As a proud alumna of 91亚色, Lauren Hall has been coordinating 91亚色's Transition Year Program since May 2010. With great satisfaction, her colleagues put together a winning nomination file without her knowledge, in order tocelebrate the voice of promise, respect and empowerment that Hall brings to the 91亚色 community every day.

Hall's聽manager has noted that she is an advocate for all students and all opportunities, and notes that whether in person or on the phone, her personality welcomes and engages all 鈥� and a positive relationship with 91亚色 begins. Colleagues say that Hall聽believes passionately in the privilege of pursuing higher education and advocating for accessible education for all those that desire it.聽Her care and attention with students sees them through to realizing their potential and inspires them to believe in themselves.

On a daily basis,聽Hall interacts with a wide variety of people. The Transition Year Program sits outside the Faculty structure, rendering navigation difficult.聽Hall takes this in stride and engages her counterparts in other faculties and administrative departments in order to reinforce a support system. Her exceptional interpersonal skills allow for intervention and advocacy for the Transition Year Program in a dignified and respectful way.聽Hall systematically removes obstacles and builds processes necessary for supporting students with extraordinary needs.

Hall works hard on a daily basis to create a safe and secure place for students to speak to someone about the University, but who feel intimidated by the institution itself. She is noted for her "yes-it-is-possible" attitude and her compassionate approach to each individual case.聽Colleagues say that Hall聽is viewed as a mentor by students in the Transition Year Program. She convinces聽them of their own power and reinforces their dream of something better.

She regularly brings her voice outside the institution, into the community, recruiting and promoting the Transition Year Program. Her nominators note that her intelligence and professional capacity in representing the program to a wide range of audiences is incomparable. They say that she goes above and beyond the call of duty each day, exemplifying an extraordinary personal commitment to 91亚色, and making her worthy of the 2011 President鈥檚 Voice of 91亚色 Award.

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Osgoode Hall Law School Professor Allan Hutchinson has been appointed the new associate vice-president graduate and dean of the Faculty of Graduate Studies, effective March 1.

The announcement was made yesterday by 91亚色 President & Vice-Chancellor Mamdouh Shoukri. The appointment of Hutchinson for the five-year term was made after extensive consultation and was approved by the Board of Governors on Feb. 15.

鈥淚 am pleased that Allan Hutchinson has accepted our invitation to take up a five-year term as the new AVP and Dean,鈥� says Shoukri. 鈥淗is leadership and commitment to the success of this University and the broader 91亚色 community we serve is to be commended, and I look forward to continuing to work with him in the future.鈥�

Allan Hutchinson聽聽

A member of the 91亚色 community since 1982,聽Hutchinson is a professor of law at Osgoode Hall Law School. He is currently providing leadership to the Faculty of Graduate Studies in his capacity as interim dean and AVP. While at Osgoode, Hutchinson served as the associate dean (Academic) from 1994 to 1996 and as associate dean (Research, Graduate Studies & External Relations) from 2004 to 2007. He has also served as chair of the University鈥檚 Senate and as a member of the Board of Governors.听听

Hutchinson holds an LL.B (Hons) from the University of London, and an LL.M (Juris.) and LL.D. from the University of Manchester. He has an impressive academic record and is internationally known as a legal theorist with expertise in a range of areas including law and politics, legal theory, the legal profession, constitutional law, torts, jurisprudence, civil procedure, and racism and law. The author of numerous books and articles, he was named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2004 and a Distinguished Research Professor at 91亚色 in 2006. He is also the recipient of teaching awards both in Osgoode and at the University level.聽

鈥淭he next five years will bring significant opportunities and challenges for graduate studies at 91亚色. I look forward to continuing to work with Professor Hutchinson in this important portfolio, and I hope all members of the 91亚色 community will join me in congratulating him on this appointment,鈥� said Shoukri.

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"We are seeking to provide perspective and commentary on issues and initiatives in our external environment that are relevant to our researchers," says Hach茅. "It's important to highlight and create awareness about new opportunities and proposed policy and procedural changes that may affect the University research community."

Right: Robert Hach茅

First in this series is a review of the (R&D), a report on federal support聽released in October 2011. The report,聽commissioned by a federally appointed expert panel chaired by Michael Jenkins, executive chair and chief strategy officer of Open Text Corporation, reviewed national programs that support business innovation in Canada.

The panel was comprised聽of a distinguished cadre of business and academic experts. It聽proposes a number of fundamental changes to the way that government supports business-facing research and development. If adopted, the recommendations are expected to present expanded聽opportunities for 91亚色 researchers with respect to research funding and some new challenges.聽

Highlights of recommendations in the report include:

• Development of a new granting council, called the Industrial Research Innovation Council (IRIC), to support funding and delivery of business-facing R&D programs. This council would provide a common service platform for a reduced number of larger, more flexible support programs, including the National Research Council's (NRC) Industrial Research Assistance Program (IRAP).
• Changing the model under which the National Research Council operates into a grouping of large-scale, sectoral collaborative R&D centres involving business, the university sector and the provinces.
• Assigning responsibility and accountability to a single designated minister of innovation to build consensus and innovation partnerships with the provinces and territories.

To view聽the full commentary,聽click here.

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The new directors are Professor Colin Coates, director of the Robarts Centre for Canadian Studies (RCCS); Professor Laurence Harris, director of the Centre for Vision Research (CVR); Professor Christina Kraenzle, director of the Canadian Centre for German聽& European Studies (CCGES); Professor David Mutimer, director of the Centre for International聽& Security Studies (YCISS); and Professor Lisa Philipps, director of the Centre for Public Policy & Law (YCPPL).听听

鈥淥n behalf of the 91亚色 research community, I would like to congratulate Professors Coates, Harris, Kraenzle, Mutimer and Philipps on their appointments,鈥� said Robert Hach茅, 91亚色's vice-president research & innovation.聽鈥淭heir leadership expertise will be essential to further strengthening the unique and exciting opportunities for interdisciplinary research, collaborations and partnerships at 91亚色鈥檚 research centres and institutes.鈥�

Colin Coates (left), Canada Research Chair in Cultural Landscapes, is also professor in the Canadian Studies program at Glendon College and president of the Canadian Studies Network-R茅seau d鈥櫭﹖udes canadiennes.聽His research examines political culture in New France and the history of Canadian utopias.聽He also conducts research in the area of environmental history, and is an executive member聽of the聽Network in Canadian History & Environment 鈥� Nouvelle initiative canadienne en histoire de l鈥檈nvironnement, funded by聽the Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). Coates has co-edited and authored several books including, Introduction aux 茅tudes canadiennes: histoires, identit茅s et cultures (with Professor Geoffrey Ewen, Glendon) and Visions: the Canadian History Modules Project (with Professor Marcel Martel, Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies,聽along with four colleagues from other universities), Majesty in Canada: Essays on the Role of Royalty among others.聽Coates won the Lionel Groulx-Yves Saint-Germain Foundation鈥檚 prize for Heroines and History 鈥� Representations of Madeleine de Verch猫res and Laura Secord (co-authored with Cecilia Morgan of OISE).

Laurence Harris (right)聽is a professor in the Department of Psychology, Faculty of Health, a member of the graduate programs in Kinesiology聽& Health Science and in Biology, and has served as chair of the Psychology Department. He is the director the Multisensory Integration Laboratory at 91亚色, which investigates how information from visual, auditory, vestibular, proprioceptive and tactile senses is combined by the brain to create our perception of body and space. Applications of his research include the design of virtual environments and improving perception in situations where sensory information is impoverished, such as in the unusual environments of underwater or in space, in ageing or in clinical conditions such as partial blindness or Parkinson鈥檚 disease.聽Recently, Harris聽ran an聽experiment on the International Space Station looking at astronauts鈥� perception of orientation. He is the author of聽more than聽100 scientific articles and has edited nine books on topics pertaining to vision including Vision in 3D Environments, Cortical Mechanisms of Vision, Seeing Spatial Form, and Levels of Perception. 聽He is editor-in-chief of the journal Seeing and Perceiving: a journal of multisensory science.

Christina Kraenzle (left) is a professor in the Department of Languages, Literatures聽& Linguistics (DLLL) in the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies.聽She has served as a CCGES affiliate since 2004 and been a member of the centre鈥檚 executive committee since 2005 through her role as the coordinator of the German Studies Program within DLLL.聽Kraenzle鈥檚 research explores modern German literature, film and culture, with a focus on transnational cultural production, migration, travel and globalization. Her recent publications include Mapping Channels Between Ganges and Rhein: German-Indian Cross-Cultural Relations (with J枚rg Esleben and Sukanya Kulkarni, 2008) as well as articles in The German Quarterly, German Life and Letters, Transit: A Journal of Travel, Migration and Multiculturalism in the German-Speaking World, and the volume Searching for Sebald: Photography after W. G. Sebald.

David Mutimer (right), a professor in the Department of Political Science, is also the founding editor of Critical Studies on Security and the editor of The Canadian Annual Review of Politics and Public Affairs.聽 He has been a member of YCISS since 1987 and has previously served as its deputy director.聽Mutimer was also聽a visiting professor at the University of Geneva in Switzerland and Newcastle University in the United Kingdom (UK), as well as a principal research fellow in the Department of Peace Studies at the University of Bradford in the UK.聽Mutimer鈥檚 research considers issues of contemporary international security through lenses provided by critical social theory and explores the reproduction of security in and through popular culture.聽His research has focused on various aspects of weapons production and control, and more recently on the politics of the global war on terror, and of the regional wars around the world which are being fought by Canada and its allies.聽Mutimer is presently leading a SSHRC-funded international research project on arms export controls.聽His recent published work includes journal articles in Studies in Social Justice, The Cambridge Review of International Affairs and Contemporary Security Policy among others.

Lisa Philipps (left) has been a faculty member聽at Osgoode Hall Law School since 1996.聽Prior to that, she held appointments in the faculties of law at the University of Victoria and the University of British Columbia, and has held visiting professorships at Melbourne Law School, University College London and the University of Toronto among other institutions.聽She served as associate dean research, graduate studies & institutional relations at Osgoode from 2009 to 2011.聽Philipps' research focuses on tax law, budgets and feminist legal studies.聽She has published widely on topics, including聽fiscal transparency, income splitting, gender聽budgeting, the distributional impact of tax cuts, the tax treatment of unpaid work, charitable tax incentives and more. Most recently she published two co-edited books on Tax Expenditures: State of the Art and Challenging Gender Inequality in Tax Policy Making: Comparative Perspectives.听听

In all, 91亚色聽lists 29 research centres and institutes.

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The town hall will take place Sept. 21, from 11am into the noon hour, in the Sandra Faire & Ivan Fecan Theatre, Accolade East Building, Keele campus. All students, faculty, staff and parents are welcome.

Right: 91亚色 President & Vice-Chancellor Mamdouh Shoukri

Shoukri will talk about the growth and evolution of 91亚色, its recent successes, and the opportunities and challenges moving forward, followed by a Q&A period with the entire executive team.

The Q&A will include Shoukri, Gary Brewer, vice-president finance & administration; Robert Hach茅, vice-president research & innovation; Patrick Monahan, ;聽Jennifer Sloan, vice-president university relations; and Robert Tiffin, vice-president students. The Q&A will be moderated by 91亚色 law Professor , director of the 91亚色 Centre for Public Policy & Law.

The town hall will also be available to watch via webcast through the president's website.

In addition, questions can be sent in advance by e-mail to the president at mshoukri@yorku.ca and via Twitter using the hashtag #yutownhall.

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Join President & Vice-Chancellor Mamdouh Shoukri and the rest of the senior executive team at the President鈥檚 Town Hall 鈥� an interactive dialogue bringing 91亚色 faculty, staff and students together.

The town hall will take place Wednesday, Sept. 21, from 11am into the noon hour, in the Sandra Faire & Ivan Fecan Theatre, Accolade East Building, Keele campus. All students, faculty, staff and parents are welcome.

Right: 91亚色 President & Vice-Chancellor Mamdouh Shoukri

Shoukri will talk about the growth and evolution of 91亚色, its recent successes, and the opportunities and challenges moving forward. Then it鈥檚 your turn to ask questions to the entire executive team.

Joining Shoukri for the Q&A period will be Gary Brewer, vice-president finance & administration; Robert Hach茅, vice-president research & innovation; Patrick Monahan, ;聽Jennifer Sloan, vice-president university relations; and Robert Tiffin, vice-president students. The Q&A will be moderated by 91亚色 law Professor , director of the 91亚色 Centre for Public Policy & Law.

Can鈥檛 attend in person? There is more than one way to participate. The town hall will be available to watch via webcast through the president's website.

In addition, questions can be sent in advance by e-mail to the president at mshoukri@yorku.ca and via Twitter using the hashtag #yutownhall.

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