鈥淲e are delighted to be hosting our fourth annual 91亚色 U Research Leaders event to recognize the accomplishments of our researchers and students for their valued contribution to 91亚色鈥檚 vibrant research community,鈥� said Robert Hach茅, vice-president research & innovation. 鈥淎ll 91亚色 students, staff and faculty are invited to join us for this event.鈥�

Hosted by the President鈥檚 Office and the Office of the Vice-President Research & Innovation, the event begins at 5pm in the Tribute Communities Recital Hall, in the Accolade East Building. A reception will follow. Many 91亚色 researchers who have earned prestigious awards, major grants and book prizes will be recognized, along with a presentation to the winners of the President鈥檚 Excellence Research Award and President鈥檚 Emerging Research Leadership Award, an announcement of the winners from 91亚色鈥檚 undergraduate research fair and recognition of graduate student research achievements.

Event highlights include: Keynote speaker, Pat Horgan, vice-president manufacturing, development & operations, IBM Canada, a special video highlighting a number of 91亚色鈥檚 researchers and a slide presentation that captures some of the many research successes of the past year.

Organizers ask community members interested in attending the celebration .

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Robert Hach茅

鈥淭his is our second annual event recognizing 91亚色鈥檚 Research Leaders and we plan to continue carrying forward this tradition,鈥� said Robert Hach茅, 91亚色 vice-president research & innovation.聽 鈥淚t is a great pleasure to celebrate the exceptional work of 91亚色鈥檚 researchers, students and post-doctoral fellows聽鈥� and important to us to recognize the valuable impact of their research on society.聽 We are pleased to invite all members of the 91亚色 community, including students, staff and faculty to join us for this very special occasion.鈥�

Hosted by the President鈥檚 Office and the Office of the Vice-President Research & Innovation, the event begins at 4:30pm in the McEwen Auditorium in the Seymour Schulich Building. A reception will follow. Many 91亚色 researchers who have earned prestigious awards, major grants and book prizes will be recognized, along with a presentation to the winner of the President鈥檚 Excellence Research Award, an announcement of the winners from 91亚色鈥檚 undergraduate research fair and recognition of graduate student research achievements.

Event highlights include, a greeting from the province by Monte Kwinter, MPP 91亚色 Centre, parliamentary assistant to the minister of economic development, trade and employment; a special video highlighting a cross-section of 91亚色鈥檚 researchers; and a slide presentation capturing some of the many research successes of the past year.

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鈥�91亚色 is pleased to partner with CASRAI and support its initiatives to streamline the research administration process,鈥� said Robert Hach茅, 91亚色鈥檚 vice-president research & innovation. 鈥淭he continued development of these standards will help our researchers save time and improve efficiency during the funding application process.鈥�

CASRAI provides both a forum and the mechanisms required to standardize the data that researchers, their institutions and their funders use to describe research activity.聽 Key benefits for the research community include saving time for researchers, improving access to quality data for institutions and funders, and clarifying the measurement of research impacts on society.

"We are very pleased to see 91亚色 joining this initiative," said David Baker, executive director of CASRAI. "Their expertise and innovative contributions to the CASRAI mandate will be highly valued. We look forward to this collaboration."

The 91亚色 membership with CASRAI provides the University and the Office of Research Services with access to information on standards that will help streamline the grant application process.聽 The information can also be applied to the way researchers describe their research activities on their CVs.

By standardizing the data that researchers use to describe research activity, the University can further pinpoint its strengths and challenges. This in turn, will help 91亚色 move forward with research planning.

For more information, contact David Phipps, director, Office of Research Services, at ext. 55813.

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Students from 91亚色鈥檚 Osgoode Hall Law School will make their case in increments of 140 characters or less, in what鈥檚 billed as the world鈥檚 first Twitter moot court ().

On Tuesday, Feb. 21, five teams from law schools across Canada will argue a moot court case entirely on the popular social media platform. The event, hosted by West Coast Environmental Law, begins at 1pm EST; its hashtag is #twtmoot.

鈥淥ne hundred and forty聽characters is a great way to focus legal arguments and ideas,鈥� says Osgoode Dean Lorne Sossin, himself an avid tweeter (). 鈥淭his is a novel and timely initiative. Congratulations to West Coast Environmental Law for initiating the project and good luck to the mooters, especially Team Osgoode. We鈥檒l be following this groundbreaking moot with great interest,鈥� he says.

The public is invited to participate by following @twtmoot, watching the action on the Twitter Moot list () or on its (no account required), and posting with the #twtmoot hashtag 鈥� comments, discussion and heckling welcome!

Teams of two students from law schools at Dalhousie University, University of Ottawa, University of British Columbia, University of Victoria and 91亚色 will argue a mock appeal of a recent precedent-setting environmental case, West Moberly First Nations vs. British Columbia. The case raises issues related to the survival of an endangered caribou herd threatened by coal mining and ongoing industrial development.

Osgoode students Nikki Petersen and Emelia Baack will represent the West Moberly First Nations in the appeal; they will argue that the nation鈥檚 treaty right to hunt should extend to protecting a particular herd of caribou from coal mining impacts.

Petersen hopes the social media aspect will help connect people who are passionate about issues stemming from the case.

鈥淭witter is a great way to let many people share their views. I see the moot as a spark to get a discussion going about environmental law issues in Canada. The response to Team Osgoode has been very positive,鈥� she says.

The Twitter Moot will be presided over by a panel of three judges: William Deverell, Omar Ha-Redeye, and Kathleen Mahoney.

For more information about the Twitter Moot and how to participate, . Team Osgoode is sponsored by Saxe Law Office.

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