May 2015 Newsletter

The Mitacs Accelerate program supports research projects with non-academic partners.* (minimum 4 months, with multi-year possibilities in one application). Each standard internship is valued at $15,000 as a grant awarded to the professor (no overhead is deducted by the universities) • $7,500 (cash) from the partner organization(s) and $7,500 from Accelerate • $10,000 minimum stipend […] Click Here To Read More »

TSAS has completed the adjudication of its first round of Studentships. Awards were provided to the following students: Maxime Berube, École de criminologie, Université de Montréal Joana Cook, War Studies, Kings College London Katherine Dyer, Department of Political Science, University of Waterloo Elanna Nolan, Department of Geography, University of British Columbia Philippa Levey, School of […] Click Here To Read More »

TSAS is pleased to announce the launch of the Canadian Incident Database (CIDB), a publicly-accessible database describing terrorism and violent extremism since 1960 with a Canadian connection. These include incidents occurring overseas involving Canadian perpetrators, targets, and victims. In December 2013, Public Safety Canada and Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC) awarded TSAS funding from […] Click Here To Read More »

TSAS requires all affiliates to submit a list of their research activities each year. These are typically due by April 30th however we have extended the deadline until May 30th. Besides being a requirement for holding a SSHRC grant, TSAS compiles the reports and posts a list on our website to showcase the amazing work […] Click Here To Read More »

We are delighted to share that Dr Louise I Shelley of George Mason University has been named as the inaugural Andrew Carnegie Fellow, a new fellowship for social scientists and humanities specialists writing on crucial issues. The Andrew Carnegie Fellows are an exceptional group of established and emerging scholars, journalists, and authors whose work distills […] Click Here To Read More »