CPA, as a member of the Canadian Consortium of Research (CCR), encourages you to contact your MP to let them know about the importance of research and research funding to Canada.
At recent meetings, members of the Canadian Consortium of Research (CCR) discussed the outlook for this year’s federal Budget. The context is the federal Strategic and Operating Review which required all departments to propose a departmental budget based on an overall cut of (a) 5% and (b) 10%. Final decisions will be made by senior ministers. Presumably, cuts to the Granting Councils may well be proposed under this exercise. Furthermore, government in-house research is already being seriously cut in at least one department, Environment Canada, and more may be proposed.
While this process is well underway, Minister Flaherty has talked of ‘flexibility’ in the government’s plans, and the fluid international economic outlook probably means that the government’s plans will also be fluid. This situation is at best unclear and at worst threatening for research funding. Yet , given the economic uncertainties, the government may be open to persuasion.
CCR therefore believes that it is essential that the voice of the research community be heard! CCR is undertaking various actions, one of which is to recommend to all CCR member organizations that they ask their individual members to urgently send e-mails to their own MP, with copies to Ministers Flaherty, Paradis and Goodyear, to remind them of the importance of continuing to support research. The success of the 2010 e-mail campaign regarding the Ontario Engineering Act suggests to us that a large number of e-mails could well be effective. In addition, last January’s CCR-coordinated e-mail campaign produced over 500 e-mails, which must have raised the visibility of the research community’s arguments.
This year it is very simple to send a letter to your MP and to Ministers Flaherty, Paradis and Goodyear, making use of CPA’s advocacy on-line service – the same one CPA used to marshal the federal and provincial/territorial election campaigns in 2011.
To send a letter using the on-line service simply click on either of the links below. On each page, you will find a letter template which you can change or customize as you see fit. The instructions to modify and send the letter are found on the page. For any questions or assistance, simply contact Tyler Stacey-Holmes at styler@cpa.ca
Canadian Association for Health Services and Policy Research (CAHSPR) Call for Abstracts (Conference: May 29-31, 2012)
Innovations for health system improvement: Balancing costs, quality and equity
(Pre-conference day on May 28, 2012)
Location: The Hilton Bonaventure Hotel, Montréal, Québec, Canada
The Canadian Association for Health Services and Policy Research (CAHSPR) invites you to submit an abstract for the 2012 Annual CAHSPR Conference held on May 29-31, 2011 (Preconference day on May 28, 2012) in Montreal, Quebec.
- Oral Presentations
- Poster Presentations
- Panel Presentations
- Policy Case Studies (New!)
Meeting demands for a more accountable and high-performing health care system requires a balanced approach to addressing costs, quality, and equity. The 2012 CAHSPR conference brings together cutting-edge research with first-hand policy experience to explore options for achieving sustainable improvements in health care. Featuring over 200 presentations by decision makers, junior and senior researchers, and graduate students in plenary, small group and poster formats, the conference sets the stage for informed discussion and debate.
CAHSPR is a diverse organization that caters to many different areas of health. The annual conference strives to cover as many of the relevant topics in a variety of presentation styles.
Abstract submission closes: Thursday, January 12, 2012
Notification of decisions: Tuesday, February 7, 2012
For instructions and to enter a submission, please go to:http://www.f2fe.com/cahspr/2012/abstractcall/
6th Annual Quality Worklife Quality Healthcare (QWQHC) Summit
Mark your calendars! Join us as QWQHC’s 6th Annual Summit moves west to Vancouver, British Columbia at the Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre Hotel on March 1-2, 2012. The Summit will once again provide an opportunity to share ideas, innovations, and practices from a network of colleagues, all engaged in building healthy work environments and improving quality of worklife in healthcare.
The draft Program and Call for Submissions will be available in early Autumn 2011. In the meantime, feel free to visit the QWQHC website at www.qwqhc.ca for more information about our mandate and to hear what participants had to say about the 2011 Summit.
If you have any questions about the Summit, please contact Sally Clelford from Face 2 Face Events Management (conference secretariat) at sally@f2fe.com.
One-year free membership for CPA members to the International Association of Empirical Aesthetics
The International Association of Empirical Aesthetics (IAEA) is offering a one-year-free-of-charge-membership for members of the Canadian Psychological Association. One of the founders of IAEA was Canadian psychologist Dan Berlyne and hence IAEA has some roots in the Canadian psychology community. IAEA is interested in expanding its membership and offering interested researchers an international forum for exchanging ideas and making research connections. The free one-year-membership includes the two issues of IAEA’s journal "Empirical Studies of the Arts" and covers the year 2012. In 2012, IAEA will host its biennial congress in Taipei (Taiwan). For more information, contact Dr. Svetlana Gabidulina, svetlana_gabidulina@sympatico.ca
Submission of abstracts for the 2012 International Congress of Psychology
The 30th International Congress of Psychology will take place in Cape Town, South Africa, 22-27 July 2012 under the theme, Psychology Serving Humanity. The scientific programme includes invited addresses and invited symposia from leading psychologists from around the world, including several Canadians. Individual presentation abstracts are still being accepted, with the the deadline for abstract submission being 1 May 2011 for funding purposes, with a final deadline of 1 December 2011. For details, see: www.icp2012.com/.
Nominations invited for new IUPsyS Awards and Mattei Dogan Prize in Psychological Science
The CNC/IUPsyS seeks your input, as we have the opportunity to nominate colleagues for international awards for psychological science. The Union has launched four new awards, to be presented at the 2012 International Congress of Psychology in South Africa. The Awards are: two Young Investigator Awards (one in the field of basic science, one in the field of applied science), one Achievement Against the Odds Award and one Lifetime Career Award. Nominations are also being accepted for the 2012 Mattei Dogan Prize, with the same deadline, which is awarded in recognition of a contribution that represents a major advancement in psychology by a scholar or team of scholars of high international reputation. Further details on the awards are available at: www.iupsys.net/index.php/prog-awards.
Science Media Centre of Canada
The Science Media Centre of Canada is an independent, not-for-profit organization that exists to raise the level of public discourse on science in Canada by helping journalists access the experts and evidence-based research they need to cover science in the news. The SMCC is supported by over 100 Charter Members and ongoing support from our patron organizations.
For more information on the Science Media Centre of Canada, visit its website at: http://www.sciencemediacentre.ca/smc/