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