Assessment of Research Sample Clauses

Assessment of Research. Each year commencing July 1, the School ▇▇▇▇ and the ▇▇▇▇ of Research and Graduate Studies, in consultation with the Vice-President, Academic and ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, will consider the research record of each tenured faculty member and identify those Members who, given the stage of their career, are or are not active researchers. They will review the research output focusing on the last two years using the Faculty Member’s CV, prepared in Senate-approved format, and the Teaching Assignment and Professional Activities Report in making this determination. They will use the provisions of Article 31, Research and Article 33, Faculty Probation, Promotion and Tenure, as guidelines in conducting this assessment. The decision of the School ▇▇▇▇ will be communicated to the Vice-President, Academic and ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ and the member including the rationale for this recommendation by August 31. For the purpose of this exercise (i.e. the assessment of research), all tenured members will be considered unless the Member has opted to be excluded. 18.6.1.1 A Member who chooses not to submit his/her CV (in the Senate-approved format) will be assumed to be a non-researching faculty member and will be assigned a workload of teaching and service under 18.6.1.3 (b) below. 18.6.1.2 A Member may request that he/she be classified under 27.2.2.1. Such requests will not unreasonably be denied. Such requests shall be submitted to the School ▇▇▇▇, copied to the Department Chair no later than June 30. For those on Schedule B, this will continue to be in effect until such time as the Member requests in writing to the School ▇▇▇▇ to be reconsidered. 18.6.1.3 The decision of the School ▇▇▇▇ will be forwarded to the Member and the Vice- President, Academic and ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇. The decision will include one of the following: (a) That the Member is currently an active researcher, given the stage of his/her career (for a period of one year). (b) That the Member is not currently an active researcher, given the stage of his/her career (for the period on one year). The member will be encouraged to engage in appropriate research activities. The Member will have 30 calendar days to appeal the findings. Such appeal will be submitted to the School ▇▇▇▇ copied to the ▇▇▇▇ of Research and Graduate Studies and the Vice-President, Academic and ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇. The Deans shall review and provide input to the Vice-President, Academic and ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ based on the additional material and/or information received. The final decision by the Vice-Pr...
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Assessment of Research. Each candidate will submit a research dossier as part of her/his application. The research dossier shall contain a statement of philosophy describing the candidate’s objectives, beliefs, and values in order to demonstrate how her or his research activities reflect the espoused philosophy. The onus is on the candidate to demonstrate the relevance of the material to the assessment process. For the purposes of this Article, evidence of the following will be considered in the assessment of an employee’s research: (a) success in attracting funds in support of research; (b) dissemination of the results of research activities pursuant to Article 31 (Research) through: (i) presentations at scholarly or professional conferences, seminars, workshops, etc.; (ii) publication in conference proceedings; (iii) publication in refereed journals; (iv) independent (not self) publication of monographs, book chapters, books, annotated bibliographies, concordances, case studies, created software and software documentation; (v) invited lectures at other universities or institutes; (vi) exhibitions of one’s own artistic creations; (vii) independent (not self) publications of one’s own literary work and musical compositions; (viii) participation in industrial or business policy formation, including, but not limited to, reports and briefs which are conducted on a paid or unpaid basis and that can be accessed for external review; (ix) participation in public policy formation, including, but not limited to, reports policy analysis papers, and briefs which are conducted on a paid or unpaid basis and that can be accessed for external review; (x) independent (not self) publication of electronic documents and multi-media productions; (xi) direction of plays; (xii) publication of policy papers related to professional practice; (xiii) evaluative reports of practice demonstration projects including recommendations for future implementation, consistent with Article 31.3.3. (c) awards or other recognition for research or creative activity, e.g., research awards; and (d) being selected to evaluate the work of other academics and professionals by, for example, serving on grant selection committees, serving as an external program evaluator, editing journals, reviewing articles for publication, reviewing grant applications, serving as examiners or on juries adjudicating artistic works. (e) being selected due to expertise for professional consultation to external groups/organizations. (f) developm...
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