General

Are you developing research objectives from your reading and literature review? Do you have research objectives that need to be re-evaluated as you proceed due to changes in the field of study? Bring your draft research objectives for sharing with the group to get some constructive feedback. 

Moderator: Kendra Stiwich

Panelist: Guy Le Masurier

Coding and data analysis are important stages of the research process and can often be seen as a black box. Taking data and making meaning from it can be both a painful and energizing experience. This session will offer some insights into the data analysis process from people who have done both quantitative and qualitative analysis. A question-and-answer period will follow.

Moderator: Aggie Weighill

Panel Session: Louise Stern, Rachel Moll, and Farhad Moghimehfar

Do you struggle with managing hundreds of book and article references? What options are out there for easier reference management? What best practices may help you be a more effective graduate researcher, as well as make your life easier? Luke and Natalie will provide information about referencing options and suggest how and why to make choices. Attendees can offer their perspectives on what works and doesn’t work for them.

Moderators: Luke McLeod and Natalie Hajduk

Coding and data analysis is an important stage of the research process and can often be seen as a black box. Taking data and making meaning from it can be both a painful and energizing experience. This session will offer some insights into the data analysis process from people who have done both quantitative and qualitative analysis. A question-and-answer period will follow.

Moderator: Aggie Weighill

Panel Session: Louise Stern, Rachel Moll, and Farhad Moghimehfar

Do you struggle with managing hundreds of book and article references? What options are out there for easier reference management? What best practices may help you be a more effective graduate researcher, as well as make your life easier? Luke and Natalie will provide information about referencing options and suggest how and why to make choices. Attendees can offer their perspectives on what works and doesn’t work for them.

Moderators: Luke McLeod and Natalie Hajduk

Workshop to help incorporate CREATE into the curriculum via communication skills and various assessment artifacts; for all in the classroom – no matter the level or discipline. Having your students participate in CREATE can be a relatively gentle introduction to acquiring the public communication skills necessary for furthering their professional and academic pursuits. Let’s see how you and your students can participate in CREATE 2023. 

Are you interested in pursuing SRCA in international contexts or with international partners? This workshop is being co-hosted by SRCA and the Department of International Education as part of World VIU Days. Come and learn about the different types of international SRCA activities and be inspired by some experienced colleagues who will share their promising practices. Participants will also learn about the services and support available to them if they decide to pursue these types of activities.

VIU employs many employees who are also engaged in graduate research and study while working. Graduate work can be isolating and stressful, especially when also working full-time, and even more so for VIU graduate scholars who may have no sense of connection to their graduate program cohort, which is probably at a different university.  The GROW Network aims to support VIU employees to be successful in their graduate pursuits by building a community of practice that shares resources, tools and strategies and that organizes professional development and training opportunities.

VIU has a range of internal funding opportunities to help support you in your SRCA projects. Come and learn from the Research Grant Facilitators about these funding opportunities.

No matter where you are at in your SRCA journey, there is always an opportunity to learn and refine your knowledge and skills. Join this session to learn about the new EDGE program which has been created to provide employees with growth opportunities to enhance their confidence and competence when engaging in SRCA.