(monday, march 25, 2013 – thunder bay, on)

阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 ’s dr. pauline sameshima has been awarded a canada research chair in arts integrated studies.

she comes to lakehead from washington state university where she taught arts integrated research in the teacher education program and the cultural studies and social thought in education graduate program.

dr. sameshima, an associate professor in lakehead’s faculty of education, has also been awarded more than $25,000 by the canada foundation for innovation leaders opportunity fund to develop an arts integrated research lab.

“my work promotes the use of arts in learning, teaching and research. it nurtures individual researcher and student creativity development and provides new perspectives,” dr. sameshima said.

the honourable gary goodyear, minister of state (science and technology), made the canada research chair announcement earlier this month at western university.

“our government is committed to attracting and retaining the world’s best and brightest researchers, supporting innovation, creating jobs, and strengthening our economy,” said minister of state goodyear. “by investing in programs such as the canada research chairs, we are fostering cutting-edge research and the generation of new innovations for the marketplace, for the benefit of canadians.”

the canada research chairs program, which attracts world-class researchers to universities, has positioned canada as an international leader and destination of choice in research and development.

in total, the government of canada will provide $90.6 million in support to 120 newly awarded and renewed canada research chairs. the research, which will be conducted at 39 canadian institutions, has potential benefits for canadians and their families, businesses, practitioners and policy-makers. of this total, 19 researchers have been recruited from abroad, including 10 canadians returning to work in their home country – demonstrating the success of the program in attracting and supporting research excellence in canada.

the canada research chairs program invests approximately $300 million per year toward research in engineering and the natural sciences, health sciences, humanities and social sciences.

dr. john o’meara, dean of lakehead’s faculty of education, said dr. sameshima will work with partners and faculty in thunder bay, other parts of canada and internationally to develop creative ways of exploring and expressing research.

“we are proud to have dr. sameshima in this new role and look forward to seeing her research results related to arts education,” dr. o’meara said.

dr. sameshima brings 17 years of elementary public school teaching and administration to her professional interests in curriculum theory, curricular design, teaching and interdisciplinary arts integrated studies. 

 “the successful recruitment of dr. sameshima to lakehead is a prime example of lakehead’s commitment to nurture scholarship, magnify research and creative activities, and enhance learners’ educational experience,” said dr. rui wang, lakehead vice-president (research, economic development and innovation).

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