| Overall Rating | Bronze - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 43.88 |
| Liaison | Matt Wolsfeld |
| Submission Date | Jan. 30, 2015 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
University of Saskatchewan
AC-10: Support for Research
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
3.00 / 4.00 |
Margret
Asmuss Sustainability coordinator The office of sustainability |
Does the institution have a program to encourage student sustainability research that meets the criteria for this credit?:
A brief description of the institution’s program(s) to encourage student research in sustainability:
Undergraduate student research may be supported through the Saskatchewan Sustainability Living Lab which uses the campus and the community as a laboratory for teaching and research to explore all aspects of sustainability to develop actionable solutions to make the campus more sustainable. Students, faculty and staff work collaboratively on applied research projects that address campus sustainability issues and challenges. With time this may expand to include sustainability issues and challenges from the community beyond campus.
Funding from Fisher Scientific helps to cover expenses such travel costs, costs associated with field work, equipment rental or purchase, materials and billable hours from U of S units. In addition, the Campus Sustainability Revolving Fund (CSFR) may fund some projects that bring forward actionable solutions that meet the CSRF criteria
The website URL where information about the student research program is available:
Does the institution have a program to encourage faculty sustainability research that meets the criteria for this credit?:
A brief description of the institution’s program(s) to encourage faculty research in sustainability:
The website URL where information about the faculty research program is available:
Has the institution formally adopted policies and procedures that give positive recognition to interdisciplinary, transdisciplinary, and multidisciplinary research during faculty promotion and/or tenure decisions?:
A brief description or the text of the institution’s policy regarding interdisciplinary research:
The following statement is from the Principles Section of the University's Standards for Promotion and Tenure: "The University of Saskatchewan's Mission Statement indicates that we value interdisciplinary research and teaching and we should foster it within our institution. The Mission Statement highlights the four scholarships of teaching, discovery, integration, and application. This inclusive approach to scholarship is intended, among other things, to ensure that faculty who have interdisciplinary interests will be encouraged to pursue them and they will be taken into account and valued in the context of tenure and promotion considerations."
The website URL where information about the treatment of interdisciplinary research is available:
Does the institution provide ongoing library support for sustainability research and learning that meets the criteria for this credit?:
A brief description of the institution's library support for sustainability research and learning:
We have library resources on sustainability and support research in this area. However, the area is so interdisciplinary that the support will be via librarians and library resources in law, environment, public health, economics, business, education, sociology, etc.
• links to library assessment reports on the four signature research areas, three of which look at sustainability (water, one health, agriculture): http://library.usask.ca/research.php#DocsOfSupport
• a Research guide for One Health: http://libguides.usask.ca/onehealth
• a Research guide for Environment & Sustainability: http://libguides.usask.ca/SENS
• a research guide for Community Health & Epidemiology: http://libguides.usask.ca/communityhealth
• a research guide for Public Health: http://libguides.usask.ca/publichealth
The website URL where information about the institution's library support for sustainability is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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