CALDO Consortium of Alberta, Laval, Dalhousie and Ottawa Universities
CALDO Consortium of Alberta, Laval, Dalhousie and Ottawa Universities CALDO Consortium of Alberta, Laval, Dalhousie and Ottawa Universities
What is CALDO?
• Consortium of the University of Alberta, Laval University, Dalhousie University, and the University of Ottawa, established in 2010
• Four of Canada’s top research universities, offering a comprehensive range of undergraduate and graduate degree programs
• Diverse range of world-class researchers and facilities
• Primary objective is to coordinate outreach to international partner institutions, particularly where the consortium can offer mutual advantages of its four members to partners CALDO Consortium of Alberta, Laval, Dalhousie and Ottawa Universities
Why CALDO?
• Canada’s top research universities have — U15?
• CALDO universities are four of the best in the G-13; we believe working together can achieve goals that the other G-13 universities cannot achieve alone
• CALDO is a bold new initiative in Canada—an active consortium with tight coordination and close connections, designed to interact effectively with international partner institutions CALDO Consortium of Alberta, Laval, Dalhousie and Ottawa Universities
What CALDO offers
• Coordinated and centralized services to international partners and their students
• The Executive Director, will lead operations of the consortium and coordinate with international partner institutions to deliver : One-stop Admissions
Student Mobility
Tuition support
Service and Support for Students
Support for Sponsoring Partners CALDO Consortium of Alberta, Laval, Dalhousie and Ottawa Universities
CALDO Universities
University of Alberta
Université Laval
Dalhousie University
University of Ottawa CALDO Consortium of Alberta, Laval, Dalhousie and Ottawa Universities
University of Alberta Edmonton, Canada • 5th largest research university in Canada
• More than 37,000 students in 18 faculties
• More than $460 million (2012) annual external research funding
• Home to Canada’s National Institute for Nanotechnology
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University of Alberta Strategic Research Areas:
1. Energy and Environment 2. Health 3. Science and Technology 4. Public Policy, Society & Humanities
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University of Alberta Energy and Environment • SCENEREI (Sino-Canadian Energy and Environment Research and Education Initiative) Collaboration with Tsinghua University; interdisciplinary collaboration (research and innovative and efficient technology development) to help address global energy and environmental issues. http://www.news.ualberta.ca/article.aspx?id=AB3DE3F3E28C455EB2B879047D23B211 • Helmholtz-Alberta Initiative Links U of A to 16 elite research centres in Germany to develop cleaner, greener oilsands and mining technologies • Biodiversity Conservation and Agricultural Studies Land reclamation, freshwater ecosystems, agricultural genomics www.ualberta.ca CALDO Consortium of Alberta, Laval, Dalhousie and Ottawa Universities
University of Alberta Health • Li Ka Shing Institute of Virology World-class centre investigation efforts to treat and cure virus-based diseases. More than $80 million investment from Li Ka Shing (Canada) Foundation and the Government of Alberta • Alberta Diabetes Institute (ADI) Discovered the ground-breaking ‘Edmonton Protocol’—the standard for care in clinical islet transplantation for treating diabetes. Researchers from eight faculties work together at ADI. • School of Public Health Canada’s first stand-alone faculty dedicated to public health wellness
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University of Alberta Science and Technology • National Institute for Nanotechnology (NINT) $120 million joint initiative: Canada’s National Research Council, UAlberta and Alberta government; researchers are developing platforms for building nanosystems and materials that can be constructed and programmed for particular application; many UAlberta researchers are cross-appointed to NINT. • Centennial Centre for Interdisciplinary Science (CCIS) New building houses five research teams using an interdisciplinary approach to scientific discovery: 1. Chemical Biology and Proteomics 4. Planetary Dynamics 2. Integrated Earth and Landscape Management 5. Resource Geosciences 3. Nanostructures and New Materials
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University of Alberta Public Policy, Society & Humanities • Institute for Public Economics Canada's largest group of active researchers in the field of public economics, studying the public sector’s influence on the economy and society
• Research Institute in Women's Writing: The Orlando Project Online cultural history of lives and works of over 1,200 British women writers. Links humanities research with a technology-based business opportunity • Western Centre for Economic Research Research collaboration of three faculties (Business, Arts and Agriculture, Life and Environment); to contribute to evidence-based government policy development.
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Université Laval Québec City, Canada
• A comprehensive university • A research intensive institution • Located in a UNESCO world heritage city
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Université Laval
3 Canadian Network of Centres of Excellence
• Canadian Institute for Photonics Innovation + Canada Excellence Research Chair • ArcticNet + Canada Excellence Research Chair • Geomatics for Informed Decisions
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Université Laval
Health Research Fundamental research is directly linked with clinical context. • Neurosciences/Regenerative Medicine • Institute of Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods • Infectious Disease Research Centre
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Université Laval
Research in Humanities Using a multidiscplinariy approach • Institute for the Environment, Development and Society • Institut Québécois des Hautes Études Internationales • Poverty and Economic Policy Research Network
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Université Laval
Research in Agriculture and Forestry Using a multidiscplinariy approach • Research center on wood • Research center on horticulture • Research center for the study of forest • Research center in geomatic • Research center on reproductive biology
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Université Laval
Research in Engineering and Science Using a multidiscplinariy approach • Research center on optic, photonic and laser • Research center on advance materials • Research chair on robotic and mechatronic • Research chair on electroactive and photoactive polymers • Research chair on biomaterials and bioengineering
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Dalhousie University Halifax, Canada • World leader in ocean’s research • Founded in 1818 • 18,200 students in 12 faculties • Number of faculty: 1,100 • Student /faculty ratio – 14:1 • 180 different degree programs • Repeatedly ranked one of the best places for researchers to work (The Scientist) • Environmental sustainability is a campus-wide theme www.dal.ca
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Dalhousie University Strategic Research Areas:
Sustainable Health Governance, Oceans Materials & & Society & Clean Technology Wellness Culture
Information Agriculture Energy Science & & & Communication Food Earth Sciences
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Dalhousie University Ocean Studies :
• Marine related studies: 350 PhD qualified researchers in local cluster • Canada Excellence Research Chair in Ocean Science and Technology • All 7 continents monitored by Dalhousie's ground-breaking $160M Ocean Tracking Network project • One of the top 30 research institutes in Oceanography – the only one in Canada(Times Higher Education)
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Dalhousie University Sustainable Materials and Clean Technology: • Institute for Research in Materials • More than 100 researchers from 7 Faculties, 18 departments • Canada Research Chair in Materials for Batteries and Fuel Cells • World authority on advanced lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles • Materials for a sustainable future • Environmentally-sustainable materials and manufacturing • Bio-materials, advanced restoration materials • Sustainable water management
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Dalhousie University Health and Wellness:
• Biological structures and mechanisms • Genomics • Canada Research Chair, Bio-signalling • Studying proteins and genes involved in causing cancers and infectious diseases including superbugs • Neuroscience • Canada Research Chair, Neuroscience • Vaccines
• Pain, Addictions, Mental Health
• Health, environment and society
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Dalhousie University Governance, Society and Culture :
• Ethics and values • Canada Research Chair, Bioethics and Philosophy • Ethics of embryo research, stem cell science, neuroscience
• Social justice and development • Indigenous studies • Migration • Peace, conflict and security
• European studies
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University of Ottawa
• Ranked 171st in the world -the 2012-2013 Times Higher Education World University Rankings • More than 40,000 students in 10 faculties
• More than $270 million in annual external research funding
• Ranked as the 9th most research-intensive university in Canada
• 4th in Canada for research impact in Science and Engineering
• World’s largest bilingual university www.uOttawa.ca (English/French) CALDO Consortium of Alberta, Laval, Dalhousie and Ottawa Universities The uOttawa Advantage
• Proximity to the Parliament of Canada, federal agencies and institutions such as the National Research Council of Canada – There are 126 embassies and high commissions in Ottawa.
• Industry and private sector: Strong in the areas of ICT services and applications
• Strategic location for scientific and academic exchanges with other educational institutions (e.g. Ottawa-Carleton Institute for Physics)
• Affiliation with the city’s major hospitals : The Ottawa Hospital Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Montfort Hospital Royal Ottawa Health Care Group Bruyère Continuing Care
CALDO Consortium of Alberta, Laval, Dalhousie and Ottawa Universities uOttawa - Strategic Areas of Development in Research
• Canada and the World • Health • e-Society • Molecular and Environmental Sciences CALDO Consortium of Alberta, Laval, Dalhousie and Ottawa Universities uOttawa - Canada and the World Research Centres & Schools
• The Centre for International Policy • Graduate School of Public and Studies (CIPS) International Affairs (GSPIA) A leader in Canada for informed Main areas include: debate on foreign policy and The development of public and international affairs. international policies.
• School of International Faculty of Social Sciences Development and Global Studies – Canada’s largest academic unit specialized in international development Main areas include : Growth, Private Sector, Social Inclusion.
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• Ottawa Institute of Systems • Institute of Population Health Biology Houses one of the PAHO/WHO – World-class institute that performs Collaborating Centre for Population research regarding the Health Risk Assessment understanding of human diseases and the development of technology. – >$10 million/yr in grants & contracts Health Sciences Complex
• University of Ottawa Heart Institute – Canada’s largest and foremost cardiovascular health centre – Research funding ~ $65 million/yr
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• Institute for Science, Society and • Text Analysis and Machine Learning Policy (ISSP) Group (TAMALE) Carries out research & teaching on the – World-class centre focus combines relationship between society and science, data mining, text mining and language innovation and technology. engineering.
• Centre for Environmental Law and Global Sustainability Colonel By Building – Faculty of Engineering Main areas of expertise include: − Water law, − Sustainable food law, − Environmental law, and − Aboriginal law.
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• Centre for Research in Photonics • Centre for Advanced Research in More than 150 researchers; Environmental Genomics attracting world-class experts Seeks to provide novel approaches to solve problems of environmental biology.
• Centre for Catalysis Research and Advanced Research Complex Innovation Photonics and Geoscience Multidisciplinary centre with some of Canada’s top researchers and globally-recognized leaders in homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis.
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University of Alberta Dalhousie University www.research.ualberta.ca www.dal.ca/research
Université Laval University of Ottawa www2.ulaval.ca/en/research.html www.research.uottawa.ca
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