Principle 3: Promote excellence in research
Vision 2026
LA&PS will be a research leader, recognized for innovative and impactful interdisciplinary inquiry; ethical community engagement and collaboration; and effective dissemination and knowledge mobilization, and will nurture intellectual curiosity and investigator-driven inquiry.
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Foster a strong and active research culture that emphasizes internationally, nationally, and locally impactful research; recognizes the diversity of approaches to theory and fieldwork; and supports intellectual curiosity and investigator-driven inquiry.
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Support innovative and cross-disciplinary research clusters across and within the various Schools, Departments, Colleges, and Organized Research Units in LA&PS to better reflect the interdisciplinary nature of the Faculty, while maintaining research excellence in specific disciplines.
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Promote research, knowledge mobilization, and dissemination that responds to emerging issues and changing needs in society, including opportunities to collaborate with community, industry, government, and other public and private partners.
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Honour the importance of conducting research within the protocols set down by participating communities, and advance principles of reciprocity and sustainability in research endeavours.
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Recognize the contributions that graduate students make to the diverse research pursuits of the Faculty, and build on the foundation of research excellence demonstrated by our existing graduate programs.