The announcement of the recipients of more than 760 grants to power new research initiatives was delivered Monday by Greg Rickford, federal minister of state (science and technology).

鈥淪SHRC鈥檚 investment provides a foundation for our researchers in the social sciences and humanities to conduct cutting-edge fundamental research that identifies and applies solutions to some of the most pressing problems facing society today,鈥� said Robert Hach茅 (left), 91亚色鈥檚 vice-president research & innovation. 鈥淩esearch at 91亚色 is research with an impact and research that makes a difference.鈥�

Thirty-seven 91亚色 researchers received more than $5.5 million to fund their research projects through SSHRC鈥檚 Insight Grants and Insight Development Grants programs.

The funding was granted for research covering a wide range of topics, including:

• Schools, safety and the urban neighborhood;
• Riots in the Maghreb: A socio-anthropological contribution of dissenting voices;
• From norm takers to norm shakers and makers? A comparative study of tax transplants in China and India;
• Wrestling with tradition: community, authority and change in law and religion;
• Multimedia and transmedia texts, cultural change and youth readers; and
• Transitioning from a fossil(ized) to a bio-based economy: A case study of biofuels in the Canadian Context.

鈥淭his investment in social sciences and humanities research is a cornerstone to building Canada鈥檚 capacity for innovation,鈥� said Chad Gaffield, president of SSHRC. 鈥淭hrough the Insight Grants and Insight Development Grants, we are supporting the highest levels of research excellence. This research will generate knowledge about the past and present that will lead to innovative solutions for today鈥檚 most pressing social, cultural, technological, environmental and economic issues, and improve the lives of Canadians.鈥�

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David Phipps

Phipps, who has been nominated in the Connection Award category, which has a prize valued at $50,000, has been instrumental in building 91亚色鈥檚 Knowledge Mobilization Unit. Through a 听series of partnered collaborations, the unit has worked with 231 community and government organizations in 91亚色 Region and the Greater Toronto Area, including the United Way 91亚色 Region, Parkdale Activity & Recreation Centre, Nottawasaga Futures, Youth Emergency Shelter Services of Peterborough. Phipps has had a successful and sustained track record in SSHRC funding. The activities enabled by these grants have helped Phipps, research teams associated with these grants and collaborative partners to create 122 jobs and have generated more than $56 million in investments and funding for engaged scholarship as well as community programs and services.

His national leadership in knowledge mobilization is seen in the leadership of Canada鈥檚 knowledge mobilization network.听 Researchers, students and research partners in 10 universities in 9 communities across Canada are developing knowledge mobilization support services based in part by those Phipps developed at 91亚色.听 His expertise has also been used by agencies and universities in the United Kingdom, Australia, and the US and by a network of 24 African universities all of whom are seeking to develop an institutional capacity for knowledge mobilization. Phipps鈥� publishing in the knowledge mobilization blog, has been viewed over 115,500 times by readers in 148 countries.

鈥淒avid Phipps鈥� innovative work has transformed the flow and exchange of research knowledge within and especially beyond the academic community,鈥� said Robert Hach茅, 91亚色鈥檚 vice-president research & innovation.听 鈥淭he impacts of his work on Canadian research, community organizations, government policy, and the Canadian economy are dramatic, exciting and unparalleled.听 He is recognized nationally and internationally for his leadership in knowledge mobilization.听 The award nomination is well-deserved.鈥�

The Connection Award recognizes an outstanding SSHRC-funded initiative to facilitate the flow and exchange of research knowledge within and/or beyond the academic community.听 It is given to an individual or team whose project has engaged the campus and/or wider community and has generated intellectual cultural, social and or/economic impact.

Phipps has also been named the most influential knowledge broker in Canada in 2011 and 2012, according to a report by Knowledge Mobilization Works,听a consulting and training company based in Ottawa and he was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2012 for his work in knowledge mobilization.听 In 2012, 91亚色鈥檚 Knowledge Mobilization Unit received a global best practice award from the EU based Knowledge Economy Network.

The announcement of the winners will be made at a ceremony during the in Montreal on Oct. 15.

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Now, 91亚色 sociology Professor Deborah Davidson (right), along with a cross-disciplinary team of researchers, plans to capture these images 鈥� and the stories behind each act of remembrance 鈥� as part of a new project funded by the Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) to build the framework for the world鈥檚 first comprehensive public archive of memorial tattoos.

鈥淢emorial tattoos both embody memory and serve as a kind of translator of memory into a language readable by others 鈥� a way to hold and share memories,鈥� says Davidson. 鈥淭o date, I have not found a digital or physical archive of memorial tattoos and their contextualizing narratives, so such an archive will be significant because it will serve as a cultural heritage site, acknowledging important memories and sharing them publicly, and provide scholars with a digital database of memorial tattoos and narratives for analysis.鈥�

Davidson says the archive will not just be an academic tool, but will also serve as a place to foster new relationships between academics and individuals with memorial tattoos, along with tattoo artists and community groups. In addition, it will offer users the option to become a part of the project by uploading their own images and stories.

Having already collected dozens of stories and photos for earlier research, Davidson is now in the process of crowd-sourcing more potential contributors. Moving from memorializing the deceased to a broader definition of memorialization, Davidson and her team are looking for potential participation from persons with 鈥渢attoos in remembrance or honour of a person, place, animal, relationship, event or transition within the life course.鈥�

With a goal of 500 images and stories to start, Davidson says this archive is just the first phase of a larger international, interdisciplinary collaboration, comprised of social science, humanities, electronic library science and computer science scholars at 91亚色 and the University of Toronto, the University of Bath and Plymouth University in the U.K., and Monash University in Australia.

鈥淥ur project is directed at both the co-production and mobilization of knowledge. The archive will provide a rich source of data for researchers engaged in a broad span of work, including in memorialization, memory and visual narrative and computer-assisted data collection methods. The importance and contributions of this project lie precisely within the intersections between the public and the private, providing a valuable resource for the collection and sharing of memorial tattoos and the stories that are embedded within.鈥�

To find out more about contributing to Davidson鈥檚 project, e-mail yorktattooarchive@gmail.com 听

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Stephen Gaetz (right), professor and associate dean in the Faculty of Education, has received more than $2.5 million in funding over seven years to lead 鈥淐anadian Observatory on Homelessness鈥�, with more than 27 researchers 鈥� including Professor Janet Mosher at Osgoode Hall Law School, Professor Valerie Preston in the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (LA&PS) and Professor Stan Shapson in the Faculty of Education 鈭� and 29 partner organizations. The project, a non-partisan research and policy partnership, aims to evaluate current policy directions and programmatic approaches to preventing and reducing homelessness, address key policy questions, and support the development and implementation of effective and sustainable solutions to homelessness in communities across Canada. The goal is to mobilize research on homelessness so it has a greater impact on policy and practice, leading to more effective solutions to homelessness. The project, which will also receive more than $2.5 million in matching funding and contributions from partnering organizations, will leverage the collaborative, research and knowledge mobilization capacities of participating individuals and organizations.

Anna Hudson (left), professor in the Faculty of Fine Arts, has received more than $3.5 million over six years to lead a major project titled 鈥淢obilizing Inuit Cultural Heritage: a multi-media/multi-platform re-engagement of voice in visual art and performance鈥�, with 10 researchers 鈥� including Professor Susan Dion in the Faculty of Education and Professor Angela Norwood from the Faculty of Fine Arts 鈥� and nine partner organizations. The goal of the project is to conduct collaborative research on the contribution of Inuit visual culture, art and performance to Inuit language preservation, social well-being and cultural identity. The project will address the current disconnect for Inuit today between orality 鈥� being the voice that defines the self in relation to others 鈥� and materiality 鈥� being the environment in which one lives well together through three primary objectives: access to advanced information and communication technologies, connection of Inuit voice to objects of Inuit cultural heritage and expanded creation of Inuit cultural capacity. It will receive an additional $1.9 million in matching funding and contributions from partnering organizations.

Leah Vosko (right), Canada Research Chair in the Political Economy of Gender and Work and political science professor, LA&PS, has received more than $2 million in funding over five years to lead a major national project with 33 researchers 鈥� including Professor Mark Thomas in the Department of Sociology and Professor Eric Tucker at Osgoode Hall Law School 鈭� and 16 partner organizations. The project, titled 鈥淐losing the Enforcement Gap: Improving Employment Standards Protection for People in Precarious Jobs鈥�, will examine the role of employment standards enforcement in ensuring minimum conditions in areas such as wages, working time, vacations and leaves for workers in precarious jobs in Ontario, characterized by job insecurity, low income and limited access to regulatory protection. The objectives of the project, which will receive more than an additional $1.3 million in matching funding and contributions from partnering organizations, are to map the nature and scope of employment standards violations and document enforcement practices to identify regulatory challenges and develop alternative models of enforcement that may be applied in Ontario and other jurisdictions within Canada and internationally.

鈥淲e are delighted by the results of these recent SSHRC competitions, enabling 91亚色 to maintain our track record in leading the country in the Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council of Canada鈥檚 large-scale awards competitions valued at $1 million or more,鈥� said Robert Hach茅, 91亚色鈥檚 vice-president research and innovation. 鈥淭he projects led by 91亚色 Professors Stephen Gaetz, Anna Hudson and Leah Vosko enable our researchers to work together with research partners to address persistent, social and economic challenges facing our society today. It will also enable our researchers and graduate students to make important contributions to our country鈥檚 knowledge base.鈥�

Two 91亚色 researchers were also awarded more than $397,000 in SSHRC funding through the Partnership Development Grants program.听The program encourages applicants to work collaboratively with partners to develop research in the social sciences and humanities.听This funding will support partnerships between 91亚色 researchers and Canadian and international universities, a charitable organization and an international association.

Gary Goodyear, federal minister of state for science and technology, announced the funding on Friday, May 31, at the launch of the annual Congress of the Humanities & Social Sciences.听 In total, more than $63 million is being awarded over a period of seven years to support 78 research teams across the country through SSHRC鈥檚 Partnership Grants and Partnership Development Grants. An additional $104 million from SSHRC鈥檚 Talent Program will support more than 3,700 master鈥檚, doctoral and postdoctoral scholarships and fellowships.

An analysis conducted by the Strategic & Institutional Research Initiatives Unit, in the Office of Research Services at 91亚色, revealed that between 2006 and 2013, 91亚色 researchers received more SSHRC awards valued at $1 million or more than any other institution in Canada. SSHRC鈥檚 large-scale awards offered between 2001 and 2013 have included the Community-University Research Alliance (CURA), Major Collaborative Research Initiatives (MCRI), the Strategic Knowledge Clusters and the SSHRC Partnership Grants.

For a complete list of Partnership Grant and Partnership Development Grant awards, visit the website.

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Led听by David Phipps (left), executive director of research & innovation services, and colleagues from 91亚色's Knowledge Mobilization Unit (KMb), the group put听pen to paper to highlight their听experiences in summarizing academic research according to clear language writing and design principles over the past four years and how that practice has made research more accessible to the community.

The article titled, "A Field Note Describing the Development and Dissemination of Clear Language Research Summaries for University-Based Knowledge Mobilization", highlights best practices for the development, evaluation and dissemination of clear language research summaries as tools for research outreach, research communication and knowledge mobilization.听 It is co-authored by Michael Johnny, manager, 91亚色's Knowledge Mobilization Unit, Krista Jensen, knowledge mobilization officer at 91亚色听and Gary Myers, a community based researcher and author of the KMbeing.com blog.

鈥淲orking with our partners and faculty to identify relevant research helps make 91亚色's research accessible and useful to our community partners" says Phipps.

91亚色 piloted institutional knowledge mobilization with the University of Victoria in 2005 under a grant from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and the Social Sciences听& Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). Since then, 91亚色 has grown its knowledge mobilization collaboration with the University of Victoria to include the other four ResearchImpact-R茅seauImpactRecherche universities: Memorial University of Newfoundland & Labrador, Universit茅 du Qu茅bec 脿 Montr茅al, University of Guelph and University of Saskatchewan.

91亚色 currently has听more than听220 clear language research summaries in a series titled听ResearchSnapshot, which is published on听听blog. Working with a cohort of senior undergraduate work study students, the University's KMb Unit produces between 40 to 50 research summaries every summer.

"91亚色 is proud of the work of our award-winning KMb Unit in connecting researchers and students with community partners for social innovation.听 As a recognized leader in knowledge mobilization initiatives, 91亚色鈥檚 work and reputation in this field continues to grow both nationally and internationally,鈥� said Robert Hache, 91亚色's vice-president research & innovation. 鈥淭he article written by David Phipps and his KMb colleagues provides a framework for others interested in learning more about best practices and 91亚色鈥檚 initiatives in this area.鈥�

"SRC and its readers are very interested in the communication and use of knowledge as mediated by processes such as knowledge mobilization," says Rowland Lorimer, SRC editor and director of the Canadian Centre for Studies in Publishing at Simon Fraser University. "The work of David Phipps and his knowledge mobilization colleagues at 91亚色 is of growing interest to scholars and research partners who are interested in communicating and using knowledge to benefit Canadians. SRC is pleased they have chose to publish their work with us."

91亚色's KMb Unit and the University of Guelph Institute for Community Engaged Scholarship have recently partnered in support of a project funded by the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs to produce clear language summaries of research at the University of Guelph. The KMb Unit is also working on clear language research summaries with the Centre for Addiction听& Mental Health Evidence Exchange Network and the Knowledge Network for Applied Education听& Research, a knowledge mobilization network funded by Ontario's Ministry of Education of which 91亚色's Faculty of Education is a partner. With these partnerships in place, 91亚色 will be hosting over 500 ResearchSnapshot clear language research summaries.

To read the full text of the听article,听click . To view the ResearchSnapshot听for this article,听click

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JMI is a peer-reviewed, Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council of Canada-funded journal that is published bi-annually by the . It鈥檚 directed by its founder, 91亚色 women鈥檚 studies Professor Andrea O鈥橰eilly, and is partnered with Demeter Press.

This issue includes 14 articles, seven book reviews and a poetry folio, featuring the work of Laurie Kruk.

The articles in the journal include: 鈥楥ommodifying the Fetus鈥�, 鈥楾he Economics and Politics of Delayed Birth Timing鈥�, 鈥楳others, Milk and Money: Maternal Corporeal Generosity, Social Psychological Trust, and Value in Human Milk Exchange鈥� and 鈥楩rom 鈥淣eed鈥� to 鈥淩isk鈥�: The Neoliberal Construction of the 鈥淏ad鈥� Mother鈥�.

For more information, visit the听 website.

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The grants, part of $6.3 million in funding and awards invested across the country, will support over 95 research projects to improve Canadians鈥� quality of life, while addressing important socio-cultural and economic issues.

鈥�91亚色 continues to build on and strengthen its commitment to community engagement,鈥� said Robert Hach茅 (right), 91亚色鈥檚 vice-president research & innovation. 鈥�91亚色鈥檚 researchers continue to share and co-create knowledge with the broader community, as exemplified by the success of our researchers in the receipt of funding for engaged scholarship through SSHRC鈥檚 Public Outreach grants program and the work of our researchers and Knowledge Mobilization Unit in further developing community-academic partnerships.鈥�

Researchers from 91亚色 include:

Sheila Cavanagh, a professor in the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (LA&PS) Department of Sociology and coordinator of the Sexuality Studies program in the School of Gender, Sexuality and Women鈥檚 Studies, received $102,117 in funding to professionally stage a research-based theatrical production titled Queer Bathroom Monologues, at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, and to curate an accompanying research-based art exhibition. The objective of this project is to enable multi-layered conversation and networking between partners in support of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) advocacy, and proactive policy and educational programming in the Ministry of Education to combat LGBT bullying in Ontario high schools. The Queer Bathroom Monologues are based on interviews with LGBT interviewees published in Cavanagh鈥檚 book, Queering Bathrooms: Gender, Sexuality, and the Hygienic Imagination (2010).

Professor Mark Winfield, program coordinator of the Master of Environmental Studies/Juris Doctor joint program in the Faculty of Environmental Studies and co-chair of the Faculty's Sustainable Energy Initiative (SEI), received $86,000 in funding to mobilize the knowledge developed through the initiative in order to support the development and deployment of sustainable energy technologies in Ontario and elsewhere in Canada. The project activities will include an SEI Sustainable Energy Policy Seminar Series employing virtual and live formats and the development of social media tools to engage students, staff, faculty and听private sector, non-profit and municipal听audiences听around sustainable energy technologies and strategies.

Paul Lovejoy, Distinguished Research Professor and Canada Research Chair in African Diaspora History in the Department of History (LA&PS) and director of the Harriet Tubman Institute for Research on the Global Migrations of African Peoples, received $132,442 in funding to enhance public understanding of, and appreciation for, the crucial role played by African Canadians during the War of 1812. He will work with Caitlin Fisher, professor and Canada Research Chair in Digital Culture in the Faculty of Fine Arts Department of Film, Michele Johnson, associate professor in the Department of History (LA&PS), and Murray Wickett, chair of history, Brock University, on this project. The project is administered by Naomi Norquay, associate professor, Faculty of Education, and Karolyn Smardz Frost, Senior Research Fellow at the Harriet Tubman Institute and Visiting Bicentennial Professor in Canadian Studies, Yale University, for the coming year. The project builds on a workshop organized by the Tubman Institute, in collaboration with the History Department at Brock University, and is titled: We Stand on Guard for Thee: The African Canadian Experience in the War of 1812, which was held at Brock. This project will develop a series of concurrent public and educator-engagement sessions and be delivered using cutting-edge digital technology.

Sean Kheraj, assistant professor, Department of History (LA&PS) received $36,795 in funding to facilitate the mobilization of Canadian environmental history scholarship to a wider audience by creating and disseminating audio podcasts that feature interviews, round-table discussions and lectures on topics in Canadian environmental history that are relevant to key contemporary environmental issues in Canada. He will work with two project partners, Canada鈥檚 History magazine and the Network in Canadian History and Environment (NiCHE), on this project, in order to reach environmental groups, educators, and public policymakers.

Faculty of Education Professor Stephen Gaetz received $141,798 in funding to invest in knowledge mobilization focused on income and housing vulnerability. He will be collaborating and working with co-applicants Daniele Zanotti, CEO, United Way of 91亚色 Region (UWYR), David Phipps, director, Research Services & Knowledge Exchange, and Michaela Hynie, professor in the Department of Psychology and the Program Evaluation Unit in the 91亚色 Institute for Health Research on this project. Building on their five year knowledge mobilization partnership, 91亚色 and UWYR will implement a community-campus knowledge mobilization strategy based on best practices so that 91亚色 housing and income vulnerability research and expertise is accessible to community partners. For more information on this project, visit the .

Gary Goodyear, minister of state for science & technology, announced the investments in research that will help build a better understanding of important societal issues.

鈥淥ur Government鈥檚 top priority is the economy: jobs, growth and long-term prosperity. To remain at the forefront of the global economy, our government is investing in the people and ideas that will produce tomorrow鈥檚 breakthroughs,鈥� said Goodyear. 鈥淭he mobilization of knowledge leads to a more robust economy and helps develop new opportunities for economic growth while strengthening Canada鈥檚 research advantage.鈥�

鈥淜nowledge-sharing among multi-sectoral partners is essential to innovation and to building the expertise needed for Canada鈥檚 future,鈥� said Chad Gaffield, president of SSHRC. 鈥淭hese Public Outreach Grants enable the flow and exchange of knowledge across campuses and the private, public and not-for-profit sectors, which, in turn, produces benefits for Canadians.鈥�

For more information about the projects, please visit the website.

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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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The Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council of Canada, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the Natural Sciences & Engineering Research Council of Canada officially launched the new 听on Dec. 5.听

The new framework builds on previous research integrity policies and procedures related to applying for and managing agency funds, performing research and disseminating results. It outlines the responsibilities of researchers regarding the ethical conduct of research.

Left: Robert Hach茅, vice-president research & innovation

鈥淭he intent of this new framework is to enhance research integrity,鈥� said Hach茅. 鈥淚t is important for the 91亚色 community to recognize this framework and their responsibilities with respect to their research activities.鈥�

Researchers always have been responsible for the rigorous conduct of research, the maintenance of complete and accurate records (research, financial); thorough and accurate referencing; appropriate authorship and acknowledgement of all contributors and contributions to the research; and the proactive management of any real, potential or perceived conflict of interest. With the new framework, there is an increase in the implications and consequences to researchers for even an inadvertent failure to maintain this ethical contract.

Researchers at 91亚色 are already, by and large, a model of compliance for the ethical conduct of research. Thus, continued adherence to current practices together with an increase in individual vigilance will assure the continued success of researchers鈥� programs.听

Framework highlights include:

• 91亚色 will be required to report all findings of misconduct for fault in the conduct of research,
• However, with the new framework, allegations of a serious nature (harm to participants; significant financial breach, etc.) also must now be reported to Tri-Agency
• Misconduct is still defined as a breach of ANY Tri-agency policy.听
• All applicants will be required to sign a that will allow the agencies (subject to applicable laws, including the Privacy Act, and in cases of a serious breach of agency policy) to publicly disclose the names of researchers and their institutions that seriously breach the RCR guidelines and agency policy.听

For more information about the new framework, contact Alison Collins-Mrakas, senior manager & policy advisor, research ethics, at acollins@yorku.ca. For more information about the policy, click here.

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The morning session featured an opportunity to join one of the United Kingdom鈥檚 leading experts on climate adaptation, Roger Street (right), technical director of the (UKCIP), for a conversation around issues of climate adaptation and extreme weather.

Karen Kraft Sloan, co-principal investigator on the SSHRC grant, and Lisa Philipps, associate vice-president research and innovation, provided initial words of welcome, while David Phipps, director of Research Services & Knowledge Mobilization, talked about the SSHRC project鈥檚 role in the development of 25 clear language climate change research summaries, the placement of six interns and a range of other outreach activities.

Left: Lisa Philipps, associate vice-president research, welcomes guests听

Stewart Dutfield, CC-RAI program and communications manager, then introduced Street, who presented on the development of UKCIP as a boundary organization and its role in facilitating stakeholder engagement with the public and private sector. Street, a transplanted Canadian with听more than听32 years' experience working for the federal government, and a father of two 91亚色 graduates, addressed the importance of developing a systems approach to multi-sectoral engagement to avoid maladaptation in response to climate change.

His presentation provided the impetus for a discussion of how municipal policy partners and organizations within the public and private sectors could most effectively collaborate to protect against the challenges of a changing climate, such as the increased frequency of extreme weather events.听Over the course of听breakfast, a two-hour discussion and a networking lunch, a broad array of topics was discussed, ranging from the critical role of political leadership in support of climate adaptation to the importance of effective messaging in communicating to stakeholders short-, medium- and long-term adaptation planning.

Right:听Ewa Modlinska, a 91亚色 master of environmental studies graduate and Kobo winner, presents her graduate research and analysis

Corin Robertson, deputy British high commissioner, and John Preece, the consulate鈥檚 science and innovation officer, along with Jonathan Dart, Toronto consul-general, also took part in the discussion. Dart highlighted the role UKCIP has played nationally in the UK and internationally in raising the profile of climate adaptation, along with the UK government鈥檚 willingness to support such work at home and abroad.

Other guests included SSHRC policy partners: the regions of Peel, Durham and 91亚色, the City of Toronto鈥檚 environment office, Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA) and the Association of Canadian Educational Resources (ACER), among other organizations from the public and private sector, as well as faculty and graduate students.

The afternoon session, the "7&7 Graduate Research Symposium & Mixer", was an opportunity to develop knowledge exchange among graduate students from across the province. The research symposium allowed students the opportunity to showcase their work on climate change, renewable energy, climate justice and other related topics in only seven minutes and seven slides.

Left: Graduate students from Ontario universities take a break from presentations to relax and discuss the topics

In all, 16 presenters, from 91亚色, Brock University, the University of Waterloo听and 听the University of Toronto, among others, took part in a truly interdisciplinary exchange with a wide range of topics presented, including the role of art and science in mediating a discussion on climate change, extreme wind and climate change in Ontario, the survival of the polar bear and the impact of climate change on Ontario鈥檚 $1-billion wine industry. 听

As the first of hopefully many future symposiums, CC-RAI aims to support the development of听a network of "climate savvy" scholars and professionals with the experience and expertise to address head-on the challenges of a changing climate. The consoritum was founded in 2008 by 91亚色 and the TRCA.

This one-day event was made possible with the generous funding of SSHRC, the Knowledge Mobilization Unit and CC-RAI. Other activities associated with this project have included the placement of six SSHRC interns in policy partner organizations across the GTA. 听

Green Venture and Green Air Hamilton allowed CC-RAI to showcase a series of posters designed by high school students aimed at highlighting some of the challenges posed by a changing climate. Kobo donated Kobo e-readers as prizes for the graduate research symposium.

Additional details on the SSHRC project and a wide range of case studies are available on the website.

For more information on CC-RAI events, contact Stewart Dutfield at info@climateconsortium.ca.

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