Allen Ponak Best Student Paper
Call for Papers
Students in graduate programs are invited to submit papers addressing this year’s conference theme: Sound Management and Solidarity Should Never be in Recession: Employment Relations in Canada and Beyond.
Please send your paper to: ciraacri.conference@gmail.com on or before 30 April 2012:
Submissions will proceed through a blind review process to determine: a) acceptance to the conference, and b) the overall winner of the best student paper competition.
Please send your paper to: ciraacri.conference@gmail.com on or before 30 April 2012:
Submissions will proceed through a blind review process to determine: a) acceptance to the conference, and b) the overall winner of the best student paper competition.
a) Notification of acceptance to the conference will occur within two weeks of submitting the paper to the email address above.
b) The winner of the Allen Ponak Best Student Paper will be notified no later than May 15th and the $500 prize will be awarded at the CIRA Banquet on Wednesday, May 30, 2012.
b) The winner of the Allen Ponak Best Student Paper will be notified no later than May 15th and the $500 prize will be awarded at the CIRA Banquet on Wednesday, May 30, 2012.
ALL students who submit a paper that is accepted for presentation at the CIRA conference are eligible to have a portion of their travel costs reimbursed. The amount of reimbursement will depend upon the number of accepted submissions, but will be a minimum of $500. Students are required to become members of CIRA and fill out an expense form, submitting original receipts for their travel costs.
Paper submissions should comply with the following guidelines:
Paper submissions should comply with the following guidelines:
- Papers must be sole authored by the student.
- Each paper must begin with a cover page containing the title and an abstract of no more than 300 words outlining the purpose of the paper, the methodology used, and main conclusions.
- No information identifying the author, institution or the student’s advisor should be included on the title page or in any other part of the submission.
- Papers should be in 12 point font and double-spaced.
- The maximum length of the paper is 10,000 words (inclusive of references, but excluding abstract and appendices).
- References should follow APA format.
The 49th CIRA Conference will be held in Calgary, Alberta between May 29 and 31, 2012.
