Canadian Council of University Biology Chairs
Conseil Universitaire des Directeurs de Biologie du Canada

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November 22nd, 2011 Newsletter

CCUBC 40th Annual Meeting
November 24 - 26, 2011
Prince George Hotel
Halifax, NS

Only few days until we welcome you to Halifax and our annual meeting of the Canadian Council of University Biology Chairs. We have a full agenda and are anticipating a productive meeting. We know there will be a lot of discussion on a variety of topics relevant to all of us. We will have more focussed discussion on NSERC, department strategic planning and conflict resolution and working with difficult colleagues. Please check out our updated Program .

We would like to congratulate the 2011 CCUBC Awards winners:

• CCUBC Graduate Student Research Prize
  Mr. Alexander R. Gerson, University of Western Ontario, London, ON
  
• CCUBC Science Promotion Prize
  Ms. Aileen Alanna Mitchell
  
• CCUBC Career Achievement Award
  Dr. Daniel P. Toews, Acadia University, Wolfville, NS

For more inforamtion please visit the Awards page.

Check the 1st Annual Meeting Group Photo, and identify your University Chair. We are planning to take a photo of the 40th Annual Meeting University Chairs in the same order as the 1st Annual meeting.

Let us know if you have any questions. Thanks and we look forward to our meeting.

Hugh Broders & Mark Brigham

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New Postings

Members Postings

1. Reports
   
   Report on the Role of University Size in Assessment of NSERC Discovery Grant Applications (PDF)
   Prepared by: Douglas Morris, Group Chair, Evolution and Ecology, 20 April 2011
   
   The Members' Postings page was created in March 2011 for members to post events, surveys and items of interest to circulate to other members. Please forward the information to the CCUBC Secretariat info@ccubc.ca for posting.
   
   
2. Surveys
   
   Survey from Ed Byard re Adjcunt Professors
   

Job Postings

1. Parliamentary Information and Research Service Internship Program
   Library of Parliament
   Ottawa, ON
   Posted: November 21, 2011



2. Tenure-track Position at Rank of Assistant Professor
   Mount Allison University
   Department of Biology
   Sackville, NB
   Posted: November 21st, 2011



3. Research Scientist - Curator of Invertebrate Zoology
   Royal Saskatchewan Museum (RSM)
   Regina, Saskatchewan
   Posted: November 21, 2011



4. Assistant Professor
   Department of Biological Sciences
   Faculty of Science
   University of Manitoba
   Winnipeg, MB
   Position # 13200
   Posted: November 11, 2011



5. Full Time Tenure Stream - Assistant Professor
   Faculty Position in Environmental Biology
   Department of Biology, Faculty of Science and Engineering
   York University
   Toronto, ON
   Posted: November 11, 2011
   

Note that posting is free for members in good standings. Refer to the jobs page for more information.