Upcoming Workshops
Monday
October 31 |
Alan Bester (The Chicago
Booth School of Business)
"Option Prices and the
Probability of Success of Cash Mergers"
(joint with Victor
H. Martinez and Ioanid Roşu)
3:30 p.m., Room 4161 SSC |
Applied Economics/
Econometrics |
Tuesday
November 1 |
Yan Bai (University of
Rochester)
"Financial Markets and
Fluctuations in Uncertainty"
(joint with Cristina Arellano
and Patrick Kehoe)
3:30 p.m., Room 4161 SSC |
Money/Macro |
News and Announcements
Political Economy Research Group (PERG) Conference
The Political Economy Research Group (PERG) will host a conference
entitled "Can Social Science Predict Accurately? The Case of
Elections" on Monday, November 7, 1:30-4:30 pm, Room 4161 SSC. All
are welcome.
Teaching Support Centre - Instructional Skills Workshop
(ISW)
The Teaching Support Centre will offer an intensive three-day
Instructional Skills Workshop on December 14, 15 & 16, 2011,
8:30 am - 5:00 pm each day, in the Teaching Support Centre, Room
122, Weldon Library. This program is intended for faculty (both new
and experienced) and you will be required to attend the full three
days. Enrollment is limited, please register online.
Western Libraries Open Access
Western Libraries will host two sessions of the
Open Up Your
Published Research workshop. Session 1 take place on Monday,
October 31, 2011, 2:00-3:00 pm, Kellogg Room, Taylor Library and
Session 2 on Thursday, November 17, 2011, 2:00-3:00 pm, Electronic
Instruction Room, Weldon Library.
Registration.
NVivo Workshops at UWO
Mr. Bengt Edhlund, an NVivo expert, will offer a
Beginners NVivo 9 workshop for researchers who are new to
the software
on Tuesday, November 15, 2011, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm, Faculty of
Education Building, Althouse College. Additional workshops will be
offered on November 16 and 17th for more advanced users of NVivo 9.
University of Waterloo - Sessional Lecturer Required
The Department of Economics at the University of Waterloo is looking
for a Sessional Lecturer to
teach Econ 344, Marketing: Principles of Marketing and Consumer
Economics - Economic principles for marketing, exchange theory and
consumer analysis, product or service introductions, public and
private policies for advertising, differentiation and quality
assurance. Applications will be accepted until the position is
filled.
John G. Diefenbaker Award 2012 - Call for Nominations
The Canada Council for the Arts announces the opening of nominations
for the
John G. Diefenbaker Award. This award allows a Canadian
university to invite a distinguished German scholar to come to
Canada for a period of up to one year to work on a specific research
project and to participate in research related activities. The
nomination deadline is December 1, 2011.
Summer 2012 Study of the United States Institutes for
Scholars - Call for Nominations
Each year, the United States Department of State funds six-week
intensive
Institutes for Academic Scholars and are looking for candidates
that are at a midpoint in their career and committed to their
profession. The Institutes will take place at various universities
throughout the U.S. over the course of six weeks beginning in June
2012. The U.S. Consulate Toronto will act as liaison for The
Department of State. The deadline for nominations to be received by
the U.S. Consulate Toronto is December 30, 2011.
Alan Blizzard Award - Call for Applications
The
Alan Blizzard Award was developed in 1999 by the Society for
Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE) to stimulate and
reward collaboration in teaching, and to encourage and disseminate the
scholarship of teaching. The award is given to collaborative projects
that increase the effectiveness of student learning and is open to
groups of two or more individuals, at least one of whom must be
currently teaching at a Canadian university, regardless of discipline
or level of appointment. The deadline for applications is
Friday, January
13, 2012.
