Vice-Dean, Research

While it is difficult to see overtop the current chaos caused by the Workday transition to the bright skies above, the Faculty of Social Sciences has had a number of research triumphs this year that should be celebrated.

The research intensity of the faculty has increased from $43K in 2018/19 to $70K in 2022/23, with an increase of over 15% from last year alone. This increase represents a remarkable and laudable return to a new normal. It is a testament to the pre-award and post-award teams that this huge increase in volume has not hampered service standards, however much strain is placed on the system.  Much to the delight of our overseers, the funding sources for the Faculty have also diversified, not just from the tri-councils, but from external foundations, government contracts, and other sources.

This year has also seen the incredible launch of the Collabzium, which acts as a catalyst and accelerator for our professors and research chairs.

We were also so proud of our colleagues who won external recognition this year, including André Lecours, fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and Nafissa Ismail and Abel Brodeur, members of the Royal Society College, Erin Maloney who was awarded the University’s Early Career Researcher of the Year, among many others.  

We would also like to recognize Jean-Francois Bureau for the Faculty award for activities in the media and community, Jude Mary Cénat for the Faculty’s Young Researcher’s Award and André Lecours for the Faculty’s Excellence in Research Award.

We applaud everyone for their excellence, recognized and private. As the Vice-Dean Research adds professional development to its responsibilities in the next year, Mark Salter would like to invite all of our colleagues to discuss opportunities and strategies for the year to come.

Mark Salter
Vice-Dean, Research