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
Looking forward to seeing you!
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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!
April Event Details:
📅 Date: Friday, July 5th, 2024
🕒 Time: 12:00 - 4:00 pm
(12:00-12:30 Check in, lunch; 12:30-4:00 Writing time)
🏢 Location: SFU Burnaby Campus, EDB 7600
💻 Please bring your own laptop or device for writing.
☕ A light lunch, snacks, and drinks will be provided.
Please register here!
More upcoming retreats will be announced later. If you have any questions, please contact
Amy Jin (yicun_jin@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 the 53rd episode of IDEAS, Dr. Amir Michalovich, Assistant Professor of Literacies Education at the University of Manitoba, discusses his research, his doctoral experiences, and the development of his academic career. Dr. Michalovich’s doctoral research was in the field of language and literacy education and his work focused on newcomer youth from refugee and socioeconomically marginalized backgrounds. Dr. Michalovich shares his experiences of writing a manuscript-based thesis, securing funding for a postdoc position, and offers his insights into building an academic career. This episode features the graduate journey, research endeavors, and early academic career of Dr. Michalovich where he generously offers meaningful suggestions and insights to the IDEAS audience.
Full release will be on July 24, Wednesday.
Dr. Amir Michalovich is an Assistant Professor of Literacies Education at the University of Manitoba. He is a literacies scholar with expertise in digital and multimodal literacies. He obtained his PhD from UBC. There, he explored possibilities for language and literacy learning through digital multimodal composing, specifically video production, with newcomer youth from refugee and socio-economically marginalized backgrounds in a secondary school in Metro Vancouver. Building on his doctoral and postdoctoral research, he is currently exploring teachers' perceptions, practices, and challenges in using digital multimodal composing in the context of newcomer students' learning in Manitoba. Amir previously worked as a research project manager, an English as a Foreign Language teacher, and as a filmmaker, spanning video and sound editing, producing, screenwriting, and directing, as well as mentoring community-based filmmaking groups (youth and adults). His research and teaching also encompass critical media literacy, computer-assisted and multimodal qualitative data analysis, arts-based research, and classroom interaction.
Episode 53 will be fully released on July 24.
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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