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StrategicResearchPlanandStrategicMandateAgreement

TownHallFebruary14,2017

STRATEGICRESEARCHPLAN

RequiredbytheCanadaResearchChairsandCanadaFoundationforInnovation(http://www.chairs-chaires.gc.ca/program-programme/instructions-eng.aspx)

Reflecttheuniversity’sstrategicdirectionforscholarshipandresearchfornext5-10years• Strengthswewishto

maintain• Newdirectionsinwhichwe

wanttogrow

Allocatescarceresources

STRATEGICMANDATEAGREEMENT2

RequiredbytheProvinceofOntario:

“Eachinstitution[isexpected]toprovideasubmissionidentifyingthreepriorityobjectives,andavisionofhowtheinstitutionplanstoimplementtheobjectives…”

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STRATEGICPLAN2016-2021CHALLENGE,INNOVATE,CONNECT

… produceandinspirefutureleaderswhohavereal-worldskillsets.• Amplifyourresearchreputationthrough

entrepreneurialscholarship,becauseideasareourmainexporttotheworld

… createnewapproaches,partnerships,andsolutionstoimprovesociety.• Ourfacultyandstudentresearchers

contributetocultural,economicandscientificchangesworldwidethroughscholarshipanddiscovery

… buildlastingrelationshipstomakeUOITaremarkableplaceforworkandstudy.• Buildresearchpartnershipsthatfortify

ouruniversity’skeystrengths,becauseournationalandinternationalcollaborationsopendoorstonewideasandinitiativesbothlocallyandglobally.

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UOIT’sStrategicResearchPlan“emphasizesresearchandscholarshipisessentialforourmission–undergraduateandgraduatelearning– andstudentengagement”

StrategicResearchPlanrevisions

WhyrevisetheSRPCanadaResearchChairsProgram/CFIrequiresuniversitiestoupdatetheirSRPonaregularbasis

UOITrevisedandupdatedtheStrategicPlanin2015-16.

Eachunit(Faculty,Department)isrequiredtodevelopaunitplan/academicplantoinformtheAcademicPlan

UOITisrequiredtosubmitanupdatedStrategicMandateAgreement(SMA)totheProvince(Spring2017)• Anyfocusonresearchshouldbeinformedby

anup-to-dateStrategicResearchPlan

ProcessSeptember2016- April2017• ResearchBoardreviewsexistingSRPand

consultswithFacultiesonthephilosophy,goalsandobjectivesoftheSRP.

• Vice-PresidentResearch,Innovation&InternationalconsultswithFacultyCouncils

April/May2017• ResearchBoardsubmitsrevisedSRPto

AcademicCouncil

June2017• Vice-PresidentResearch,Innovation&

Internationalpresentsup-datedSRPtoBoardofGovernors

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OurfundamentalapproachtoresearchDiscoveryResearchisCORE;AppliedResearchisencouraged;Knowledgemobilizationisessential (publications,trainees,conferences);Innovation&TechnologyTransferenabled

Innovation,TechnologyTransfer

KnowledgeMobilization

AppliedResearch

DiscoveryResearch

Allresearchactivitiesareconnectedandinformeachother

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Investigator-ledresearch

CollaborativeResearch(e.g.,U-I,International,Community-based)

Targeted(Industry-directedresearch)

Innovation&TechnologyTransfer

Strategic Research Plan: Guidance from the Canada Research

Chairs Program

ResearchBoardaffirmedthatrevisionstotheStrategicResearchPlanwouldbeminor,withprimaryfocusontheresearchpriorityareas

Universitiesmaywishtoaddressthefollowingquestions:

– Whataretheobjectivesincultivatingaparticularareaorareasofresearch?

– Whataretheuniversity'scurrentresearchstrengths?…,whatdifferencewillaCanadaResearchChairmake[tothoseareas]?Whatmeasureswilltheuniversitytaketodevelopstrengthsin…researchithasdesignatedaspriorities …?

– Towhatextentwilltheuniversitycollaborate…withotherinstitutionsto…developormaintainexcellenceinitspriorityareasofresearch?….

– Toaccomplishitsobjectives…:howdoestheuniversityproposetouseitsownresources,theChairsprogram,othergrantingagencyprograms,CFI,andotheroutsidesources?

– Whataretheexpectedobservableoutcomesofachievingtheobjectives?Whatwilldemonstratethattheuniversityhasmetitsgoalsandisachievinginternationalstatusingivenareasofresearch…

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Innovation in Research, Scholarship & Education

UOIT Strategic Research Plan 2013-2018

VisionforresearchandinnovationatUOIT– Emphasizesintegrationofresearchandscholarshipforlearningandteaching aswellas

discoveryandknowledgemobilization

– Emphasizesresearchandscholarshipisessentialforourmission– undergraduateand

graduatelearning– andstudentengagement

– Emphasizesimportanceofcollaborations– interdisciplinary,inter-Faculty,inter-institutional

andinternational

– EmphasizestheimportanceofALLresearchandscholarshipfromalldisciplinesand

employingafullrangeoftheoreticalandmethodologicalapproaches

– Noonedisciplineormethodologyisprivileged

– AcknowledgesthatResearchServiceswillprovidehighqualityinformation,advice,grant

writingandpost-awardservicestoALLfaculty

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Objectives– Identifyandinvestinnewstrategicresearchpriorities,– Buildonandstrengthenexistingresearchstrengths,– Fosterexcellenceintargetedfields,– Integrateresearch,entrepreneurshipandinnovationwith

undergraduateandgraduateeducationandcommunityengagement,– Investininfrastructurethatenablesexcellenceandpromotes

regional,nationalandinternationalcollaborationwithacademic,communityandindustrypartners

– InvestinentrepreneurialcapacitythatenablestheeffectivemobilizationofUOIT-developfundamentalandappliedknowledgeanddiscoveriestoprivate,not-for-profit,andpublicsectorreceptors.

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AttheUniversityofOntarioInstituteofTechnology,ResearchandScholarlyExcellencemeans

– Scholarlypublishingthatmeetsinternationalpeerreviewstandards.

– Researchthatcontributestoknowledgedevelopmentinacademicdisciplinesandleadsto

facultymembers’participationinhighquality,peerreviewpartnershipswithinternational

scientistsandscholars.

– Researchthatfosterssocialinnovation.

– Researchthathasapositiveimpactonsocietiesandeconomies.

– Researchthathasapositiveeducationalimpactonstudentsandcurriculum,leadingtomore

effectivelearningenvironments,engagedstudents,andknowledgeableandablegraduates.

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• Partnerships

• BuildingResearchInfrastructure

• KnowledgeMobilization

• InternationalCollaborations

• AllocationprocessforCanadaResearchChairs– Candidateswhomeetnationalandinternationalstandardsforscholarshipandleadershipandwhowillbe

researchleadersintheirFacultyandtheUniversity,whowillbecatalystsforresearchcollaborationsinternallyandexternally,andwhowillcontributetoUOIT’sreputationasaleaderinintellectual,social,culturalandeconomicdevelopmentoftheregion,OntarioandCanada

– 1perFaculty(minimum)

– Genderbalance

– Increasedattentiontocandidateswhoareindigenouspeoples,minoritycandidates,and/orpersonswithdifferingabilities

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CANADARESEARCHCHAIRSand

PRIORITYRESEARCHAREAS

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Canada Research Chair Allocation (2016)

Chair Faculty ThematicArea Agency Tier Gender Start End/renewal

Aquatic Toxicology Science Energy & the Environment NSERC 1 M 2004 2018

Electric Energy Storage Systems for Transportation Electrification

FEAS ICT/Informatics or Energy & Environment

NSERC 2 M 2014 2019

Linguistic Information Visualization

Science ICT/Informatics NSERC 2 M 2013 2018

Health Informatics FBIT Human Health & Community Wellness

CIHR 2 F 2007 2017

Technology & PedagogyEducation

ICT/Informatics/Education SSHRC 2 F 2014 2019

Complex Chronic Conditions & Disabilities

FHS Human Health & Community Wellness CIHR 2 M 2013 2018

Digital Life, Media & Culture

FSSH ICT/Informatics SSHRC 2 F 2012 2017

Internet of Things FEAS ICT/Informatics NSERC 2 M 2017 2022

Nuclear Science & Materials

FESNS Energy & Environment NSERC 2 M 2017 2022

TBD NSERC 1 2018 2025

TBD NSERC 2 2018 2023

IT Security & Privacy FBIT ICT/Informatics NSERC 2 2018 20232017-02-14 11



PRIORITY RESEARCH AREAS

INTER-INSTITUTIONAL COMPARISONS

(CANADA)

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ResearchPriorityAreas

2013-2018

• AdvancedManufacturing• Educationfor21st Century• Energy&Environment• HumanHealthand

CommunityWellbeing• ICT&Informatics• LifeSciences&

Biotechnology

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UOIT Educationforthe21stcentury

ICTandInformatics EnergyandtheEnvironment

LifeSciences&Biotechnology

HumanHealth&CommunityWellness

AdvancedManufacturing

Brock � � � Trent � � BCIT � � � � � �Carleton � � Concordia � � �Laurentian � � �Lakehead � � � MUN � � � Dalhousie � � �SFX � � MSVU � � � Acadia � � � UNB � � � � Queen’s � � � �Waterloo � � � �WLU � � � Windsor � � �York � � Manitoba � � Regina � � � Calgary � � Lethbridge � � SFU � � � UNBC � �

StrategicResearchPlans:

Undifferentiated?

2012-2017PriorityResearchFoci

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FBIT FEAS Education FESNS FHS Science FSSH

AdvancedManufacturing

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Educationfor21st Century

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Energy&theEnvironment

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Human Health&CommunityWellness

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ICT&Informatics

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LifeSciences&Biotechnology

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2018-2023

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Itemsthataremissing

• DIVERSITY:– Aboriginalcommunities:WheredoescollaborationwithFNMIcommunitiesfit?Shoulditbea

priority,ifnotapriorityresearcharea(futureinvestments– facultyhires,CRCs…)?

– Inclusiveness:EnsuringthattherecruitmentofCanadaResearchChairs(CRC)proactivelyaddressgenderequityanddiversity,specificallyforFNMIandpersonswithdisabilities

• FOCUS:– CurrentSRPtendstowardshoppinglistwithallthisaspriorityandhencenopriorities

• METRICS AND REPORTING ON OUR PROGRESS:– Howwillweevaluateourprogresstowardourgoalsandobjectives?

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ProposedFocus2018-2023

SmartSustainableCommunities:connected,inclusive,democratic,prosperous

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ResearchCapacities

ThematicRepresentation

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Discovery&AppliedResearchand

GraduateEducation

Environment,HealthandSustainableCommunities

Mobility&Connectivity

Digital&Information

Sciences

UOIT’sResearchCapabilities:

Threeprimaryclusters

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GraduateEducation

SmartSustainableCommunities:

connected,inclusive,democratic,prosperous

WhatconnectsUOIT’scapabilities?

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GraduateEducation


Environment,HealthandSustainableCommunities


Digital/InformationSciences

DiscoveryResearchandGraduateEducation

WhatconnectsUOIT’scapabilities?

2018-2023ResearchClustersorFoci

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FBIT FEAS Education FESNS FHS Science FSSH


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Digital/InformationSystems


EnvironmentHealth andSustainableCommunities


2018-2023ResearchClustersorFoci(DRAFT)

MobilityandConnectivityforInnovativeCommunities

• Transportationsystems(includingelectric,hybridandautonomousvehicles)

• Humanmobility• Newcommunicationstechnologiesfor

teachingandresearch• MobileandPervasiveComputing• Wearables• MaterialSciences• ManufacturingEngineering• Nanotechnology• Integratedenergysystems• RenewableEnergySystemsandClean

Energy(Hydrogen,Solar,Battery)• Mechatronics• Machining• Automatic/intelligentsensing• AdvancedMaterials• Robotics,Automation&Controls• Finance&Marketing• Technologymanagement,innovationand

entrepreneurship,Businessperformance• --• --

Environment,Health&SustainableCommunities

• HumanandCommunityHealth• MentalHealthandPsychology• Criminology,JusticeandPolicystudies• Learningacrossthelife-span• Built&Naturalenvironments• EcosystemHealth• Energystorageandsystems• NaturalEnvironmentsandLifeSciences• Nano-scaletechnologies&MaterialSciences• Cyber-SecurityandPrivacy• SocialJustice(Immigration,SocialIntegration)• HealthInformatics&Analytics• ForensicPsychology• Healthofvulnerablepopulations• Rehabilitation• Drugdiscovery,formulation&delivery• Codinginclassrooms• E- andmobilelearning• Nuclear&HealthPhysics• LifeSciences• Biotechnology• NuclearSafety• NuclearWasteManagement• --

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• AI/DeepThinking• CognitiveComputing• Mobile&pervasivecomputing• E- andM-Learning• SimulationsandImmersiveTechnology

in/forLearning/Research(education,health,nuclear,automotive,gaming)

• Cyber-SecurityandPrivacy• Communications• Mobile&pervasivecomputing• Datavisualization• Communications&SignalProcessing• BigData&DataMining• HealthInformatics&Analytics• AdvancedManufacturing• RoboticsandAutomation• SmartGrid/MicroGrid• CodinginClassrooms• GameDevelopment• WearableTechnologies/DigitalLife• HumanCentred Computing• ComputationalModelling• Autonomous&ConnectedVehicles• InternetofThings(IOT)• Innovation&Entrepreneurship• --• --

Digital/InformationSystemsforConnectedCommunities

Connect Innovate Challenge



25

UOITresearchcapacities

andUNSustainableDevelopment

Goals

ESTABLISHINGRESEARCHFOCIOR

HOWWILLWEALLOCATESCARCERESOURCES?

2018-2023

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ResearchClustersorFoci• ProposedResearchFociare“inclusive”ofallFacultiesandmost(notall)researchers

• TheseResearchFociwillhelpprioritizeinvestments

• In2018-2023,SHOULDUOIT

– Investinmoretargeted professorialhiring?

– InvestinmoreresearchbasedgraduateeducationacrossallFaculties?

– Investinnewresearchfacilitiestied toapprovedSRPresearchfoci?

– Encouragetheformationofresearchcentres ineachfocusarea?

– AllocateCFIONLY tolargerscaleprojects(includinginter-institutional),withfewer“individual”

instrumentrequests?

– UseCRCstoaddressand/orseedstrategic researchandscholarlylacunaeinourresearchcapacity,

forexample,onissuesrelatedtogenderinequality,socialdiversity,indigenousissues?

– Establishrealistic,achievableandmeasurableobjectivesandreporttotheUniversitycommunity

annuallythatwouldhelpdirectresourcestomostsuccessfulFaculties/researchareas?

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ResearchFoci• Representcross-Faculty,inter-disciplinarycapabilitiesandanticipatedareasofresearchgrowthatUOIT– ReflectprioritiesidentifiedinFacultyAcademicPlans

• OnlytwoFacultyUnitPlansidentifythematicresearchpriorities– Notsiloed inoneFaculty

• Representnationaland/orprovincialpriorityareas

• Reflectinternationaldirectiononresearchandscholarship

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PERFORMANCEINDICATORS/METRICSHowwillwemeasureourprogressandsuccess?

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Smart(er)SustainableCommunities

Whatareourmetrics/indicationsofsuccess?

“Researchers atCanada’suniversitiescontributetotheeconomy,industryandbusiness,publicpolicy,culture,andsociety. Butmeasuringtheimpactofmuchoftheresearchbeingconductedatuniversitiesremainsachallenge.Canada’suniversitiesandTri-CouncilAgenciesareplacingmoreemphasisonknowledgemobilizationinordertogenerateresearchwithahighsocialutilityandgetresearchintothehandsofdecision-makers,policy-makers,andpractitioners.”

ConferenceBoardofCanada(2016),BeyondCitations:KnowledgeMobilization,ResearchImpact,andtheChangingNatureofAcademicWork

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OurfundamentalapproachtoresearchDiscoveryResearchisPRIVILEGED;AppliedResearchisencouraged;Knowledgemobilizationisessential (publications,trainees,conferences);Innovation&TechnologyTransferenabled

Innovation,TechnologyTransfer

KnowledgeMobilization

AppliedResearch

DiscoveryResearch

Allresearchactivitiesareconnectedandinformeachother

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Investigator-ledresearch

CollaborativeResearch(e.g.,U-I,International,Community-based)

Targeted(Industry-directedresearch)

Innovation&TechnologyTransfer

Measuringprogressandsuccess:Whatareourmetrics/indicatorsofsuccess?

• %offacultywithterminaldegrees(Ph.D.)Dowewantasagoal100%?Howclosearewe?

• Research$/FTEWhatisreasonableminimumtarget?$90,000/FTE

• Numberofprestigious,nationallycompetitiveresearchawards(e.g.,CFREF,CERC,etc.)Shouldourtargetbe1by2022?

• %offacultywhoarePIsonnationallycompetitivegrantsWhatisourtarget– 75%?100%?

• NumberofSponsoredGrantsandContracts/FTE

• Percentageoffacultymemberswithexternal,peerreviewedgrant?What%dowewant?DoesthisvarybyFaculty?

• Numberofinter-institutionalgrantsandcontracts(e.g.,NCE)Whatisatargetnumber?Whatissustainable?

• NumberofresearchMastersandPh.D.students/FTEfacultyShouldeveryfacultymemberhavetheopportunitytosuperviseatleastoneMastersoratleastonePh.D.studentperan?ShouldallFacultieshavePh.D.degrees?

• Numberofpublicationsinhighimpactjournalsorhighqualityacademicpressesperannum(e.g.,UTP,OxfordUP,JohnsHopkinsUP,etc.)Whatisareasonablenumberforeachdiscipline?Wheredosingleauthored/co-authored(notedited)academicbooksfit?

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Measuringprogressandsuccess:Whatareourmetrics/indicatorsofsuccess?(2)

• Numberofpublicationswithinternationalcollaborators• Numberofpublicationswithindustryandcommunitypartners• NumberofCitations/FTE(excludingselfcitations)Howdoescitationvarybydiscipline/sub-

discipline?WhatisexpectednumberbyFaculty/discipline?• Engagementofundergraduatestudentsinresearchprojects(beyondcapstone)(measured

annually) Shouldallundergraduatestudentsbegivenanopportunitytoparticipateinresearchactivities?HowwouldthisimpactonrecruitmenttoMastersprograms?

• Numberofnationalandinternationalawardstofacultymembers(FRSC,Fields,etc.)/anWhatshouldUOIT’stargetbe– minimumofthree/an?

• Numberofresearchcentres (andstablefundingfor…)ShouldFacultiesandtheUniversityencouragetheformationofresearchcentres asvehiclesfororganizingresearchandgraduatestudies?Howshouldthesebefunded(self-funded)?

• Numberofsponsored(industry,individual,etc.)researchchairsShouldweaimfor1sponsoredchairperFaculty?

• Rankings:WheretowewanttobepositionvisavisotherCanadianandinternationaluniversities?Whoareourcompetitions?

• ImpactMeasures(KnowledgeTransfer;Researchuptake;Spinoutcompanies;licenses,etc.)

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ResearchInfoSourceResearchUniversityoftheYear

• FinancialIndicators• TotalSponsoredResearchIncome• ResearchIntensity($/FFTE)

• ResearchOutputIndicators• TotalNumberofPublications• PublicationIntensity(#/FFTE)

• ResearchImpactIndicators• PublicationImpact(measureseachinstitution’ssuccessinbeingcitedinthepeer-reviewedacademicliterature)

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RANKINGS

Dowecare?Ifso,whichrankings(Canadaonly)orinternational?Whichuniversitiesshouldbeourcomparatoruniversities(smallerCanadianorinternationalscienceandtechnologyuniversities)?

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InnovationinResearchandEducation

By 2025, UOIT will be ranked amongst§ leading 50 science and technology § Times Higher Education top 100 under 50

universities § 35 research intensive universities in Canada

o Currently ranked 45th

§ Top 25 Research Universities of the Year (Canada)

o Currently ranked 33rd§ Top 10 RUY (undergraduate)

§ Research Impact§ 10th amongst PUI§ Currently ranked 7th in Canada§ Toronto, McGill, UBC,SFU, Alberta,

McMaster

ASPIRATIONAL

Stretchgoal:

UOITstrivestoberankedamongstthetop50scienceandtechnologyuniversitiesintheworld,theTimesHigherEducation100under50,andthetop35research-intensiveuniversitiesinCanada

Smart(er)&SustainableCommunities

• NationalandInternationalRankings– AWRU(Shanghai)– THE– Macleans– ResearchInfosource (Top50Research

Universities)

• InternationalRankings– Ourpartnersareintop150under50– Nanyang TechnologicalUniversity#2– UniversityofKonstanz#7– Karlsruhle InstituteofTechnology#8– UniversityofTechnologySydney#21

• UOIT– RankingWebofUniversities 1264– UniRank 1584

ResearchInfosource

Researchfunding

ResearchUniversityoftheYear

2016 45 40

2015 45 33

2014 43 36

2013 45 31

2012 45 38

2011 48 46

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Macleans SSHScience/Medical Citations Overall

2017 1 3 1 7

2016 1 5 1 6

2015 2 2 4

NEXTSTEPS

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StrategicResearchPlanrevisions

WhyrevisetheSRPCanadaResearchChairsProgram/CFIrequiresuniversitiestoupdatetheirSRPonaregularbasis

UOITrevisedandupdatedtheStrategicPlanin2015-16.

Eachunit(Faculty,Department)isrequiredtodevelopaunitplan/academicplantoinformtheAcademicPlan

UOITisrequiredtosubmitanupdatedStrategicMandateAgreement(SMA)totheProvince(Spring2017)• Anyfocusonresearchshouldbeinformedby

anup-to-dateStrategicResearchPlan

ProcessSeptember2016- April2017• ResearchBoardreviewsexistingSRPand

consultswithFacultiesonthephilosophy,goalsandobjectivesoftheSRP.

• Vice-PresidentResearch,Innovation&InternationalconsultswithFacultyCouncils

April/May2017• ResearchBoardsubmitsrevisedSRPto

AcademicCouncil

June2017• Vice-PresidentResearch,Innovation&

Internationalpresentsup-datedSRPtoBoardofGovernors

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COMMENTSANDQUESTIONS

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Recoveringmomentum

2017

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