| Overall Rating | Platinum |
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| Overall Score | 86.17 |
| Liaison | James Gordon |
| Submission Date | May 31, 2022 |
Thompson Rivers University
AC-9: Research and Scholarship
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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12.00 / 12.00 |
James
Gordon Zero Waste and Environmental Programs Coordinator TRU Sustainability Office |
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Part 1. Sustainability research
194
Number of employees engaged in sustainability research:
78
Percentage of employees that conduct research that are engaged in sustainability research:
40.21
Part 2. Sustainability research by department
38
Number of academic departments that include at least one employee who conducts sustainability research:
32
Percentage of departments that conduct research that are engaged in sustainability research:
84.21
Research Inventory
Inventory of the institution’s sustainability research:
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A brief description of the methodology the institution followed to complete the research inventory:
To prepare the research inventory, the following methodology was used:
(for the 12 month period September 1, 2021, to August 31, 2022)
1. Each of the eight TRU faculties that conduct academic research was contacted (the ninth faculty, the School of Trades and Technology, was not counted since no one in this faculty conducts academic research) and asked to supply a list outlining which of their faculties members were engaged in any sort of research during the 12 month period in question, and, if they were, if it was sustainability research (as defined by the supplied definition of ‘sustainability research’: research and scholarship that explicitly addresses the concept of sustainability, furthers our understanding of the interdependence of ecological and social/economic systems, or has a primary and explicit focus on a major sustainability challenge.).
2. The TRU Office of Research and Graduate Studies was also contacted and asked to supply the same two-tiered list (all research and sustainability research) and, utilizing data from the TRU Romeo reporting tool (a research administration tool that allows researchers and administrators to work collaboratively to manage internal and external grant applications throughout the life span of a research application), the list provided by their office was cross-referenced against the data that each faculty member provided.
3. Furthermore, for those faculty members who did not respond in a timely manner, a search was conducted on their individual websites to determine if they were engaged in any sustainability research. At this time, each faculty member’s department affiliation was also identified, if this information was not already supplied in previous steps.
4. If further clarity was still needed to determine if faculty members were engaged in any sot of sustainability research, then meetings/phone calls/emails with faculty deans or secretaries, or department chairs took place to get answers.
5. Once all relevant information was submitted, then a final review took place to validate that it was ‘sustainability research’.
6. Finally, all relevant statistical data was entered into the Reporting Tool (Parts 1 and 2) and all qualitative data into the spreadsheet, TRU Sustainability Research Inventory
(for the 12 month period September 1, 2021, to August 31, 2022)
1. Each of the eight TRU faculties that conduct academic research was contacted (the ninth faculty, the School of Trades and Technology, was not counted since no one in this faculty conducts academic research) and asked to supply a list outlining which of their faculties members were engaged in any sort of research during the 12 month period in question, and, if they were, if it was sustainability research (as defined by the supplied definition of ‘sustainability research’: research and scholarship that explicitly addresses the concept of sustainability, furthers our understanding of the interdependence of ecological and social/economic systems, or has a primary and explicit focus on a major sustainability challenge.).
2. The TRU Office of Research and Graduate Studies was also contacted and asked to supply the same two-tiered list (all research and sustainability research) and, utilizing data from the TRU Romeo reporting tool (a research administration tool that allows researchers and administrators to work collaboratively to manage internal and external grant applications throughout the life span of a research application), the list provided by their office was cross-referenced against the data that each faculty member provided.
3. Furthermore, for those faculty members who did not respond in a timely manner, a search was conducted on their individual websites to determine if they were engaged in any sustainability research. At this time, each faculty member’s department affiliation was also identified, if this information was not already supplied in previous steps.
4. If further clarity was still needed to determine if faculty members were engaged in any sot of sustainability research, then meetings/phone calls/emails with faculty deans or secretaries, or department chairs took place to get answers.
5. Once all relevant information was submitted, then a final review took place to validate that it was ‘sustainability research’.
6. Finally, all relevant statistical data was entered into the Reporting Tool (Parts 1 and 2) and all qualitative data into the spreadsheet, TRU Sustainability Research Inventory
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