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TOMORROW’S IDEAS, NOW
Jerry Varsava, Founding Director, KIAS
Gillian Edwards, Executive Manager, KIAS
KIAS: VISION
To foster an innovative intellectual environment for
the interdisciplinary study of major modern and
historical, political, social, economic, and cultural
issues and, therein, advance society and global
polity in a manner consistent with the high
humanitarian ideals of the founding
benefactors, Drs. Peter and Doris Kule.
KIAS THEMES
Fall 2010, KIAS engaged in an extensive
consultation of undergraduates and graduate
students, faculty, and research administrators, in an
effort to identify topics of major local, national, and
global consequence that, consistent with the
Institute’s mandate, could be explored from a
socially-engaged, interdisciplinary standpoint by
researchers and creative artists in the
Humanities, Social Sciences and Fine Arts.
STEWARDSHIP OF THE PLANET
Ethically informed stewardship of the planet can be pursued from a number of points of view and in a variety of contexts, but there is an urgency to examine the issue now, and to propose tenable responses to this challenge. Phenomena like global population growth, climate change, and heightened environmental risk call out for the attention of socially-engaged researchers today.
PLACE, BELONGING, AND OTHERNESS
There is a foundational human concern to understand one’s place in, not only the physical world, but also in the social spaces in which we move, and to which we may feel affinity or distance. The theme of Place, Belonging, and Otherness encourages an examination of a broad range of relationships in order to better understand the human social condition, whether in the early twenty-first century or at antecedent historical points.
CULTURE, MEDIA, TECHNOLOGY
In an age saturated with new technologies and a proliferation of representational media, there is a need to reconsider both traditional forms of cultural expression and new ones enabled by technological advancement. This topic encourages an engagement of the imaginative, material, and social conditions of arts’ production and reception.
WHAT DOES THE CONFERENCE DO
FOR ME?
TOMORROW’S IDEAS, NOW 2011
40 students attended first conference
100% take-up of registration
Abstracts ranged in different fields and topics
Arts, Education, Physical Education & Recreation among the faculties in attendance
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Students from the
2011 Tomorrow’s
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Conference at the
Closing BBQ
August 19, 2011
Alumni House
INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION
Students from 4 continents, 8 countries, 23 cities attended 2011 Tomorrow’s Ideas, Now Canada
United States
United Kingdom
Germany
Mexico
China
Japan
Australia
Opportunities for U of A students to meet peers and study abroad after the conference
Kei Narita, 2011 Student Keynote
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Students discuss
the papers
presented during a
panel session.
August 19, 2011
Humanities Centre
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Research conferences give students an opportunity
to develop their professional and personal skills
Employers are looking for motivated and highly-
skilled individuals to hire
Gives opportunity to advance public
speaking, collaboration, and presentation skills
Excellent for graduate school applications
Excellent for scholarship applications
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Panel presenters listen to
audience questions, with
Dr. Stuart Landon
(Economics).
August 18, 2011
Humanities Centre
Petros Kusmu, U of A
Katre Leino, U of York
Danielle
Maggio, Columbia College
Chicago
LEADERSHIP
KIAS themes focus on issues that will affect young
people for years to come
Chance to share your ideas with a new audience
Opportunity to promote change
Become a leader early in your life
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Kaz Tsujii ,U of
Bristol, presenting
during his panel.
August 19, 2011
Humanities Centre
TOMORROW’S IDEAS, NOW 2012
THE CONFERENCE
August 16-18, 2012
$100 Registration: covers all food and event costs
If outside Edmonton Metro Area, accommodation and travel awards available competitively
External students stay at Lister Centre
Social functions in the evening
Fringe Festival on Whyte
Welcome Reception
Closing BBQ and Party
Learning Opportunities
CAPS: Information session on resume writing for students
Go Abroad: Information for exchanges for U of A students to partner institutions
Swag bags
APPLICATION PROCESS
Application Deadline: March 19 @ Noon
Abstract
300 words
Application Form
Online Google Form
Submit only when all materials are complete
Confirmation of enrolment
Letter confirming that you are an undergraduate student
in good standing at time of application
Template is online
DO NOT LEAVE UNTIL LAST MINUTE
ABSTRACTS: WHAT ARE THEY?
An abstract is a brief summary of your presentation.
You might think about writing two paragraphs, one
in which you outline the subject of your paper—
WHAT you will be discussing—and a paragraph on
your specific approach to the subject—HOW you
will be approaching the WHAT. Remember, by
definition, an abstract is succinct; do not exceed
three-hundred words.
Ask your professor to take a look at your abstract –
it will help to have a set of experienced eyes!
ADJUDICATION CRITERIA
Alignment with one or another of KIAS’s
three themes
Clarity and organization of abstracts
Completeness of application at time of submission
N.B. All abstracts and application forms should be
carefully proofread and edited for accuracy.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION?
March 8, 2012: KIAS & Undergraduate Research
Initiative Masterclass
Put Your Research To Work
Register on: www.kias.ualberta.ca
Email: [email protected]
Check our website FAQs: www.kias.ualberta.ca