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.
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.
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.
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.
Honour the importance of conducting research within the protocols set down by participating communities, and advance principles of reciprocity and sustainability in research endeavours.
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.