC ET SPARC OFFRENT AUX AUTEURS CANADIENS UN NOUVEL OUTIL POUR ÉLARGIR L’ACCÈS AUX ARTICLES PUBLIÉS
Un addenda populaire sur le droit d’auteur est adapté pour utilisation au Canada

Ottawa (Ontario) et Washington, DC - le 15 août 2007 - L’Association des bibliothèques de recherche du Canada (ABRC) et SPARC (Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition) ont annoncé aujourd’hui le lancement de l’Addenda de l’auteur canadien SPARC, un nouvel outil permettant aux auteurs du Canada de conserver d’importants droits sur les articles de revue qu’ils publient.

Selon les ententes traditionnelles de publication, les auteurs doivent souvent concéder des droits exclusifs à l’éditeur. Le nouvel Addenda de l’auteur canadien SPARC permet aux auteurs de conclure une entente plus juste du fait qu’ils conservent certains droits, comme les droits de reproduction, de réutilisation et de présentation publique des articles qu’ils publient à des fins autres que commerciales. Il permettra aux chercheurs canadiens de se conformer aux politiques d’accès public des conseils subventionnaires, comme la Politique sur l’accès aux résultats de la recherche des Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada. L’Addenda est conforme à la loi canadienne sur le droit d’auteur et il s’agit d’une adaptation de la version originale américaine du Author Addendum de SPARC.

SEARCH Canada currently has an opening for an Evaluation Specialist to work with our faculty and staff to develop indicators of skills acquisition in a workplace learning or developmental context. The specialist will also employ innovative evaluation methods to capture the process and product of knowledge utilization projects that SEARCH Canada conducts in collaboration with health regions. 

The ideal candidate will be skilled evaluator who has a keen interest in exploring a variety of methods to assess impacts in a complex environment. The incumbent will have considerable independence and latitude to conduct evaluation activities as well as the opportunity to collaborate with a strong team of academic faculty representing a broad cross section of disciplines and academic institutions. Because SEARCH programs are based on a community development model and are conducted in the health sector, a working knowledge of health and healthcare in Alberta would be a definite asset. 

The successful candidate will have a minimum of three years experience with competency assessment / developmental evaluation in an adult education or workplace learning context. 

Candidates must have facility with qualitative and quantitative data analysis programs and the ability to synthesize results for a variety of audiences. Excellent written, interpersonal and presentation skills are required along with a flexible, collaborative approach. 

Preference will be given to applicants who have conducted team oriented research/evaluation in a health sector environment. Masters preparation in Arts, Education, Social Science or Health Science is required – PhD preferred. 

This is a full time position based at our office in the Department of Community Health Sciences at the University of Calgary. The posting closes on March 23, 2007.  

We are eager to hear from a wide-variety of qualified candidates for this position. You have been identified as someone who may be interested in this opportunity or may know someone within your personal or professional network who is a good fit for our team, and eager to take on new challenges. 

I would appreciate it if you would forward this posting to anyone you know who may be interested in working with us, or who has a network of personal and professional contacts that might deliver an appropriate candidate. 

A detailed Position Description is available upon request and I would be happy to discuss this opportunity further with anyone who might be interested.  

Cindy Gerdes

Director, Program Delivery 

SEARCH Canada 

Tel: (780) 423-5377 central

 Tel: (780) 441-2508 direct 

Tel: (780) 905-5901  cell 

Fax: (780) 423-5310 

cindy.gerdes@searchca.net 

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