The Research Hub space is open and available to all graduate students in Education to support you in your research journey. We have working spaces for focused individual work as well as open spaces that encourage small and larger group collaborations and discussions.
NOTE: only full-time graduate students enrolled in thesis- or dissertation-based Master’s and Doctoral programs are eligible (which can include merit/expert reviewed MRPs, scholarly publications, performances, recitals, or exhibits). If a student is unsure about their eligibility, they can reach out to gpsaward@sfu.ca for guidance.
To complete the Asynchronous portion & Stay Up-to-Date on the forthcoming details of these upcoming live sessions, please enrol in the Canvas course here: https://canvas.sfu.ca/enroll/7RNA8A
These workshops provide best practice guidance for applying to any of the Tri-Agency Graduate Scholarships, which in the Faculty of Education commonly includes the SSHRC CGS & Doctoral Awards as well as the CGS Master’s Scholarship. The Tri-Agencies are the three federal research funding bodies – the Social Science & Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR), and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC). CGS stands for the Canada Graduate Scholarship programs.
Please monitor the preceding hyperlinks for updates on the 2024 cycle, as managed by SFU’s Graduate Studies office.
If you have any questions about the workshop, please reach out to edgrants@sfu.ca
You are invited to join the Research Hub @ the Faculty of Education, a growing online community in Canvas. Stay updated on upcoming events by the Research Hub, be connected with Education faculty and graduate students, and access valuable programs, services and resources provided. Click to join now: https://canvas.sfu.ca/enroll/GHNPJH. Log in with your SFU computing ID and you will be part of our community.
The Research Hub is thrilled to announce the return of our highly acclaimed monthly Writing Retreat series for Faculty of Education graduate students in 2024! Whether you are crafting a paper for class, composing a journal article for publication, or embarking on your thesis writing journey, the Research Hub's Writing Retreats provide a perfect opportunity to boost your productivity and connect with your peers. You will receive both academic and social support through these retreats!
Upcoming Event Details:
📅 Date: Friday, November 15, 2024
🕒 Time: 12:30 - 5:00 pm
🏢 Location: SFU Burnaby Campus, EDB
📅 Date: Friday, November 29, 2024
🕒 Time: 2:00 - 5:00 pm
🏢 Location: on Zoom & in-person in Burnaby
💻 Please bring your own laptop or device for writing.
☕ Drinks and snacks will be provided.
More upcoming retreats will be announced later. If you have any questions, please contact
Amy Jin (yja108@sfu.ca) or the Research Hub (education_researchhub@sfu.ca).
Innovative Dialogue in Educational Approaches and Scholarship (IDEAS) is a series of podcasts created by and for graduate students as a platform to showcase their research practices. The series features graduate students from diverse disciplines at different points in their research, sharing their challenges, accomplishments, and experiences. Special thanks to Ms. Shaila Shams, Dr. Poh Tan, and Dr. Kari Gustafson for conducting podcast interviews. Also, we are grateful to our amazing podcast guests. Episodes are released on the last Wednesday of the month.
We would like to respectfully acknowledge that IDEAS podcast series is recorded and launched at SFU located on the unceded traditional territories of the Coast Salish peoples of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), Səlil̓wətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh), and Kwikwetlem (kʷikʷəƛ̓əm) Nation.
In this episode of IDEAS on Tri-agency Scholarship Fall series, we delve into a conversation with Olessya Akimenko is a fifth-year PhD candidate in the Languages, Cultures, and Literacies program and winner of the Joseph-Armand Bombardier CGS Doctoral Scholarship. Olessya shares her experience of writing the SSHRC proposal with IDEAS audience. She highlights the elements of a research proposal, clarity and accessibility of language, organization and flow that can help writing a winning proposal.
Olessya Akimenko is a fifth-year PhD candidate in the Languages, Cultures, and Literacies program at Simon Fraser University (SFU), exploring the employment experiences and identity negotiations of teachers of English as an additional language (EAL) in British Columbia, Canada. Her motivation for this research stems from her firsthand experience as an EAL teacher, witnessing the hardships this group faces. Moreover, there is a notable dearth of studies investigating the experiences of EAL teachers in Canada. Olessya’s doctoral study aims to fill this gap by delving into the identity negotiations and employment opportunities for EAL teachers in Canada, employing a rigorous theoretical framework and considering multiple stakeholder perspectives. Olessya has already successfully conducted data collection for her study, which involved surveying and interviewing EAL teachers, adult EAL students, and EAL program administrators. Currently, Olessya is actively engaged in data analysis and dissertation writing.
The Fall tri-agency scholarship series will proceed with discussions featuring winners. Full release will be on the last Wednesday of November and December.
Episode 55: Tri-agency scholarship series discussion with Sabrina Ngo—an education PhD candidate and SSHRC winner - Sabrina Ngo - Click to listen
Episode 54: Acknowledging students’ plurilingual repertoire in learning and meaning making: Dr. Brent Amburgey shares his experiences and insights - Dr. Brent Amburgey - Click to Listen
Episode 53: Navigating the graduate journey and building a career in academia: Dr. Amir Michalovich shares his experiences and insights - Dr. Amir Michalovich - Click to Listen
Episode 52: Racialized International Students Who Speak English as an Additional Language: What Influences Their Academic and Social Trajectories in Canadian Postsecondary Institutions? - Pedro dos Santos - Click to Listen
Episode 51: Muslims and Their Acculturation in the West: A Conversation on the Similarities, Differences, and Adopting an Imaginal Approach to Reconcile - Dr. Kazem Zabihollahi - Click to Listen
Episode 50: Re-imagining Second Language Writing in Canadian Post-Secondary Education: Understanding History for Future Directions - Dr. Joel Heng Hartse, Dr. Bong-gi Sohn, and Pedro dos Santos - Click to listen
Episode 49: Trust and friendship in Ethnography: A Researcher’s Reflections - Fatima Jalali - Click to Listen
Episode 48: Practicing Relational Feminism and Posthumanism: What It Means and How It Shapes Us - Drs. Jacky Barreiro, Magali Forte, and Tanya Behrisch - Click to Listen
Episode 47: Making Sense of Data - Drs. Connie Lam James, Kari Gustafson, and Magali Forte - Click to Listen
Episode 46: Re-imagining an Alternative to Knowledge-based Inquiry - Monica Bhattacharjee - Click to Listen
Episode 45: A Researcher's Dilemma in Navigating Western and Eastern Epistemologies and their Manifestation in Coconstructing Data in Rural China - Yujuan Wu - Click to Listen
Episode 44: Shifting Research Focus, Adopting the Lens of Phenomenology, and Embracing COVID-19 Challenges - Michael Maser - Click to listen
Episode 43: The Journey of the Reading, Thinking and Doing (RTD) Club - Jacky Barreiro, Magali Forte, and Tanya Behrisch - Click to Listen
Episode 42: Postdoc Series Discussion with Dr. Canan Güneş - Canan Güneş - Click to Listen
Episode 41: Postdoc Series Discussion with Dr. Gloria (Yu-ting) Lin - Gloria (Yu-ting) Lin - Click to Listen
Episode 40: Postdoc Series Discussion with Dr. Amber Moore - Amber Moore - Click to Listen
Episode 39: Postdoc Series Discussion with Dr. Qinghua Chen - Qinghua Chen - Click to Listen
Episode 38: A Researcher’s Journey of Negotiation with Self - Connie Lam James - Click to Listen
Episode 37: Community Engaged Research and Environmental Education: Part 2 - Jacquie Kowk, Maria Cristina Albuquerque, and Poh Tan - Click to Listen
Episode 36: Community Engaged Research and Environmental Education: Part 1 - Chantal Martin, Poh Tan, and David Zandvliet - Click to Listen
Episode 35: Community Engaged Research: The Importance of Relationship Building - Akiko Ohta - Click to Listen
Re-introduction of IDEAS in 2023 - Shaila Shams - Click to Listen
Episode 34: A PDP graduate's reflections on learning and teaching - Daniel Cooper - Click to Listen
Episode 33: Mathematics Education and learning through technology - Canan Güneş - Click here to Listen
Episode 32: Writing is Research. Research is Writing. Why Research and Writing is like building with LEGO bricks - Albert Fung - Click to Listen
Episode 31: Equity and Inclusiveness in K-12 education - Amrit Cojocaru - Click to Listen
Episode 30: A Researcher's journey into exploring and accepting "unconventional" methodology - Denise Findlay - Click to Listen
Re-Introduction to the Podcast - Dr. Poh Tan & Ms. Shaila Shams - Click to Listen
Episode 29: Faculty Writing Talk Part 4: Imagination as soil: Engaging and connecting through your writing practice - Dr. Gillian Judson - Click to Listen
Episode 28: Faculty Writing Talk Part 3: Finding your voice in academic spaces - Dr. Robyn Ilten-Gee - Click to Listen
Episode 27: Faculty Writing Talk Part 2: Writing as public thinking - Dr. Yumiko Murai - Click to Listen
Episode 26: Mentorship conversations - The mentors we've never met - Hollman Lozano - Click to Listen
Episode 25: Breathing in and breathing out with your writing practice - Dr. Cher Hill & Kari Gustafson - Click to Listen
Episode 24: Conversations in the spaces in between Part IV: Supervisor / Supervisee Relationships - Tania Bakas & Dr. Masahiro Minami - Click to Listen
Episode 23: Shattering Ceilings and Breaking Moulds Toward Graduate Research Success - Dr. Susan O'Neill - Click to Listen
Episode 22: Conversations in the spaces in between Part III: Mentorship of the More-than-human World - Tanya Behrisch - Click to Listen
Episode 21: Conversations in the spaces in between Part II: Supervisor/Supervisee Relationships - Dr. Ann Chinnery & Kristy Dellebuur O'Connor - Click to Listen
Episode 20: Conversations in the spaces in between Part I: Supervisor/Supervisee Relationships - Dr. Celeste Snowber & Carolina Bergonzoni - Click to Listen
IDEAS Introduction to A New Host - Kari Gustafson - Click to Listen
Episode 19: Successful Writing Practices from an EAL Perspective - Aisha Ravindran - Click to Listen
Episode 18: Arts, Intergenerational Education, and Interdisciplinary Research - Caroline Pacheco - Click to Listen
Episode 17: Music and Mathematics: The Role of Creativity in Pedagogy - Srividhya Balaji - Click to Listen
Episode 16: Reflections from IDEAS Co-hosts - Sharing What We've Learned with Other Podcasters – Poh Tan & Shaila Shams - Click to Listen
Episode 15: Confessions of a PhD Candidate: Navigating Challenges and Dealing with Anxiety during Research - Michael Maser - Click to Listen
Episode 14: Negotiating Learning Differences within Culturally Diverse Context - An International Student's Perspective - Chukwudi Nwobodo - Click to Listen
Episode 13: Navigating Controversy within Educational Research - Steven Zhao - Click to Listen
Episode 12: Being Comfortable with Discomfort in Educational Research: A Phenomenological Approach - Lori Driussi - Click to Listen
Episode 11: Publishing in Grad School - How to Overcome Challenges and Issues - Magali Forte - Click to Listen
Episode 10: Educational Research From a Social Justice Perspective - Jade Ho - Click to Listen
Episode 9: Indigenous Methodologies - Working together through respect, reciprocity, and relationality.- Kau'i Keliipio - Click to Listen
Episode 8: International Research Collaborations - A partnership between two graduate students - Mr. Eduardo Gluck & Dr. Poh Tan Click to Listen
Episode 7: Research During COVID-19 Times - Ms. Livia Poljak Click to Listen
Episode 6: Formulating a Research Question - Mr. Liang Cao Click to Listen
Episode 5: Managing Your Time for Research and Writing - Ms. Kari Gustafson Click to Listen
Episode 4: Importance of Critical Reading for Research - Jacky Barreiro Click to Listen
Episode 3: Writing Comprehensive Examinations under Time Constraints - Ms. Livia Poljak Click to Listen
Episode 2: Building towards a Conceptual Framework for Research - Ms. Shaila Shams Click to Listen
Episode 1: Research and the Graduate Process - Dr. Poh Tan Click to Listen
An introduction: Dr. Poh Tan and Ms. Shaila Shams Click to Listen
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The Reading/Thinking/Doing (RTD) club is about discussion, dialogue and exchange of ideas on explorations in Education with posthumanist/new materialist scholarships. We are two PhD students, Magali Forte and Jacky Barreiro, who are interested in tackling this idea with others. Please subscribe to the RTD mail list to receive the video conference link for this online discussion. Join the mail list
Email contact: Magali Forte, magali_forte_2@sfu.ca
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