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Welcome
to Research Services
The ORS provides professional administrative expertise to the
University’s research community by sourcing out funding opportunities,
by providing guidance in grant proposal preparation and submission, by
assisting in post-award reporting and regulatory observance, and by
negotiating fair and equitable research contracts.
Your research
endeavours are extremely important to us – we
are here to support your efforts.
Please come and visit us in the Research &
Innovation Centre. Effective November 1/11 we are temporarily
located on the 5th floor, Room 501.2.
UNIVERSITY OF REGINA RESEARCH EXPANDING THE FRONTIERS OF KNOWLEDGE
To play the video,
click on the link ->
http://www2.uregina.ca/yourblog/?p=2291
Research
and innovation at the University is making a real difference in the
lives of Canadians. Whether it’s in the area of human justice, arts and
culture, the environment or cutting edge research in energy and natural
resources University of Regina researchers are expanding the frontiers
of knowledge.
Join your University and President
Vianne Timmons in officially launching the institution’s Strategic
Research Plan this Thursday. The plan is a key document that will guide
research scholars – professors and students – in their continued work to
understand and resolve present and future challenges to humanity and the
environment
WHAT'S HOT IN RESEARCH....
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University of Regina researchers to help develop
immigrant family literacy program |
A team of U of R researchers will soon be
working with members of the local community on a new program designed
to increase the literacy levels of new Canadians whose first language
is not English.
Called "Connecting Families through Community," the project
involves working closely with immigrant
families in Regina to develop and implement
a flexible literacy program that meets the families' specific needs.
full story...
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The ATLAS Experiment: Mapping the
Secrets of the Universe |
On
October 2006, the University of Regina became one of the many
institutional members of the ATLAS collaboration, a virtual United
Nations that includes over 37 countries. Kamal Benslama,
assistant professor in the Department of Physics, co-ordinates the
University of Regina's participation in the ATLAS project.
full
story...
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History professor releases new book on
Regina and the experiences of the Great War |
James Pitsula has published For All We
Have and Are: Regina and the Experience of the Great War (University
of Manitoba Press). The book examines how issues such as class,
anti-immigrant actions, volunteer movements, local politics, and the
social gospel played out against the backdrop of the war overseas.
full story...
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Four
researchers recognized at the Administrative Association of Canada
Conference |
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Four researchers in
the Faculty of Business Administration were recognized at the
annual conference of the Administrative Sciences Association of
Canada. Research papers written by these faculty members were
selected to receive the Best Paper award in three divisions.
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L to R: Aldene Meis Mason, Zhou Zhang and Morina Rennie (Absent:
Robert Anderson) |
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Hip Hop Story Tellers |
 University
of Regina professor Charity Marsh helps young aboriginal people
express their life experiences through music - connecting to their
roots, and to the world around them.
view CFI video feature...
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University of Regina researchers receive
funding to develop the Prairie Environmental Process Laboratory (PEPL) |
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 Drs.
Kyle Hodder, Joseph Piwowar, and David Sauchyn received $144,269 in
federal funding to develop the Prairie Environmental Process
Laboratory (PEPL) at the University of Regina. The funding was
provided by the Canada Foundation for Innovation’s Leaders Opportunity
Fund, a program designed to help Canadian universities attract and
retain outstanding faculty members and researchers. full
story...
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| Colonized
Bodies: The Art of Norval Morrisseau |
 Carmen
Robertson, a professor in the Department of Visual Arts, received a
grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of
Canada (SSHRC) to answer a key question: Who was Norval
Morriseau?
full story...
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Jennifer Tupper and Michael Cappello Receive Outstanding Publication
Award
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 Jennifer
Tupper, an associate professor in the Faculty of Education
and Michael Cappello, a PhD candidate in the Faculty of Education
were awarded the Canadian Association of Curriculum Studies
Outstanding Publication Award, 2009 for their article “Teaching
Treaties as (Un)Usual Narrative: Disrupting the Curricular
Commonsense”. published in
Curriculum Inquiry 38(5).
full story...
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Christopher Somers named as U of R's
newest Canada Research Chair |
The federal government has announced that
Christopher Somers, an
assistant professor of biology in the University of Regina's
Faculty of Science, has been named as a
University of Regina Canada Research Chair (CRC).
Through his research, Somers examines
the nature and frequency of genetic
mutations that can be passed
on from one generation to the next in
birds and other animals.
full story...
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From Impacts to Adaptation: Canada in a Changing
Climate |
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The National
Assessment on Climate Change, titled From Impacts to Adaptation:
Canada in a Changing Climate, brought
together experts from across the country to conduct the most
thorough review of climate change impacts and adaptation in Canada
to date. Dr. David Sauchyn (PARC Senior Research Scientist &
Professor of Geography, UofR) co-led the Prairies chapter of this
national-scale scientific synthesis of knowledge of
climate change impacts and adaptation in Canada.
full story...
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David
Sauchyn |
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Building Capacity to Attack Climate Change |
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The Prairie Adaptation Research Collaborative
at the University of Regina (PARC-UR) received more than $2
million dollars over four years from the Government of
Saskatchewan as part of the province's commitment to attack
climate change.
full story...
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Norman Henderson
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Mark Wihak
Directs and Produces River |
 River,
a feature film directed and produced by Media
Production and Studies
(MPS) faculty member Mark Wihak, tells the story
of the
friendship between
two
aspiring young
artists.
This
ultra-low budget film has garnered a lot of attention. It has screened
at festivals in Canada, the United States, Brazil and
England and has
UofR Graduate
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won seven awards.
Maya
Batten-Young -
full story...
as Roz
in River
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Researcher receives funding from the
Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation |
 Dr.
Darren Candow, an assistant professor in the Faculty of Kinesiology
and Health Studies, received nearly $80,000 in operating funds, as
well as $30,000 for resistance-exercise equipment, from the
Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation for a project entitled
"Potential of resistance-exercise and creatine supplementation on
aging muscholoskeletal health."
full
story...
Darren Candow
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The Pacific Institute for the
Mathematical Sciences (PIMS) and the University of Regina |
Mathematical Sciences (PIMS) was
founded in 1996 by a consortium
of five universities in
Alberta
and
British
Columbia
(the
University
of
Alberta,
the
University
of
Calgary,
the
University
of
British Columbia,
Simon
Fraser
University
and the
University
of
Victoria).
Since then PIMS has been joined by the
University
of
Washington
in the
United States,
and more recently by the
University
of
Regina
and the
University
of
Saskatchewan.
full story...
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Government of Saskatchewan, Royal Dutch
Shell and University of Regina establish international CO2
storage assessment centre |
In
November 2008, the Government of Saskatchewan, Royal Dutch
Shell and the University of Regina announced a new
international centre that will help make western Canada a
world leader in the worldwide deployment and acceptance of
Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage (CCS).
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Award-winning
Saskatchewan health researcher tackles public policies to
promote healthy individuals and communities |
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Five Saskatchewan researchers
were recognized for excellence and achievement in exploring
links between chronic pain and anxiety disorders, the causes
of schizophrenia, maintaining physical activity for health
in seniors, the link between pets and gastrointestinal
disease, and the role of community-based organizations in
public health policy.
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University of
Regina Part of International Research Team |
The
University of Regina Physics Department is part of an
international research team looking into how matter is held
together. There is a combined investment of $1.8
million for the
Regina
portion of the project, which will cover equipment and
salaries of researchers and students during the next three
years. About $600,000 is coming from the Natural Sciences
and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), the
federal funding agency for university-based research and
student training. The other $1.2 million is coming from the
U.S. Department of Energy.
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UPCOMING
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STRATEGIC RESEARCH PLAN
Click
here for information
on the University
of Regina's Strategic Research Plan (A companion to the
Strategic Plan
mâmawohkamâtowin:
Our Work, Our People, Our Communities).
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