Transcript Corporate Deck - Colleges and Institutes Canada

SSHRC’s Mission
Help build Canada’s ability:
 To understand a rapidly changing world
 To innovate and compete
 To maintain our social fabric & quality of life
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Social Sciences and Humanities
Research Trends
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Teamwork and networking
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Problem-oriented interdisciplinary research
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Partnerships with clients (communities, governments)
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End of the age of entitlement
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New mobilization around social indicators
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Development of collective tools
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Digitization: the equivalent for the social sciences and
humanities of the discovery of DNA
Tri-Council Comparison
Full-Time Faculty
(1998-99)
Program Budget
(1999-00)
SSHRC
NSERC
CIHR
53.5%
28.5%
18.0%
(18,000)
(9,500)
(6,000)
12%
56%
32%
Statistics Canada changed the coverage for the survey. Figures exclude
applied arts & not reported fields
Includes NCE Budget (phase II) and transfers from other departments
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Areas of Research Funded
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Humanities
Education
Business
Social Sciences
SSHRC Funds Research
on Topics Ranging...
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Canadian Heritage
Finance
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The poor and the working class
in literary versions of Canadian
society identity
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Tax-adjusted valuation of the
real option to annuitize wealth
at retirement
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Political morality of nationalism
in the multi-ethnic state
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Studies in Canadian literary
history: publishing and women
writers
Bank lendings to SMEs:
gender, technology and the
role of loan guarantees
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L’enseignement et la recherche
en archivistique dans le monde
: une étude comparative
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L’économie politique de la
Banque du Canada
Relevant to
Government Departments
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Agriculture and Agri-Food
 Canada Customs & Revenue Agency
Canadian
Heritage
Citizenship and Immigration
Environment
Elections Canada
 Fisheries and Oceans
 Foreign Affairs and International Trade
Health
Human Resources Development
Indian Affairs and Northern Development
Industry
 Intergovernmental Affairs
National Defence
Justice
Natural Resources
Public Works and Government Services
Solicitor General
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Transport
Veterans Affairs
Treasury Board
What SSHRC Delivers
Issues
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Innovations/Tools/Solutions
Globalization
Measuring free-trade impact on jobs,
regions, financial sectors, & the environment
Industrial competitiveness
Managing tech change in manufacturing
SME growth and success
Entrepreneurship Research Alliance
Work/family conflicts
Defining strategies to aid telecommuting
Youth crime
Pre-school and family intervention
Court backlogs
Improved methods for caseload management
Family violence
Centres on Family Violence
Environmental degradation
Computer-based decision aids for municipalities
What SSHRC Delivers
Issues
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Innovations/Tools/Solutions
Access to higher education
Virtual university
University drop-outs
Improving guidance services to
promote adjustment
Spiralling health care costs
Social determinants of health
Genetic research
Guidelines for ethical practices in
human genetics
Aging society
“Bridge” jobs to retain skills of elderly
Defining Canadian identity
Historical Atlas of Canada
Integration of immigrants
Metropolis project
Canadian cultural development
Musical Heritage Series
Core Granting Programs
Research Base
Targeted
Training
Communications &
Institutional
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• Research Grants
• Major Collaborative Research
Initiatives (MCRIs)
• Strategic Themes
• Joint Initiatives
• Research Development
Initiatives (RDIs)
• Doctoral Fellowships
• Postdoctoral Fellowships
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SSHRC Institutional Grants (SIGs)
Research & Transfer Journals
Conferences & Congresses
Aid to Small Universities (ASU)
SSHRC’s Base Budget (2000-2001) =
$133.7M
CIHR
4.8%
Operational
7.8%
NCE
5.6%
Research Base
35.6%
Strategic Grants
13.8%
Communications &
Institutional Grants
8.2%
Training
24%
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Excludes Research Chairs
Community-University Research
Alliances (CURAs)
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Community-focused & voluntary organisations, public or
private
Involved in intervention, action, program delivery and policy
development
Examples of partners:
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The Law Society of British Columbia
Mi’Kmaq Fish & Wildlife Commission
Fonds de solidarité de la FTQ
Nunavut Arctic College
Notre Dame Child & Family Institute
Federation of Canadian Municipalities
United Way
McCord Museum (lead organization with university partners)
SOME CURA PROJECT TOPICS
1. Adversarial approaches or alternative dispute resolution
mechanisms (ADR)? What do actual cases show work best?
2. What practical steps can communities take to enhance the
daily lives of school-age children with special needs? **
3. How can Mi’Kmaq & non-native groups collaborate in
managing marine ecosystems & resource harvesting?
4. Are there new ways we can use museum-based resources to
enrich the teaching of Canadian history in our schools? **
5. How ready are Ontario’s urban & regional municipalities
(re: expertise & infrastructure) to adapt to climatic change?
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** Community lead
Our Community in Crisis
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Researchers: Explosion of creative energy
within community
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SSHRC: Struggling to meet demand
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Universities: Picking up the pieces
SSHRC's Crisis I
Exploding demand
• Enormous popularity of most innovative programs:
CURA, RDI, targeted Themes, MCRI. (Real
success rates at 10 to 20%)
• SSHRC participation rates will increase 15 to 50%
over next 5 years
• New incentives (No SSHRC, no tenure)
• New faculty (5000 renewal over next 5 years
on 18,000 total)
• Radical change in SS&H research culture
• SSHRC cannot meet demand for Joint Initiatives:
migration, federalism, sustainable forests, social statistics
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SSHRC's Crisis II
Band-Aid funding measures inadequate
• Average grant size $20,000
• New Money ($10M): SSHRC still lost ground in 1999-00
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SSHRC's Crisis III
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Dramatic gaps in student financial support: $20 million
required for SSHRC to be at parity with NSERC
(U of T statistics on Ph.D. student support)
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Disparity in student support through grants
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Humanities $9,000
Physical Sciences $15, 400
Social Sciences $11,600
Life Sciences $14,600
Education $5,000
Humanities 2.4%
Physical Science 29.9%
Social Science 3.1%
Life Sciences 35.4%
What We Must Do
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Bring SSHRC student support to parity
with NSERC's
Aim at supporting 50% of competitive research
grants applicants
More support for new forms of research:
CURA, MCRI, RDC
INE Objectives
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Foster excellent research—especially
innovative and multidisciplinary
Deepen understanding of the New Economy
Expand/develop research partnerships
involving public, private and not-for-profit
sectors
Inform decision-making in public and private
sectors
The INE
Leadership in the new economy requires an
understanding of the opportunities it offers, its
educational requirements, the management skills
required to seize those opportunities and how to make
lifelong learning a reality. To keep Canada at the
forefront of research into the knowledge economy,
a targeted research initiative will be developed, to be
managed by the Social Sciences and Humanities
Research Council and funded with a special allocation
of $100 million over five years.
Paul Martin
Economic Statement and Budget Update
October 18, 2000
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4 Major Research Areas
New Economy
Research Issues
Management
Education
Lifelong
Learning
Issues: both distinct and interwoven
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Our Commitment
To deliver—by/before March 2006—significant research
outcomes through:
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Focusing research agendas (identifying deliverables)
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Drawing new/more research attention to areas of need
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Building on research strengths (with forward looking
perspectives)
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Promoting new research partnerships, producer–user
alliances
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Innovative ways of getting research into practice
Making It Happen
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Design Committee to oversee program
development
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Dedicated Staff Development Team
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Design Process Feb./March
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Open, Web-based consultation
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Sectoral research consultations
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In Place
In Place
Design Committee meetings, recommendations to
SSHRC Board
INE Program Launch
Mid-April
SSHRC INE Development Team
Administrative Coordinator/Coordonnatrice administrative
Sarah Tait ([email protected])………………………………… (613) 995-0557
New Economy Issues/Enjeux de la nouvelle économie
Jocelyn Charron ([email protected])…………………… (613) 992-5127
David Moorman ([email protected])…………………… (613) 943-5090
Education/Éducation
Hélène Régnier ([email protected])……………………… (613) 992-5148
Lifelong Learning/Apprentissage continu
Sylvie Paquette ([email protected])…………………….. (613) 992-3146
Management/Gestion
Nina Stipich ([email protected])……………………………… (613) 992-5911
Communications/Communications
Pamela Wiggin ([email protected])………………………. (613) 995-6898
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