Appointed for one year, each of the recipients will work to enhance collegial capacity at an institutional level to advance the priorities of the University Academic Plan (UAP) in demonstrable ways. The Provostial Fellowships also provide an opportunity for a diverse group of tenured faculty to gain hands-on experience in university leadership.

鈥淚 am thrilled to have these four faculty members dedicating some of their time and energy to help lead the implementation of our UAP. The University will benefit from their expertise and ideas, and I hope they too will find this a valuable opportunity to grow and develop as leaders and institution builders,鈥� said Provost and Vice-President Academic Lisa Philipps. 鈥淭he launch of Building a Better Future: 91亚色 Academic Plan 2020-2025 established six exciting and important priorities for 91亚色. As a community, we now look to work together in advancing these.鈥�

Fellows will work with the provost and relevant members of the senior leadership on a project or initiative intended to advance one of the UAP priority areas at an institutional level.聽Each project also seeks to enhance and intersect with the University-wide challenge to elevate institutional contributions to the聽United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Professor, Public Policy and Strategic Management
Schulich School of Business

Professor Eberlein鈥檚 project, 鈥�91亚色鈥檚 Journey toward Carbon Neutrality,鈥� seeks to identify and advance specific and impactful initiatives that the University can take to reduce its carbon emissions.

Associate Professor, Department of Biology
Faculty of Science

Professor Sharma鈥檚 project, 鈥淲orking Towards Equitable Access to Clean Water,鈥� looks to address the billions of people worldwide, including in Canada, who do not have access to clean freshwater. This project will seek student, faculty and staff collaborations across the University with a goal of raising awareness and identifying solutions to this critical issue, and will culminate with an event celebrating聽.

Associate Professor, School of Nursing
Faculty of Health
Associate Professor, School of Gender, Sexuality and Women鈥檚 Studies/Children, Childhood & Youth Studies Program.
Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies

Professor van Daalen-Smith鈥檚 project, 鈥淢ore than Bees and Trees: Seeing the SDGs in our Curriculum 鈥� A Pan-University Community Development Initiative,鈥� seeks to track, weave, inspire and amplify curricular SDG initiatives and advance 91亚色鈥檚 commitment to interdisciplinarity.

Associate Professor
Faculty of Education

Professor Zha鈥檚 project, 鈥淩eimagining and Transforming Liberal Arts Education with a Trans-Continental Partnership,鈥� looks to explore a new model for practising liberal arts education in the current contexts of mass higher education, knowledge societies and globalization, including the prospects for infusing the concepts derived from the SDGs and promoting global competence.

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CASS has over 30 research institutes, while 91亚色 has one of the largest faculties of social sciences and humanities in Canada, which makes this an ideal partnership. 鈥淐ASS is the premier institution in China for social sciences research,鈥� says , associate vice-president international. 鈥淎s 91亚色 International researchers and 91亚色 faculty members have already partnered with CASS researchers, I thought it was probably time we formalize what we were doing.鈥�

Right: Delegates from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences meet with Lorna Wright (centre)

Six delegates from CASS came to 91亚色 from China to meet with 91亚色 researchers聽and discuss future initiatives and collaborations. 鈥淏asically, it will give 91亚色 researchers better access to opportunities in China for research and we鈥檒l have a partner for that research,鈥� says Wright.

One of those researchers is 91亚色 political science Professor Gregory Chin in the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, who currently has about six research projects on the go all involving CASS scholars in one way or another across disciplines. "The signing of this agreement with CASS will further strengthen these links," he said.

As the two delegations discussed areas of mutual interest, , associate vice-president research (social sciences & humanities), said he has worked with several CASS researchers in the past, in the 1990s. 鈥�91亚色 used to work a lot with CASS researchers. I hope this will afford us the opportunity to start that again.鈥�

Left: Wright signs a collaboration agreement with the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. From left, Zhang Youyun, deputy director general in聽CASS's Bureau of International Cooperation; vice-president of CASS Professor Wu Yin; Wright and Gregory Chin.

, chair of the Department of Anthropology, agreed saying,聽鈥淭here are so many areas where we could work together.鈥�

Chin, Dewitt and Lumsden, along with Bernie Frolic, director of the Asian Business & Management Program; Susan Henders, director of the 91亚色 Centre for Asian Research; Faculty of Education Professor Qiang Zha; Haideh Moghissi, associate dean, external relations, for the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies; and Professor , chair of the Department of Political Science, discussed some of their research interests with delegates from CASS to get a better understanding of their mutual goals.

The Chinese delegation from CASS included: Professor Wu Yin, vice-president; Professor Zhang Changdong, deputy director general in the General Office; Professor Wang Zheng, deputy director general of the Bureau of Scientific Research Management; Professor Hu Guocheng, research fellow in the Institute of American Studies; Professor Zhang Youyun, deputy director general of the Bureau of International Cooperation; and Li Bin, program officer in the Bureau of International Cooperation.

As Wright pointed out, the collaborative nature of the agreement will also be beneficial when it comes to securing funding from granting agencies, as the agencies are always looking for international partnerships. 鈥淎nd CASS is a very prestigious partner.鈥� In addition, the partnership will also facilitate faculty exchanges.

鈥淚 hope the agreement will result in further concrete results and research collaborative projects,鈥� says Wright. "It was agreed that the next step would be a meeting at CASS in Beijing during Dean trip next month when a task force of Martin Singer, Bernie Frolic and myself would convene with researchers from CASS to discuss the strategic direction."

Following the signing, the CASS delegates had a tour of the campus and lunch with 91亚色 President & Vice-Chancellor Mamdouh Shoukri.

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