Resources and Training

In 2024, the government of Canada introduced the Policy on Sensitive Technology Research and Affiliations of Concern (STRAC).

With the rapid development of technology across various sectors and industries, measures to protect research into sensitive technologies are becoming more relevant. If you are unsure if your area of research or potential project involves sensitive technology or are unsure about how to navigate research partnerships, this is a good place to start. Here you can review the STRAC policy and find institutional resources for protecting your research. 

Click here to view MRU's Research Data Management Strategy.

External Research Data Management Resources

• CSIS: Safeguarding your Research Data Checklist
• SSHRC news page: Canada’s research funding agencies launch research data management policy
• Ensure your survey tool is secure and compliant: Is Your Survey Tool Compliant with Data Privacy/Storage (Sovereignty) Laws?
• Research Data Management (MRU Library support): https://library.mtroyal.ca/faculty/data 
• Data Management Plan Assistant (free tool): https://dmp-pgd.ca

Mount Royal is committed to providing a safe and inclusive space for all members of its community. To help make good on that commitment, research practices must adhere to EDIA principles. 

Look here for more information on how researchers can implement EDIA principles and values into their research. How can research experiments, surveys, and interviews be more inclusive and address systemic issues that might alter research outcomes?

EDIA resources for researchers.

ROMEO is an effective one-stop-shop for researchers, signing authorities and reviewers, designed to streamline submission through approval processes. Users can log in to check the status of an ethics application, or start a new grant application, or complete a few review assignments.

The ROMEO User guide provides insight on how to use the platform starting from its home page navigation to learning how to submit application and event forms.

Read more about general info and acces the user guide. 

Mount Royal University uses FAST Finance to track research project expenditures. FAST Research, a Banner module, allows researchers to view financial information and balances for both internal and external projects online.

Once a project is approved, a Research Finance Analyst will contact you to obtain the required budget and complete the paperwork for Banner access.

Explore FAST Research Video Tutorials

Research Assistants are an invaluable part of the research process. They can assist with collecting, entering, and organizing ideas, preparing reports and briefs, managing project emails, and communicating, among other tasks.

Note: Research Assistants must be residents of Alberta during the period of their employment.

Explore training support for the faculty:

• Slide decks
• Recorded presentations
• How to Hire an RA
• FAQs

• MRU Health, Community, and Education Research and Scholarship Resources webpage
• Contact your Faculty's Vice Dean, Research, to discuss your Faculty's Tenure and Promotion Criteria, and your academic goals
• Contact the Mokakiiks Centre for Scholarship of Teaching for a consultation on how you may develop your scholarship of teaching or integrate it into your Scholarship Program

Generative AI tools have rapidly become a ubiquitous part of society, encroaching on work, entertainment and scholarly endeavours. As it becomes more widespread, the ability to utilize it in various aspects of the research workflow may become easier.  

As researchers now start to delegate tasks such as literature reviews to generative AI, learning how to safely and effectively use generative AI in all aspects of research will be a crucial skill going forward.

The generative AI page provides resources that will help researchers discover more about generative AI and how it may be relevant to their research.

The Tri-Agencies are shifting from competition-specific CVs to a harmonized narrative-style CV that will be launched alongside their new grants management system. 

The narrative-style CV is intended to be a more inclusive method of highlighting past research dissemination. It does not prioritize peer-reviewed scholarly articles over other forms of dissemination and allows researchers to gain recognition for other forms of knowledge mobilization, such as various creative works. 

For more information and resources about what the change means and how to craft a narrative CV, visit the Narrative CV and Research assessment pages.

• MRU's ORSCE Table of Typical Tri-Agency Deadlines (featuring internal and external deadlines
• Academic Development Centre Events (calendar of upcoming workshops, talks, and events) 
• Conduct Your Research webpage offers resources for every step of your research project.
• Browse Curated External Resources for additional assistance on your research journey.
• Contact the Grants and Research Facilitator for individual coaching on developing your Scholarship Program 

• Publishing Choices: Evaluate journals, conferences and publishers (incl. predatory publishing checks)
• Open Publishing: Find APC discounts/waivers, self-archive, and share your work openly
• Research Data Management: Plan, document, and archive/share your data 
• ORCID and Responsible Research Assessment: Claim your profile, track outputs, and tell the “impact” story beyond counts
• Research Assistant Training and Support: Level up searching, citations, tricky sources, data management/archiving, and archival sources
• Subject Librarian Consults: Help with any of the above and locating/accessing research materials