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Seminar on Trandisciplinarity report
Submitted by stirrhs on Wed, 01/28/2009 - 14:26.A Seminar on Trandisciplinarity was held in Montreal on November 14 &15, 2008. Fifteen STIRRHS Trainees and four mentors participated. Dr. William Fisher presented the challenges and opportunities of Transdisciplinarity; Dr. Roger Pierson presented Transdisciplinarity in a biological research context; Dr. William Fraser presented Trandisciplinarity in a clinical research context. Dr. Jeff Nisker presented examples and results of a transdisciplinary research project.
Trainees worked in small groups to write transdisciplinary letters of intent that were evaluated by their peers. read more »
Seminar on Leadersip
Submitted by stirrhs on Tue, 07/29/2008 - 04:31.On May 30 & 31, 2008, a Seminar on Leadership was held at the Hampton Inn in Ottawa. Twenty STIRRHS trainees from fifteen universities across the country participated. Five leaders of our specialty gave a highly appreciated presentation on leadership: Dr. William Fraser, Dr. Mark Walker, Dr. Graeme Smith, Dr. Peter Leung and Dr. Michael Kramer were. The workshop on conflict resolution and negotiation within teams was very useful, and the workshop on types of personalities was very interesting and fun.
See pictures below. The presentations will be in STIRRHS Library.
Grant Writing Skills Seminar Photos and Presentation
Submitted by stirrhs on Fri, 01/25/2008 - 17:32.The Grant Writing Skills Seminar was held on Friday, November 30th , 2007 in Toronto, along with the annual meeting of the Association of Professors of Obstetrics and Gynecology (APOG). Fifteen STIRRHS Trainees participated in the seminar, lead by Dr. Roger Pierson . Dr. Pierson made a very lively presentation of the grant evaluation process. He gave examples on ways to develop a research proposal and a budget. He also gave hints on how to write the publications and the candidate’s resume. The presentation can be found in the library. read more »
Next Competition
Submitted by stirrhs on Wed, 07/18/2007 - 04:50.
MSc, PhD and Post PhD Scholarships available
Deadline for the Competition: October 31st, 2007
More Information: To apply for a Scholarship.
Workshop on Knowledge transfer
Submitted by stirrhs on Mon, 03/12/2007 - 16:18.
A Two-day Workshop on Knowledge transfer was held on April 30th
Congratulations to the new scholarship recipients:
Submitted by stirrhs on Sun, 03/11/2007 - 04:25.Seminar on transdisciplinarity, June 1-3, 2006
Submitted by stirrhs on Sun, 07/16/2006 - 05:28.
The Seminar on transdisciplinarity that was held on June 1-3, 2006 in Montreal was a great success for Trainees and Mentors. Click for photos souvenirs. If you're logged in, you can also access the presentations themselves in the library.
