Research at the College of Arts & Science
Researchers at the College of Arts & Science enjoy an international reputation for innovation and excellence in a variety of areas. The College's faculty hold a number of Canada Research Chair professorships in areas ranging from X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy (Dr. Graham George), Synchrotron Radiation (Dr. Alexander Moewes), and Molecular Environmental Science (Dr. Ingrid Pickering) to Identity and Diversity: The Aboriginal Experience (Dr. Evelyn Joy Peters).
Research Facilities
These include the Canadian Light Source, the Saskatchewan Structural Sciences Centre, the Plasma Physics Laboratory, VIDO and a high performance computing lab. The Saskatchewan Isotope Laboratory is an internationally renowned facility, with over 300 collaborators in more than seventy countries, and projects on all seven continents. Many of the departments also house research clusters such as the Institute for Space and Atmospheric Studies and Native-Newcomer Relations.
One of just four such research institutions in Canada, the Centre for the Study of Co-operatives is involved in a number of multi-year interdisciplinary research grants, and in November 2005 was awarded awarded $1.75 million from SSHRC to study social enterprises – the largest such grant to the university to date (press release).
The College's faculty also are well known for their research on areas of Native studies: Canada Research Chair Dr. Jim Miller has an international reputation as one of the leading scholars in the area of Native-Newcomer Relations, while a cluster of the Centre for the Study of Co-operatives' SSHRC-funded research project, "Co-operative Membership and Globalization: Creating Social Cohesion through Market Relations," focuses on Co-operation and Aboriginal Cultures.
The College places a strong emphasis on providing research opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students. Students participate and learn about cutting-edge research and theories, have access to world-class facilities and gain actual research experience through summer research positions and research-based courses.
The College has strong ties with community organizations and businesses such as those in the research park at Innovation Place. Faculty are also part of interdisciplinary research groups on campus and around the world. Our participation in the University of the Arctic demonstrates our commitment to locally-based research.
