Research

Graduate Research Workshop Spring Series

Recorded on Wednesday, January 20 (view the recording)
Graduate Student Panelists:
- Becky Thiessen, MCP, Stephanie Mervyn, MEDL Qian Li, MASLM
- Meet those that have conquered the research beast. What are some tips and tricks they gained along the way! Learn about their research questions, methodologies, and overall findings.

Recorded Thursday, January 28 (view the recording)
Tehmina Khwaja, Post-doctoral Fellow, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, Scholarship, Research and Creative Activity Office, VIU
This interactive workshop will provide an introduction to NVivo, a qualitative data analysis software. NVivo is a powerful qualitative data analysis tool that can help you in organizing and analyzing your qualitative and mixed methods data. NVivo can also be used to conduct in-depth literature reviews and meta-analyses. In this workshop we will familiarize ourselves with the NVivo workspace, learn how to create an NVivo project conduct initial analysis and begin coding analysis. You don’t need any prior experience with NVivo but will need to have NVivo installed on your computer to be able to participate in this interactive workshop. You will also need to have a few documents (pdfs or word documents) ready that you can use to play with the software.

Recorded Thursday, February 4 (view the recording)
Róisín C. Mulligan, PhD Research Development Manager Scholarship, Research and Creative Activity Office, VIU
The ability to effectively communicate your research activities and achievements is an important skill in academia, and one which many researchers struggle. In this session you will learn crucial best practices on for impactful research grant writing and knowledge mobilization including:
- Finding the right opportunity
- Tips for each section of a grant application (budget, methods, abstract etc.)
- How to build an academic CV and put your best foot forward

Recorded Wednesday, February 10 (view the recording)
Rachel Moll, Associate Dean, Faculty of Education
Applying, funding opportunities, choosing a supervisor, types of programs, choosing a program, cost, job opportunities...tell me more!!

Recorded February 17 (view the recording)
Kendra Stiwich, Student Research Engagement Coordinator, Scholarship, Research and Creative Activity Office
This workshop will overview what conferences are, ways to participate, why students should participate, and a few best practices to make the most of the experience. These three items will be done in relation to CREATE – VIU’s annual student showcase happening in April. Both virtual and face-to-face conferences will be considered with a focus on virtual as that is our current reality.

Recorded February 24 (view the recording)
Lori Walter, Library and Coordinator for Copyright and Open Licensing, Dan Sifton, Coordinator Library Automation and Technical Services, and Dana McFarland, Librarian, VIU
Are you embarking on or in the midst of writing your thesis or major project? Find out how to take care of copyright, privacy, identity, and logistics considerations to reduce potential last-minute issues and extra stress when completing your work. This one-hour panel session will discuss copyright, VIUSpace submission, and other publication considerations as well as answer questions you may have about your projects,

Recorded March 18 (view the recording)
Panel Representatives from VIU graduate programs
This 30-minute overview of navigating academic conferences (networking, joining special interest groups, proposals, and presenting) will be followed up with a discipline specific session where you can hear more about how to get involved as an attendee or presenter at key conferences in your field.

Recorded March 31 (view the recording)
Panel Representatives from VIU graduate programs
This 30-minute overview of strategies for getting your research/thesis/project published will be followed by a discipline specific session which will provide information about the culture of publishing in your field.

Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: Join via Zoom Meeting ID: 925 494 7552