Research Commons and the Discover York Academics (DYA) team are excited to offer weekly online sessions this fall (2026) to assist faculty members in creating their DYA profiles.
Discover York Academics is a dynamic platform that enables faculty to showcase their work, connect with peers, indicate availability for graduate supervision, and enhance visibility to industry and community partners. With automatic updates and data aggregation from public sites, your DYA profile will continuously reflect your latest research, publications, awards, and professional activities.
To learn more about DYA, please visit the DYA website. For a one-on-one user profile setup, book an appointment with DYA Manager Anna Kajor: Calendly. If you have any questions, please get in touch with dyahelp@yorku.ca.
September 10 - December 10, 2026
Every Thursday, 12:00 pm
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Please note that you can sign up for multiple sessions at once. If you find the sessions helpful and wish to attend more, you can easily register again.
With the 2026-2027 Horizon Europe work programmes now available, this high-level session will help York researchers prepare for upcoming Pillar II opportunities. York’s new International Research Manager and a representative from Innovation York will share recent program updates; introduce tools for identifying opportunities and building international partnerships; and discuss the growing importance of industry engagement, innovation, and pathways to impact within Horizon Europe projects.
Participants are encouraged to explore the VPRI's Horizon Europe resource page, which includes practical resources, recordings from previous sessions, and links to the 2026-2027 work programmes:
- Health
- Culture, Creativity, and Inclusive Society
- Civil Security for Society
- Digital, Industry, and Space
- Climate, Energy, and Mobility
- Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment
Wednesday, September 23, 2026
10:30 am – 12:00 pm
Zoom
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Speakers:
Courtney Cole, Director of Innovation & Industry Partnership, Innovation York, VPRI
Jacquelin De Faveri, International Research Manager, VPRI
The LA&PS Research Office invites you to join the 2027 SSHRC Insight Development Grant (IDG) Information Session.
Insight Development Grants support research in its initial stages. These grants enable the development of new research questions as well as experimentation with new methods, theoretical approaches, and/or ideas.
Value: maximum $100,000
Duration: 1-2 years
Deadline: February 2, 2027
The session will feature an overview of the competition, guidance on strategies for developing competitive proposals for both emerging and established scholars, and a panel discussion with faculty members who have developed successful IDG applications and served on IDG review committees. The session will also outline resources available from LA&PS and from across York to strengthen applications and support research plans.
Monday, October 5, 2026
9:30 - 11:30 am
Zoom
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Presenters:
Prof. Matias Cortes (Economics), Member of IDG Review Committee
Prof. Vikrant Dadawala (English), IDG Recipient
Prof. Vanessa Lamb (Social Science), IDG Recipient
Looking to expand your research network, identify new collaborators, and position your research for larger national and international funding opportunities? This webinar will introduce York researchers to Québec's research and innovation ecosystem and explore practical pathways for developing new interprovincial research partnerships.
Presented by Jonathan Faucher, Scientific Advisor at the Bureau du Québec à Toronto, the session will provide an overview of Québec's research strengths, funding opportunities, and mechanisms for connecting with researchers, institutions, and innovation networks across the province. While examples may be drawn from areas such as responsible AI, health technologies, neuroscience, and space engineering, the session is intended for researchers from all disciplines who are interested in expanding their networks, developing new partnerships, and exploring future collaborative opportunities.
Participants will learn how partnerships with Québec researchers can help strengthen research programs, build multidisciplinary teams, and position researchers for larger national and international funding and research initiatives. The session will also highlight practical next steps, including thematic networking opportunities, partner identification, and potential matchmaking support for York researchers seeking collaborators in Québec.
The webinar will conclude with a moderated discussion and audience Q&A featuring representatives from the Office of the Vice-President Research & Innovation, the Lassonde School of Engineering, and the Faculty of Health.
Tuesday, October 13, 2026
1:00 – 2:30 pm
Zoom
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Speakers & Panelists:
Jonathan Faucher, Scientific Advisor, Bureau du Québec à Toronto
Jacquelin De Faveri, International Research Manager, VPRI
Nicholas Riddick, Research Analyst Officer, Lassonde School of Engineering
Jovita Sundaramoorthy, Research Director, Faculty of Health
Researchers are increasingly expected to demonstrate not only the quality and significance of their proposed research, but also how well it aligns with the mandate, priorities, and expectations of a particular funding agency or competition. This can be especially challenging for interdisciplinary research that spans traditional disciplinary and agency boundaries, where there may be no obvious funding “home.”
In this expert roundtable, researchers who have secured funding through multiple agencies and interdisciplinary competitions will discuss how they identified the right funding opportunities, tailored the same core research idea for different funders, built integrated research teams, and responded to reviewer feedback. Panelists will also share how they recognized when a competition was not the right fit and how they decided whether to revise, resubmit, or reposition a proposal following an unsuccessful application.
Participants will gain practical strategies for assessing funding fit, communicating the value of interdisciplinary research to different review audiences, anticipating common reviewer concerns about interdisciplinary proposals, and developing a stronger funding strategy across agencies and competitions.
Wednesday, October 14, 2026
2:00 – 3:30 pm
Zoom
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Speakers:
Diana Frasca, SIRI Specialist
Maheen Hasan, SIRI Specialist
Shayna Rosenbaum, Professor, Psychology, Faculty of Health
Sapna Sharma, Professor, Biology, Faculty of Science
What does it mean to be ready to apply for research funding? Presented by Research Commons and Markham Research, this panel brings together perspectives from the Faculty of Health, the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, and the Strategic and Institutional Research Initiatives team.
Panelists will discuss how researchers can identify the right funding opportunity, build their research portfolio and partnerships, plan around funding timelines, and develop the project management skills needed to move from an initial idea to a competitive application.
The session is intended for researchers looking to begin, restart, expand, or reposition their research programs.
Thursday, October 22, 2026
10:00 – 11:30 am
Zoom
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Speakers:
Leeann Bennett, Grant Development Specialist, Faculty of LA&PS
Maheen Hasan, SIRI Specialist, VPRI
Jovita Sundaramoorthy, Research Director, Faculty of Health
Abigail Vogus, SIRI Director, VPRI
Join Research Commons for an in-depth exploration of open access publishing and how to effectively use YorkSpace, York’s institutional repository. This workshop, led by our library experts, will clarify the various aspects of open access, author rights, journal publishing policies, and more. You will learn how to navigate these practices to understand their impact on your work's visibility and accessibility. We’ll also discuss the various uses of YorkSpace to manage how your research is accessed, so you can make informed decisions about sharing your scholarly work.
Thursday, November 5, 2026
1:00 – 2:30 pm
Zoom
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Speakers:
John Dupuis, Scholarly Publishing Librarian, Open Scholarship Department
Jack Hang-tat Leong, Digital Scholarship Librarian, Digital Scholarship Infrastructure Department
Research data management involves important decisions at every stage of a research project. This three-part series brings together York University offices to explore ethical, security, storage, planning, and data deposit considerations across the research lifecycle.
Throughout the series, researchers will also be introduced to the DMP Assistant, a national bilingual tool with customized York templates that can support the development of a holistic data management plan.
Session 1: Research Ethics and Integrity
Good research data management begins at the planning stage. This session will explore key ethical and research integrity considerations related to managing research data, including issues such as data ownership, working with students and research participants, data retention, and responsible stewardship of research data.
The session will also introduce data management planning as an important part of preparing for a research project and highlight how the DMP Assistant can help researchers think through these considerations early in the research lifecycle.
Wednesday, November 11, 2026
1:00 – 2:30 pm
Zoom
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Speakers:
Pelin Asci, Manager, Research Ethics, VPRI
Alison Collins-Mrakas, Director, Research Ethics, VPRI
Research data management involves important decisions at every stage of a research project. This three-part series brings together York University offices to explore ethical, security, storage, planning, and data deposit considerations across the research lifecycle.
Throughout the series, researchers will also be introduced to the DMP Assistant, a national bilingual tool with customized York templates that can support the development of a holistic data management plan.
Session 2: Research Security and Cybersecurity
Managing research data securely requires researchers to consider both research security requirements and cybersecurity throughout the active stages of a project. This session will provide an overview of the research security landscape, including recent policy developments, institutional requirements, emerging best practices, and York’s research security risk assessment process.
The session will also explore cybersecurity considerations for researchers, cyber threat and risk assessments, secure research data storage, and the connections between research security, cybersecurity, research ethics and integrity, and research data management.
Resources: York University Office of Safeguarding Research and the Government of Canada Research Security Centre.
Tuesday, November 17, 2026
1:00 – 2:30 pm
Zoom
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Speakers:
Joel Matthews, Advisor, Safeguarding Research, VPRI
Jean Chan Kong, Interim Chief Information Security Officer, UIT
Research data management involves important decisions at every stage of a research project. This three-part series brings together York University offices to explore ethical, security, storage, planning, and data deposit considerations across the research lifecycle.
Throughout the series, researchers will also be introduced to the DMP Assistant, a national bilingual tool with customized York templates that can support the development of a holistic data management plan.
Session 3: Depositing and Sharing Research Data
Moving beyond traditional publications, this session will focus on preparing research data for deposit and long-term access. Participants will learn how to select a data repository that meets their research needs and how to prepare and deposit data in York University Dataverse, York’s institutional data repository.
The session will also situate data deposit within the broader research data management lifecycle and highlight the planning decisions researchers can make earlier in a project to support effective data sharing and preservation.
Learn more about Research Data Management support from York University Libraries.
Wednesday, November 25, 2026
1:00 – 2:30 pm
Zoom
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Speakers:
Stephanie Quail, Director of Digital Scholarship Infrastructure, Digital Scholarship Infrastructure Department, Libraries
Minglu Wang, Director, Open Scholarship Department, Libraries
More information coming soon.