Resources for Conducting Scholarly Activity
Institutional Services:
- School and Institute Research Committees
- Research Handbook
- Research Ethics Board
- Academic Planning and Quality Assurance (for accreditation & program reviews)
- Applied Research Liaison Office (ARLO)
- Respect, Diversity, & Inclusion (RDI) Office (for equity, diversity and inclusion)
- Library:
- Research Librarian
- Digital Scholarship LibGuide
- Scholarship of Teaching and Learning LibGuide
- Student Workshops on scholarly inquiry methods
- Learning and Teaching Centre (for Teaching Practice, Curriculum Reviews…)
Related BCIT Policies:
- Academic Freedom
- Faculty Qualifications
- Intellectual Property
- Research Ethics for Human Participants (and procedure)
- Integrity in Research
- Educational Technology Policy (and procedures)
- Authored Books
Associated Documents:
BCIT Funding Sources
Funding opportunities may be either school-based or available at the Institute-level. You may contact your manager, the chair of your School Research Committee, or the Education Grants Office as they are a source of information regarding funding opportunities. Potential funds available via Collective Agreement and Employee-category provisions are:
Institute-wide available funds:
- Institute Research Funds
- International Mobility Fund
- Instructional Development Grants
- Learning and Teaching Innovation Grant
- Open Education Resource Grants
GEU Faculty:
- Instructional Development Grants
- Provincial Instructor Diploma Program
- BCGEU Faculty Career and Skills Development and 0.6% Upgrading Fund
- .6 Fund (Letter of Understanding #7) [PDF]
GEU Support:
Faculty and Staff Association Collective Agreement:
- 8.6 Month Free of Teaching
- 10.2 Instructional Skills Development
- 10.3 Professional Development Expenses Fund, Program Administered
- 10.5 Professional Development Leave
- 10.6 Development Leave, Short-Term
- 10.7 Professional Development Leave Without Pay
- 10.8 Exchange Leave/Secondment:
Flexible Learning
- 10.11 Professional Development Fund for Part-time Studies Instructors/Lecturers, Lab Assistants/ Demonstrators, Curriculum Writers and Administration
Management PD Fund:
Additional Funding Sources:
Resources for Sharing Scholarly Activity
- Library: BCIT Institutional Repository
- BCIT PD Day
- Departmental meetings
- Lunch and Learns (e.g. Food for Thought series)
- Technical seminars and workshops (e.g. School of Energy Technical Seminar Series)
- Scholarly activity/research day (school-wide or pan-institutional)
- Journals and other publications, including open access journals, blogs, and other open publishing opportunities
- Professional development fund – reporting of funded activities
Ideas for Reviewing Scholarly Activity
- School Research Committees
- School Quality Committees
- Program Advisory Committees
- Departmental committees or meetings
- Sharing among colleagues
- Presenting at technical seminars
- Formal peer review as part of submission to a journal