Create Change Canada - Cases in Point

Education

Mon, 14 Feb 2011 21:05:11 UT

Lesley Andres is a professor in the Department of Educational Studies at the University of British Columbia. Her research focuses on the intersecting domains of participation in post-secondary education, equality of educational opportunity, and the relationship between institutional structures and individuals.

Microbiology & Immunology

Wed, 29 Sep 2010 18:54:21 UT

Dr. Joaquín (Quim) Madrenas, is a professor of Microbiology, Immunology, and Medicine and Tier I Canada Research Chair in Immunobiology at The University of Western Ontario, and a scientist based at the Robarts Research Institute.

Education

Wed, 29 Sep 2010 15:48:15 UT

Dan Laitsch is an assistant professor with the Faculty of Education at Simon Fraser University and Director of the SFU Centre for the Study of Educational Leadership and Policy.

Communication

Thu, 22 Jul 2010 16:10:39 UT

Heather Morrison is a PhD Student at the Simon Fraser University School of Communication, specializing in transformative change in scholarly communication, especially open access.

Languages

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:48:25 UT

Daniel Ferreras is an associate professor in the Department of Foreign Languages at West Virginia University. He specializes in Spanish and French modern literature, popular and marginal narrative genres, and literary theory.

Music Therapy & Indigenous Studies

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 17:29:12 UT

Carolyn Kenny is a professor of human development and indigenous studies at Antioch University in Santa Barbara, California and also is a board certified music therapist.

History

Tue, 12 Feb 2008 22:16:04 UT

Roy Rosenzweig was professor of history and new media at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, where he founded and directed of the Center for History and New Media.

Microbiology

Tue, 12 Feb 2008 21:50:23 UT

Dr. Ward, Associate Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics at the University of Vermont, received his PhD from the University of California, San Diego.

Medicine

Tue, 12 Feb 2008 21:40:56 UT

Gordon Henry Guyatt is a physician and professor of clinical epidemiology and biostatistics at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. He is internationally recognized for his work on evidence-based medicine.

Mathematics

Tue, 12 Feb 2008 21:06:14 UT

David R. Morrison is a professor of mathematics and physics at the University of California in Santa Barbara.

Humanities

Tue, 12 Feb 2008 20:58:52 UT

Professor Hutcheon was appointed to the University of Toronto Department of English in 1988, having previously been an associate of the university’s Centre for Comparative Literature since 1980.

Engineering

Tue, 12 Feb 2008 20:52:48 UT

Zhigang Suo is the Allen E. and Marilyn M. Puckett professor of mechanics and materials at Harvard University.

Economics

Tue, 12 Feb 2008 20:42:41 UT

Martin J. Osborne is a professor of economics at the University of Toronto. His research focuses on game theory and its applications.

Computer science

Tue, 12 Feb 2008 19:57:36 UT

Leslie Pack Kaelbling is professor of computer science and engineering and a research director of the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Rewards of scholarship

Tue, 05 Feb 2008 20:47:48 UT

Scholarship is driven not just by intellectual curiosity and funding availability. It is also about the rewards that come to scholars for their work. Promotion and tenure opportunities are an important part of this equation.