April 2019

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SPOTLIGHT

OCAD U Celebrates Research with CRAM On April 5th 2019, OCAD U participated in CRAM, a city­wide free event that brought Toronto's universities together to share their research with the public. Jointly hosted by OCAD University, the University of Toronto, Ryerson University and York University, CRAM featured 30+ interactive and entertaining events across the GTA. Visitors to OCAD had the opportunity to enjoy the following sessions:

· Hey Autonomous Vehicle – Can You Tell Me About Yourself? – Assistant Professor Sowmya Somanath

· Here Today, Here Tomorrow: Reversing Our Throwaway Culture – Assistant Professor Michele Mastroeni

· Will Our Future Be A+? Avatars, Agents and Adaptive A.I. Assistants – Assistant Professor and Canada Research Chair in the Internet of Things, Alexis Morris

· Communities on the Move: Finding a Sense of Place in the City – Assistant Professor James Miller

· Can I Feel What You See? Multi­Sensory Design – Associate Professor Peter Coppin

Read Dr. James Miller's interview about CRAM with Philip Lee­Shanok of the CBC here: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/toronto­universities­share­exciting­research­at­first­ ever­cram­festival­1.5038282

As a result of his successful CRAM talk, Dr. Michele Mastroeni was invited to appear on Breakfast Television (CityTv). See the interview here: https://www.bttoronto.ca/videos/how­to­stop­throw­away­ culture/

Visit https://cramtoronto.com/ for CRAM's official event recap.

VP MESSAGE

New models of research space sharing

A message from Dr. Robert Luke, VPRI:

With spring comes news of recent grant recipients, and as you have seen elsewhere in this newsletter we are excited to be announcing recipients of funding for research at the University. Congratulations to all who have been successful! Congratulations also to those who applied for research funding. Applying is important as through this process we get to learn more about projects and to further develop them through iteration.

The University has over the past decade+ built considerable research infrastructure, from faculty pursuing research through to centres, studios and labs that house specific projects and programs of work. With the growth in University research over the past several years we now face constraints on research space. This is in fact a good problem to have, as it means there are more faculty conducting research and creative practice and being successful at obtaining external funding to support these activities.

Over the past two years the Research Office, in concert with the Research Committee, has conducted the Research Space Allocation Project, including numerous consultations with the OCAD University community on how we can best manage access to research space for a growing number of research­ active faculty. This effort has resulted in new models of research space sharing.

Effective 1 June 2019 all research space at the University will be considered shared use. A regular process will be used to allocate research space as per the criteria developed through the Research Space consultations. The form that will be used for application for research space as well as the Assessment Criteria were both included in the memo sent to all University faculty on 16 April 2019.

New research space allocation will include dedicated space for Research, Equity, Decolonization, Diversity & Inclusion. This project is working to create a more supportive and inclusive research environment for all equity­seeking groups, including Black, Indigenous and People of Colour, people with disabilities, women, the neurodiverse, and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, transsexual, queer, questioning, and 2­Spirit. The project is jointly led by the Office of Diversity, Equity and Sustainability Initiatives and the Research Office, and is building on the work to date by the Presidential Task Force on the Under­Representation of Racialized and Indigenous Faculty and Staff. Stay tuned for further updates.

I wish you all a happy spring, now that the sun shines warmer.

RESEARCH NEWS

Dr. Alexis Morris Interviewed on CBC Spark

Assistant Professor Alexis Morris, director of ACE Lab and Canada Research Chair in the Internet of Things, has been featured in an interview with CBC Radio's Spark, hosted by Nora Young. The segement, titled "What living in a hyper­connected city means for human beings", explored the critical nature of context awareness when designing smart cities.

Listen to the full segment here: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/spark/what­living­in­a­hyper­connected­city­ means­for­human­beings­1.5107888

Research Funding Panel Discussion On Wednesday, April 24th the Office of Research and Innovation hosted an eye­opening discussion on research and arts funding applications and reviews, featuring panelists who have served as reviewers in the past. Topics included: keys to a successful funding application, navigating reviewers’ expectations, experiences with the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada and funding for the Arts.

Thank you to the panelists ­ Dr. Dori Tunstall, Dean, Faculty of Design; Dr. Ashok Mathur, Dean, Graduate Studies; and Ryan Rice, Associate Dean, Faculty of Liberal Arts & Sciences and SIS, ­ for sharing their wisdom and experience!

THIS IS RESEARCH, V2

The Office of Research & Innovation is excited to announce the launch of the second iteration of the "THIS IS RESEARCH" campaign, featuring the work of Ryan Rice, Jason Baerg, Dr. Lynne Heller, Nina Czegledy, Dr. Gerald McMaster, Peter Morin and the Adaptive Context Environments Lab (dir. Dr. Alexis Morris). The posters and the full announcement are available here: https://www2.ocadu.ca/news/this­is­ research­v2.

If you would like your research to be profiled through “THIS IS RESEARCH” please contact our office at [email protected].

New Resources from the OCADU Research Ethics Board (REB)

Please see below for new resources available from the OCADU Research Ethics Board:

· OCAD University REB ­ Self Assessment Checklist ­ for researchers who would like to know whether or not their research requires ethics review.

· OCAD University REB ­ Matrix of Course­based Research and Ethics Oversight – for instructors who would like to know if their course requires ethics review.

To make suggestions on other resources you would like the OCADU REB to develop, email [email protected].

Research Achievements

Congratulations to the following faculty on their recent research achievements:

· Dr. Gabrielle Moser and co­applicant Carol Payne (Carleton University) have been awarded a SSHRC Connections Grant titled "Reparative Frames: Visual Culture After Reconciliation."

· Dr. Gerald McMaster has been awarded a SSHRC Connections Grant titled "Arctic/Amazon."

· Dr. Michele Mastroeni and co­applicant Francisco Alvarez have been awarded a SSHRC Connections Grant titled "Anticipating Futures: Forming, Reforming, and Transforming."

For the Winter 2019 competition for the OCAD University Research Seed Grant, the Research Office received 23 applications of which a total of six were awarded. Congratulations to the successful applicants:

· Dr. Gabrielle Moser

· Kate Hartman

· Veronika Szkudlarek

· Dr. Lynne Milgram

· Dr. Suzanne Morrissette

· Dr. Marta Wnuczko (with co­PI Dr. Peter Coppin)

Update on Post Colonial Hot­Ones On Thursday, February 28th Assistant Professor Immony Mèn and Public Visualization Lab hosted the first installment in a new panel series, Post Colonial Hot­Ones. There was a great turnout for the event, which fostered discussions that centered around communal knowledge sharing, tools for resistance, intergenerational healing methods, mobilization plans for marginalized voices, and recipes for dishes/sauces. Featured participants for this installment included Ryan Rice, Camille Turner, Casey Mecija, Dr. Patricio Dávila, and Immony Mén. Stay tuned for details about the next installment of Post Colonial Hot­Ones!

Dr. Bill Leeming and Dr. Selmin Kara deliver sabbatical talks

On March 26, 2019, Dr. Bill Leeming and Dr. Selmin Kara delivered sabbaticcal talks in RHA 320.

Dr. Leeming's talk, titled "Extending the Meaning of ‘Genetic’ in Medicine in Canada and Mexico to include ‘Related to Chromosomes and Genes,’” describes research performed during his 2016­ 2017 sabbatical, including collaborative work with Dr. Ana Barahona of the National Autonomous University of Mexico. The talk explored how medico­scientific reporting of chromosomal anomalies using karyotype cytogenetics permitted scientists in a wide range of fields to manipulate and extend the meaning of “genetic” in medicine from “heredity” to include “related to chromosomes and genes.”

Dr. Kara's talk from her recent sabbatical, titled "Cinematic Life in the Anthropocene", tracks ways in which 21st century film has responded to the question of life in the Anthropocene, locating it on a spectrum that shifts from extreme certainty towards extreme uncertainty.

Haru Ji Shows at Sidewalk Labs' Open Sidewalk: Winter warmer Exhibition & Artist Talk

Conservation of Shadows. Haru Ji & Graham Wakefield. 330kg salt, 12 nD::Node Arduino boards, 140 motor­actuated bells, 150m wire, Kinect sensors, projector, HTC Vive HMD. Requiem for Hybrid Life, Seoul Museum of Art Chang­go, Seoul, Korea. 2017­10­17 ­ 2017­10­23

Assistant Professor Haru Hyunkyung Ji exhibited work in collaboration with Graham Wakefield at Sidewalk Labs' "Open Sidewalk: Winter warmer Exhibition & Artist Talk" on March 2nd. Conservation of Shadows: Underworld was one of several pieces curated by Melanie Wilmink for the exhibition, which showcased a series of interactive artworks that use a variety of techniques, including lighting and projection mapping, to reflect on the connection of ecology and urbanism. Read more about the event programming here: https://sidewalktoronto.ca/event/307­open­sidewalk­4/.

Kate Hartman Opens Lakehead University's Research & Innovation Week

Associate Professor Kate Hartman spoke at Lakehead University’s Research & Innovation Week 2019 on Friday, February 22nd. Kate delivered the opening Keynote for the week, the theme of which was "Rise of the Machines". Her talk addressed ways in which technology can interpret, acknowledge, or extend the human form, and how objects that live in the bodysphere might enhance, inhibit, or mediate our social interactions. An artist and technologist, Kate presented her own work as well as collaborative projects from the Social Body Lab.

Learn more about Kate's talk and Lakehead's event here:

· https://www.lakeheadu.ca/research­and­innovation/about/research­and­innovation­ week/schedule/2019/node/50395

· https://www.lakeheadu.ca/research­and­innovation/about/research­and­innovation­ week/schedule/2019/node/50235

Decoding Origins: Creating a Visual Language of Marks featured in Media

Martha Ladly (left) Katrina Keefer (centre) and Kartikay Chadha (right) present on the research. Photo c/o Katrina Keefer.

The research project Decoding Origins: Creating a Visual Language of Marks, led by Dr. Martha Ladly of OCAD U and Dr. Katrina Keefer of Trent University, was recently featured in an article by CBC News: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/scarification­trent­ocad­slave­trade­identity­ 1.5014143).

Dr. Keefer was also interviewed on the CBC Morning radio show, available here: https://drive.google. com/open?id=1U4P0OnwH4w7b1Fq_k9RYy969T05llnaQ.

This research project is based on the rich history of applying permanent body marks, such as scarification and tattoos, to represent individual’s membership in African kin groups and local societies. It seeks to trace origins of enslaved peoples of Africa, and to address the obliteration of identities for enslaved individuals, which is one of the lasting legacies of the trans­Atlantic slave trade. The researchers received funding for this project from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC).

Recent Publications by OCAD U Faculty To have your publications listed in the PULSE, please contact [email protected].

Publications available through the Open Research Repository:

· Diamond, Sara (2019) Addressing the imagination gap through STEAMM+D and indigenous knowledge. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 116 (6). pp. 1851­1856. ISSN 0027­8424

· Mittra, James and Mastroeni, Michele and Haddow, Gill and Wield, David and Barlow, Elisabeth (2019) Re­imagining healthcare and medical research systems in post­ devolution Scotland.Sociological Research Online, 24 (1). pp. 55­72. ISSN 1360­7804

· Mohammed, Gamal and Mahmoud, Noha (2019) An urban code in traditional Middle Eastern contexts: The edge environment as a central theme for reading the social pattern language of historic sites. SAGE Open, 9 (1). ISSN 2158­2440

FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

Research Funding Opportunities

Please contact [email protected] for more information on research funding opportunities.

CFI John R. Evans Leaders Fund (JELF)

Enables researchers to undertake leading­edge research by providing them with the foundational research infrastructure required to be or become leaders in their field. In turn, this enables institutions to remain internationally competitive in areas of research and technology development, aligned with their strategic priorities.

· The total CFI request for each project must not exceed $75,000

· Proposals must include 2­ 3 researchers and must demonstrate a need to share infrastructure

· Internal Notice of Intent (NOI) deadline Friday, May 17 at 5:00 PM

· A meet and greet for potential JELF collaboration amongst OCAD U researchers will be held in the Office of Research and Innovation (RHA 520) on May 2, 2:00­3:00PM

Insight Grants (SSHRC)

Support research excellence in the social sciences and humanities with stable support for long­term research initiatives.

· $7,000 to $400,000

· 2­5 years

· October 15

Partnership Engage Grants (SSHRC)

Provides short­term and timely support for partnered research activities with a non­academic organization.

· $7,000 to $25,000

· 1 year

· December 15, March 15 and June 15, September 15

Connection Grants (SSHRC)

Supports events and outreach activities geared toward short­term, targeted knowledge mobilization initiatives.

· $7,000 to $25,000

· 1 year · February 1, May 1, August 1 and November 1

Discovery Grants (NSERC)

Supports ongoing programs of research with long­term goals rather than a single short­term project or collection of projects.

· ~$25,000/year

· Up to five years

· August 1: (Notification of Intent to Apply)

· November 1: (Application)

**Please note: first drafts are due to the Office of Research and Innovation four weeks before the agency deadline and final drafts are due one week in advance of the final submission.**

RESEARCH EVENTS

CFI JELF COLLABORATION ­ MEET AND GREET

A meet and greet for potential JELF collaboration amongst OCAD U researchers will be held in the Office of Research and Innovation (RHA 520) on May 2, 2:00­3:00PM.

· Date: Thursday May 2, 2019 ­ 2:00pm – 3:00pm

· Location: Research Office, RHA 520 (205 Richmond Street W)

STUDENTDWELL+: RE­IMAGINING STUDENT HOUSING

An international symposium to release the findings of the StudentDwellTO research partnership and discuss alternatives to the housing (un)affordability crisis. The event is free, but registration is required.

· Date: Wednesday, May 1, 2019 ­ 9:30am to Friday, May 3, 2019 ­ 6:00pm

· Location: York University

· https://www2.ocadu.ca/event/studentdwell%2B­re­imagining­student­housing

Overview of Research Services

· ROMEO Researcher Portal for Research Awards and Ethics

· Research Office

· Research Ethics Board

**Get on the PULSE! Submit your research news, events, stories, and successes to [email protected]**

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