Public Disclosure
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion are fundamental to fostering a culture that supports the systematic removal of barriers and creates multiple means of representation, engagement and expression. Athabasca University is committed to creating and sustaining an environment in which qualified individuals, including those from the four designated and other under-represented groups have equal opportunities to participate in teaching and research and ultimately contribute to the University's Imagine Plan, of Transforming Lives, Transforming Communities.
Important Links
View these important EDI documents:
- the 2019 Addendum to the 2006 Canadian Human Rights Settlement Agreement;
- the program's Statistics page ;
- the program's Requirements for Recruiting and Nominating Canada Research Chairs .
Canada Research Continuity Emergency Fund
- The Canada Research Continuity Emergency Fund (CRCEF) was announced on May 15, 2020, as part of the Government of Canada’s COVID-19 Economic Response Plan. The temporary program has been established to help sustain the research enterprise at Canadian universities and health research institutions that have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. It is expected that the program will help reduce negative impacts of the pandemic and ensure that the benefits of significant investments to date in universities and health research institutions are protected. This will maintain Canada’s international competitiveness in the global, knowledge-based economy, and contribute to Canadians’ health and social and cultural life, as well as the health of Canada’s natural environment.
CRCEF is a tri-agency program and is administered by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) on behalf of the three federal research funding agencies: the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) and SSHRC. The Canada Research Coordinating Committee (CRCC) provides strategic oversight for the program and approves awards. The Tri-agency Institutional Programs Secretariat (TIPS) provides administration. - Strategy for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Decision-Making
Athabasca University has struck an institutional equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) committee. If we had received more than one (1) completed Attestation Form, a review committee would have been struck, members of which would have been from the AU EDI committee. The members of the review committee would have been required to take unconscious bias training and read two related published articles, if they had not already done so as part of the institutional EDI committee. - List of affiliated health research institutions receiving funding is not applicable.
- Athabasca University Associate Vice President, Research (Interim), Dr. Pamela Hawranik is responsible for ensuring the CRCEF program requirements are followed.
Research Support Fund
Athabasca University gratefully acknowledges the financial contribution of the federal government's Research Support Fund (formerly the Indirect Cost Program), which helps to offset the costs associated with administering Tri-Agency grants and awards.
How the RSF funding will be utilized each year is outlined in the documents below:
Updated January 04, 2021 by Research (research@athabascau.ca)