Upcoming Workshops

News and Announcements

Year-End Expenses - Entertainment and Travel - Workshop

Year-end for the budget year 2011-2012 is April 30, 2012. Faculty with outstanding entertainment and travel expenses for workshop visitors should forward all receipts to Karin as soon as possible.

Spring Convocation - Volunteers Needed

Social Science convocation dates are Tuesday, June 12 at 10:00 a.m. (School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, BA Honors, BSc Honors, Diplomas and Certificates (excluding Accounting)), Wednesday, June 13 at 10:00 a.m. (BMOS and Diploma in Accounting) and at 3:00 p.m. (3 yr and 4 yr excluding Honors and BMOS).

Volunteers are required for the following positions:

• Hooders: should be members of the Faculty of Graduate Studies, as well as members of the graduating faculty and may be full-time or part-time faculty members
• Assistant Marshalls: may be full-time or part-time faculty members
• Orators: may be full-time or part-time faculty members and should have a clear, strong, confident speaking voice that will be understood by members of the audience
• Ushers: may be members of either faculty or staff

Hooders, Assistant Marshals, and Orators must be available for duties commencing at 8:45 a.m. or 1:45 p.m. on the day of their duty in the Thames Hall gym. Ushers must be available at 8:00 a.m. or at 1:00 p.m. on the day of their duty in the front foyer of Alumni Hall.

Volunteers should let Lisa Lyons know as soon as possible what s/he is volunteering to do.

Teaching Support Centre

The Teaching Support Centre will hold a Research on Teaching Symposium on Thursday, April 19, 2012, 1:00-3:00 p.m., in the Teaching Support Centre, Room 122 The D.B. Weldon Library. The symposium will showcase Research on Teaching projects being done here at Western and will also provide the opportunity for faculty members, librarians and archivists, and graduate students who wish to learn more about Research on Teaching  to meet and interact with colleagues who have completed Research on Teaching projects. Please register.

Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Association Awards - Call for Nominations

Each year OCUFA recognizes outstanding teachers and academic librarians in Ontario universities through awards. OCUFA Teaching and Academic Librarianship Awards recognize all levels of instruction including graduate, undergraduate, continuing education, faculty development as well as proficiency in teaching that may extend beyond the classroom, the laboratory or the faculty member's office. Activities such as course design, curriculum development, organization of teaching programs, and other significant forms of leadership are often important contributions to the instructional process. Those who excel in any of these are eligible for the OCUFA Teaching Awards. The deadline for receipt of nominations is May 21, 2012.

CIRET Conference - Call for Papers

Hosted by the Austrian Institute of Economic Research (WIFO), the Centre for International Research on Economic Tendency Surveys (CIRET) Conference, Economic Tendency Surveys and Economic Policy, will take place September 5-8, 2012 in Vienna, Austria. The Conference will concentrate on topics related to economic surveys. The deadline for submission of papers is April 15, 2012.

Canadian Macroeconomics Study Group 26th Annual Meeting - Call for Papers

Hosted by CIREQ and the Department of Economics at the University of Montreal, the 26th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Macroeconomics Study Group will be held at the University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, November 2-3, 2012. The CMSG invites papers in all areas of macroeconomics. The submission deadline is May 18, 2012.

RCEA Rimini Canada Day - Invitation

The Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis (RCEA) will present Rimini Canada Day, The Real and the P.R. Canadian Economies: Could Canada Be An Example to Other Small Open Economies?, on May 24, 2012, at Aula Magna, University of Bologna, Faculty of Economics Rimini, Via Anghera 22, Rimini, Italy. Registration for the seminar is recommended.