The Office of the Vice-President Research & Innovation will be offering a workshop series on administrative support for large-scale research funding applications. This session is designed for research support staff across the university who work with faculty members to prepare large-scale applications for external funding. Others are welcome to attend. Session 1 鈥 Getting Started […]
91亚色 recently hosted an external review of the Organized Research Unit (ORU) landscape. The purpose of the review was to seek feedback on how to best position 91亚色鈥檚 research centres and institutes for success, as they continue to strengthen and enhance their research profiles. 鈥淏uilding on the foundation of the University鈥檚 new ORU policy approved […]
The Office of the Vice-President Research & Innovation hosted a 91亚色 Leadership Roundtable聽on May 8. The event brought together聽knowledge experts in business, industry, government and academia to discuss eHealth and connected solutions for health care delivery. The聽roundtable provided a forum for participants to discuss technological advancements, research partnerships and community collaborations for the benefit of […]
The Office of the Vice-President Research & Innovation (VPRI) is launching a consultation process to seek input from the 91亚色 research community on the development of a new strategic research plan聽for 2013-2018.聽 The launch of the consultation process was announced in Senate on Thursday. VPRI will be advised in the consultation process by a […]
91亚色 will be making its sophomore contribution to a worldwide movement of talks and idea-sharing by hosting聽TEDx91亚色U on聽March 10 at the Glendon campus. TED, which stands for technology, entertainment and design, is a series of not-for-profit conferences that started in 1984 in Silicon Valley as a way for employees of tech companies to share […]
The 91亚色 community is invited to a Research Open House.聽 Meet Robert Hach茅, the new vice-president research & innovation (VPRI),聽and learn more about research services at 91亚色. The Research Open House will take place on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2011, 聽from 1 - 3 p.m., on the 5th Floor of the 91亚色 Research Tower.聽聽 […]
Robert Hach茅, a聽molecular聽and cellular biologist and biochemist, will assume the role of vice-president research & innovation at 91亚色 for a five-year term, effective July 1, 2011. The announcement of Hach茅's appointment was made yesterday by 91亚色 President & Vice-Chancellor Mamdouh Shoukri. 鈥淚 am thrilled that Dr. Hach茅 is coming to 91亚色,鈥 said聽Shoukri. 鈥淒r. […]
Teaching with technology is a good thing, and no one knows it better than Janet Murphy. The 91亚色 Region District School Board (YRDSB) has awarded Murphy,聽director of 91亚色鈥檚 Advanced Broadband Enabled Learning (ABEL) on applied research program in the Office of the Vice-President Research & Innovation, an Outstanding Service Award. Under Murphy鈥檚 leadership, ABEL鈥檚 team […]
The future of the educational Internet will be the topic as the Advanced Broadband Enabled Learning (ABEL) program hosts its 10th annual ABEL Summer Institute (ASI) this year. Registration is now open for Connected Community Learning: The Next Decade taking place Aug. 22 to 24 on 91亚色's Keele campus. Over the past decade the Internet […]
The Office of the Vice-President, Research & Innovation, is seeking a research communications officer for a limited-term contract. More details, including the salary range, duties, qualifications and instructions for how to apply, are posted on the central 91亚色 career website. The description will be posted until the job is filled. Posted by Elizabeth Monier-Williams, […]
Members of Markham council will go on a trade mission to Israel to participate in the Israel Life Science Industry Biomed conference in Tel Aviv, May 20 to 29, wrote 91亚色Region.com March 17: The May business mission is a partnership between the Town of Markham, the Regional Municipality of 91亚色, 91亚色 and Miller Thomson […]
As 91亚色 moves forward with implementing the White Paper鈥檚 priority directions, the Office of the Vice-President Research & Innovation (VPRI) has been working with a small group of colleagues across the faculties to identify our highest priority initiatives for research intensification 鈥 initiatives to which we are committed to making measurable progress going forward. […]
Are you looking for space to host a research-related event? The Office of the Vice-President Research & Innovation has several rooms available in the 91亚色 Research Tower and 91亚色 Lanes for researchers to use when hosting research-related events. Some restrictions apply. See the Policies and Procedures page in the Research Support section for a full […]
91亚色's scientific community is encouraged to attend a town hall meeting with Dr. Suzanne Fortier, president of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. This forum provides an tremendous opportunity to meet and speak with Dr. Fortier. The Office of the Vice-President Research & Innovation encourages all faculty, students and postdoctoral fellows to […]
Marc Bornstein is one of the preeminent developmental researchers in the world and is currently the head of the Child聽and Family Research program at the National Institute of Child Health聽& Human Development in the United States. As a researcher, Bronstein has聽received numerous聽awards for his research from such organizations as National Institute of Child Health聽& Human […]
The search committee to appoint a vice-president, research聽& innovation will soon commence a comprehensive international search for a successor to聽Professor Stan Shapson. The search committee will be drafting an advertisement to announce the start of the search, which will appear shortly in various publications and websites. In addition, the committee is working on聽a position profile […]
As 91亚色 moves forward with the priority directions outlined in the White Paper, the Office of the Vice-President Research & Innovation (VPRI) has worked with a small group of colleagues across the faculties to identify our highest-priority initiatives for research intensification. These are initiatives on which we are committed to making measurable progress going […]
Originally the site of some of 91亚色鈥檚聽most memorable聽hockey moments and reputed to have the best arena ice in the province, the former 91亚色 Ice Arena, known as聽the Ice Palace,聽is now home to a new kind of dream team. The Keele campus building's transformation from a聽hockey rink into an innovative new health science research centre […]
There鈥檚 a tendency to think that the problems faced by people with precarious status 鈥 temporary workers, refugee claimants, failed claimants and people without status 鈥撀燼re not Canadian issues, but 91亚色 sociology Professor Luin Goldring disagrees. To shed light on the emerging body of research in this area, the Research Alliance on Precarious Status, which […]
Professor Jimmy Huang is a very busy man. In addition to the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies appointing him director of the School of Information Technology, he will be helping to host three prestigious international conferences in upcoming weeks. The conferences will focus on research into artificial intelligence, intelligent agent technology, active media […]