Hello everyone,
Do you have
any students whose research interests are connected to employment equity,
multicultural career development, or the broader field of multicultural
counselling? During the past year, there have been a number of new
initiatives coordinated through the Employment Equity Career Counselling
Office (EECCO) of the Public Service Commission. A research initiative
to support graduate students has been approved for funding. There is currently
funding available to support approximately 7 graduate students with funding
up to $1000.00 each. Note that funding may be used to support activities
associated with the initial stages of research, including travel for the
purpose of literature search, interviews with experts in the field, library
literature searches, resource materials, photocopying, etc. Graduate students
can also be paid $15.00/hour for their time to complete the preparation
of a literature review, as outlined below. Research funding will be released
to the supervising professor who is responsible for distribution funding
to their graduate students, once the research activities for this project
are completed.
There are three required activities
from students to secure funding:
Submission of a 1-page summary
of their proposed or current research (due Feburary 27, 2001).
Submission of a 5-7 page research
proposal expanding upon the goals of the study (due March 15, 2001). In
#1 and #2, students must demonstrate how their research is connected to
designated groups affiliated with employment equity (Aboriginal, Persons
with Disabilities, Women, or Visible Minorities), multicultural career
development, or the general field of multicultural counselling.
Submission of a literature review,
in the format of abstracts for each source, up to 1-page each, APA format.
Students would typically complete approximately 20 abstracts for their
literature review (due April 30, 2001).
I hope that you will consider
how your graduate students may become involved in this research initiative.
I look forward to hearing from professors whose students are interested
in pursuing this project.
Regards,
Nancy Arthur, Ph.D., C.Psych.
Associate Professor
Division of Applied Psychology
Faculty of Education
University of Calgary
E-mail: narthur@ucalgary.ca
