Tim Kenyon, Vice-President, Research, called 2019 “The Year of Research Productivity” at Brock University.<\/p>\n
Kenyon, who hosted the annual Brock Research Celebration on Nov. 26, commemorated the work of the University’s researchers and scholars.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019d like to thank all of you for your persistence, hard work and passion,\u201d he told the more than 100 faculty and staff attendees.\u00a0\u201cYour research and scholarship make a difference, both in our community and in the world around us.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Research Celebration honoured more than 200 researchers and scholars from all Faculties who received funded and non-funded awards over the past year.<\/p>\n
Brock\u2019s major research funding source comes from the federal government, including\u00a0the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)<\/a>, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC)<\/a>, and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)<\/a>.<\/p>\n Other key sources of\u00a0funding include the\u00a0Canada Foundation for Innovation<\/a>,\u00a0FedDev<\/a>; and Ontario Centres of Excellence<\/a>, as well as private organizations.<\/p>\n Non-funded awards for research and scholarship include recognitions such as prizes for best journal article, being named editor of a journal and appointment to leadership in organizations, among others.<\/p>\n Kenyon took the opportunity to outline overall research achievements over the past year, including:<\/p>\n Brock President Gervan Fearon said the \u201cdedicated pursuit\u201d of research has transformed the University\u2019s physical makeup and sense of self-identity, helped communities become more livable, and boosted the global competitiveness of Canada\u2019s industries.<\/p>\n \u201cMore important than changing the face of Brock, research enables the University to be an invaluable community resource that benefits thousands of households across Niagara and beyond,\u201d said Fearon, adding that such a role \u201cgoes to the very core of Brock University\u2019s purpose.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cYou are all making a difference in the name of Brock University \u2014 and I just want to tell you that this institution is very, very proud of you,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Tim Kenyon, Vice-President, Research, called 2019 “The Year of Research Productivity” at Brock University.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":62532,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1,4,5],"tags":[8505,1375,7819,7488,98,607,384,884,522,8506,5398,594,1099,2329,894,446,8504,3325,82,5624],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62516"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62516"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62516\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62536,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62516\/revisions\/62536"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n