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THINKING AHEAD PRENDRE LES DEVANTS

THINKING AHEAD PRENDRE LES DEVANTS. Canadian Council of Deans of Science 2007 Annual Meeting June 25-27, 2007 University of Regina. Presented by: John ApSimon, Executive Director François Sauvé, Director of Operations. Governance. Steering Committee Chad Gaffield, President, SSHRC (Chair)

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THINKING AHEAD PRENDRE LES DEVANTS

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  1. THINKING AHEAD PRENDRE LES DEVANTS

  2. Canadian Council of Deans of Science2007 Annual MeetingJune 25-27, 2007University of Regina Presented by: John ApSimon, Executive Director François Sauvé, Director of Operations

  3. Governance • Steering Committee • Chad Gaffield, President, SSHRC (Chair) • Alan Bernstein, President, CIHR • Suzanne Fortier, President, NSERC • Eliot Phillipson, President and CEO, CFI • Iain Stewart, Director General, IC • Organizational Restructuring • Executive Director / Director of Operations • Staff • Budget

  4. Canada’s Federal Government Support for Research

  5. Results of Competition Cycles -- February 2007 All disciplines: • Nominations submitted -- 2464 • Nominations approved -- 2191 (89%) • Active Chairs -- 1806 (73%) • International recruits -- 581 • Renewals -- 147

  6. Active Chairs General Statistics

  7. Chairs Success Rate by Gender and by Agency

  8. Proportion of Female Chairholders

  9. Issues (Chairs and Indirect Costs) • Renewal Strategies – Strategic Research Plans • Human Rights Settlement Agreement • Reallocation Exercise: Eligible Grants • ICP Delivery Mechanisms

  10. Implementation of the Settlement Agreement • Collection of Information on the Status of Chair nominees – completed • All chairholders contacted -- December 2006 • Forms modified to collect data -- November 2006 • Targets for the Representation of Members of Protected Groups – ongoing • Request for proposals released – February 2007 • Currently in the evaluation phase of choosing a consultant • Expect to deliver methodology to universities by late summer • Expect universities to determine their targets by early autumn

  11. Implementation of the Settlement Agreement • Gender- and Diversity-based Analyses – upcoming • Gender and diversity based analyses of program (in 2008) • Transparent, Open and Equitable Nomination Processes – completed • Universities informed in November 2006 • Forms modified in December 2006 • All nominations received in April 2007 deadline and thereafter will have university sign off on compliance • Periodic monitoring, by random review, to evaluate universities’ adherence to established processes

  12. Implementation of the Settlement Agreement • Reviewing Systemic Barriers – upcoming • Review of systemic barriers to people in four protected group to be included in next program evaluation exercise (10th year review – 2010) • Training of Canada Research Chairs staff on diversity and systemic discrimination – completed • All staff has received training, and training is planned on an ongoing basis

  13. Implementation of the Settlement Agreement • Establish a process for providing recognition to universities with exemplary equity practices – ongoing • A committee of staff from the Canada Research Chairs Secretariat and the SSHRC Communications team are discussing possible mechanisms to recognize universities with exemplary practices in recruiting, nominating and/or appointing Chairs and meeting equity targets. • Post, on the Canada Research Chairs Web site, the name, title, postal and email addresses of a person to whom complaints about equity issues can be addressed – completed in November 2006

  14. Eligible Grants Consistency • CRCP (Excellence and peer review) • ICP (Federally funded projects) • Amongst agencies • Amongst similar programs • True representation of institution performance and contributions

  15. Eligible Grants • Use reasonable estimates when accurate figures are not available; • Be transparent One additional principle applied to Indirect Costs only: • Granting agencies’ programs or parts thereof that contribute to indirect costs (as opposed to operating costs) should not be included in the base

  16. Multi-institutional grants Formerly • Value of grants divided proportionally among participating institutions, based on number of participating researchers from each institution • Share of non-eligible participating institution(s) lost • Researchers who joined research team after initial award was made not taken into consideration Now • Value of grants divided proportionally among participating institutions, based on number of participating researchers from each institution • Share of non-eligible participating institution(s) redistributed to eligible institutions • Researchers who join research team after initial award is made not taken into consideration

  17. Eligible Grants • A Program Review Committee (composed of the VP Programs of the three federal granting agencies) and senior managers of the Secretariat will review all current agency specialized programs to ensure that their treatment is consistent, appropriate and transparent. • The Program Review Committee and senior managers of the Secretariat will meet at least annually to review all new agency programs to assess their eligibility for inclusion in the CRCP and ICP base. Will also revisit existing inclusions/exclusions based on institutional feedback.

  18. Allocations • Calculations related to performance with Granting Councils • 2 year exercise • Results

  19. Special Chairs 120 Set aside for smaller institutions (Authority: TB/MC) plus 10 Special program in February 2003 (from reserve) open for Universities with no allocations (Authority: Steering September 25, 2002) Eligibility for special chairs (120) The program sets aside a special allocation of 120 Chairs for universities that have received one per cent or less of the total funding paid out by the three federal granting agencies over the past three years.

  20. Results for 2003 Chairs Competition – Small Universities (10 Chairs) Algoma University College Collège universitaire de Saint-Boniface Malaspina University College Nova Scotia College of Art and Design Royal Roads University Trinity Western University Université de Hearst Université Sainte-Anne University College of the Fraser Valley University of Ontario Institute of Technology

  21. Special Chair Allocation

  22. Canada Research Chairs combine forces on health care and population health • Main objectives of the February 26-27, 2007 workshop • Develop a shared appreciation of the collective catalytic and transformational capacity of CRCs; • Promote “big thinking” in relation to future research initiatives; • Establish a virtual think-tank of thought leaders that influence public debate and decision-making in relation to health and the Canadian health system; • Build supportive personal and professional networks that enable successful navigation of an increasingly complex research, social and economic environment; and • Use state-of-the-art technology to enable ongoing communication.

  23. Outputs of the workshop • Close to 40 Chairholders attending with representation from all federal granting agencies, the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences, the Canadian Health Services Research Foundation, Health Canada • Keynote address by Paul Tsaparis, President & CEO of Hewlett-Packard Canada on the topic of mutual support among high-powered individuals • ePresence archives (4 webcasted events): http://epresence.ehealthinnovation.org/website_archived.aspx?c=1&dir=11 • Action Plan with Quick and Must Do’s on the following three themes: • Large-scale research opportunities and platforms • e.g. Articulate the human, social and economic value proposition for applied population health and health services research • Strategies to influence / inform decision-making • e.g. Link to the Canadian Academy on Health Sciences; develop a college of Canada Research Chairs • Member wellbeing: personal strategies for achieving life / work balance • e.g. Institute peer to peer support mechanisms

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