Your CSRF Student Representatives

Krystelle Shaughnessy		Nathan Lachowsky		We are on Facebook. Check us out!

Student News for 2011 / 2012

Our goals for the year continue on the same strong foundation that has been laid by Student Representatives of the past. We want to ensure the presence of a strong and student-centred voice in CSRF Executive decision-making. Improving the online and electronic nature and function of CSRF will continue to be a main focus (ie. online registration, student member networking, improvements to CSRF’s website, improving our Facebook page’s usability and traffic). We will also continue to foster and improve student involvement in CSRF activities and governance.

With these goals in mind, we have made a few adjustments to our Facebook group. If you are not already a member of the group, please note that to join you will now need to provide a brief reason for your interest in the group. This is meant to keep out spammers, not to deter interested students, researchers, academics, etc. Please do not hesitate to join us: http://www.facebook.com/groups/2453762346/ or search Canadian Sex Research Forum.

One last message to our student members, current and future: if you have not paid your membership dues, or have yet to become a member, please consider doing so ASAP and before the end of the year. Not only will you benefit from a reduced membership rate if your renew before 2012 is upon us; BUT, your email address will be added to the student listserve ensuring that you have the opportunity to be involved in our new initiatives and updated on conference planning! Don’t hesitate, the benefits of a student membership are vast!

If you ever have any questions or comments you would like to share with us as Student Representatives, do not hesitate to email us (Krystelle: shaugh@unb.ca or Nathan: nlachows@uoguelph.ca).

Student News for Conference 2011

Vancouver 2011 was an incredible conference with excellent student attendance and participation. Thank you to all students for their oral and poster presentations. However, special accolades to the student award winners Kerri Gibson and Samantha Dawson for their incredible presentations!

This year’s Annual General Meeting was also an official‘changing of the guard’ as many Executive members moved up and out, leaving their paved way for new full CSRF members to assume roles in Executive positions. Many thanks and praises to John Sakaluk for his two years of service representing students and working on the CSRF Executive Council. KrystelleShaughnessy now succeeds him as the Senior Student Representative and the student membership voted in Nathan Lachowsky as their Junior Student Representative.

 

Student Awards

The Canadian Sex Research Forum (CSRF) grants awards to the best two student papers presented at the meeting each year.

Students registered in a Canadian graduate program as well as Canadian students registered in a graduate program in another country are eligible to receive the awards.

The presentation will be evaluated by a multidisciplinary panel working in the area of human sexuality. The winner of the awards will be announced at the Annual General Meeting of the Canadian Sex Research Forum and will receive a certificate and a small monetary sum. The review committee reserves the right to adjust the award amount to accommodate more than one deserving presentation.

Students who are wanting to be considered for the awards must be the first author on the paper they are presenting and must indicate their preference for being considered on the Call for Abstracts and include a letter from his/her advisor supporting his/her student status. Only presentations of research results will be considered for the student award. For information on criteria used to evaluate student presentations, please check out the Student Award Evaluation Form. Two student awards will be given: one for a brief (15 minute) and one for a full-length (30 minute) presentation.