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Presentation from Visiting Scholar
 On October 12, 2011, the Canadian Research Institute for Social Policy (CRISP) was pleased to have Indonesian visiting scholar, Septimar Prihatini present her proposal for dissertation entitled "Madrasah Aliyah Performance Appraisal Model". This presentation was held in the seminar room at the CRISP office in Keirstead Hall at the University of New Brunswick and followed by a multicultural luncheon in honor of the event.posted on : November 10, 2011 |
| On January 19-20, 2011, the Atlantic Networks for Prevention Research (ANPR) and the Canadian Research Institute for Social Policy (CRISP) teamed up to offer a two-day workshop on the use of large-scale databases to inform social science research. This workshop, held in Prince Edward Island, was offered to students and postdoctoral fellows of the ANPR to collaborate and work directly with Dr. J. Douglas Willms in the development of their own quantitative research projects. Participants from Dalhousie University, University of Prince Edward Island and University of New Brunswick attended. posted on : January 28, 2011 |
| CRISP's Director awarded Canada Research Chair in Literacy and Human Development
Dr. Jon Douglas Willms, the director of UNB's Canadian Research Institute for Social Policy (CRISP), and a professor with the Faculty of Education, has been awarded a CRC Tier 1 Chair in Literacy and Human Development. Dr. Willms is working to develop and implement a school-based assessment and intervention program for increasing the reading skills of children, particularly in schools with a high concentration of vulnerable children. The award is tenable for seven years and is renewable. UNB will receive $200,000 in CRC funding for each of the seven years of the Chair term. Dr. Willms has also been approved by the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) for $65,000 in infrastructure funding to support the UNB-CRISP Literacy Assessment Laboratory. posted on : November 25, 2010 |
| Click here to read the new publication by Douglas Willms titled "Pre-schoolers Benefit from New Skills Assessments". The article highlights the Early Years Evaluation-Direct Assessment, a skills based pre-school assessment developed by Willms and colleagues that evaluates aspects of early child development in four developmental domains. This work is featured in this month's special theme issue of the Canadian Education Associations Education Canada focusing on "concepts and practices that disrupt or nudge aside conventional concepts and practices, because they raise the quality of the learning experience" (George Pearson, guest editor, pg.3). For more information on the Early Years Evaluation contact: info@ksiresearch.com
Link: http://www.unb.ca/crisp/pdf/514159_Willms.Education+Canada+2009.pdf posted on : December 15, 2009 |
| Click here for the October newsletter from the Comprehensive School Health Research Team at UPEI:
CSHR Newsletter OCT 2009 posted on : October 30, 2009 |
| Position Vacancy - Dean, Faculty of Education, UNB Nominations and applications are invited for the position of Dean of the Faculty of Education with the University of New Brunswick's Fredericton Campus effective July 1, 2010. See details: http://www.unb.ca/crisp/pdf/454437_Advertisement_Final.doc posted on : October 26, 2009 |
| ANPR - Deadline extended to February 15, 2007 ANPR proudly announces: Call for Abstracts, Workshops and Conference Sessions for the conference Assessment and Action for Healthy Settings: Schools, Communities, Workplaces, Public Health Organizations & More, sponsored by the Atlantic Networks for Prevention Research (website). It will be held in St. John's, Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada, July 4-6, 2007. For details click here posted on : January 24, 2007 |
The Canadian Health Services Research Foundation is planning a Research Use Week (Atlantic) in Moncton on May 29-31, 2006: http://www.chsrf.ca/ruweeks_atl_e.php More Detailsposted on : April 13, 2006 |