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The New Frontiers in Research Fund: peer reviewers’ perspectives
Often, interdisciplinary research projects don’t fit into the standard funding competition requirements, but the NFRF values true interdisciplinarity.
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Drafting compelling letters of support for research grant funding
Tips, sample sentences, and a template letter for your research partners.
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Ethical considerations for the integration of Indigenous knowledge into open education resources
Consent, consultation and collaboration are key.
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Becoming an academic-artist: how to apply for your first artist’s grant
A look at the three main components to consider when submitting a Canada Council for the Arts grant.
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New student-written fiction contest will be richest in Canada
The Bridge Prize was established as the University of Lethbridge’s “Giller Prize for students,” says dean of liberal education.
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How to revise and resubmit without despair
A six-step approach for doing the (seemingly) impossible task of applying reviewer feedback to your journal article.
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Three ways to use colour effectively in grant applications
Ineffective colour can make an otherwise compelling image incomprehensible.
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The politics of pronouns
The singular “they” and your power to choose as an academic writer.
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How, when and why to use readability formulas to improve your academic writing
There are many tools that measure readability scores, but few contexts in which they’re useful for academics.
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Why campus novels matter
The campus novel is fiction for our times, but the best of the genre is timeless.
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Integrating non-English words into academic writing
The political and persuasive significance of being intentionally hard to understand.
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How to generate op-ed ideas
Once you’ve decided you want to jump into the public commentary sphere, how can you land on a specific idea?
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Being understood outside your discipline
How to immerse yourself in the linguistic world in which your readers live, write, and think.
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A history of Canada’s national game wins 2019 Canada Prize
A book on lacrosse takes the main prize in English, while a history of Indigenous peoples in American and European societies wins in French.
