1. The Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women (CRIAW)
The CRIAW has a new book out on places where women live in Canada can apply for research funding. Please check the CRIAW's website and look for our publication at:
http://www.criaw-icref.ca/
http://www.msvu.ca/atlantis/
2. The Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women (CRIAW)
Deadline: October 16, 2000
The Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women is offering ten research grants of $2500.00 for projects that promote the advancement of women. The research can be the subject of a proposal that is complete in itself, or part of a larger study. The work can be in its initial stages or it can be an on-going project. A regional and linguistic balance shall be maintained in the awarding of grants. The project must make a significant contribution to feminist research and be non-sexist, non-racist and non-homophobic in its methodology and language. Preference is given to community-based research of sound methodology and which is likely to lead to positive change for women.
Priority will be given to women's groups and emerging independent researchers. Please note that CRIAW does not fund research which is part of the requirements for an educational degree nor does it fund projects for aid to publication (ie. to publish a completed research project) or for workshops or conferences.
Application forms are available from the CRIAW office or on their website
at:
http://www.criaw-icref.ca/
2. The Canadian Women's Foundation (CWF)
Deadline: December 4, 2000
The Canadian Women's Foundation has announced its 2000-2001 Violence Prevention Grants information and selection criteria. For details please see the foundation's website: http://www.cdnwomen.org/
1. Multiculturalism Program Guidelines (Second Edition). The Multiculturalism Program of the Department of Canadian Heritage recently underwent a major review.
New program guidelines are now available in both HTML and PDF Formats
at:
http://www.pch.gc.ca/multi/html/guidelines.htm
2. The Grantwriter's Start-Up Kit: A Beginner's Guide to Grant Proposals
. This new resource, released by Jossey-Bass, is designed for beginners,
including both a workbook and a video. Cost is reasonable at under $60 US.
The brochure also mentions a 15% discount until April 15.
For more information please check the Jossey-Bass Website at http://www.josseybass.com/
or contact:
Judith Holton
Strategic Planning & Development
Holland College
140 Weymouth Street
Charlottetown, PEI
C1A 8N9
Telephone: (902) 566-9607
Fax: (902) 566-9549
E-mail:
jholton@ccgw.cc.hollandc.pe.ca
3. Guidelines for Preparing Research Proposals: Navigating the Road
to Success is a user-friendly document produced recently by the Atlantic
Health Promotion Research Centre and the Maritime Centre of Excellence for
Women's Health. It is designed to help researchers develop research proposals
and potential funding sources for their work. They are general guidelines
that have been adapted from typical guidelines for established funding agencies
and enhanced by the experiences of researchers involved in developing health-related
research proposals for national, provincial and regional funding agencies.
The document is available on the AHPRC website at
http://www.medicine.dal.ca/ahprc/publications.html
If you would like to receive a print copy please contact:
Sandra Crowell, Coordinator
Atlantic Health Promotion Research Centre
Room 5200 Dentistry Building
Dalhousie University
5981 University Avenue
Halifax, Nova Scotia
B3H 3J5
Telephone: (902) 494-2880
Fax: (902) 494-3594
E-mail: sandra.crowell@dal.ca
4. Student Advantage: Academic Research Engine
http://research.studentadvantage.com/
Students can keyword search 25 different subjects either individually or simultaneously. Some features adopted from Northern Light's search engine make Student Advantage likely to reduce, at least, the ratio of student frustration to success when attempting to do Internet research. First, results of an initial search include a sidebar that organizes returns in subject folders allowing users to focus only on those that seem most promising. Second, the "drill and search" feature allows students to then refine their searches within these subject folders. The site also features a listing of online reference sources and a free download of Q-Notes, software for electronic note-taking (for PCs only).
5. Social Science Information Gateway
http://sosig.ac.uk/
Helps users find quality social science research and education resources, hand-picked and described by librarians and subject specialists. It has an excellent Internet catalog, which includes thousands of online resources, browseable or searchable by subject area. Within each section, resources are organized by subcategory and listed by type. Each section supplies information on its editor and a link to an extremely useful Subject Guide to conducting online research in that field. Visitors can find additional, uncataloged resources, using the Social Science Search Engine at http://sosig.ac.uk/harvester.html , which indexes a database of over 50,000 Social Science Webpages.
6. Global Fund For Women - Women's Fundraising Handbook
http://www.globalfundforwomen.org/Pubs&Res/Handbook/handbook.html
This handbook, written by Global Fund Staff, explores key ideas about raising money to fund women's rights work. It is especially designed for first-time fundraisers and for women's groups in developing countries. The booklet is free, but a nominal amount is charged to cover postage.
7. Murray Research Center
http://www.radcliffe.edu/murray/index.html
The website features a summary database for over 200 sociological surveys and studies conducted nationwide. Each entry provides data set abstracts and documentation, data specifications, a bibliography of associated publications and papers, and information about what data is held at the Center.
8. Bill Trochim's Center for Social Research Methods
http://trochim.human.cornell.edu/index.html
This site provides a wealth of materials for learning the fundamentals of social research. Features include an "online statistical advisor" that recommends appropriate statistical tests based on research parameters entered by users, as well as a "Research Pointers" page that provides users with links to Internet data and research method sites.
9. Teaching Resources and Materials for Social Scientists
http://tramss.data-archive.ac.uk/index.asp
This website was created and maintained by the Economic and Social Research Council of the United Kingdom. It is designed for graduate students and academics in Social Sciences who want to hone their research and data analysis skills. The website's tutorial will teach users to search one of the largest online data archives in the Social Sciences, as well as teach them how to download software and data and how to run analyses on this data.
10. Online! Citation Styles
http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/online/index.html
Internet version of Online!: A Reference Guide to Using Internet Resources from Bedford/St. Martin's Press. The website shows how to document ten different categories of online sources in APA, MLA, CBE, and Chicago styles. Additional links for other styles and guides are also provided.
11. United Nations Global Statistics
http://www.un.org/Depts/unsd/global.htm
Data covered includes health care, economics, politics, environment and social demographics.
12. Funding sources for research on women
Compiled by Marika Morris and Susannah Bush with Rachel Cote and Natasha
Beg = Sources de financement pour la recherche sur les femmes / compile par
Marika Morris et Susannah Bush avec Rachel Cote et Natasha Beg.
Publication info: Ottawa : CRIAW = ICREF, 2001.
Call No: HQ 1181 C3 F86 2001 Library: QEII
1. The Canadian Association of Schools of Social Work (CASSW), through the initiative of Brian Wharf and Wes Shera, is building a database of current projects and curriculum development initiatives for the Canadian Social Work Community to be posted on the national website. To post information about your project or curriculum development initiatives, please visit the CASSW website at http://www.cassw-acess.ca/
2. The National Social Work Sector Study is requesting recent (within
5 years) research, reports, publications that are associated with Human
Resource Issues in the Social Work Profession. They will review the research
and publish the bibliography within the final report, which will be released
at the IFSW / IASSW International Congress in Montreal (July 29-Aug 2, 2000).
For more information, please visit the CASSW website at
http://www.cassw-acess.ca/
3. A Special Call For Student Papers
Deadline: December 31, 2000
The Journal Feminist Voices/Voix Feminist is looking for scholarly
student papers to publish in a forthcoming issue. In order to be considered
suitable for publication papers should:
- be based on feminist research
- be at least 10 double-spaced, typewritten pages long (1" margins)
- include a complete reference list
- include 150-200 word abstract on a separate page
- include a short (2 lines maximum) biography for each author
Feminist Voices/Voix Feminist is a publication of The Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women. For more information check CRIAW's website at: http://www.criaw-icref.ca/
1. There is an area set aside for researchers wanting to use CASSW archives, and publications. Contact the CASSW office for more information.
2. Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered people will have more
say in health planning at the Vancouver/Richmond Health Board. A Lesbian,
Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered Population Health Advisory Committee has
been formed to advise the Board on health planning, to identify local health
issues, to develop measures for evaluating health status, to create responsive
policies, and to advocate for necessary changes.
Right now, the Committee is focusing on making health care services more accessible, identifying appropriate information on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered communities and substance abuse, finding out what research exists on health needs and what the gaps in information are, recruiting new members and volunteers, and outreach.
You can obtain more information on this initiative from:
Allison MacFarlane
Community Developer
Telephone: (604) 709-6487
E-mail: allison_macfarlane@vrhb.bc.ca
3. Publication Announcement:
Aging in Community: The Aging Rural and Small Town Population in Atlantic
Canada, by D. Bruce and B. Black.
In 1986 the Rural and Small Town Programme conducted a survey of people in rural communities and small towns in Atlantic Canada. Follow-up surveys were completed in 1992 and 1998. A profile of seniors (aged 65 and over) was prepared from the initial survey (Corbett 1990), and this report updates the analysis from the profile.
The report begins by investigating the key issues that affect seniors and providing a literature review on the subject. The review of the literature published since 1990 on seniors' issues focuses on demographics, housing, community participation, and information technology. It is followed by an analysis and discussion of the results of the three surveys, comparing changes over time and covering the same issues. Where appropriate, comparisons between seniors and non-seniors are provided. The report concludes with a discussion of the findings of these surveys in the context of the planning and policy issues to be addressed.
The data used to prepare this report are taken from three separate but connected longitudinal sample surveys of people (18 years of age and older) living in communities of 20,000 of less in Atlantic Canada. Surveys were completed in 1986, 1992, and 1998 (Strople 1987; Bruce 1993; Jordan 1998). Self-administered mail surveys using Total Design Method (Dillman 1978) were employed. The total sample size was 1,840 in 1986, 1,661 in 1992, and 1,501 in 1998.
The research completed to prepare this report was funded in part by the Rural Secretariat (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada), the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, and the Department of Development and Rural Renewal, Province of Newfoundland and Labrador.
For more information and to obtain a copy of the report, please contact:
David Bruce, Director
Rural and Small Town Programme
Mount Allison University
76 York Street
Sackville NB Canada
E4L 1E9
Telephone: (506) 364-2395
Fax: (506) 364-2601
E-mail: dwbruce@mta.ca
Website: http://www.mta.ca/rstp
4. Publication Announcement:
Justice and the Poor (La Justice Et Les Pauvres)
National Council of Welfare
Justice and the Poor is mostly about the targeting of poor young men (especially Black and Aboriginal men) by the criminal justice system, but a great deal of information it contains applies to both sexes and some of it relates specifically to women.
The report is available free of charge from the Council at:
ncw@magi.com
The full text of the report will be accessible on the Council's website at: http://www.ncwcnbes.net/
5. Announcement of New E-Mail List:
BC Centre of Excellence for Women's Health
"Lesbi-Health" E-Mail List
This e-mail list was created to promote the sharing of resources and ideas amongst persons working or interested in the health status, care or needs of lesbian, bisexual and transgendered women across Canada. This list is part of a larger health promotion project funded by the Status of Women Canada and Health Canada.
For More Information Please Contact:
Celeste Wincapaw, Communications Manager
BC Centre of Excellence for Women's Health
E311-4500 Oak Street
Vancouver, BC V5L 1R5
E-mail: celeste.wincapaw@bccewh.bc.ca
Website: http://www.bccewh.bc.ca/
6. Publication Announcement:
Women's Studies Practica: Students Linking Academe and Community
By A. Estable, M. Meyer with R. Ng
This resource guide is designed to provide information on women's studies programs in Canada, with special emphasis on those programs with a practicum component.
For More Information Please Contact:
Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women (CRIAW)
E-mail: info@criaw-icref.ca
Website: http://www.criaw-icref.ca/
7. Publication Announcement:
Women in Canada 2000
Statistics Canada
Women in Canada 2000 is a comprehensive statistical profile that provides information on the evolving status of women in Canadian society. It is a valuable source of information that will provide you with the input and facts you need to plan social policies or study women's issues.
For More Information Please Contact:
Telephone: (613) 951-4165
E-mail: normjos@statcan.ca
8. Publication Announcement:
Women's Bodies/Women's Lives: Health, Well-Being and Body Image
Edited by B. Miedema, J. Stoppard, & V. Anderson
Toronto: Sumach Press (2000).
Women's Bodies/Women's Lives: Health, Well-Being and Body Image is a collection of articles that will deepen understanding of the ways women are controlled through their bodies. Feminity and womenhood continue to be constructed through cultural, political and social ideals.
For More Information Please Contact:
Sumach Press
Telephone: (416) 531-6250
E-mail: sumachpress@on.aibn.com