Ranjan Datta

Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Community Disaster Research

 

Cherie Woolmer 

Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

 

Michael J Asmussen

Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Synthesis and Characterization of Multifunctional Nanomaterials

In 2006, the CRCP was required, in a settlement agreement, to implement specific measures to increase representation of four designated groups: women, persons with disabilities, Indigenous peoples and members of visible minorities.

In 2017, the agreement was made a federal court order at the request of equity-seeking plaintiffs, as not enough progress was made. An addendum to the 2006 Settlement Agreement was subsequently signed in 2019, establishing a ten-year framework for the CRCP to reflect the diversity within Canada.

2019 Addendum to 2006 Canadian Human Rights Settlement Agreement

 

The CRCP’s Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan requires institutions to develop their own action plans that address the representation of members from the four designated groups among their chair allocations. Institutions are required to set EDI objectives that will enable meaningful progress towards achieving their equity targets, and to improve transparency and accountability of the allocation process.

 

The Office of Research, Scholarship and Community Engagement received a research stipend from CRCP to begin the development of MRU’s CRCP EDI action plan. This process is onging. To date faculty members were invited to participate in focus groups and surveys conducted by an external consultant. This was done to help identify next steps for the eventual creation of a CRCP EDI action plan in MRU's unique environment.

Mount Royal University has equity targets and gaps for each of the four designated groups. The CRCP requires institutions with less than 5 CRCs withhold the equity targets and gaps for the four designated groups, to protect the privacy of the chairholders. MRU currently has 3 CRCs.

MRU's Equity Targets 2021-2029

Current CRCP equity targets and gaps are provided on the Program Statistics page. 

The Mount Royal University research enterprise is characterized by a representationally diverse community of student and faculty researchers engaged in activity that deliberately and actively includes consideration of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in the formation of research projects, questions, methods and participation. Research productivity, innovation and diversity will improve continuously and researchers will feel culturally safe in all aspects of their work. Mount Royal University is committed to promoting diversity and inclusion within its research enterprise, including at each stage of planning for recruiting, hiring and retaining Canada Research Chairs. This includes the removal of systemic barriers and biases, and the practice of inclusivity, so that all individuals have equal access to and benefit from the CRC program. The Canada Research Chair Program defines diversity as “differences in race, colour, place of origin, religion, immigrant status, Indigenous status, ethnic origin, ability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and age.” Mount Royal University will ensure the inclusion of all individuals, including those from the program's four designated groups (FDGS): women, visible minorities, persons with disabilities, and Indigenous peoples.

Mount Royal University is strategically engaging in many activities to raise institutional awareness of our commitment to EDI within the CRCP and our overall research enterprise. EDI is specifically referenced in our draft Institutional Strategic Framework as well as our Strategic Research and Scholarship Plan. Over the past year, we have engaged with an external consultant to help identify and address systemic barriers to EDI in our research policies and practices. This work included community consultation and to be embodied in our forthcoming CRC EDI Action Plan. In addition, the President of MRU struck an institutional advisory group to address EDI in all institutional activities.

We have recently hired an Associate Vice-President for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion and created the Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion. The Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion works with students, faculty, and staff to implement Mount Royal University’s commitment to equity, diversity, inclusion (EDI) and anti-racism through comprehensive EDI strategies, processes and evidence-based policies, practices and programs. 

 

The Canada Research Chairs data is updated after the results of the nominations are made public.

Canada Research Chairs Program Statistics Page

2019 Addendum to 2006 Canadian Human Rights Settlement Agreement

In 2020-2021,MRU received a $50,000 EDI stipend from the CRCP to develop our Canada Research Chair EDI Action plan.

CRC EDI Action Plan Progress Report June 2022

CRC EDI Action Plan Progress Report June 2021

 

The procedures for addressing concerns relating to issues between the institution and faculty are outlined in the Mount Royal Faculty Association Collective Agreement.

Employees with concerns about equity, diversity and inclusion should follow the policies (such as those listed below) in place for all employees found on MRU's Policies and Procedures page:

• Code of Conduct - Employees
• Research Grants Policy
• Workplace Violence and Prevention Policy
• Intregrity in Research and Scholarship Policy

 

Key policies are listed below and the full list is available on MRU's Policies and Procedures page:

• Code of Conduct - Employees
• Research Grants Policy
• Workplace Violence and Prevention Policy
• Intregrity in Research and Scholarship Policy
• Universal Access Policy
• Conflict of Interest in Research Policy
• Commercialization of Intellectual Property
• Research Policy
• Institutes at Mount Royal University Policy
• Intellectual Property Policy

The CRCP utilization spreadsheet outlines how many chair allocations MRU has, how many are filled, the chairholder start date and term end, type of flex moves used, and which allocations are available.

CRCP Utilization spreadsheet 2021

All Canada Research Chair positions must be filled using the Recruitment and Nomination Requirements.

CRCP Recruitment & Nomination Requirements

The Bissett School of Business at Mount Royal University invites applications for a Tier II Canada Research Chair (CRC) in the area of global value chain. The successful applicant will also hold a tenure-track/tenured position at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor. 

For posting details visit here.

Archived CRC recruitment postings:

• Canada Research Chair (Tier II) in Community Disaster Research, Faculty of Arts 
• Canada Research Chair (Tier II) in Human Physiology, Faculty of Science and Technology
• Canada Research Chair (Tier II) in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Faculty of Teaching and Learning
• Canada Research Chair (Tier II) in Indigneous Studies, Faculty of Arts