鈥淚 am delighted to announce the appointment of our 10 new 91亚色 Research Chairs and congratulate them on this important achievement,鈥� said Robert Hach茅, 91亚色鈥檚 vice-president research and innovation. 鈥�91亚色 Research Chairs are recognized for their leadership in scholarship, research and creative activities. These appointments span the wide spectrum of our comprehensive research strengths and reflect the world-class calibre of research taking place across the University.鈥�

Tier I Chairs

Isabella Bakker, Department of Political Science, Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (LA&PS), received a Tier 1 91亚色 Research Chair in Global Economic Governance, Gender and Human Rights. Bakker鈥檚 research places a critical lens on global economic policy and governance practices. She is also examining reproductive healthcare, education, and welfare policies, in the aftermath of the 2008 global financial crisis with the central aim of supporting the development of progressive, human-centred economic theories and policies.

Christopher Innes, Department of English, LA&PS, was awarded a Tier 1 91亚色 Research Chair in Performance and Culture to advance new research on the historical and contemporary aspects of cultural expression within carnival and street theatre. The award will also support Innes鈥� research on Bertolt Brecht, cabaret and popular art, as well as the populist basis of Avant-Garde Theatre.

Roger Keil, Faculty of Environmental Studies, was awarded a Tier 1 91亚色 Research Chair in Global Sub/Urban Studies in recognition of his research contributions to the field of urban and environmental research. Keil鈥檚 research examines suburbanization, which is now a global phenomenon and a defining feature of the 鈥渦rban century鈥� we have just entered. His work will add to a greater understanding of our suburban futures, as new forms of work, housing, mobility and governance, as well as how human/non-human nature relationships take shape.

Sergey Krylov, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, was awarded an inaugural Tier 1 91亚色 Research Chair in Bioanalytical Chemistry. The appointment supports the development of new technologies for understanding, diagnosing and treating cancer.听 As the director of the Centre for Research on Biomolecular Chemistry, Krylov鈥檚 lab will work collaboratively with hospitals, pharmaceutical companies and instrumentation companies on the development of personalized approaches to cancer medicine.

Obiora Okafor, Osgoode Hall Law School, is the inaugural Tier 1 91亚色 Research Chair in International and Transnational Legal Studies. Building on an ongoing research project about Canadian/Nigerian cooperation on human rights (including in the sub-areas of economic and social rights, judicial strengthening, institution building, democratization and poverty alleviation), and other research projects, the award supports the expansion of Okafor鈥檚 research to include a focus on the study of Canadian human rights cooperation initiatives with all of the countries in Anglophone West Africa.

Tier II Chairs

Mike Daly, Department of Earth and Space Science and Engineering, Lassonde School of Engineering, was awarded a Tier 2 91亚色 Research Chair in Planetary Science in recognition of his outstanding contribution to space-flight instrumentation research at 91亚色. The 91亚色 Research Chair will enable Daly鈥檚 participation in NASA鈥檚 OSIRIS-REx mission to the near-Earth asteroid Bennu and the return of Canada鈥檚 first sample of material from another solar system.

Jane Heffernan, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Faculty of Science, is an inaugural Tier 2 91亚色 Research Chair in Multi-Scale Quantitative Methods for Evidence-Based Health Policy. 听Heffernan鈥檚 research responds to the pressing need for new statistical, mathematical, and computational methods of mapping, understanding and controlling infectious diseases and aims to influence the development of new evidence-based public health policies. Heffernan is also the director of the Centre for Disease Modelling, and is involved in global health initiatives.

Anna Hudson, Department of Visual Arts and Art History, School of Arts, Media, Performance and Design, is the new Tier 2 91亚色 Research Chair in Inuit Cultural Mobilization, which will advance research into Inuit cultural globalization by exploring contemporary fusions of Indigenous storytelling with hip-hop, performance, game design, and videography. Supported by a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Partnership Grant, the Chair will promote the development of a more equitable information and communication technology infrastructure and greater participation by Inuvialuit, Nunavut, Nunavik, and Nunatsiavut artists in global cultural dialogue, exchange, and digital preservation of Inuit art and cultural heritage.

Fuyuki Kurasawa, Department of Sociology, LA&PS, is an inaugural Tier 2 91亚色 Research Chair in Global Digital Citizenship. His research will examine how the rise of digital culture is enabling laypeople and experts to collaborate in tackling some of the world鈥檚 most pressing problems. Furasawa will also examine how new technologies are reshaping practices of creation, evaluation, and dissemination of knowledge about such global problems.

Rebecca Pillai Riddell, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Health, was awarded a Tier 2 91亚色 Research Chair in Pain and Mental Health to support her research on linking early childhood mental health challenges with behaviours seen when children calm down from painful immunizations. The appointment will enable Pillai Riddell to translate her research findings into a community-based screening and intervention program that will integrate early childhood mental health into routine medical care.

More about the 91亚色 Research Chair program

The 91亚色 Research Chairs program is envisioned as an internal twin for the national Canada Research Chairs (CRC) program. The level of support and recognition provided to 91亚色 Research Chairs is expected to be aligned with supports and recognition provided through the CRC program.

91亚色 Research Chairs are available at two levels analogous to CRC chairs. Tier I 91亚色 Research Chairs are open to established research leaders at the rank of Full Professor. Tier II 91亚色 Research Chairs are aimed at emerging research leaders within 15 years of their first academic appointment at the rank of Associate or Assistant Professor. Both have five-year terms that are renewable in the context of open-competition based on peer review and the continuing availability of resources.

For more information, please contact Ryan McCarthy, director of institutional and research services, at ext. 22507.

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Hosted by 91亚色鈥檚 President and Vice-Chancellor Mamdouh Shoukri and Vice-President Research & Innovation Robert Hach茅, the gala pays tribute to the University鈥檚 2012-2013 research leaders. The recipient of the President鈥檚 Research Excellence Award will be announced at the gala.

Robert Hach茅

鈥�91亚色 is proud to celebrate and recognize the achievements of many of our leading faculty and student researchers,鈥� said Shoukri. 鈥淥ur researchers are helping us understand what is happening around the globe, while responding to the most pressing challenges facing Canada and the world.鈥�

鈥淓ach honouree has demonstrated their dedication to excellence in research and scholarship in their own unique way,鈥� said Hach茅. 鈥淭he gala provides an opportunity to recognize the breadth of accomplishments by 91亚色 researchers over the past year and particularly those who have received top honours and accolades from external agencies, nationally and internationally.鈥�

Mamdouh Shoukri

Festivities begin at 2pm and will continue until 5pm in 1005 Osgoode Hall Law School (Moot Court). The event features a keynote speech by Jim Stanford, an economist with the Canadian Auto Workers, Canada鈥檚 largest private sector trade union. Stanford is the author of Economics for Everyone (2008). He is a frequent contributor to CBC Television鈥檚 鈥淭he National鈥� appearing on the program鈥檚 The Bottom Line panel, and a columnist for The Globe and Mail newspaper.

The event will be a celebration of a wide spectrum of researchers across the University, including faculty and students. Among the many researchers to be honoured are, Professors Carl James and Norman Yan,听were inducted into the Royal Society of Canada as Fellows; Trudeau Fellow Janine Marchessault; Faculty of Health Dean Harvey Skinner; and Early Researcher Award recipients Natasha Myers and Thilo Womelsdorf.

All 91亚色 students, staff and faculty are invited to attend. to RSVP for the event.

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Robert Hach茅

鈥淚 am pleased to announce the members of the Strategic Research Plan Advisory Committee,鈥� said Hach茅.听 鈥淚 am looking forward to working together with the members of the committee and the University community to develop a new strategic research plan that articulates our values and vision for 91亚色 research and provides direction for accelerating strategic research planning initiatives across the University over the next several years.鈥� 听

The committee has a mandate to听advise the VPRI on all aspects of the consultation with the 91亚色 Community and in the development of the plan, which will articulate a vision and aspiration for 91亚色 research over the next five years. The goal is to provide the community with a draft reflecting the discussion near the end of 2012, with听a final version going to the Senate of 91亚色 for approval in spring 2013.

The Strategic Advisory Plan Advisory Committee planning and consultation process is being facilitated by Gary Miller, Instructor in the MBA Program at the Schulich School of Business, as well as at the Schulich Executive Education Centre听and Celia Haig-Brown, Professor, Faculty of Education.

The advisory committee members include:

• Robert Hach茅, vice-president research & innovation, Chair of the SRP Advisory Committee
• Walter Tholen, associate vice-president research, vice-Chair of the SRP Advisory Committee
• Celia Haig-Brown, professor, Faculty of Education and Strategic Research facilitator of the SRP Advisory Committee.听
• Thaddeus Hwong,听professor, cross-appointed to the School of Administrative Studies and School of Public Policy听& Administration.听
• Mark Lievonen, Member of 91亚色's Board of Governors and president of Sanofi Pasteur Ltd.
• Doug Lindeblom, director of Economic Strategy听& Tourism, Regional Municipality of 91亚色
• Rhonda Lenton, vice-provost
• Janine Marchessault,听professor, Department of Film, Faculty of Fine Arts, and Canada Research Chair in Art, Digital Media & Globalization
• David Mutimer,听professor, Department of Political Science, Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (LA&PS), director of 91亚色 Centre for International & Security Studies and Chair, Academic Policy, Planning and Research Committee
• Laurie Wilcox,听professor of psychology and biology, member of 91亚色鈥檚 Centre for Vision Research
• Danielle Zanotti, CEO, United Way of 91亚色 Region, external member
• Joanna Pearce, PhD candidate, Department of History, LA&PS
• Martin Singer, dean, LA&PS
• Joan Steigerwald, professor, Department of Humanities, and the graduate programs in Science & Technology Studies,听Humanities and Social听& Political Thought. 听
• Jim Whiteway, Canada Research Chair in Space Engineering听& Atmospheric Science and听professor of Space Engineering in the Faculty of Science & Engineering.听
• Georg Zoidl, professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Health and Department of Biology, Faculty of Science听& Engineering and Canada Research Chair in Molecular听& Cellular Neuroscience.
• A member from Glendon College is still being sought

Hach茅, in collaboration with the Strategic Research Plan听Advisory Committee, invites all members of the听University community to be an engaged part of a comprehensive consultation process that will help 91亚色 continue to move forward in research excellence and scholarship.

To share your thoughts on the Strategic Research Plan consultation process, click .

To view committee member鈥檚 biographies,听.

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CCC is a new national initiative that creates supportive environments and works to remove institutional barriers to collaboration between the community and postsecondary educational institutions.

The initiative and the partners who made it possible are a subject of interest for David Johnston, the governor general of Canada.

On May 26, Johnston referred to the CCC initiative in his keynote address,听, delivered to delegates at the 2012 Congress of the Humanities & Social Sciences. 鈥淭he community-campus collaboration fostered by United Way-Centraide and the Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council is quite simply a superb initiative," said Johnston. 鈥淚t will help us ensure that social innovation is a key component of Canada鈥檚 innovation landscape. This initiative also provides us with a catalytic vehicle to apply knowledge and develop experiential learning.鈥�

to view Johnston's address to Congress.

Over the past year, in response to a call for feedback on CCC initiatives at a meeting held in April 2011 attended by Johnston, Centraide Canada and Research Impact, working with 91亚色 and UWCC, conducted a scan of university-community collaborative projects led by the United Way. 听The organizations identified a total of 88 projects of interest.

Four of the projects identified by the scan were selected for further research to better understand the barriers and enablers of effective community and university collaboration. 91亚色 Vice-President of Research & Innovation Robert Hach茅 invested in funding the research, which was carried out by 91亚色 education Professor Steven Gaetz and 91亚色's Knowledge Mobilization Unit.

One of the projects selected for further investigation was a collaboration between 91亚色 and the United Way of 91亚色 Region. This collaboration, which started in 2010, resulted in the creation of Strength Investments, a funding mechanism that has allowed UWYR to invest some $300,000 into citizen-led approaches to address community opportunities. For more information, read the article on Strength Investments that is available on the Mobilize This! Blog.

91亚色, SSHRC and UWCC took their collaboration a step further and developed a paper on the CCC concept. The paper provided a platform for a round-table discussion that was held on May 26, and attended by the governor general. Hach茅 and David Phipps, director, Research Services & Knowledge Exchange, were invited to participate in the round-table discussion, which included representatives from the Canadian Federation of Humanities & Social Sciences (CFHSS), SSHRC, United Way Centraide Canada and national stakeholders at the Congress of the Social Sciences & Humanities. The purpose of the meeting was to engage partners in advancing CCC.

Robert Hach茅

鈥淭he CCC initiative encourages communities and universities to work more closely together on engaged scholarship and learning,鈥� said Hach茅. 鈥�91亚色 has many community-university assets to bring to this conversation, including our national leadership in knowledge mobilization, the TD Centre for Community Engagement and all of the initiatives funded by the Academic Innovation Fund that support students working in collaboration with community partners.鈥�

鈥�91亚色's Knowledge Mobilization Unit has worked closely with our local community and public sector partners, especially UWYR, to develop services that support knowledge mobilization and engaged scholarship, and we are pleased to play a leading role in this pan-Canadian initiative,鈥� added Phipps.

The CCC Initiative includes , with the , the , , , , , , , and .

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Professors Stanley Tweyman (right) of 91亚色鈥檚 Department of Philosophy in the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (LA&PS) and Jan Rehner of 91亚色鈥檚 Writing Department in LA&PS have been selected by the Senate Committee on Awards to receive the title of University Professor.

A brief summary of Tweyman鈥檚 contributions to the University is impossible given his extraordinary involvement in many areas of campus life, as well as his distinguished record of research and publication.

As Chair of the Philosophy Department at Glendon, graduate program director in philosophy and Master of Vanier College, Tweyman has not only proved to be a creative and able administrator, but an inspiration to students and colleagues alike.

His work is focused on students; whether as adviser and mentor, both formal and informal, or in his development of college programs and activities, he has worked to engage students fully in the life of the University. Tweyman will be awarded the title of University Professor during the LA&PS Spring Convocation ceremony on Wednesday, June 13 at 3:30pm.

Jan Rehner

Rehner has made stellar contributions to the growth and development of 91亚色. The range and depth of her service to the collegium is impressive. In addition to active involvement in YUFA and generous contributions to teaching development programs at the Centre for the Support of Teaching, she was a well-respected associate dean in the Faculty of Arts and chair of the Faculty of Arts Council.

A highly effective administrator, she played an important role in the transformation of the Centre for Academic Writing into the Writing Department. The recipient of Canada鈥檚 most prestigious teaching award, the 3M Fellowship, as well as the Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations teaching award and numerous awards internal to 91亚色, Rehner is applauded as a captivating lecturer, encouraging tutor and thoughtful mentor to both students and colleagues.

She is a widely respected international authority on various aspects of the pedagogy of critical thinking, reading and writing, and has also written several novels. She has indeed made extraordinary contributions to the University as a colleague, teacher and scholar. Rehner will receive her title during the Fall Convocation ceremonies.

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VPRI will be advised in the consultation process by a Strategic Research Plan听Advisory Committee comprised of individuals from the University and community, whose membership will be announced shortly.听The goal is to engage the community in a discussion of听goals and values to provide shape to听a听strategic research plan听that will set the vision for the continuing development of research at 91亚色 for the next several years. The expectation is to provide the community with a draft of the plan before the end of 2012, with听a final version going to Senate for approval in spring 2013.

鈥淭he establishment of a new strategic research plan will help to advance research intensification broadly at 91亚色 and identify areas of opportunity for growth and development,鈥� said听Robert Hach茅 (left), vice-president research & innovation. 鈥淭he plan will help to foster the support of research excellence across the University while providing a strategic framework for driving our research reputation forward in areas of opportunity.鈥�

In order to create a document with the broadest possible support, VPRI听is inviting听all members of the 91亚色 community to contribute to the development of the strategic research plan by sharing their points of view throughout the consultation and development process.听 The听University community is invited to participate in workshops, focus groups, town hall meetings and other events being organized or through听an online form that is available .

Through an extensive process of broadly-based consultations, VPRI will arrive at a plan that sets well-defined goals within an aspirational vision that is strongly supported by the University academic community, as represented by Senate.

The goals of the strategic research plan听consultation process are:

• To engage in a collaborative, University-building exercise that articulates a clear valuation and appreciation of research at 91亚色听and its integration into all aspects of the听fabric of the University;
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• To build a strong, broadly accepted aspirational vision听for听the development of research based on a comprehensive consultation process with the University community and external stakeholders;
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• To appropriately identify and articulate areas of opportunity in the strategic development of research across the institution.

Hach茅, in collaboration with the Strategic Research Plan听Advisory Committee, invites all members of the听community to be an engaged part of a comprehensive consultation process that will help 91亚色 continue to move forward in research excellence and scholarship.

For more information,听click .

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