scholarly journals The Canadian Industrial Relations Research Institute

2005 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 518-520
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
Annual Meeting ◽  
Industrial Relations ◽  
Columbia University ◽  
Vice Presidents ◽  
Mcgill University ◽  
Research Institute

On june 6th., 1964 at McGill University, Montreal, was held the first annual meeting of the Canadian Industrial Relations Research Institute. On that occasion, was adopted the constitution of the group and officers were elected. Papers were presented by Father Gérard Dion, Laval University, Quebec, Dr J.T. Montague, British Columbia University, and by Dr Gil Schonning, Department of Labour, Ottawa. The officers elected are the following: President: H.D. Woods (McGill University); Vice-presidents: Father Gerard Dion (Laval University), Bora Laskin (Toronto University); Secretary: Frances Bairstow (McGill University); members: J.T. Montague (British Columbia University), Roy Brookbank (Dalhousie University). The Business Office of the Institute is located at: 3666 McTavish Street, Montreal, Que. Foliowing is the text of the constitution.

scholarly journals Research Gaps in Labour Market and Labour Force Information

2005 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 419-439
Author(s):  
Gil Schonning
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
Labour Force ◽  
Industrial Relations ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Research Gaps ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Mcgill University ◽  
Preparatory Stage ◽  
Research Institute

The purpose of the following paper is to point out some research gaps in labour market and labour force information. At the same time, the author outlines some areas where research seems to be necessary. The initial preparatory stage of manpower, the mechanisms of the short and long-run allocation of manpower encompass three important aspects that future research activities must cover. * * This paper was presented at the First Meeting of the Canadian Industrial Relations Research Institute, held at McGill University, July 6th, 1964.

scholarly journals Repeated Negative Teaching Evaluations: A Form of Habitual Behaviour?

2015 ◽  
Vol 45 (4) ◽  
pp. 298-321
Author(s):  
J Paul Grayson
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
Generational Status ◽  
First Year ◽  
Not Given ◽  
Campus Engagement ◽  
Teaching Evaluations ◽  
University Of British Columbia ◽  
Mcgill University ◽  
The University ◽  
Do So

Teaching evaluations have become part of life on Canadian campuses; however, there is no agreement among researchers as to their validity. In this article, comparisons were made between first- and third-year collective evaluations of professors’ performance at the University of British Columbia, York University, and McGill University. Overall, it was found that students who provided low evaluations in their first year were also likely to do so in their third year. This effect held independent of degree of campus engagement, sex, student status (domestic or international), and generational status (students who were the first in their families to attend university, compared to those who were not). Given that over the course of their studies, students likely would have been exposed to a range of different behaviours on the part of their professors, it is argued that the propensity of a large number of students to give consistently low evaluations was a form of “habitual behaviour.”  

scholarly journals Exploring Effective Academic Governance at a Canadian University

2016 ◽  
Vol 46 (3) ◽  
pp. 90-104
Author(s):  
Patrick Lougheed ◽  
Michelle Pidgeon
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
British Columbia ◽  
Governance Structures ◽  
Columbia University ◽  
Academic Governance ◽  
Canadian Context ◽  
Effective Decision ◽  
Effective Decision Making

In Canada, only 44% of members of academic governance bodies at universities feel that their boards are effective decision-making bodies (Jones, Shanahan, & Goyan, 2004). In this study, we examined the views of senators at a British Columbia university regarding their senate’s effectiveness in decision-making, including structures, processes, and leadership, and their suggestions for potential changes. Eight interviews were conducted with current or recent former senators in May 2012; each interview lasted 30 to 60 minutes. At the time of the interviews, fewer than half of the senators stated that the senate was effective, with concerns concentrated in the areas of committees, participation of faculty and students, and level of debate. This research has implications for enhancing the effectiveness, legitimacy, and credibility of institutional academic governance structures and processes, particularly in the Canadian context.  

AERI 2016 Student Report

2017 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 52-55
Author(s):  
Eileen Horansky
Keyword(s):  
Annual Meeting ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Library And Information Science ◽  
State University ◽  
Kent State University ◽  
Archival Education ◽  
Research And Education ◽  
Research Institute

Abstract:The Archival Education and Research Institute (AERI) supports research and education in the archival field. This paper describes highlights from the the eighth annual meeting, which was hosted by the School of Library and Information Science at Kent State University, Kent, Ohio.

Functionalization of C-H Bonds: The Baran Synthesis of Dihydroxyeudesmane

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Douglass Taber
Keyword(s):  
Columbia University ◽  
National Chemical Laboratory ◽  
Chemical Laboratory ◽  
Du Bois ◽  
Rh Catalyst ◽  
Hydride Abstraction ◽  
Mcgill University ◽  
Radical Removal ◽  
The University ◽  
Useful Yield

Arumugam Sudalai of the National Chemical Laboratory, Pune reported (Tetrahedron Lett. 2008, 49, 6401) a procedure for hydrocarbon iodination. With straight chain hydrocarbons, only secondary iodination was observed. Chao-Jun Li of McGill University uncovered (Adv. Synth. Cat. 2009, 351, 353) a procedure for direct hydrocarbon amination, converting cyclohexane 1 into the amine 3. Justin Du Bois of Stanford University established (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2009, 48, 4513) a procedure for alkane hydroxylation, converting 4 selectively into the alcohol 6. The oxirane 8 usually also preferentially ozidizes methines, hydroxylating steroids at the C-14 position. Ruggero Curci of the University of Bari found (Tetrahedron Lett. 2008, 49, 5614) that the substrate 7 showed some C-14 hydroxylation, but also a useful yield of the ketone 9. The authors suggested that the C-7 acetoxy group may be deactivating the C-14 C-H. C-H bonds can also be converted directly to carbon-carbon bonds. Mark E. Wood of the University of Exeter found (Tetrahedron Lett. 2009, 50, 3400) that free-radical removal of iodine from 10 followed by intramolecular H-atom abstraction in the presence of the trapping agent 11 delivered 12 with good diastereo control. Professor Li observed (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2008, 47, 6278) that under Ru catalysis, hydrocarbons such as 13 could be directly arylated. He also established (Tetrahedron Lett. 2008, 49, 5601) conditions for the direct aminoalkylation of hydrocarbons such as 13, to give 17. Huw M. L. Davies of Emory University converted (Synlett 2009, 151) the ester 4 to the homologated diester 19 in preparatively useful yield using the diazo ester 18, the precursor to a selective, push-pull stabilized carbene. Intramolecular bond formation to an unactivated C-H can be even more selective. Guoshen Liu of the Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry developed (Organic Lett. 2009, 11, 2707) an oxidative Pd system that cyclized 20 to the seven-membered ring lactam 21 . Professor Du Bois devised (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008 , 130, 9220) a Rh catalyst that effected allylic amination of 22, to give 23 with substantial enantiocontrol. Dalibor Sames of Columbia University designed (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 402) a remarkable cascade approach to C-H functionalization. Exposure of 24 to Lewis acid led to intramolecular hydride abstraction. Cyclization of the resulting stabilized carbocation delivered the tetrahydropyan 25 with remarkable diastereocontrol.

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