Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 53.99
Liaison Eric Meliton
Submission Date Dec. 20, 2013
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STARS v2.0

Wilfrid Laurier University
AC-9: Academic Research

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 7.41 / 12.00 Ildiko De Boer
Director, Office of Research Services
Office of Research
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Number of the institution’s faculty and/or staff engaged in sustainability research:
56

Total number of the institution’s faculty and/or staff engaged in research:
549

Number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that include at least one faculty or staff member that conducts sustainability research:
20

The total number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that conduct research:
48

A copy of the sustainability research inventory that includes the names and department affiliations of faculty and staff engaged in sustainability research:
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Names and department affiliations of faculty and staff engaged in sustainability research:
Alex Latta- Global Studies Alison Blay-Palmer- Geography & Environmental Studies Andrea Brown- Political Science Anne Brydon- English & Film Studies Alicia Sliwinski- Global Studies Barry Colbert Business- Policy Bob Sharpe- Geography & Environmental Studies Brenda Murphy- Geography & Environmental Studies Bruce Arai- Humanities & Social Sciences Bruce McConomy- Accounting Bryon Williston- Philosophy Brent Wolfe- Geography & Environmental Studies Carl Simpson- Communication Studies Carole LeClair- Indigenous Studies Christopher Lemieux- Geography & Environmental Studies D. Marc Kilgour- Mathematics David Blenkhorn- Marketing Deborah MacLatchy- Biology Debora VanNijnatten- North American Studies Denise Grafton- Geography & Environmental Studies Derek Hall- Political Science Douglas Woolford- Mathematics Eliana Suarez- Social Work Frank Millerd- Accounting Greg Irving- Organizational Behaviour/HRM Ginette Lafreniere- Social Work Rhoda Howard-Hassmann- Global Studies Ignacio Castillo- Business- ODS Janet McLaughlin- Health Studies Jim McGeer- Biology Jody Decker- Geography & Environmental Studies John Triggs- Archeology & Classical Studies Judy Bates- Geography & Environmental Studies Kevin Stevens- Biology Kim Anderson- Indigenous Studies Lucy Luccisano- Sociology Michael Imort- Geography & Environmental Studies Manuel Riemer- Psychology Markus Poetzsch- English Mary-Louise Byrne- Geography & Environmental Studies Marc Kilgour- Mathematics Mitali De- Business- ODS Michael Wilkie- Biology Randy Wigle- Economics Rob Milne- Geography & Environmental Studies Robert Feagan- Contemporary Studies Robert McLeman- Geography & Environmental Studies Sarah Wilner- Marketing Scott Slocombe- Geography & Environmental Studies Sean Doherty- Geography & Environmental Studies Simon Dalby- Geography & Environmental Studies Stephen Haller- Contemporary Studies Steven Roberts- Geography & Environmental Studies Tanya Richardson- Anthropology Tracy Snodden- Economics Xuan Zhao- Business- ODS

A brief description of the methodology the institution followed to complete the research inventory:
The institution went through the heads of the department to document each faculty member engaged in research and added this to a list.

A brief description of notable accomplishments during the previous three years by faculty and/or staff engaged in sustainability research:
-Centre for Research on Sustainable Food Sysetms- Alison Blay-Palmer, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies In 2013, the Laurier Research Centre for Sustainable Food Systems was launched, which will provide opportunities for research in sustainable community food initiatives. The centre will open more opportunities for cross-disciplinary collaboration in this field of research, and will address research and policy challenges of urban and rural food security around the world.

The website URL where information about sustainability research is available:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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