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1. 2002 Faculty of Education Award for Distinguished Teaching and the 2002 Principal's Prize for Excellence in Teaching
2. The Centre for the Study and Teaching of Writing – Writing Seminar Series
3. Supplemental Health & Dental Plan Claims
4. Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology - Thesis Defense
5. Third annual Canadian Policy Research Awards Graduate Student Prize
6. McGill Parking Services has moved

Deadline for nominations: March 27, 2002

The Faculty of Education is pleased to announce two awards for excellence in teaching. For the first, one Faculty member from Education will be selected to receive the annual Faculty of Education Award for Distinguished Teaching, to be presented at the Spring 2002 Convocation. For the second, the Principal’s Prize for Excellence in Teaching, four candidates (faculty lecturer, assistant professor, associate professor, and full professor) will be nominated by the Faculty of Education for consideration by the Principal’s office. One university-wide finalist from each category will be presented with the award at the Fall 2002 Founder’s Day Convocation.

Purpose of the Awards
- Honour excellence in teaching over a period of years
- Acknowledge distinguished teaching in all forms, from large lectures, seminars and tutorials, to thesis and student teacher supervision
- Recognize commitment to the development of excellence in teaching at McGill and beyond

Eligibility
These awards are open to all full-time academics in the Faculty of Education. For the Principal’s Prize, nominees must have taught in the year that the prize is awarded.

Nomination Procedure
Nominations for both awards will be made concurrently. Individuals (students, graduates or faculty members) wishing to make a nomination (of self or other) should do so by completing and submitting the Teaching Award Nomination Form, available from Ms. Catherine Hughes, Secretary to the Dean. Detailed guidelines also available.

Both awards will recognize excellence in teaching in one or more of the following areas:
- classroom teaching
- mentoring and supervision (supervision of student teachers, internships and graduate students, etc.)
- educational leadership (work on curriculum projects, innovative instructional development, consultation with colleagues on teaching, conducting seminars or workshops on teaching and learning topics, research / publications on teaching.

Deadline
Completed nomination forms must be returned by WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 2002, to Ms. Catherine Hughes, Secretary to the Dean.

For information, please contact:
Elizabeth Wood - 398-8154
Marisa Terrenzio-El-Jaoui - 398-5136

Kathleen McElroy
Department of Integrated Studies in Education

PUBLIC LECTURE - ALL WELCOME

Dr. Greg Colomb, Professor of English and Director of the Writing Programs at the University of Virginia will speak on “Disciplinary Secrets vs Writing Universals”

Monday, April 8, 2002 at 4:00 PM
Faculty of Education, 3700 McTavish Street
Jack Cram Auditorium, Room 129

For further information:

Carole Kleivstul
The Centre for the Study and Teaching of Writing

Please note that claims for the period January 1, 2001, to December 31, 2001 must be received by Maritime Life no later than April 2, 2002.

Claim forms for the Supplemental Health Plan and the Dental plan may be obtained on the web at www.mcgill.ca/hr/policies/supplemental/forms, from my office or by calling the Benefits Office at 4900.

Bonnie L. Brayton
Assistant to the Dean

Staci Illsley, PhD candidate in the School/Applied Child Program, will be defending her thesis on Thursday, March 21 at 10:15 in room 431. Her dissertation topic is: Remediating conduct problems in children: Examining changes in children and parents following consultation.

Everyone is welcome to attend.

Ingrid Sladeczek, PhD
Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology

The Government of Canada's Policy Research Initiative in partnership with the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) are pleased to announce the call for applications for the third annual Canadian Policy Research Awards Graduate Student Prize. The purpose of this award is to recognize the excellence in research done by graduate and post-doctoral students who have demonstrated the potential to make a contribution to Canadian public policy development.

Up to 15 prizes will be awarded. Winners will participate in a seminar in Ottawa from October 19 to 23, 2002 with some of the countrys most distinguished researchers and leading policy-makers to learn about policy development in Canada. In addition, the winners will be our guests at the National Policy Research Conference from October 23 to October 25, 2002. Winners will be honoured at the Canadian Policy Research Awards Dinner on October 24, before one of the largest annual gatherings of the policy research community.

The deadline for applications is April 26, 2002.

Information about the application procedure is attached. To make an application, see our web site at http://www.policyresearch.gc.ca

Background Information

Description:
Policy insight is essential to Canada's ability to face the challenges ahead and build a higher quality of life for all Canadians. Sustainable development, health-care planning, changing demographics, and new reproductive and genetic technologies are only a few examples of the issues we are faced with in the complex and quickly changing 21st century. The contributions of talented researchers make a difference in how we think about these issues, society and the world around us.

Policy research identifies issues, generates evidence and explores options relating to public policy development.

The Government of Canada's Policy Research Initiative in partnership with the Canadian Institutes of Health Research - http://www.cihr.ca, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council - http://www.nserc.ca and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council - http://www.sshrc.ca are pleased to collaborate in the Canadian Policy Research Awards Graduate Student Prize for a third consecutive year. These prizes celebrate the next generation of researchers who have demonstrated the potential to make a contribution to Canadian public policy development.

Working together, our goal is to encourage scholars, early in their career, to think through and communicate how their research relates to public policy and how it could inform future policy directions in Canada.

Nature of Prizes:

A seminar, held in Ottawa from October 19 to 23, 2002, will provide up to 15 Graduate Student Prize recipients with a rare opportunity to learn from and to engage in discussions with some of the country's eminent policy developers and to exchange ideas with experts in their area of research. Distinguished guests from government, academe, non-governmental organizations and the private sector will join the recipients for a series of interactive events. Exploring the links between research and policy is the overarching goal of this one-of-a-kind experience.

During their stay in Ottawa, recipients will also be sponsored to attend the National Policy Research Conference Future Trends: Risk, October 23 to 25. This annual forum features the latest research on a rich array of issues and attracts leading researchers from Canada and abroad. Recipients of the Canadian Policy Research Awards Graduate Prizes will be honoured at the Canadian Policy Research Awards Dinner on October 24 at the Ottawa Congress Centre, along with others who have made a contribution to public policy research in Canada. Further information about the conference and the awards dinner, including details about the winners recognized in previous years, is available at http://www.policyresearch.gc.ca.

Travel, accommodation and living expenses will be covered for all prize recipients at federal government rates.

Eligibility:
Prizes are open to all full-time or part-time graduate students and post-doctoral fellows who:
- Have produced a piece of research that has relevance for Canadian public policy;
- Are either currently or within the previous calendar year enrolled in a recognized university (Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada member);
- Are Canadian citizens or permanent residents of Canada as of the deadline date for nominations.

A piece of research is defined broadly and can include a term paper, major research paper, thesis or project which has been completed for evaluation as part of the candidates graduate program. In the event that a piece of research is co-authored, the nominee must be recognized as the principal researcher and the first author.

TO APPLY FOR THE 2002 CANADIAN POLICY RESEARCH AWARDS GRADUATE PRIZE, PLEASE VISIT THE POLICY RESEARCH INITIATIVE WEB SITE AT http://www.policyresearch.gc.ca

Ratna Ghosh
Dean

Please be advised that we have moved to the first floor of the Ferrier Building (840 Doctor-Penfield), to Room 104. If you enter from the 840 Doctor-Penfield entrance, please turn left and follow the large hallway - there are black signs which will direct you to "Lower Campus", leading you to the first floor of the building. Proceed down the main hallway on the first floor (facing the elevator) until you reach room 104. Alternately, you may enter the building from the campus side, directly accessing the first floor. Upon entry, proceed down the first hallway to your right until Room 104. We are open for the sale of permits weekdays from 1:00pm to 4:30pm only. Please note that our phone numbers, email addresses and fax number have not changed.

Evie Cavis
Parking Services Clerk