Research and Creative Activity Update

OBJECTIVES

I. Encourage and enable increased collaborative and cross-disciplinary research and creative activity

II. Support and profile research and creative activities that inspire public discussion of complex issues

III. Develop networks of research and creative activity by identifying, developing, and promoting a set of established and emerging signature areas of research, research creation and teaching

IV. Enhance supports for the successful pursuit of external funding that contributes to reputation-defining research and creative activities

V. Encourage community-engaged research and creative activity that extend the reach, effectiveness, benefit and value of our Faculty-community connections

THINGS WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED

  • Achieved a higher success rate (63% in
    2019 competiton year) on SSHRC Insight
    Grants than the national average
  • Launched five of seven Signature Areas:

• Language, Communication, & Culture
• Mediating Science & Technology
• Shifting Praxis in Artistic Research/Research-Creation
• Stories of Change
• Digital Synergies

  • Improved communication of the social
    value and impact of the full range of Arts
    research and research creation
  • Prioritized Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
    to ensure full representation of all
    groups in awards, grant applications and
    committee structures

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