Upcoming Conferences and Awards

Conferences

• American Educational Research Association (AERA): 2006 Annual Meeting: Education Research in Public Interest
  April 8 - 12, 2006. San Francisco CA
  http://www.aera.net/annualmeeting/?id=282
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• University Continuing Education Association (UCEA), Making Waves, Shaping the Future of Higher Education
  April 9 - 12, 2006. San Diego, CA
  http://www.ucea.edu/pages/2006confmain.html
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• The 21^st Century Student
  McGraw-Hill Ryerson, in partnership with the University of Windsor and the Institute for the Advancement of Teaching in Higher Education,
  Regional Event
  April 21, 2006, Vanier Hall, University of Windsor, Windsor, ON.
  http://www.mcgrawhillryerson.com/highereducation/administrators/_reg_events/windsor.php
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• International Writing Across the Curriculum - 8^th Annual Conference
  May 18 - 26, 2006. Clemson, South Carolina
  http://www.virtual.clemson.edu/caah/Pearce/wac2006
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• The 2006 Teaching Professor Conference, Learning to Teach Across a Career
  May 19 - 21, 2006. Nashville, TN
  http://teachingprofessor.com/
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• Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, Knowledge and its Communities
  Jun 14 - 17, Victoria College on the St. George Campus in downtown Toronto, ON
  http://www.utoronto.ca/ota/stlhe_sapes06/
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• Faculty Development Summer Institute, Active Learning and Teaching in University and College, University of P.E.I.
  July 31 - Aug 4, 2006. Charlottetown, P.E.I. http://www.upei.ca/extension/FDSInstitute.htm
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• Diversity and Learning: Democracy's Compelling Interest (AAC&U)
  Oct 19 - 21, 2006. Philadelphia, PA.
  http://www.aacu-edu.org/meetings/diversityandlearning/index.cfm

Teaching Awards

• OCUFA Awards
  The Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations (OCUFA) recognizes merit in teaching and academic librarianship through annual Awards. The deadline for receipt of OCUFA nominations is February 24, 2006. For further information, visit http://www.ocufa.on.ca/ or contact:
  
      OCUFA Teaching and Academic
      Librarianship Awards Committee,
      83 Yonge Street, Suite 300,
      Toronto, Ontario M5C 1S8.
      Telephone enquiries: 416-979-2117
  
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• 3M Teaching Fellowships
  The Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE) and 3M Canada have joined to reward exceptional contributions to teaching and learning at Canadian universities. The community of 3M Teaching Fellows embodies the highest ideals of teaching excellence and scholarship with a commitment to enhance the educational experience of every learner. Up to ten Fellowships are awarded annually. Nominations for 3M Fellowships are submitted by teachers on their own behalf, or by their colleagues. Candidates need not be members of STLHE.
  
  Guidelines and nomination forms for the 2006 3M Teaching Fellowships are available at: http://www.mcmaster.ca/3Mteachingfellowships/index2.html. Dossiers should be submitted by March 3, 2006 to:
  
      The Society for Teaching
          and Learning in Higher Education,
      3M Teaching Fellowships,
      c/o Dr. Arshad Ahmad,
      Department of Finance,
      John Molson School of Business,
      Concordia University,
      1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd. West,
      Montreal, PQ H3G 1M8.
  
  Telephone enquires should be directed to: (514) 848-2424, ext. 2928 or 2793.
  Email enquires should be directed to:.Arshad Ahmad, Coordinator, 3M Teaching Fellowships Program