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Papers,Presentations & Projects

Internal Papers

  1. Background Reports on Developing a Research Office
  2. Institutional Strategic Research Plans
  3. Annual Research Reports
  4. Malaspina Responses to Research Initiatives

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External Papers

  • Achieving Excellence, Federal Government Innovation Strategy, March 2002
  • Researchers With Influence (pdf), University Affairs, March 2002 (html)
    The twists and turns of Canada’s anti-terrorism bill show the key role that university researchers can play in stimulating public debate and forming government policy.
  • Without Peer? Peer Review Put to the Challenge (pdf), University Affairs, March 2002 (html)
    The peer review system is one of the most firmly entrenched institutions in academia, widely accepted as the best way to divvy up research funds. But many say it could be improved.
  • Canada's Innovation Strategy: Peer Review and the Allocation of Federal Research Funds, June 2002
    Report of the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology Report of the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology. In its report, A Canadian Innovation Agenda for the Twenty-first Century1 released in June 2001, the Committee expressed some broad concerns about how research funds are allocated by the three federal research granting agencies (the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada or NSERC, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada or SSHRC, and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research or CIHR). Although generally supportive of the agencies’ work and accomplishments, it was concerned about how the agencies carry out their mandates and about the decision-making processes employed for funding research projects and programs. The Committee indicated that given the government’s commitment to double Canada’s annual investment in research and development (R&D) by 2010, a review of decision-making processes and selection criteria used by the granting agencies is important, before additional investments are made, to ensure that funds are being managed in the best possible way. This report is a result of that review.
  • Who Should Pay the Cost of Doing Research? University Affairs, Aug/Sept. 2001 (PDF - 788 KB)
    There's been a cornucopia for university research lately, thanks to the launch of federal programs like Canada Research Chairs. But universities are worried about how to keep the research going – the costs for maintenance, administration and utilities go up every time a researcher gets a grant. "You can go broke winning prizes like that," says one research vice-president.
  • Big-time Research at Small Universities (pdf) University Affairs, April 2001 (PDF - 104 KB)
    While large universities still dominate the Canadian research scene, small universities are finding their niche, despite the odds stacked against them.

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Updated December 10, 2009