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Centres/Institutes. Enclosed please find the applications for
1. Institute of Micromachine and Microfabrication Research
2. Centre for Labour Studies
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5. Mental Health, Law and Policy Institute
6. Centre for Education, Law and Society
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8. Co-operative Resource Management Institute
9. Centre for Experimental and Constructive Mathematics
10. Centre for Scientific Computing
11. Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS)
12. TRIUMF- Canada's national laboratory for particle and nuclear
13. Western Canadian Universities Marine Sciences Society
Pursuant to S.F.U. Policy R40.01, the Director of each Research Centre or Institute (hereafter
to as "the Centre") is required to submit a renewal application every five years.
Once the Director of the Centre completes the form, it should be forwarded to the Faculty
Dean or Vice-President Research, no later than June 30th.
1. Name of the Centre: Institute of Micromachine and Microfabrication Research
2. Director of the Centre
Name: Ash M. Parameswaran
3. Centre Description: (The description below was taken from the most recent SFU
microfabrication research by providing a focus and resource base for collaborative
and multidisciplinary research leading to new processes and new devices of benefit
disciplines.
4. Provide a detailed list of accomplishments of the Centre for the past five years.
The Institute of Micromachine and Microfabrication Research {IMMR) is operating on
the basis of a group of researchers who have dedicated to support and collaborate to
establish novel microfabrication technology that not only brings forth leading edge
research as well as potential commercialization opportunity. The members of IMMR
actively support the operations of the Microfabrication Clean Room Facility, called as
Engineering Science Clean Room Facility (ESCF) at the school of Engineering Science. This
facility not only supports the IMMR members, it also serves the researchers across in
Chemistry, Molecular Biology, Mechatronic Systems and Physics departments of SFU.
IMMR members actively participate in the upkeep and running of the ESCF, explore
create collaborative research and development projects.
Concordia University, Montreal, King Abdulla University of Science and Technology
(KAUST) have interacted with IMMR in the past. Further, British Columbia Institute of
Technology (BCIT) sends a group of their electronics students every year to observe the
technology.
Revised document based on SCUP request, Dec 12, 2011.
The academic research related accomplishment of IMMR in the last 5 years has been
establishment of technology base at the school of Engineering Science. The
accomplishments can be categorized into 4 parts.
The active members of IMMR concentrated in developing technology base for micro
sensors and actuators. The group concentrated their efforts in developing a novel
of silicon and its derivatives.
This process allowed us to develop a novel polymer based surface micromachining
technology.
producing PMMA microfluidic components. Typical microfluidic components are
using glass and the process is expensive and uses harsh chemicals and etchants. The
research group developed a novel microfluidic technology utilizing PMMA (commercially
Plexiglas). This technology allowed us to produce hard-base microfluidic devices
and components that can be used for chemical and biological sensors. Using the
namely the prop-up micro structures for inertial sensors and Microfluidic component for
antibiotic susceptibility studies.
This novel technology utilizes the polymer surface micromachining technology to
can be 3-dimensionally assembled on a chip surface. This is
currently being applied to inertial sensor development and also self assembled on-chip
antenna projects.
contributed to the development of a micro chip that can be used for determining the
and treatment of infantile diarrhea in rural India. This
the foundation for the molecular diagnostics research interest.
The active members of the institute now wishes to continue their collaborative,
serving the greater need of the world-wide demand for rapid diagnosis and effective
treatment.
5. Has your Centre accomplished its goals?
The centre has successfully demonstrated its strength in technology development
systems.
Revised document based on SCUP request, Dec 12, 2011.
6. Briefly describe your Centre membership and organization structure, as a separate
full membership list.
Since the past membership list and the organization structure was fairly simple,
The organizational structure was kept fairly simple so as to reduce bureaucracy
and increase productivity. This allowed the enthusiastic members to contribute to the
development of the institute's research and development activity without any hindrance.
The past membership consisted of 10 members with Dr. Ash Parameswaran as the
director. The members were:
Dr. Albert M. Leung, ENSC, SFU
Dr. Glenn Chapman, ENSC, SFU
Dr. Shahram payandeh, ENSC, SFU
Dr. Andrew Rawicz, ENSC, SFU
Dr. Marek Syrzycki, ENSC, SFU
Dr. Paul Li, CHEM, SFU
Dr. Hogan Yu, CHEM, SFU
Dr. Bonnie Gray, ENSC, SFU
Dr. Behraad Bahreyni, ENSC, SFU
Dr. Carlo Menon, ENSC, SFU
Dr. Albert M. Leung, ENSC, SFU
Dr. Marek Syrzycki, ENSC, SFU
Dr. Behraad Bahreyni, ENSC, SFU
Dr. Carlo Menon, ENSC, SFU
Dr. Glenn Chapman, ENSC, SFU
Dr. Bonnie Gray, ENSC, SFU
Members joined and actively participating in the institute activities since Sept 2010:
Dr. Tim Beischlag, FHS, SFU
Dr. Gratein Prefontaine, FHS, SFU
Dr. Ed Park, ENSC, SFU
Dr. Arun Garg, Head of Pathology, Royal Columbian Hospital
Dr. Mark Brockman, FHS-IMBB, SFU
Dr. Zabrina Brumme, FHS, SFU
Dr. Woo-Soo Kim, ENSC, SFU
Revised document based on SCUP request, Dec 12, 2011.
7. Provide a summary of financial resources attracted and used, both from the
University and external sources. (Attached a separate document, if necessary.)
following sections outline the funds attracted for the Institute related research
and development activity. These funds are attracted
include any of the member's individual (or group) Tri-Council, CFI or other research
or contracts.
and supplies, computer purchase for the lab.
enhance experimental capabilities.
capabilities.
and supplies.
8. Please
identify the university resources, if any, provided to your Centre.
No special space has been provided for the institute.
for its exclusive use.
Revised document based on SCUP request, Dec 12, 2011.
9. How has your Centre enhanced research over and above what would have been
particular, and its application to the real world scenario require a co-ordinated effort of a
of expertise. In the past 5 years the active members formed the critical group
and the direction of activities. This is possible only by an active
group that represents various disciplines. Therefore the institute serves as a platform to
of activity that contributes novel research and development.
10. Provide a rationale for the continuation of your Centre.
The institute has established a critical mass in technology as well as direction of
research. New membership and activity direction has been focused on the development of
novel diagnostic tools and devices. The institute has also attracted amount of funds to start
and activities in the medical diagnostic device development.
The institute allows us to build new collaborations to tackle new challenges according to the
SFU strategic research plan. We plan to expand the role of the centre in education by hosting
regular meetings among researchers from multiple departments. We are moving forward
solutions.
other benefits. Continuation
and development.
11. List your
Centre's goals for the next five years.
BC and TB research Institute, Chennai, India. The institute has made a strong link with
invaluable for the future direction of activities. We plan to launch an interdisciplinary,
and implementation of ultra miniature medical diagnostic instrumentation. The
group has already made efforts to attract funds from global sources such as Gates
Foundation. Effort
Industries of BC to interact with the institute to understand the challenges in point-of-care
technology development. Further, several members
the Canada-India-Research-Network. Further, the group
on finding diagnostic solutions for cardio-vascular disease diagnosis, TSH and Lypase
monitoring. More importantly, the group had identified target areas in early cancer diagnosis
and HIV-TB diagnosis techniques. These developments are considered clinically
and commercially attractive areas in diagnostic devices demand. We plan to invite
two leading HIV research experts from the Faculty of Health Sciences to be part of the
Institute to further enhance the interdisciplinary activities of the Institute. Further the
has established strong links with the BC cancer agency and we are exploring various
Revised document based on SCUP request, Dec 12, 2011.
research funding avenues. These activities will allow the institute to have a focused goal in
the development of novel miniature diagnostic instrumentation of the future.
to the SFU strategic research plan. We plan to expand the role of the centre in education by
hosting regular meetings among researchers from multiple departments. We are moving
with building international collaborations with institutions in India, France, USA, and
Australia among others and allow enthusiastic younger faculty members to investigate novel
(e.g.
While the past operational structure was fairly successful, we would like to bring in
the changes slowly to make the institute activity better. We will explore different
the members.
Also, we plan to introduce industry interaction activities to initiate discussions
with local, national as well as international industries and research institutes to explore
collaboration.
Sciences into the membership. The institute also plans to bring Dr. Arun Garg, the head of the
pathology department of Royal Columbian Hospital as a member and also other leading
researchers from the BC Cancer Agency. Discussions are underway to include overseas
members.
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BC Centre for Disease Control, will propel the institute activities to new heights and
significantly to high quality research as well as to society. We plan to host regular
seminars and meetings within SFU to encourage a wider participation of campus as well as
local community members.
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of the institute members for the last 5 years. Whlle the mstltute members
was linked with the IMMR related research activity and the clean room facility offered
Engineering Science.
Dr. Parameswaran's research group refereed journal publications
1. S. Chhina, A. Bajwa, M. Rahbar, A. Kaleibar, P. Li, M. Parameswaran, "Ultra-low-cost PMMA
2. B. C. Chang,
J. Berring, M. Venkataram, C. menon, M. Parameswaran, "Bending fluidic actuator for
3. M. Pallapa,
L.
Ou, M. Parameswaran, H-Z. Yu, "Software-Based Quantization of Bioassays on CD",
B. 148 (620-623)2010.
4. A. Mahanfar, S-W. Lee, M. Parameswaran, R. G. Vaughan,
Arbitrary Shapes and Tilt Angles for System-on-chip and System-in-package Applications",
Vol. 58 No.9, 2010.
5. M. Rahbar, S. Chhina, D. Sameoto, M. Parameswaran, "Microwave-induced, thermally assisted solvent
6. H. Mansour, S. Arzanpour, F. Golnaraghi, A.M. Parameswaran, "Semi-Active Engine Mount Design
7. M. Giassa, A. Khosla, B. Gray, A. Parameswaran, K. Kholi, R. Rameseshan, "Applications for Low
10.1007/s10836-009-5125-3.
8. William Liu, Nikolai Dechev, Ian G. Foulds, Robert Burke, Ash Parameswaran and Edward J. Park, A
9. A. Mahanfar, C. Menon, R.G. Vaughan, F. Capri, M. Parameswaran, K. Daheshpour, "Tunable
Dielectric Resonator Antennas using Voltage-Controlled Mechanical Deformation",
Vol 56, (614-619)2008.
10. Y. Li, P. Li, M. Parameswaran, H. Yu, "Inkjet Printed Electrode Arrays for Potential Modulation of
Vol. 80, No. 22, November 15,
2008, pp 8815-8821.
11. T. Cheung, J. Wong, A. Parameswaran, A. Babul, F. Beg, KL. Kavanagh, A. Jirasek,
U. Ribary, "A
Scanner Independent Approach to Modeling Neural Activity with a Hardware Phantom",
Press, pp: 89-91,2008.
12. M. Haiducu, M. Rahbar, I.G. Foulds, R. W. Johnstone, D. Sameoto, M. Parameswaran,
13. R.W. Johnstone,
I.
G. Foulds, M.V. Pallapa, M. Parameswaran, "Isopropanol/water as a developer for
vol. 7, no. 4,
pp.
043006 (Spp) 2008.
Institute {IMMR) Renewal: Supplementary document (12 Dec 2011)
14. I.G. Foulds, R.W. Johnstone, S. Tsang, M. Pallapa, M. Parameswaran, "Exposure and development of
thick polydimethylglutarimide films for MEMS applications using 254-nm irradiation",
vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 023003 (8pp) 2008.
15. S-W Lee, D Sameoto, A Mahanfar and M Parameswaran, "Lithographic stress control for the self-
16. D Sameoto,
S-W Lee and M Parameswaran, "Electrical interconnection through optimized wirebonding
17. I.
18. R.W. Johnstone, A.H. Ma, D. Sameoto, M. Parameswaran, and A.M. Leung, "Buckled cantilevers for
vol. 18, no. 4, pp. 045024 (7pp) 2008.
19.
Foulds, R.W. Johnstone, S.-H. Tsang, M. Hamidi, and M. Parameswaran, "Polydimethylglutarimide
vol. 18, no. 4,
pp.
045026 (8pp) 2008.
20.
R.W. Johnstone, I.G. Foulds, and M. Parameswaran, "Deep-UV exposure ofpoly(methyl methacrylate)
vol. 26, no. 2, pp. 682-685, 2008.
21. Lin Wang, Paul C.H. Li, Hua-Zhong Yu, Ash M Parameswaran, "Fungal Pathogenic Nucleic Acid
97-104.
22.
X.Y. Peng, P.C.H. Li, H-Z Yu, M. Parameswaran and W.L. Chou," Spiral microchannels on a CD for
23. H. Cho, H.
Yu and M. Parameswaran, "Fabrication of Microsensors Using Unmodified Office Inkjet
123 (2007) 749-756.
24. R.W. Johnstone,
S-H. Tsang, I.G. Foulds, S-W. Lee and M. Parameswaran, "Fabrication of an
25. D. Sameoto,
S-H. Tsang, I.G. Foulds, S-W. Lee and M. Parameswaran, "Control of the out-of-plane
17(2007) 1093-1098.
26. See-Ho Tsang, Dan Sameoto, Ian G. Foulds and M. Parameswaran, "Automated Assembly ofhingeless
17 (2007) 1314-1325.
27. Dan Sameoto,
See-Ho Tsanga and M. Parameswaran, "Polymer MEMS processing for multi-user
(2007)457-464.
Dr. Leung's research group refereed journal publications
1.
J.
A.
M. Leung, "Micromachined three-axis thermal accelerometer,"
21, pp. 75025-75037 (July 2011)
Dr. Bahreyni's research group refereed journal publications
1. M.A. Rasouli and B. Bahreyni, "Independent tuning of frequency and quality factor of micro-resonators
vol98, pp. 243508(1-3), Jun 2011.
Dr. Menon's research group refereed journal publications
1. Krahn, J, Liu, Y, Sadeghi A, and Menon, C (2011) A tailless timing belt climbing platform utilizing
adhesives with mushroom caps, Smart Materials and Structures, Vol.20, No.ll (llpp)
2. Chang, B., Berring, J., Venkataram, M., Menon, C., Parameswaran, M. (2011) Bending fluidic actuator
Smart materials and structures, Vol. 20, No. 3 (8pp)
3. Krahn, J, Sameoto, D, Menon, C
Institute (IMMR) Renewal: Supplementary document (12 Dec 2011)
4. Sameoto, D, Menon, C (2010) Deep UV Patterning of Acrylic Masters for Molding Biomimetic Dry
5. Sameoto, D., Menon, C. (2009) Direct molding of dry adhesives with anisotropic peel strength, Journal
of Micromechanics and Microengineering, Vol. 19, No.11, 115026 ( 5pp)
Dr. Syrzycki's research group refereed journal publications
1. R.Sobot, S.Stapleton, M.Syrzycki, Tunable Continuous Time Bandpass
on Circuits and Systems Part 1: Regular Papers. Vol.53, No.2, pp.264-273,
Feb.
2006.
2. Chin-Hsin Lin, Marek Syrzycki, Single-Stage Vernier Time-to_Digital Converter with Sub-Gate Delay
Vol.2, No.4, pp.365-371, Oct. 2011.
Dr. Gray's research group refereed journal publications
1. S.F. Romanuik, S.M. Grist, B.L. Gray, D. Hohertz, K.L. Kavanagh, N. Guizar, J.K. Scott, R. Nirwan, C.
Hui, A.G. Brolo, R. Gordon,
June 6, 2011, doi: 10.1109/JSEN.2011.2158643.
2. J. Patel, B.L. Gray, B. K.aminska, B. Gates, "Flexible polymer sensors for monitoring glucose in tears"
Sept 2011, 5(5): 1036-43.
3. S.F. Romanuik, S.M. Grist, M. Haq, B.L. Gray, N. Guizar, J.K. Scott, K.L. Kavanagh, D. Hohertz, A.G.
Brolo, R. Nirwan, C. Hui, R. Gordon,
31(2): 121-127 (2011).
4. A. Khosla, B. L. Gray, "Preparation, micro-patterning and electrical characterization of functionalized
2010.
5. M. Giassa, A. Khosla, B.L. Gray, M. Parameswaran, K. Kohli ,R. Rameseshan, "Applications for Low
26, Issue 1 (2010), pp 139-144.
6. J.N. Patel, B. K.aminska, B.L. Gray, B.D. Gates,
19 115014 (10 pages), (2009).
7. A. Khosla, B.L. Gray, "Preparation, Characterization, and Micromoulding of Multi-walled Carbon
63:13-14, pp.
1203-1206, 2009.
8. J. N.Patel, B. K.aminska, B.L. Gray, B. D. Gates, "PDMS as a sacrificial substrate for SU-8 based
(Sept. 2008) 095028, 11 pages.
9. S. Westwood, S. Jaffer, B.L. Gray, "Enclosed SU-8 and PDMS microchannels with integrated
18:6 (June 2008) 064014,9 pages.
10. S. Jaffer, B.L. Gray, "Polymer mechanically interlocking structures as interconnect for microfluidic
18:3 (March 2008) 035043, 10 pages.
Dr. Chapman's research group refereed journal publications
1. F. Vasefi, M. Najiminaini1, E. Ng, B. Kaminska1, G.H. Chapman
J.J.L. Carson, "Angular domain
camera", J Biomed Opt, Vol. 15, issue
2. E. Ng, F. Vasefi, B. Kaminska, G.H. Chapman
J.J.L. Carson, "Contrast and resolution analysis of
iterative angular domain optical projection tomography", Opt Exp., vl8, 19, pp. 19444-19455 (2010)
3. F. Vasefi, E. Ng, B. K.aminska, G.H.Chapman K. Jordan,
J.J.L. Carson, "Transmission and
of turbid media" Appl. Opt. 48, 6448-6457
Institute (IMMR) Renewal: Supplementary document (12 Dec 2011)
4. F. Vasefi,
B.
Kaminska, G.H. Chapman, and J.J. Carson "Image contrast enhancement in angular
of turbid media, Optics Express, Vol. 16 Issue 26, pp. 21492-21504 (2008)
5. F. Vasefi, B. Kaminska, P.K.Y. Chan,
G.H. Chapman, "Multi-spectral Angular Domain Optical
2008.
6. T. Schneider, H. Zhao, J.K. Jackson, G.H. Chapman, J. Dykes, U.O. Hafeli "Generation of
biodegradable camptothecin-loaded polymer microspheres using hydrodynamic flow focusing", J.
Sci 97,4943-4954, Mar. 2008.
7. F. Vasefi, P.K.Y. Chan,
B.
Kaminska, G.H. Chapman, N. Pfeiffer, "An Optical Imaging Technique
Domain", IEEE J. Sel. Topics Quan. Elec., v13, 1610-1620,
2007.
8. M. Karimi,
R.
Tu, W. Lennard, G. H. Chapman, Karen
L.
Oxide", Thin Solid Films, v515 (7), 3760-65, 2007.
1. C. Loncaric, C. Ho, M. Parameswaran, H. Yu, A USB Powered Stand-Alone Electrochemical Biosensor
Diagnosis", 219th ECS Meeting, Montreal, May 1-6, 2011.
2. P. Kalyanam, G. Chapman, M. Parameswaran, "Simulating Enhanced Photo Carrier Collection in the
3. D. Chung,
S. Seyfollahi, A. Khosla, B. Gray, M. Parameswaran,
R.
Ramasehan, K. Kohli, "Initial
Experimetns with Flexible Conductive Electrodes for Potential Applications in Cancer Tissue
4.
A.M. Hosseini, H. Mansour, S. Arzanpour, M. F. Golnaraghi, M. Parameswaran, "Design of Active and
Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
5. S.K. Chhina, M. Rahbar, A. Kaleibar, P. Li, M. Parameswaran, "Ultra Low Cost Microfluidic Devices
6. C. Loncaric, C. Ho, H. Yu, A. Parameswaran, "Electrochemical Biosensor for Point of Care Cancer and
7. P. Kalyanam, G. Chapmana, M. Parameswaran, "Enhanced sensitivity achievement using advanced
San Francisco, CA 2010.
8. A. Kaleibar, M. Rahbar, M. Haiducu, M. Parameswaran, "Patterning ofPMMA Microfluidic Parts using
23-28 January, San Francisco, CA 2010.
9. JeffLiu, Yoshinao Kishimoto, Teresa Cheung, Ash M Parameswaran, Kenji Amaya, "Development of
human brainwave simulating device for magnetoencephalography and the corresponding dipole
10.
M. Pallapa, M.
L. L.
Ou, H.-Z. Yu, M. Parameswaran, "Software based bioassay quantization using
11. A. Khosla, B.
L.
of Functionalised Carbon-Nanotube Polydimethylsiloxane Nanocomposite" Vol.
(2009) 92.
12. Ash M. Parameswaran, "Cost-Effective Polymer Technologies for MEMS and Microfluidics", Invited
Institute (IMMR) Renewal: Supplementary document {12 Dec 2011)
13. M. Giassa, A. Khosla, B. Gray, A. Parameswaran, K. Kholi, R. Rameseshan, "Applications for Low
14. Giroux, K., Kalyanam, P., Edelkhani, N., Khosla, A., Gray, B., Parameswaran, M., "Res2tnance based
21.
15. Yoshinao Kishimoto,
Calgary, Alberta, May 19-22 (2009) 18-19 ..
16. Sae-Won Lee, Ash M. Parameswaran, Rodney G. Vaughan, Alireza Mahanfar, "High Frequency SU-8
Based Transmission Line for 3-D Millimeter- wave Antennas", IEEE Int workshop on Signal integrity
19-20, Guadalajara, Mexico (2009) 101-104.
17. Tsang, S.-H.; Simard, K.; Foulds, I.G.; Izadi, H.; Karim, K.S.; Parameswaran, M., "Thin Film Transistor
Sorrento, Italy, 25-29 Jan (2009) 583-586.
18. W. Liu, N. Dechev,
S.-W. Lee, I. G. Foulds, A. Parameswaran, R. Burke, and E. J. Park, "Development
2008. Vancouver, Canada, 2008, pp. 3170 - 3173 .
19. M. Haiducu, M. Rahbar, I. Foulds, R. Johnstone, D. Sameoto, M.
Friday Harbor Labs, Sept 3-7,2008.
20.
A. Khosla, B.L Gray, M. Pallapa, I. Foulds, M Parameswaran, "Preparation and Patterning of
Friday Harbor Labs, Sept 3-7, 2008.
21. K.S. Kholi, R. Ramaseshan, A. Khosla, M. Giassa, B.L Gray, M. Parameswaran, "Initial investigation
Friday Harbor Labs, Sept 3-7, 2008.
22. Sae-Won Lee, M. Parameswaran, "Self-assembly Mechanism Using Residual Stress in a Multi-user
Friday Harbor Labs, Sept 3-7, 2008.
23. D. Sameoto, C. Plesa, M. Parameswaran, "Integrated Testing of Material Properties" , 2008
24. Marius Haiducu, Mona Rahbar, Ian Foulds, Robert Johnstone, Dan Sameoto, M.
Hilton Head Island, June 2008 Late-News poster.
25.
S. Karim, Ash Parameswaran, Albert M. Leung,
(2007) 880-883.
26. D. Sameoto, S-W. Lee and M. Parameswaran, "Wirebonding Characterization and Optimization on
Lyon France, June 10- 14 (2007) 2055-2058.
27. I.G. Foulds, R.W. Johnstone, M. Parameswaran, "SU-8 Surface Micromachining Process utilizing
28. A. H. Ma, S.-H. Tsang, M. Parameswaran, and A. M. Leung, "Spin-On Glass as a Sacrificial Layer for
Vancouver, BC, Canada, 22-26 April (2007)288-291.
29. D. Sameoto, M. Hamidi, M. Parameswaran "Characterization of work and power efficiency of
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30. D. Sameoto,
A.
H. Ma, M. Parameswaran,
A.
cantilever platforms for thermal isolation in a polymer micromachining process",
Vancouver, BC, Canada, 22-26 April (2007)296-299.
31.
S. Tsang, D. Sameoto, M. Parameswaran "A Free-Space Tunable Beam Expander Designed for
(2007)292-295.
32.
I.
Foulds, R. Johnstone, M. Hamidi, S. Tsang, M. Parameswaran, "Polymethylglutarimide as MEMS
303.
33.
R.
I.
Foulds, M. Parameswaran, "Exposure and Development of Poly (Methyl Methacrylate)
1668- 1670.
34.
T. Charnia, M. Parameswaran, "Detection Schemes for High Sensitivity Electronic Biomolecular
Vancouver, BC, Canada, 22-26 April (2007) 721 -724.
35.
S. Lee, M. Parameswaran,
R.
A.
663 - 666.
36. J. M. Dykes, D. K. Poon, J. Wang, D. Sameoto, J. T. K. Tsui, C. Choo, G. H. Chapman, M.
Parameswaran, B. Gray "Creation of embedded structures in SU-8", Proc. SPIE Photonics West 2007,
Jose, CA, Jan 2007.
Dr. Bahreyni's research group conference publications
1. A. Amini and B. Bahreyni, "Development of a simulator for modelling of electrical and mechanical
pp. 1229-1232, Ireland,
Oct 2011.
2. Khoshaman and B. Bahreyni, "Application of metal organic framework crystals for sensing of volatile
pp. 1101-1104, Ireland, Oct 2011.
3. F. Aezinia, Y. Wang, and B. Bahreyni, "Touchless capacitive sensor for hand gesture detection",
pp. 546-549, Ireland, Oct 2011.
4.
A.
and B. Bahreyni, "Fabrication of optically pattemable nanocomposite layers for smart
Portland, USA, Aug 2011.
5. M.S. HajHashemi and B. Bahreyni, "A novel signal processing method for analysis of perturbations in
pp. 2490-2493, Beijing, China, Jun 2011.
6. M.A. Rasouli and B. Bahreyni, "Electrostatic tuning and improving of quality factor for a high-Q
pp. 2410-2413, Beijing, China, Jun 2011.
7.
A. Amini
and B. Bahreyni, "Piezoelectric strain measurement for low power microsensor applications",
Nov 2010.
8. E. Arjmand, S. Arzanpour, and B. Bahreyni, "Analysis of the electro-mechanical nonlinearities in a bulk
Nov 2010.
9. M.S. Hajhashemi and B. Bahreyni, "Temperature-stable differential micro-resonators for timing
Nov 2010.
10. A.H. Khoshaman, B. Bahreyni, and J.H.T. Ransley, "Application ofpnjunction actuators in the design
Nov 2010.
11. M.S. Hajhashemi and B. Bahreyni, "A novel mechanical signal processing technique for detection of
Nov 2010.
Institute (IMMR) Renewal: Supplementary document {12 Dec 2011)
12. M.A. Rasouli and B. Bahreyni, "An electrostatic torsional microresonator with improved quality
Nov 2010.
Dr. Syrzycki's research group conference publications
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1. E.K.Loo, J.B.Kuo, M.Syrzycki, Low-Voltage Single-Phase Clocking Adiabatic DCVS Logtc Crrcwt
CCECE'07, W93-3, pp.1645-1648, Vancouver, BC, April22-26, 2007.
2. H.I.Chen, E.K.Loo, J.B.Kuo, M.Syrzycki, Triple-Threshold Static Power Minimization Technique in
W94-4, pp.l671-1674, Vancouver, BC, April22-26, 2007.
3. H.Lin, J.B.Kuo, R.Sobot, M.Syrzycki, Investigation of Substrate-Noise Isolation Solutions in Deep-
CCECE'07, T-62-2, pp.1106-1109, Vancouver, BC, April22-26, 2007.
4. H.I.A. Chen, E.K.W. Loo, J.B. Kuo, and M.J. Syrzycki, Triple-Threshold Static Power Minimization in
ISBN 978-3-540-74441-2, pp. 453-462, Gothenburg, Sweden,
2007.
5. C. Zhang, M. Syrzycki, Modifications of a Dynamic-Logic Phase Frequency Detector for Extended
Seattle, WA, August 1-4,2010, DOl: 10.1109/MWSCAS.2010.5548572.
6. C-H. Lin, M. Syrzycki, Pico-Second Time Interval Amplification,
DOl: 10.11 09/SOCDC.20 10.5682938.
7. C. Zhang, M-C. Lin, M. Syrzycki, Process Variation Compensated Voltage Controlled Ring Oscillator
CCECE'2011, pp. 731-734, May 8-11, 2011, Niagara Falls, ON,
DOI:l0.1109/CCECE.2011.6030551.
8. M-C. Lin, M. Syrzycki, Current Source Transistor Optimization Methodology for Noise Optimized
CCECE'2011, pp. 735-738, May 8-11, 2011, Niagara Falls, ON, DOl:
10.11 09/CCECE.20 11.6030552.
Dr. Gray's research group conference publications
1. D. Chung, A. Khosla, S. Seyfollahi, B. L. Gray, A. Parameswaran, K. Kohli, R. Ramaseshan,
"Embedded Process for Flexible Conductive Electrodes for Applications in Tissue Electrical Impedance
Dublin, Oct 2011, 4 pp.
2. M. Rahbar, S.Seyfollahi, A. Khosla, B. L. Gray, L. Shannon, "Fabrication of electromagnetically
Boston, Oct 2011.
3. G.H.Chapman, B.L.Gray, V.K.Jain, "Creating Defect Tolerance in Microfluidic Capacitive/Photonic
Vancouver, Oct 2011.
4. B.L. Gray, "Flexible microfluidics technologies: complying with compliancy",
Vancouver, Jun2011, 4 pp.
5. D-H Chung, S. Seyfollahi, A. Khosla, B. L. Gray, M. Parameswaran, R. Ramani, K. Kohli,
experiments with flexible conductive electrodes for potential applications in cancer tissue screening",
9 pages (20 11 ).
6. D. D. Hilbich, A. Khosla, B. L. Gray, L. Shannon, "Bidirectional magnetic nanocomposite polymer
79290H, 11 pages (20 11 ).
Institute (IMMR) Renewal: Supplementary document {12 Dec 2011)
7. A. Li, A.
Drewbrook, B. L.Gray, "Fabrication and testing of thermally-responsive hydrogel-
(2011).
8. S.F. Romanuik, S.M. Grist, B.L. Gray, D. Hohertz, K.L. Kavanagh, N. Guizar, J.K. Scott, R. Nirwan, C.
Hui, A.G. Brolo, R. Gordon. "Sensing
Extraordinary Optical Transmission through Nanohole Arrays". Oral presentation at
Waikoloa, HI, USA, Nov 2010,4 pp.
9. S.F. Romanuik, S.M. Grist, B.L. Gray, N. Guizar, J.K. Scott, D. Hohertz, K.L. Kavanagh, R. Nirwan, C.
Hui, A.G. Brolo,
R. Gordon, "The Detection of Antibodies Secreted by Microfluid-ically Trapped
Biological Cells via Extraordinary Optical Detection Based Nanoscale Immuno-biosensing
Groningen; Netherlands, Oct 2010. 1:289-291.
10. A. Khosla, B.L. Gray, M. Pallapa,
I.
G. Foulds, M. Parameswaran, "Photopattemable Electrical
Oct 2010, Las Vegas), pp. 313-318 2010.
11. S.F. Romanuik, S.M. Grist, M. Haq, B.L. Gray, N. Guizar, J.K. Scott, "The Microfluidic Trapping of
Montreal, Aug. 2010, FEDSM-ICNMM2010-30845:1-10, 2010.
12. Tamayo!, A. Khosla, B.L. Gray "Pressure Drop in Micro-Filters with Regular Fiber Arrangements",
Aug.
2010, FEDSM-ICNMM2010-30559: 1-10, 2010.
13. C. Drewbrook, A. Khosla, A. Li, B.L. Gray, "Conductive Nanocomposite Polymer Microheaters for
Vancouver, Canada, June 2010., 4 pp.
14. S. Romanuik, S. Grist, M. Haq, B.L. Gray, N. Guizar, J.K. Scott,
Vancouver, Canada, June 2010, 4 pp.
15. B.L. Gray, "Microfabricated Nanocomposite Polymers and Thin Films for Flexible Substrate
2010, Vancouver), pp. 535-547, 2010.
16. A. Khosla, J.L. Korand, M. Haiducu, B.L. Gray, D.B. Leznoff, M. Parameswaran, "Preparation of
nickel doped multi-functional micro-pattemable polydimethylsiloxane nanocomposite polymer with
of its magnetic, electrical and mechanical properties for soft MEMS/Lab on a chip
Anaheim, June 2010, v 1, pp. 872-876.
17. A. Khosla, J.L. Korcok, B.
L. Gray, D. B. Leznoff, J. Herchenroeder, D. Miller, Z. Chen, "Fabrication
76461L, Mar 2010, San Diego, 8pp.
18. A. Khosla, B.L. Gray,
Diego, 8p.
19. A. Khosla, B. L Gray,
.
20. S. Grist, M. Haq, J.N. Patel, B.L. Gray, B. Kaminska, "Effect of surface treatments/coatings and
vol 7593, Jan 2010, San Jose, 8 pp.
21. A. Khosla, B. L. Gray, D. B. Leznoff,
J. Herchenroeder, D. Miller, "Fabrication of integrated permanent
vol 7593, Jan 2010, 6pp.
Institute {IMMR) Renewal: Supplementary document (12 Dec 2011)
22. G. H. Chapman, B. L. Gray, V.
K.
vol7593, Jan 2010, 8pp.
23. M. Giassa, A. Khosla, B.L. Gray, M Parameswaran,
K.
Kohli, R. Rameseshan, "Applications of Low
June 2009,5 pp.
24. A. Khosla, B. L. Gray, B. Kaminska, M Parameswaran,
July 2009, Montreal, 2 pp.
25.
K.
Giroux, P. Kalyanam, N. Edelkhani,
A.
Khosla, B. Gray, M. Parameswaran, "Resonance Based
May 2009, 4 pp.
26. J. Patel, B. Kaminska, B. L. Gray, B. D. Gates,
Quebec City, April2009, 2 pp.
27.
T. Ueda, B.L. Gray, Y. Chen, P. Li, "PDMS lid for sealing microchannels after cell culturing",
Aachen, Sept 2008,4 pages.
28. J.N. Patel, B.L. Gray, B. Kaminska, B.D. Gates,
2008, 4 pages.
29.
S. M. Westwood, B. L. Gray, S. Grist,
K.
Huffman, S. Jaffer, and
K.
L. Kavanagh, "SU-8 Polymer
Enclosed Microchannels with Interconnect and Nanohole Arrays as an Optical Detection Device for
2008, 4 pages.
30. J. N.Patel, B.L. Gray, B. Kaminska B. D. Gates, "Design for testing SU-8 and PDMS based hybrid
pages.
31. B.L. Gray,
S. Jaffer, D. Sahota, S.M. Westwood, "Mechanical and Fluidic Characterization of
pages.
32. T.
Ueda, B.L. Gray, Yuchun Chen, Paul Li, "Flexible enclosure for fluidic sealing of
vol. 6886-0P-1, January 2008, 9 pages.
33.
S. Jaffer, B.L. Gray, D.G. Sahota, M.H. Sjoerdsma, "Mechanical assembly and magnetic actuation of
vol.
2008, 12 pages.
34. J.N. Patel, B. Kaminska, B.L. Gray and B.D. Gates, "Hybrid polymer fabrication process for electro-
6886-0G-1, January 2008, 10 pages.
35. J.N. Patel, B. Kaminska, B.L. Gray and B.D. Gates, "Electro-enzymatic glucose sensor using hybrid
December 2007, pp. 403-406.
36. S. Jaffer, S.M. Westwood, and B.L. Gray, "Enclosed SU-8 and PDMS microchannels with integrated
Guimaeres, Portugal, September 2007, pp. 135-138.
37. J.N. Patel, B. Kaminska, B.L. Gray and B.D. Gates, "Effect
binding glucose oxidase for electro-enzymatic glucose sensor with gold electrodes",
August 2007, pp. 2677-2680.
38.
J. Patel, B.L. Gray, B. Kaminska, B. Gates, "Electro-Enzymatic Sensor for Non-Invasive Glucose
(2007) 421-424.
Institute {IMMR) Renewal: Supplementary document (12 Dec 2011)
39. T. Ueda, S. Jaffer, S. Westwood, B.L. Gray, "Design of Electrical Interconnect for SU-8 Microfluidic
7.
40. S.M. Westwood, S. Jaffer, 0. A. Lui, B.L. Gray, "Thick SU-8 and PDMS three-dimensional enclosed
April (2007) 12-15.
41. S. Jaffer, B.L. Gray, "Mechanically assembled polymer interconnects with dead volume analysis for
vol. 6465, January 2007, 12 pages.
42. S. Westwood, A. Gojova, B. Kuo, A.
I.
Barakat, and B.L. Gray, "Initial Investigation of SU-8
Photopolymer as a Material for Non-Invasive Endothelial Cell Research Platforms",
6465, January 2007, 8 pages.
Dr. Chapman's research group conference publications
1. J. Dykes, D.K. Poon, J. Wang, D. Sameoto, J. T. K. Tsui, C. Choo, G. H. Chapman, A. M.
Parameswaran, B.L. Gray, "Creation of embedded channels in SU-8 using two distinct exposure
6465, January 2007, 12 pages.
2. G.H. Chapman, B. Gray, and V.K. Jain, "Creating Defect Tolerance in Microfluidic
Capacitive/Photonic Biosensors", Proc. IEEE Int. Symposium on Defect and Fault Tolerance, pp 181-
189, Vancouver, Canada, Oct. 2011
3. R. Qarehbaghi, G.H. Chapman , and W. Boonyasiriwat, "Improving the Accuracy of the Bimetallic
Grayscale Photomasks Using a Feedback Controlled Flat-top Beam", Accepted by SPIE Photomask
Technology, v 8166, Monterey, CA Sept. 2011
4. P.V.R. Kalyanam, G.H. Chapman, and M. Parameswaran, "Simulating enhanced photo carrier
collection in the multifinger photogate active pixel sensors", Proc. Electronic Imaging, Sensors,
Cameras, and Systems for Industrial/Scientific Applications Xll, v 7875, San Francisco, Jan 2011
5. R.L.K. Cheng, P.B.L. Tsui, G. Chiang, and G.H. Chapman, "Optical Imaging through Non-Transparent
Small Aquatic Creatures with Angular Domain Imaging", Proc. Photonics West BIOS, Optical
6. J.M. Dykes, R. Qarehbaghi, and G.H. Chapman, "Bimetallic Grayscale Photomasks Written using
Optical Density Feedback Control", Proc. Photonics West, Laser Applications in Microelectronic and
7. R.L.K. Cheng, P. Tsui, G.H. Chapman, N. Pfeiffer,
B. Kaminska, "Modeling of Fluorescence Sources
within Tissue using Angular Domain Imaging", Proc. Can. Med
Bio. Eng. CMBEC33, 2010
8. F. Vasefi, E. Ng, M. Najiminaini, G. Albert, B. Kaminska, G.H. Chapman, and J.J.L. Carson, "Angular
Domain Spectroscopic Imaging of turbid media using silicon micro-machined micro-channel arrays",
Proc., Photonics West, BIOSlO, Imaging, Manipulation, and Analysis of Biomolecules, Cells, and
Tissues VIII, v75681K-1-1K9, San Francisco, Jan. 2010
9. F. Vasefi, E. Ng, M. Najiminaini, B. Kaminska, G.H. Chapman, H. Zeng, and J.J.L. Carson, "Angle-
resolved diffused scattered light spectroscopy using radial angular filter arrays" Proc., Photonics West,
Cells XXI, v 7562, 756209-1- 09-7, San Francisco, Jan.
10. P.B. Tsui, G. Chiang, G.H. Chapman, N. Pfeiffer, B. Kaminska, "Spatiofrequency filters for imaging
fluorescence in scattering media", Proc., Photonics West, BIOSlO, Optical Interactions with Tissue and
Cells XXI, v7562, 75620B1-0B12, San Francisco, Jan. 2010
11. N. Pfeiffer, G.H. Chapman, and B. Kaminska, "Optical Imaging of Structures Within Highly Scattering
Material Using an Incoherent Beam and a Spatial Filter", Proc., Photonics West, BIOSlO, Optical
Interactions with Tissue and Cells XXI, v 7562,756208-1-08-11, San Francisco, Jan. 2010
12. P.V.R. Kalyanam, G.H. Chapman,
M. Parameswaran, "Enhanced sensitivity achievement using
advanced device simulation of multifmger photo gate active pixel sensors", Proc., Elect. Imaging,
Sensors, Cameras, and Systems for Industrial/Sci. Applications XI, v 7536, 75360Gl-OG12, San Jose,
Institute (IMMR) Renewal: Supplementary document (12 Dec 2011)
13. J. Dykes, and G.H. Chapman, "Enhanced laser-writing techniques for bimetallic grayscale photomasks",
Proc. SPIE Photomask Technology, v 7488, pp 7488001-0012, Monterey, CA Oct. 2009.
14. M. Najiminaini, F. Vasefi, B. Kaminska., G.H. Chapman, & J.J.L Carson,. Macroscopic fluorescent
lifetime imaging in turbid media using angular filter arrays. IEEE
EMBS 2009, pp 5364-5368. Sept.
2009.
15. F. Vasefi, B.S.L. Hung, B. Kaminska1, G.H. Chapman, and J.J.L. Carson, "Angular domain optical
of turbid media using enhanced micro-tunnel filter arrays", Diffuse Optical Imaging II, v 7369,
16. E. Ng, F. Vasefi, B. Kaminska, G.H. Chapman, and J.J. L. Carson, "Image contrast enhancement during
time-angular domain imaging through turbid media by estimation of background scattered light",
Photonics West, BIOS09, Imaging, Manipulation, and Analysis of Biomolecules, Cells, and Tissues
71821C1- 1C12, San Jose, Jan 2009.
17. J.M. Dykes and G.H. Chapman, "Optical Characterization of Mask Writing Process in Bimetallic
18. F. Vasefi, B. Kaminska, J.J.L. Carson, and G.H. Chapman, "Angular domain florescent lifetime imaging
19. F. Vasefi, B. Kaminska, J.J.L. Carson, and G.H. Chapman, "Effect of time gating and polarization
of propagating light in turbid media in Angular Domain Imaging (ADI)", Photonics
Anal. Biomolecules, Cells,
Tiss. VII, v7182, 718217-1 -10, San Jose,
2009.
20.
F. Vasefi, B. Kaminska, J.J.L. Carson, K. Jordan and G.H. Chapman, "Angular domain optical
Tissues VIII, v 7174, 71740D1-0D10, San Jose, Jan 2009.
21. F. Vasefi, B. Kaminska, J.J.L. Carson, and G.H. Chapman, "Angular distribution of quasi-ballistic light
Interactions with Tissue and Cells XX, v7175, 717509-1 -09, San Jose, Jan 2009.
22. P. Tsui, G.H. Chapman, R.L.K. Cheng, N. Pfeiffer, B. Kaminska,
F. Vasefi, "Spatiofrequency Filter
in Turbid Medium Enhanced by Background Scattered Light Subtraction from a Deviated Laser
Source", Photonics West, Opt. Interactions Tissue & Cells XX, v. 7175, 71750A1-0A12, San Jose 2009.
23. J. Leung, M. La Haye, G.H. Chapman, J. Liu, P. Kalyanam, and M. Parameswaran, "The
implementation and spectrum response analysis of multi-finger photogate APS pixels" Proc. Elect.
Imag. Sensors, Cameras,
& Systems for Industrial/Scientific App. X, v7429, 742903-1 - 03-12, San
24. J. Dykes, P. Tsui, J. Leung
G.H. Chapman, "Effects of heated substrates on bimetallic thermal resist
applications", Proc. SPIE Photomask Technology, v 7122,
71220M1-M12, Monterey, CA Oct. 2008.
25. G.H. Chapman and V. K. Jain, "Defect Tolerance for a Capacitance Based Nanoscale Biosensor", Proc.
IEEE Int. Symposium on Defect and Fault Tolerance,
305-313, Boston, MA Oct. 2008.
26. J. Leung, J. Dudasa, G.H. Chapman, Z. Koren, and
I.
68160A-1- OA12 San Jose, Jan 2008.
27. J.M. Dykes, C. Plesa and G. H. Chapman, "Enhancing Direct-write Laser Control Techniques for
Optics and Photonics, v 6883, pp 688312-1-12-12, San Jose, Jan 2008.
28. N. Pfeiffer, P.K.Y. Chan, G.H. Chapman, F. Vasefi & B. Kaminska, "Optical Imaging of Structures
Using a Lens and Aperture to Form a Spatiofrequency Filter", Proc.
29. F. Vasefi, G.H. Chapman, P.K.Y. Chan, B. Kaminska and N. Pfeiffer, "Enhanced Angular Domain
Optical Imaging by Background Scattered Light Subtraction from a Deviated Laser Source", Proc.
2008.
30.
J. Dudas, M. L. LaHaye, J. Leung, G.H. Chapman, "A Fault-Tolerant Active Pixel Sensor to Correct
Defects", IEEE Int. Symp. Defect and Fault Tolerance, pp 517-525, Rome, Italy,
2007.
31. J. Leung, J. Dudas, G.H. Chapman,
I.
Z. Koren, "Quantitative Analysis of In-Field Defects in
Sensor Arrays", Proc. IEEE Int. Symp. Defect
32. J.M. Dykes, C. Plesa, C. Choo, and G.H. Chapman, "Bimetallic Thermal Resists Potential for Double
Photomasks", Proc. SPIE BACUS Symp. Photomask
v6730, 673040-1-673040-10, Monteray, CA, Sept. 2007
33. J. Wang, J.M. Dykes, C. Choo, D.K. Poon, M. Chang, J.T.K. Tsui, and G.H. Chapman, "Bimetallic
Film Grayscale Photomasks for Complex 3D Microstructure Creation in SU-8", Proc. IEEE
Canadian Conf. Elec. Comp. Eng.
2007, pp 1445-1448, Vancouver, BC Apr. 2007.
34. J.M. Dykes, D.K.Poon, C. Choo, J. Wang, J.T.K. Tsui, G.H. Chapman andY. Tu, "Improved Writing
of Bimetallic Grayscale Photomasks", Proc. Photonics West, Photon Processing in
35. J.M. Dykes, D.K. Poon, J. Wang, D. Sameoto, J.T.K. Tsui, C. Choo, G.H. Chapman, A.M.
Parameswaren, and B.L. Gray,
"Creation of embedded structures in SU-8", Proc. SPIE Photonics West
BioMEMS, and Medical Microsystems V, v 6465, pp 64650Nl-Nl2, San Jose, Jan 2007
Pursuant to S.F.U. Polley R40.01, the Director of each Research Centre or Institute
years.
the Director of the Centre completes the form, it should be forwarded to the Faculty
or Vice-President Research, no later than June 30th.
1. Name of the Centre: Institute for the Humanities
2. Director of the Centre
3. Centre Description: {The description below was taken from the most recent SFU
Now in its 28th year, the Institute for the Humanities at SFU seeks to accomplish
academy in city, the province, the country and, indeed, the wider world. The
4. Provide a detailed list of accomplishments of the Centre for the past five years.
conferences and book launches over the past five years. The most significant
events was the major international conference devoted to its multi-year focus on
held In May, 2010. The proceedings
for this event were Professor Wendy Brown, Political Science, UC Berkeley, and the
of the University of Toronto. Please see website for full list of events.
5. Has your Centre accomplished its goals?
Yes the Institute has done an excellent job of fostering faculty research, supporting
the communities in the Lower Mainland and beyond.
6. Briefly describe your Centre membership and organization structure, as a separate
full membership list.
Mirhady- Assoc. Professor, Chair, Dept. of Humanities
Stuart Poyntz - Assistant Prof. - School of Communication, SFU
Carolyn Lesjak - Associate Prof. - Dept of English
Feenberg-Dibon- Assoc. Prof, Dept. of Humanities
Stebner, Assoc. Prof. and J.S. Woodworth Chair
7. Provide a summary of financial resources attracted and used, both from the
University and external sources. (Attached a separate document, if necessary.}
8. Please identify the university resources, if any, provided to your Centre.
for Program Assistant. Currently, the Director of the Institute has no
dedicated office. This makes
speakers, donors, etc. We hope
that this can be addressed in the near future.
Personnel: .8 Program assistant fully funded by Endowment interest.
Major Equipment: None.
9. How has your Centre enhanced research over and above what would have been
Institute has used its resources to facilitate interdisciplinary research between SFU
faculty and faculty at universities throughout North America and Europe. This has and
at SFU with interests in the liberal arts, particularly, of course, students in the
new Humanities MA program. The Institute is also in the process of securing, through
the Simons Foundation, further funding for graduate scholarships.
10. Provide a rationale for the continuation of your Centre.
The Institute does tremendous out-reach and public "engagement" work for the university
by disseminating knowledge produced within the humanistic disciplines and creating much-
of our age: the possibilities and limits of democratic politics and citizenship, the
environmental crisis, the problems of fundamentalism and pluralism, alternatives to
violence, cosmopolitanism versus multiculturalism, non-Western humanistic traditions, etc.
11. List your
Centre's goals for the next five years.
which poses the question as to the possibility of a dialogue between East Asian,
Aborlslntd and Western humanistic traditions. We hope to be able to collect the
proceedings and publish them with a major university press. We plan to celebrate our
with a major lecture series and/or conference. We also hope to build
contribute materially to further raising SFU's profile globally.
12.
Describe other changes planned upon renewal (e.g. membership, organization structure,
etc.).
to change.
13. Provide
page.
14.
at the Waldorf Hotel, which attracted a number of people who had never previously
attended Institute events. We are hopeful
as a result. The future outlook for the Institute is therefore
very bright. We
make SFU the best comprehensive university in the country by supporting students,
facilitating faculty research initiatives and engaging the community.
a. Comment on the Centre's performance:
important issues of this era. It will be expanding its
.
activities.
b.
.
.
c.
The Centre should be renewed.
a.
.
.
.
.
Date:. _________ _
.,a--.
Pursuant to S.F.U. Policy R40.01, the Director of each Research Centre or Institute (hereafter
"the Centre") is required to submit a renewal application every five years.
Once the Director of the Centre completes the form, it should be forwarded to the
or Vice-President Research, no later than June 30th.
1. Name of the Centre: Institute of Governance Studies
2. Director of the Centre
_igs@sfu.ca. ________ _
3. Centre Description: (The description below was taken from the most recent SFU
issues.
1. To provide a focus for research on issues and problems of governance - in
Canada, at the municipal, regional/metropolitan, provincial and federal levels, in
comparative domestic and Aboriginal systems and in the newly emerging global order.
2. To promote collaboration and research on issues of governance among
in a variety of disciplines located at Simon Fraser University.
3. To promote an institutional focus for international scholarship concerning
of governance.
4. To provide a forum within the Vancouver metropolis, British Columbia and
Canada for the presentation and dissemination of research and ideas on issues of
governance.
5. To provide a facility in which data for the study of contemporary governance
and related public policy can be collected, catalogued and made readily accessible
and exchange.
6. To provide a facility in which research and techniques can be made available
for exchange with those having responsibility for contemporary governance.
7. To ensure that in keeping with SFU's commitment to local community
and decision-making.
4. Provide a detailed list of accomplishments of the Centre for the past five years.
of journals have resulted. More are forthcoming. IGS
sfu, ubc. uvic, unbc.
levels + post docs provided.
of Community (Local Government Branch) of BC.
in Canada (Nelson: 2012). The Good Governance project has also
and Privacy Commissioner/Registrar of Lobbyists. This collaboration with some
of BC's Independent Officers is multi-year. The December conference is titled:
.. , with seed funding from the Registrar of
Lobbyists,BC. This project is a good example of IGS's outreach efforts into the
in keeping with SFU's new visioning.
discourse.
of journals, and continue to do so.
members and Associates abroad.
• IGS members provide the secretariat for the British Columbia Political Studies
Political Science Review. This is shared by BCPSA, the Prairie Provinces
Political Studies Association. A variety of IGS members have published in the
CPSR as well as other journals. Howlett/Migone are also involved in the
science journals.
It is published by Berkeley Electronic Press.
5. Has your Centre accomplished its goals?
IGS has been helpful in developing a widespread, productive dialogue across a range of
policy and governance issues. It has helped develop
international issues.
continuing training of young academics.
America, New Zealand/Australia, the USA, the Middle East and across Canada; these
political leaders.
Federation of Canadian Municipalities.
IGS.
6.
Briefly describe your Centre membership and organization structure, as a separate
full membership list.
SFU and internationally).
Fraser University faculty: from the Faculty of Arts: Political Science: Alison Ayers,
Genevieve Fuji Johnson, Aude Claire Fouret, Andrew Heard, Anil Hira, Michael Howlett,
Doug Ross, Patrick J. Smith.
Economics: Richard Harris. Business Administration: Aiden Vining, Daniel
Shapiro.
(MUC), John Shields (Ryerson), Bill Souder, (Telus), Rebecca Raglan (SFU), Alex
(Bishop's), Jacqueline lsmael, (UofCalgary), Brian Downes (Oregon), Art Goddard
Streigffert, (UofLund,Sweden), Eran Razin, (Hebrew University of Jerusalem), Jung Ho
Kim (Kyungpook National Univ, Korea), Chris Leo (UofWpg), Pierre Hamel (UofMtl),
(McMaster) ....
7. Provide a summary of financial resources attracted and used, both from the
1.
2. Fund 31: 759128 MCRI/SSHRCC- Multilevel Governance
3. Fund 21: 170136 Terra Housing
4. Fund 21: 139073 - Canada PCO- CASIS
6. Fund 21: 291327
7. Fund 21: 291340 -Think City- Tides (Canada) Foundation
8. Fund 13: 973121- Arts/Publication Grant- BCSTUOIES
$2500. via UVic/MCRI)
1.
2. Fund 31: 759128 MCRI/SSHRCC- Multilevel Governance
3.
4. Fund 21:
6. Fund 21: 291327
7.
8. Fund 13: 973121- Arts/Publication Grant- BCSTU DIES
$2500. via UVic/MCRI)
1. Fund 31:
2. Fund 31: 759128 MCRI/SSHRCC- Multilevel Governance
3. Fund 21: 170136 Terra Housing
4. Fund 21: 139073 .Canada PCO- CASIS
6. Fund 21: 291327
8. Fund 13:
$2500. via UVic/MCRI)
1. Fund 31: 729051 MCS/BC
2. Fund 31: 759128 MCRI/SSHRCC- Multilevel Governance
3. Fund 31: 521031
4. Fund 25: 170136 Terra Housing
5. Fund 21: 139073 -Canada PCO- CASIS
6. Fund 21: 291327
7. Fund 21: 291340 -Think City- Tides (Canada) Foundation
8. Fund 13: 973121- Arts/Publication Grant- BCSTUDIES
1. Fund 31: 729051 MCS/BC
2. Fund 31: 759128 MCRI/SSHRCC- Multilevel Governance
3.
4.
s.
6.
7. Fund
8. Fund U: 973121 =Arts/Publication Grant= BCSTUDIES
10. BC Registrar of Lobbyists $4,000
8. Please identify the university resources, if any, provided to your Centre.
9. How has your Centre enhanced research over and above what would have been
The initial intent and the major contribution of IGS is on research collaboration. A
IGS membership/involvement. These are regional/provincial, national and international.
Saskatchewan.
SFUIIGS.
The research collaborations - with the SSHRCC MCRI on Multilevel Governance, for
students- senior undergrad, MA, PhD and post doc.
of these research clusters have been ongoing and provide opportunities for more
future research. All have resulted
presses.
On a more personal local note, IGS collaborations provided for ongoing research and
collegial discussions amongst departmental colleagues during a period when such intra-
in recent past years. These collaborations
conversations and trust re-building. They have been,
of our collective life as we go forward.
0. Provide a rationale for the continuation of your Centre.
IGS was established its goals were clear. (See above). Each of these goals have
community outreach. The research collaborations
healthy academic output, and all have clear intentions to continue working productively into
the future. The work
international terrorism and cross-border issues. Projects receive funding
more significant. These research activities support student research training via RA-ships
and post docs. Members contribute considerably to policy discourse, locally to
on their research expertise.
An IGS Associate member who has served elsewhere as Dean and Canadian Political
Science Association president may have summed up the rationale for continuing IGS
"I want to work on interesting projects with colleagues that I respect and like." IGS efforts
over the past five years have demonstrated that capacity.
11. List your Centre's goals for the next five years.
.
substantially shift in the next five years. New projects, and new offshoots of ongoing
will continue. That has been the value of the ongoing nature of such efforts.
based at University of California, Berkeley's IGS provided the bas1s for the 1n1t1al
proposal of such an institute at SFU. Victor Jones, the founder of IG8-UCB was
SFU. This early collaboration of Canadian and
governance over the past almost quarter century; the cluster now includes Australasian,
P.J. Smith, H.P. Oberlander and T. Hutton, editors, (Vancouver: University
of British Columbia, Centre For Human Settlements, 1996), 237pp - 23 authors; (vi)
FROM LOCAL GOVERNMENT, (Toronto: IPAC/ICURR, 1998); (viii) Garcea, J. & Lesage
E. (eds.)
Toronto: Oxford University Press, 2003; (ix) Eran Razin + Patrick Smith, editors,
Intergovernmental Relations, Queen's University, 2006); (xi) Lazar-Leuprecht, eds,
York:M.E.
journal Items related to this work.
• The longevity of these collaborations on local/metropolitan governing attests to the
value added @ IGS. Each volume Involves multiple authors with IGS connections.
Some of the other research networks are newer but equally as productive- e.g. on Global
Cities/Regions and Cross-Border matters; or International Terrorism/Human Rights; (more
12. Describe other changes planned upon renewal (e.g. membership, organization
structure, etc.).
focus on community outreach. Here the
is central. In the past two years that has involved advising the Government of BC on local
allowed for advice to citizens' groups in localities such as Mission, Summerland, Central
Saanich, etc; it has assisted a First Nation with all-candidates electoral meetings and held
on local democracy and used this in Think City community meetings in Vancouver ....
-locally, regionally, provincially, nationally and internationally will be enhanced.
It will be strengthened by a continuing focus upon the importance of research clustering -
as already developed and new ventures. The Good Governance series
researchers. A timely post seminar
sponsored dialogue.
on Global Political Economy or on Political Representation.
to initiate a new research offshoot. This has been especially the case
metropolitan and intergovernmental governance file - with different members picking up
of the research.
No major restructuring is anticipated though more internal workshops on grant proposing,
on funding will be included over this next period.
13. Provide an updated calendar description if different from the old listing on the first
page.
issues.
1. To provide a focus for research on issues and problems of governance - in
Canada, at the municipal, regional/metropolitan, provincial and federal levels, in
comparative domestic and Aboriginal systems and in the newly emerging global order.
2. To promote collaboration and research on issues of governance among
in a variety of disciplines located at Simon Fraser University.
3. To promote an institutional focus for international scholarship concerning
of governance.
4. To provide a forum within the Vancouver metropolis, British Columbia and
governance.
5. To provide a facility in which data for the study of contemporary governance
and related public policy can be collected, catalogued and made readily accessible
through data management and exchange.
6. To provide a facility in which research and techniques can be made available
for exchange with those having responsibility for contemporary governance.
7. To ensure that in keeping with SFU's commitment to local community
discourse and decision-making.
14. Outlook for the future and other comments, by the Director
IGS has the capacity to continue to meet its goals into the future. In doing so, it will
continue to contribute to internal university dialogue and to links with research opportunities
locally, nationally and internationally. It has established a track record on this and its efforts
journals. It has more recently added an emphasis on local community outreach - to link our
research expertise with community issue discussions and problem solving. A number of
these connections have been made and efforts over the next five year review period
seek to strengthen this, in keeping with SFU's recent visioning commitment.
productive. Given the potential for economic
existing connections would appear even more of a necessity.
IGS has been a productive and useful research centre. We look forward to contributing to
the next half decade and beyond.
.
The Centre is meeting its goals, is aware of the importance of community outreach
.
international reputation and has played a significant role in establishing two academ
.
b. Comment on future Faculty support for the Centre (financial, teaching release,
s largely self-sustaining; the Faculty provides little support.
.
The Office of the Dean of Arts and Social Sciences recommends that the Centre be
.
a. Comment on the Centre's performance:
b. Comment on future University support for the Centre (financial, teaching release,
c. Recommendation for renewal:
.-.
Pursuant to S.F.U. Policy R40.01, the Director of each Research Centre or Institute (hereafter
"the Centre") is required to submit a renewal application every five years.
Once the Director of the Centre completes the form, it should be forwarded to the
or Vice-President Research, no later than June 30th.
1. Name of the Centre: Mental Health, Law and Policy Institute
2. Director of the Centre
3. Centre Description: (The description below was taken from the most recent SFU
This Mental Health, Law, and Policy Institute (MHLPI) was established in 1991 to promote
interdisciplinary collaboration in research and training in areas related to mental health, law
and policy. Its membership is drawn from the Department
Criminology at Simon Fraser University as well as government and community agencies in
Canada and internationally. The
of research projects in the area of mental health and law, and also sponsors lectures
and workshops. The
for assessing risk for violence and recidivism and assessing mental health problems in
pretrial jails.
4. Provide a detailed list of accomplishments of the Centre for the past five years.
the past five years. These contracts have totaled
SFU. Since its inception, the MHLPI has received nearly two million
dollars in contracts and has provided training and research experiences for dozens
graduate students. In this section, I will provide a brief description of contracts and other
research and training activities during the past five years.
during the past five years. The BC Forensic Services has provided funds to the
for three post-doctoral positions and one clinical internship. The individuals in these
activities through the MHLPI and Forensic Services. The MHLPI 1s currently negotiating
for a post-doctoral position for the 2011-2012 period.
Accelerate BC provided internship and research funding for a study of mental health
issues in an emergency hospital. These funds supported a graduate student for a period of
one year.
During the past five years, the MHLPI has hosted visiting graduate students for
periods ranging from a week to a semester. These students were from universities in the
Netherlands, Belgium, Italy, Scotland, and Portugal. The arrangements were made
through either our formal research and training agreements (see #6 below) or by
arrangement with MHLPI members in these countries. Faculty from universities in
Quebec, the United States, Argentina, Portugal, Norway, Italy, and South Korea have
also spent time as visiting scholars at the MHLPI in the past five years.
is Dr. Alessandro Padovani, who is a member of the MHLPI) in
Verona, Italy to develop a project focused on the analysis and comparison of different
models of juvenile justice, in order to assess their efficiency and efficacy both in primary
and secondary prevention of youth crime. A funding application has been submitted to the
Programme.
Canada (CSC). The first one was held in 2005. CSC provides funds to the university
through the MHLPI to cover the cost of these conferences. The next conference is
scheduled for October, 2011, to be held at SFU Harbour Centre.
The MHLPI assisted in the development of an internet-based training program for
psychologists in Spain. The first course was offered in 2007. I served as the Honorary
President of this course, which is known as the Curso en Psicopatologfa Criminal of the
Centro lntemacional de Formaci6n e Investigaci6n en Psicopatologfa Criminal.
to work in forensic psychology.
Health Services annual international conferences. During the past five years, these
Vancouver. The 2011 conference will be held in Barcelona. The MHLPI Director is
currently President of this professional society.
Advancement of Law and Mental Health, a research centre being created at Monash
University in Australia. The MHLPI director has been appointed to its 12-member
Advisory Board, with the goal of strengthening the ties between the two research centres.
The Centre was launched on June 1, 2011.
research projects. Four projects were identified that received $225,000 of the total
budget, with the remaining funds to be used in projects to be identified in the coming
year. The four projects would not have been developed without the funding directly
to the MHLPI. The following are the projects funded to date:
Psychiatric Patients. Principal
S. Douglas, SFU; Co-Investigators: Ronald Roesch, SFU, Johann Brink,
Study 2: The Neurocognitive Prot11es of Forensic Psychiatric Patients. Research
team: Johann Brink, Deborah Ross, and Hendre Viljoen (Forensic Services), Stephen
Hart, SFU.
Study 3. Development of the Short Term Assessment of Risk and Treatability
(START). This project focused
of violence risk and treatability. The principal researchers were
Christopher D. Webster, Johann Brink, Tonia Nicholls, Mary-Lou Martin, and Connie
Middleton.
4. An Examination of the Abilities, Risks, and Needs of Adolescents and
Young Adults with FASD in the Criminal Justice System. Investigators: Ronald
Roesch and Kaitlyn McLachlan. Funding
on Fetal Alcohol Research. The Foundation grant provided $20,000
and Forensic Services provided an additional $10,000 to support this research.
MHLPI is also involved in a number of other research projects. MHLPI
Foreign Affairs and International Trade, International Research Linkage program award
for the MHLPI to develop collaborative research with Belgrano University in Buenos
Aires, Argentina. The project was entitled "Strengthening Academic Ties Between
Roesch and Jackson met in Buenos Aires and presented at a conference in May, 2010.
Data collection on our first project, an evaluation of the Argentinean application of the
Spanish version of the Fitness Interview Test-Revised (a structured interview and rating
to stand trial published by the MHLPI), is ongoing.
of youth services. MHLPI members Jodi Viljoen and Ronald Roesch and
a number of graduate students worked on this contract over a two-year period.
MHLPI has contracted with Giunti O.S. Organizzazioni Speciali Publishers
and MHLPI members Dr. Silvio Ciappi (University ofPisa),
Dr. Patricia Zapf(John Jay College) and Ronald Roesch are collaborating on a research
Italy.
The MHLPI has been contracted to conduct other projects. A grant from BC Corrections
was provided for a study of pretrial mental health screening. This grant funded a research
study designed to assess the reliability and validity of the Jail Screening Assessment Tool
(published by the MHLPI) in pretrial centres in BC. The BC Institute Against Family
,000).
The Institute publishes a number of forensic assessment instruments. Funds
conference travel, as well as ongoing validation research on these manuals. Most of our
manuals have been reprinted in other languages. For example, the HCR-20
translated into 14 languages and is used throughout the world for violence risk
assessment. A U.S. version of the FIT-R
and it has also been reprinted in Spanish and French, and as noted above, the JSAT and
the SAMI have been translated into Italian. MHLPI members have been active in
on the use of these instruments worldwide.
The following is a complete list of assessment manuals and books published by the
Institute.
Webster, C. D. (1997).
Institute.
Douglas, K. S., Webster, C. D., Hart, S. D., Eaves, D.,
Ogloff, J. R. P. (Eds.) (2002).
Health, Law, and Policy Institute, Simon Fraser University.
K.
S., Webster, C. D., Ogloff, J. R. P.,
Hart, S. D.
(2000).
Mental Health, Law, and Policy Institute, Simon Fraser University ..
Eaves, D., Ogloff, J. R. P.,
Roesch, R. (2000).
Health, Law, and Policy Institute, Simon Fraser University ..
Laws, D.R. with Klaver, J., Logan, C.,
Watt, K.A.
(2003).
Law, and Policy Institute, Simon Fraser University ..
Nicholls, T. L., Roesch, R., Olley, M. C., Ogloff, J. R. P., & Hemphill, J. F. (2005).
Burnaby, BC: Mental Health, Law, and Policy Institute, Simon Fraser University.
Roesch, R., Zapf, P. A., Eaves, D., & Webster, C. D. (1998).
(revised edition). Burnaby, BC: Mental Health, Law, and Policy Institute, Simon
University.
Webster, C. D., Douglas, K. S., Eaves, D.,
Hart, S.D. (1997).
Md Policy Institute, Simon Fraser University.
P.
A.
(2006).
Law, and Policy Institute, Simon Fraser University.
from 2002-2008. This journal is the official publication of the
International Association of Forensic Mental Health Services. The founding co-editors of
this journal were MHLPI members Ronald Roesch and Stephen Hart. In 2008, an
journal.
S. Has your Centre accomplished its goals?
The goals of the MHLPI continue to be the promotion of research and training activities
in the area of law and mental health. A particular focus has been the facilitation of
international collaborations, as well as the dissemination of forensic assessment
be used in research and practice. This has been accomplished
of forensic assessment instruments. During the past five years, the MHLPI
has worked with colleagues in many countries, as we have been actively engaged in both
and training activities. In addition to the research described elsewhere in this
MHLPI has sponsored conferences in BC and throughout the world. Members
the MHLPI have also been active in providing training on the use of the forensic
by MHLPI members. These training workshops have
taken place in over 20 countries. We have also provided training opportunities for
students, both at SFU and from other universities who have spent time studying at SFU.
The MHLPI has provided funding for graduate students to present papers and posters at
conferences.
6. Briefly describe your Centre membership and organization structure, as a
list.
(Professors Kevin Douglas, Marlene Moretti, Margaret Jackson, Raymond Corrado, and
David Cox) that oversee operations of the MHLPI. There are currently 67 members from
Simon Fraser University (Department of Psychology, School of Criminology, Faculty of
Health Sciences), the province of British Columbia, and from many countries throughout
the world (a complete list is attached). A total of 18 countries are represented (Argentina,
United States). Internationally, the MHLPI has ongoing formal research and training
with a number of universities and research centres throughout the world.
professional development; organize symposia, conferences, short courses, and meetings
on research issues; carry out joint research and continuing education programs; and
exchange information pertaining to developments in research and training at each
institution.
7. Provide a summary of rmaneial resources attracted and used, both from the
Univenity and external sourees.
I.
1. Research and training
1. 300,000
2.
services.
2.
2. Literature review of
1. Correctional Service of
1. Second Biennial Forensic
1. 26,500
2.
2.
2.
3. BC Youth Custody
3. 85,000
3. Program evaluation
1. British Columbia Forensic
1. Post-doctoral internship
1. 68,500
2.
2.
2.
3. Correctional Service of
3. Third Biennial Forensic
3. 25,955
1. Canadian Department of
1. Strengthening Academic
1. 15,000
2.
2. The Canadian Foundation
2.
8. Please identify the university resources, if any, provided to your Centre.
Space: The university provides space for the MHLPI in RCB 7206. The MHLPI
currently provides research space for several faculty members in the Department of
Psychology. These include Dr. Stephen Hart, Dr. Jamal Mansour, and Dr. Ronald
Roesch. Graduate students also use the MHLPI space to run studies using college student
participants.
stipend. No other personnel are funded by the university.
Major Equipment: The university initially provided startup funds for the MHLPI when
it moved into its current space in 1998. Since then, computers and other office equipment
have been paid for by funds obtained from external agencies or generated from sales for
the publications noted elsewhere in this report.
9. How has your Centre enhanced research over and above what would have been
ways. The MHLPI has published forensic assessment instruments that were developed by
MHLPI members. These instruments have been translated into many other languages and
are used in research throughout the world in studies of the reliability and validity of the
instruments as well as their application in other countries. The MHLPI has received
contracts directly from provincial and national funding sources that were intended to
draw on the resources of the MHLPI. For example, BC Forensic Services has provided
$300,000 in research funds for the MHLPI to design and develop research projects on
topics relevant to the mission of forensic services. Forensic Services has also provided
funds for predoctoral and postdoctoral internships. These interns are employed by SFU
through the MHLPI and provide research and clinical services at the Forensic Hospital.
The ongoing relationship with Correctional Service of Canada has resulted in a biennial
conferences. The Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade,
Argentina.
agencies such as the BC Institute Against Family Violence and BC Corrections have
provided funds to the MHLPI for specific projects that drew on the expertise ofMHLPI
members and facilitated the transfer of knowledge gained through our work on forensic
assessment instruments. Finally, our affiliation agreements with similar centres in other
and students.
10. Provide a rationale for the continuation of your Centre.
The MHLPI is actively engaged in current and planned research and training activities. As
noted, we have ongoing projects and funding in BC through the BC Forensic Hospitals. We
currently have one post-doctoral intern and we have initiated a search for a new intern to
begin in September, 2011. We have two conferences we are co-sponsoring in the near future.
In June, 2011, we are co-sponsoring an international conference to be held in Barcelona,
Spain, and in October, 2011, we are co-sponsoring with Correctional Service of Canada a
to be held at SFU Harbour Centre. The MHLPI has ongoing research projects
with colleagues in Argentina and planned collaborations with colleagues in Italy. In addition,
we have ongoing research and training related to the forensic assessment instruments
by the MHLPI.
11. List your Centre's goals for the next five years.
It is expected that the MHLPI will continue to engage in the research and training activities
in the area of mental health law and policy. The MHLPI is assisting in the development of a
similar centre that is currently being established at Monash University in Australia. As noted
in this report, MHLPI members are pursuing a major comparative study of juvenile justice
through our connection with the Don Calabria Institute in Italy. We are also working with
member colleagues to conduct research on the use of the forensic assessment instruments we
have developed and that have been translated for possible use in other countries. Many of the
instruments have been translated but there is a need to conduct validation research to ensure
that the instruments can be reliably and validly used in other cultures. MHLPI Director
collaborative research projects on risk assessment and management.
also continue to be involved in training of graduate and post-graduate students,
.
through our long term affiliation with BC Forensic Services. As well, we have a biennial
200 esc and affiliated employees.
12. Describe other changes planned upon renewal (e.g., membership, organization
etc.).
Our membership has steadily grown since the MHLPI began in 1991, and we typically add a
few members each year as new collaborations are formed. There are no planned changes to
structure.
13. Provide an updated calendar description
page.
The description was recently updated and does not need to be updated at this time.
14. Outlook for the future and other comments, by the Direetor of the Centre:
I am optimistic about the future of the MHLPI. It has become established and known
throughout the world as a centre that produces high quality research, training, and
publications. The membership of the MHLPI reflects a diverse and international perspective
on research and training in mental health law. I am particularly pleased that we have been
able to attract an exceptionally talented membership that includes many of the leaders of our
field of research.
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b. Comment on future Faculty support for the Centre (financial
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c. Recommendation:
a. Comment on the Centre
b. Comment on future University support for the Centre (financial, teaching release
c. Recommendation for renewal:
The Centre has an international reputation in areas related to mental health, law and
develop a similar unit. It is very successful in securing research funding primarily
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research results through conferences and publications.
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Pursuant to S.F.U. Policy R40.01, the Director of each Research Centre or Institute
(hereafter referred to as "the Centre") Is required to submit a renewal application every five
years.
the Director of the Centre completes the form, It should be forwarded to the Faculty
or Vice-President Research, no later than June 30th.
1. Name ofthe Centre: CENTRE FOR EDUCATION, LAW
2. Director of the Centre
Name: Dr. Wanda Cassidy Phone Number: 2-4484 CELS Phone: 2-8045
3. Centre Description: (The description below was taken from the most recent SFU
The Centre was established in 1984 and given formal approval by the Board of Governors in
1994.
Its central purpose is to improve the legal literacy of children and young adults
initiatives. Law-related education encompasses:
conflict and dispute resolution; school law, policies, procedures and culture. CELS works
primarily with teachers and prospective teachers, school administrators, and educational
and legal organizations to help fulfill its mandate. Projects include: research into cyber-
cyber-kindness; support for a school for high risk youth; Investigating the ethics of
care and justice in school settings; investigating youths' legal literacy; assessing students'
and teachers' understanding of human rights, citizenship, Identity and sustainabillty.
Centre's priorities, and the ability to obtain external funding. Three Undergraduate courses
and one Graduate course in Law Education have been developed and are offered on a
the Faculty of Education. The three Undergraduate courses also are
available through Distance Education. The Centre attracts a number of graduate students
school culture.
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4. Provide a detailed list of accomplishments of the Centre for the past five years.
is often overlap among the categories.
A Qualitative Study of the Lives of Students and Staff In a Holistic Education Program
with Individualized Aboriginal Focus (study completed; one journal article completed.)
joint project with community partner, Focus Foundation of BC.
Funding from the Dept. of Justice Canada allowed program development for
Centre, Burnaby and Langley sites. The project re-developed the school
learning. CELS contributed curriculum development expertise, and also
the research portion of this project.
completed, journal articles in progress).
to the one identified above. Also a joint
Whytecliff Education Centre by the courts or youth justice. CELS was
Department of Justice.
Centres (study completed; one journal article published, one book chapter published,
Cassidy and Jackson and Brown (from Criminology).
to cyber-kindness. We were interested in determining the extent to
each other on social networking sites. This study also involved interviewing
teachers and a parents' survey.
Legal Literacy for Youth Project: January 2008-December 2011 (research in progress).
environmental sustainability. This project involves research
community level, and web-based initiatives.
website). Evaluated and wrote a report re where law-related
for this project.
school districts; administered survey.
the teachers in the schools being surveyed.
(prospective teachers).
with our partner colleagues, Dr. Clark and Dr. MacGregor. These
students' and teachers' needs in the area of legal literacy.
of Copyright law in context of web-based resources (e.g. YouTube), and the
On-Line Journal: www.lawconnection.ca.
Supreme Court, this journal is designed to provide legal and resources information to
teachers on various legal issues. The journal is published approximately 4 times a year,
each around a given theme that relates to the BC School curriculum: for e.g. youth
law, environmental law, bullying and harassment, etc. The Law Clerks
write the legal backgrounders and CELS RAs develop the lesson ideas and the resources
highlight our research and the work of CELS and to provide information on law-related
for schools. Recent evaluation of the use of the site shows that this website gets
to 5,000 hits per month from users.
In the early years of CELS development, we designed 3 new undergraduate courses,
Education (and sometimes on campus).
EDUC. 445: legal Context of Teaching
EDUC. 446: law for Classroom Teachers
EDUC. 448: Teaching About Justice, Law and Citizenship
Each of these courses is regularly revised (several times over the past 5 years), with
approximately 150 students taking these courses each year.
Educ. 435 and Development of a Minor in International and Global Education in the
Faculty of Education, a joint project between CELS and International Programs in the
FOE, with seed funding from a CELS CIDA-funded project.
of the CELS CIDA project.
Each year, CELS notifies the Faculty Associates and Coordinators working in the FOE
students. Topics vary each year, but have included: human rights, cyber-bullying,
the classroom, global perspectives, developing a community of care in schools.
CELS staff conduct 5-8 of these workshops each year.
Summer 2011, and will coincide with the Public Lecture Series in the 2011 Summer
also organized by CELS.
Development of new M.Ed. in Justice, Law and Ethics in Education
is a new 2-year program, which will begin in September 2011, and be based at the
Surrey SFU campus. Applicants have been selected, and come from the school system
other community-based educational environments.
Provincial Global Education Symposium, with the BC Teachers Federation, June 2006,
Two of the CELS RAs worked with the BCTF to organize this conference, which drew
educators from throughout the province, focusing on ways to integrate global concepts
International Values and Leadership Conference, Victoria, BC.
CELS has been a co-sponsor for this conference, each of the times it has been located in
BC (2006, 2008 and 2011). CELS has participated on the planning committee
for this annual conference, and has also supported several graduate students to present
the conference (in other years, the conference has been held elsewhere in the world).
This conference was opened by the Lieutenant Governor of BC, the Honourable Steven
Point, followed by a plenary presentation by Dr. Audrey Osler, from the U. of Leeds in
the UK. This conference brought together keys players in the human rights and
environmental sustainability communities in BC, addressing key law-related issues and
also featuring educators who have developed curriculum on the conference themes.
Civic Engagement: Changing your Neighbourhood, Changing the World.
This conference featured guest speaker, Dr. Mary-Wynne Ashford, who is internationally
the civil society in local and international settings. This conference also
featured the teachers who were involved in CELS-sponsored classroom projects on
the environment and human rights issues.
A series of Public Lectures is planned for July 2011, including a new Graduate course
lectures series.
www.lessonplanmoyje.com
Presentation
by Executive Producer Philip Neel and two of the film's participants: Ron Jones, teacher
&
Mark Hancock, student
Film and response (10:30 am- 12:30 pm)
Interactive workshop with Ron jones (1:00- 3:00 pro)
Tuesday July 12, 1:30- 3:00pm
Law and Education: Natural Allies or Strange Bedfellows?
Presentation
by
Michael-Manley-Casimir
and
Kristen
Manley-Casimir
Wednesday July 13, 2:00 - 4:00 pm
Media Literacy for Social Justice
Presentation
by Paulina Semenec
Thursday July 14, 1:30-4:00 pm
Youth, Schools and Civil Rights
Presentation by David Eby
Curriculum (and Resources) Development
A number of curriculum materials for teachers/classroom use were developed during
these past 5 years. These relate
to particular areas ofthe BC schools curriculum, where
resources were lacking and
we felt we could contribute. All of these are posted on the
CELS website.
A Growing Community: A case study where students examine the agricultural land
reserve and environmental decisions.
Streamside Setbacks: The
Coguitlam Case. A case study/simulation, which addresses
salmon and stream development.
Human Rights in
BC: A discussion of human rights legislation and policy and where
human rights education fits
into the BC curriculum.
Aboriginal Education Resources: Prepared by Davita Marsden
as part of the study with
Focus Foundation on Aboriginal ways of learning. An annotated list of resources by, or
featuring, First Nations, that could be use in schools to enhance existing curriculum
(currently being revised;
not posted on website).
The Lennikov
Case (in English and French). A case study that examines the real-life case
of M. lennikov and his fight to stay in Canada. Raises issues related to immigration,
human rights and
the notion of sanctuary.
A mock trial:
"You Can't Say That lit's Cyber-libel": (in English and French). A mock trial
designed
for Middle School Students (where most of the cyber-bullying and cyber-libel
takes place).
Crime and Punishment in Medieval Times: The Life. Trial and Execution of Joan of Arc:
fin English and French)._This project is geared to grade 8 and 9 social studies and asks
students to work in groups to investigate this historical event from the perspectives of
gender, power and justice.
The Employment Standards Act
of BC and the BC Human Rights Code: (English and
French). A practical resource, this instructional package addresses aspects
of these acts
that are pertinent to high school students. A number of legal case studies are used as
examples.
The Royal Proclamation Act
of 1763 and the Effect on Aboriginal Issues in Canada today.
(in
English; French to come). An examination of the impact of this historical act on
issues facing First Nations' people today.
Current Legal Issues Position Papers : The CELS website has a current issues section,
written by our RAs, which address topical law-related issues in the media, which have a
connection
to the school curriculum and the interests of students. For example,
intergroup dialogue and social justice,
police and schools, war crimes, restorative
justice, youth justice, victimization.
Community Initiatives
Liaison and Joint Projects with the Public legal Education Community in BC, Canada and
the US.
For example,
PlEI (Public legal Education and Information) Resource Catalogue. All agencies in the
province providing services, education and/or information about the law. CElS is a
The Legal Portal- CLICK Law (www.clicklaw. bc.ca). The online resource was a few years
in
the making and came online in April of 2009. This site coordinates the delivery of
legal education and information services (governmental and non-governmental) to the
BC public. CELS was part of the planning team, and Is a contributor.
CELS has a representative on the Steering Committee of law-related educators of BC.
CELS Is represented on the Public Legal Education Association of Canada, Research and
Professional Development Committee and
the Law-related Education Committee.
bo
CELS is an Associate Member ofthe Centre for the Study of Leadership and Ethics at
Nlplssing University. This Centre is part of a consortium of centres based at universities
in
the USA, Sweden, Australia, Hong Kong and Canada.
Work Directly with Youth and/or Schools
Bees and Lavender Project- Burnaby Mountain Secondary School (2008-9). This project
involved a social studies teacher working
with her students to help change school
district and Burnaby city policy
to allow the planting of lavender on a plot of land off
Gaglardi Way, as part of a sustainability project. This involved multiple players and
agencies inside and outside
the school.
Law Making
from the Ground Up: The Urban Farm Project- Burnaby Mountain
Secondary Secondary School (2009-10). Part II ofthis sustainability project involved
developing
an integrated urban farm project at school, which crossed curriculum areas
and impacted
the schools' policies on food, com posting, and land use.
Youth Engagement: Developing Civic and Legal Literacies: Joint Project with U of
Victoria and the City of Victoria Youth Council. (2008-2010). Our Collaborator, Dr.
MacGregor worked
with the CVYC to produce a brochure describing youths' legal rights
and responsibilities and
the youth also became involved in the civic campaign for the
November municipal election.
Whytecliff Education Centre (Burnaby and Langley sites) (2006-2011). CELS staff assist
the teachers working at this school for "high need" youth- curriculum design,
resources, professional development, etc.
Six partner schools are associated with the legal Literacy for Youth Project (in
Vancouver, Burnaby and Surrey).
Work with these schools to implement curriculum and
instruction on
the 4 themes of the Legal Literacy project: human rights, identity,
citizenship, and environmental sustainability.
Environmental Sustain
ability- Project at Gladstone school involving the Science
Department.
CELS staff consult regularly with schools and school districts on law-related curriculum
and policy issues.
DVD Documentaries
Dare to Care: Transforming Schools Through the Ethic of Care.
This DVD was a joint venture between filmmakers from Life is Short Entertainment and
CELS and features findings from Cassidy, Bai and Beck's SSHRC study on ethic of care in
schools. This production won best documentary under
30 minutes at the Global
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CommFest Film Festival in Toronto In September 2010. The DVD is distributed
internationally by the National Film Board of Canada.
Action for a Just Society: Legal Literacy for Youth
This DVD is in progress and will be completed in 2011. It features members of the legal
community, faculty members associated with CELS, and several participating schools
Involved in our Legal Literacy for Youth study. It is designed to raise discussion around
the importance ofteaching
legal concepts and issues in the K-12 curriculum.
5. Has your Centre accomplished its goals?
Yes.
6. Briefly describe your Centre membership and organization structure, as a separate
document, attach a full membership list.
Centre Director:
Dr. Wanda Cassidy, Associate Professor of Education. Continuing
appointment. A responsibility of her appointment in the Faculty of Education.
Project Coordinator: Dr. Karen Brown. This is a 2-day a week position. Dr. Brown was
a doctoral student in Criminology and in 2011 successfully completed her Ph.D. She is
also a part-time limited term lecturer in Education and also teaches in Criminology.
Administrator:
Ms. Ann Card us. Ann is responsible for the office, the accounting,
conference organization,
etc. This is a 1-day a week position.
Faculty Co-Investigators and Collaborators: The Individuals involved vary depending on
the project and research being undertaken. For example, the two primary faculty
members
associated with the 4-year Legal Literacy for Youth project (in addition to
Cassidy) are Dr. Ozlem Sensoy and Dr. Kumarl Beck. We also are collaborating on this
project with
Dr. Penney Clarke from UBC and Dr. Catherine MacGregor from U. of
Victoria. Dr.Kelleen Toohey from Education was Acting Director during the 2007-08
fiscal year, when Dr. Cassidy was on Study Leave. Margaret Jackson, from Criminology
was an Integral member of the team that Investigated Cyber-bullylng and Cyber-
kindness during the 2006.08 period. Heesoon Bai was Involved in the preparation of the
DVD on Dare to Care. Since the inception of CELS (over 25 years ago), there have been
many Faculty members who have participated In the work of CELS, most from
Education, but some from other departments. Their Involvement relates to the project
being undertaken.
Research
Assistants:
CELS employs research assistants for Its various projects. They attend all CELS meetings,
which take place at least once every two months, and sometimes once a month. They
also work with the professors on the various projects, as well as take on specific tasks.
During the five-year period of this report, we have employed 15 different RAs for our
various projects.
Some of these RAs have been with us for the duration of the five
years, while others worked with us for up to one year.
Technology
Support:
Vincent Wong works on a contract
basis for CELS, managing the website and providing
technology
assistance.
Educational
Consultants:
Occasionally
CELS employs specialist to undertake specific projects. An example is
Patrick Clarke, who recently retired as Director of Professional Development for the BC
Teachers Federation and also the Director of Social Justice Education for the BCTF. He is
CELS liaison with the schools on our Legal Literacy Project and also is chief author of the
curriculum materials we have developed for this project.
Organizational
Processes:
The Individuals working on the various projects all meet together for a CELS meeting,
which
is held at least once every two months. Decisions are made collaboratively. A
list-serve for CELS is used to communicate in between these meetings.
7. Provide a summary of financial resources attracted and used, both from the
University and external sources. (Attached a separate document, if necessary.)
Period
Year1
2006-07
2004-06
2006-08
Source
Purpose
Total Budget
CELS Endowment Interest for fiscal year:
$68,173
Provided through the capitalization formula at SFU. This fund allowed us to
support a part-time Project Coordinator for CELS, a one-day a week Office
Administrator, undertake various projects, and also provide RA support for
these projects.
Joint Project Focus Foundation of BC and CELS (final year):
$134,718
A qualitative study of the lives of students and staff in
a
holistic educational
program
with
individualized
Aboriginal
focus.
Funder: Department of Justice, Youth Justice Renewal Fund. Curriculum and
research grant to address the educational needs of the Aboriginal students at
Whytecliff Education Centre, Burnaby and Langley sites. Project was a joint
application to DOJ, with Focus receiving the funds and CELS doing the
research on the project and providing curriculum development assistance.
Educational
DVD
also
produced:
Aboriginal
Spirit.
RAs: D. Marsden & E. Sohbat
Faculty of Education, Special Grant for Research Centres.:
$17,046
b3
Year2
2007-08
2008-11
2007-08
2007-08
Year3
2008-11
Year4
From cyber-bul/ying to cyber-kindness: What students, educators and parents
are
saying
Allowed CELS to extend Cassidy's SSHRC cyber-bullying research to
investigate the opposite ends of online exchanges, cyber-bullying and cyber-
kindness. This study involved a student survey for grades 6-9, teacher
interviews
and a parent questionnaire.
RA: K. Brown
CELS Endowment Interest for fiscal year: $69,173
Provided through the capitalization formula at SFU. This fund allowed us to
support a part-time Project Coordinator for CELS, a one-day a week Office
Administrator, to undertake various project, and also provide RA support for
these projects.
Law Foundation of British Columbia: $337,718 {funds received Jan. 2008)
Legal literacy for youth: An integrated, holistic project for BC schools
This project involved research, resources development, and professional
development for teachers and school-based engagement, focusing on grades
6-10 in BC schools, and across several curriculum areas. Also involves
producing a DVD on the importance of law-related education in schools.
RAs: K. Brown, M. Wu, A. Dejene, N. Parhar, M. Mizobe, C. Suhr, P. Clarke,
M. Hawley, V. Wong, J. Parsonson.
Joint Project, Focus Foundation of BC and CELS: $225,000
Changing the life trajectory of gang-involved Aboriginal youth who have
complex
needs
and
co-occurring
problems
Department of Justice, Youth Justice Renewal Fund {Program development
and research grant). CELS jointly wrote the grant proposal with Focus
Foundation, with Focus receiving the funds and CELS conducting the research
on the program and also offering consultation re the program development.
DVD produced for educational purposes:
Tending the Soil,
RA: L. Power, E. Staples
Continuation of grant awarded in 2006: Faculty of Education, Special Grant for
Research
Centres:
$17,046
From cyber-bu/lylng
to
cyber-kindness: What students, educators and parents
are saying
CELS Endowment Interest for fiscal year: $70,579
Provided through the capitalization formula at SFU. This fund allowed us to
support a part-time Project Coordinator for CELS, a one-day a week Office
Administrator, to undertake various projects, and also provide RA support for
these projects.
Continuation: Law Foundation of British Columbia: $337,718
Legal literacy for youth: An Integrated, holistic project for BC schools
YearS
2009-11
CELS
Endowment Interest for fiscal year: $56,434
Provided through the
capitalization formula at SFU. This fund allowed us to
support a part-time Project Coordinator for
CELS, a one-day a week Office
Administrator, apply a portion to the Director's salary for course release, to
undertake various projects, and also provide RA support for these projects.
Continuation: Law Foundation
of British Columbia: $337,718
Legal literacy for youth: An integrated, holistic project for BC schools
CELS Endowment Interest for fiscal year: $56,434
Provided through the capitalization formula at SFU. This fund allowed us to
support a part-time Project Coordinator for CELS, a one-day a week Office
Administrator, apply a portion to the Director's salary for course release, to
undertake various projects, and also provide RA support for these projects.
Continuation: Law Foundation
of British Columbia: $337,718 (project will
complete December 31,
2011 ).
legal literacy for youth: An integrated, holistic project for BC schools
8. Please identify the university resources, if any, provided to your Centre.
Space:
According
to the terms of the CELS endowment, the university provides space for the
Centre. We are currently located in one office in the Faculty of Education area on the
Galleria level of SFU Surrey. This allows us to work closely with the faculty at the Surrey
campus and
we are also close to many of our partner schools and schools districts south
of the Fraser. Our upcoming (Fall
2011)
M.Ed. in Justice, Law and Ethics in Education
will be located at the Surrey campus.
University Personnel:
We provide all our own staffing, except that Finance looks after the funds and the
distribution of payments. Occasionally, we involve staff from the Centre for Educational
Technology in
the FOE; for e.g. filming our public lectures or conference presentations.
Major Equipment:
CELS has purchased all our own computers, the projector and office printers and fax
machine. The
only equipment we use in the FOE is the photocopier and phones. We
also use the office furniture provided at the Surrey campus.
9. How has your Centre enhanced research over and above what would have been
accomplished by
an individual faculty member?
It would be Impossible for one faculty member or even several faculty members to
accomplish all that we have done in the Centre, since the founding over 25 years ago. A
faculty member must focus on his
or her own research and building up a research portfolio,
whereas
the mandate of our centre, the Centre for Education, Law and Society is more
applied -to positively impact the legal literacy of children and youth in schools. This
requires
work directly in schools with teachers and with students and the development of
professional development opportunities and other resources for educators, which will
enhance
their practice. Our projects, then, are both theoretical and applied and are able to
impact schools directly. Further, through the funding that has come to our centre, we have
been able
to hire part-time experts or specialists in education who can help us fulfill our
mandate. The funds
that we are able to access each year from the $1.411 million CELS
endowment provide a foundation from which we can hire a core team of committed staff
and
RAs, and also develop projects that are longer term in scope, without having to
constantly look for additional funding. This core funding has also been the springboard for
additional grants, such as the one we received from the Law Foundation during this
reporting period. The
work we do and the projects we undertake are possible because we
are a
Centre, a group of educators committed to law-related education for youth, and who
seek
to impact the field of education.
10. Provide a rationale for the continuation of your Centre.
We do very good work that extends knowledge through research, while also directly
impacting
the field of education. Our work is highly regarded by educators in the school
system, by
our funders, and by other provincial, national and international agencies that
work in the field of law-related and public legal education. One indication of the level of
support we have received internationally is Director Cassidy's 201llsldore Starr award from
the American Bar Association, Public Education Division,
for exemplary work In law-related
education,
the only non-American to receive this award in the 28 year history ofthe award.
Although this
is an individual award, her work has been connected with the work of CELS for
the past 25 years, being the co-founder with Dr. Michael Mantey-Casimir, in 1984.
Because CELS Is situated within the university, we are able to bring the research dimension
to the field of school and public legal education, and also to develop longer-term
professional development opportunities and courses
for teachers. This blend of theory and
practice Is essential to positively influencing the education of our youth. We also attract
graduate students
to the work we do In social justice, human rights education, school law
and school culture, and provide financial support
to them.
We are a team of highly energetic and productive individuals (faculty members, staff and
RAs), and we believe that our work also enhances the reputation ofthe Faculty of Education
and
of the University.
11. List your
Centre's
goals for the next five years.
Complete the legal literacy for Youth project:
o
Develop the 3 remaining curriculum projects and post these on the CELS
website (also translating these into French)
o
Complete the research with PDP students at SFU and also administer the
survey with PDP students at UBC and UVic (with our collaborators there).
o
Analyze the findings from our research with students, and the teacher
interviews.
o
Publish the results in professional and academic journals, and hold ProD
workshops
for teachers to discuss the results
o Complete the filming and editing of the documentary on
Action for a Just
Society
(discussing the importance of law-related education in schools.)
o Post all related materials on the CELS website for access by educators.
Implement the planned 2011 Summer Institute Public lectures on the theme of
Action for a Just Society: A focus on youth and schools
o Eight public lectures are being offered from July 4-14
o A new graduate
level credit course: EDUC 711:
Special Topics-
Addressing
Justice and Law-related issues in schools,
is part of the
Institute and complements the public lectures. The course runs from
9-
4 each day, July 4-15.
Finalize the planning and implementation of the new M.Ed.
injustice,
Law
and Ethics in Education,
to begin in September 2011, at the Surrey campus.
The selection
of students admitted to this program has been made; these
students are also attending the Public Lecture
Series at the Summer Institute.
To coincide with the 2-year M.Ed. we will be implementing a research
program,
whereby we will assess the impact of this graduate program on
participants' knowledge and their
work in educational settings. CELS will be
contributing funding to this initiative (RA support), plus we plan to apply to
the Law Foundation for additional support.
Course Development and Teaching:
o We will continue to offer professional development workshops on
law-related and social justice topics to students enrolled in
SFU's
teacher education program. We typically offer 5-8 such workshops
each year.
o We also plan to do the required paperwork to make the Special Topics
graduate course offered this summer, as a regular course offering.
o We plan to revisit the undergraduate course on Conflict Resolution,
which we offered previously as a special topics course, and seek to
revise and regularize this.
o We have been discussing with the Associate Director
of Graduate
Programs in the
FOE about the possibility of developing an Ed.D. in
the area of Social Justice and Law-related Education.
Further Research:
o We expect
that there will be areas of further research that will come
from
our analysis of the data collected from the Legal Literacy for
Youth study.
Journal Development:
o
As a team, we have had discussions about possible starting an
international academic journal which would address issues
of social
justice, law-related education, citizenship, and human rights
education. There appears to be a need in this area, with a focus on
education; however, we have not
yet determined if we will go this
route.
Website Development:
o We will continue to develop and enhance
the information on the CELS
website (www.cels.sfu.ca).
Conferences:
o
CELS typically hosts a major conference every other year. While we
have
not yet planned for this event, we expect to host at least one
major conference during the next 5-year period.
12. Describe other changes planned upon renewal (e.g. membership, organization
structure,
etc.).
In the past (Including these past 5 years), CELS has had the benefit of involvement of other
faculty
members from other SFU departments. We hope to further involve additional
faculty
members in related fields from other departments in our work, as Associate
Members. Otherwise, we feel that our current organizational structure works well.
13.
Provide an updated calendar description if different from the old listing on the first
page.
The current description is fine.
14.
Outlook for the future and other comments, by the Director of the Centre:
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years. We appreciate
the interest in, and support for, our work shown by the Dean of
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Wanda Cassidy
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Wanda Cassidy is Associate Professor of Education at Simon Fraser University and Director of the Centre for
Education, Law and Society
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She works primarily in the areas of citizenship education and law-related
education, with a focus on understanding the values and
beliefs that underpin the legal system in a
democracy and that contribute to developing a just and caring society
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schools
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education
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at Simon Fraser University. Her main
research
is located in international education, and is focused on the internationalization of higher education
,
the
experiences of international students, and the
internationalization
of curriculum. Other research interests
include globalization, postcolonial thought. anti-racist education
and crit
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pedagogy
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higher education, and the ethics of care.
Joan Parsonson
Educational
Consultant
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Secondary School and
is
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opportunities for citizenship deve
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Calgary, a Post Baccalaureate Diploma from SFU focusing on the integration of First Nations and
multicultural curriculum, and a Master's degree from
SFU with a focus on citizenship
in
relation to sustainable
communities and effective decision-making
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Ann Cardus
Administrator
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resolution
to difficult situations. Ann has always enjoyed the challenges and successes of working within the
legal field and brings this
energy
and commitment
to administering GELS programs and projects.
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Fraser University
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Ruth Yates
Retired Program Coordinator
Ruth Yates, MA,
MEd,
has written and edited several law textbooks and numerous law-related curriculum
resources.
She assisted in creating and developing the
first
Law Connection and coordinated the preparation
and posting of articles and learning resources since its inception. Ruth served
on the Ministry of Education
committee that developed the Law
12 IRP
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both on campus and on-line
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extensive experience
as an academic, teacher/trainer and practitioner of restorative approaches in community,
prison
,
and school settings
.
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the
Alternatives
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Polytechnique University and
Simon Fraser University and
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currently a doctoral student
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and building peaceful communities
where each person and group is included and valued
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education,
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RESEARCH CENTRE/INSTITUTE RENEWAL
APPLICATI~
President Research Office
Reporting Period: April1, 2006 March 31 2011
Pursuant to S.F.U. Policy R40.01, the Director of each Research Centre or Institute (hereafter
referred
to as "the Centre") is required to submit a renewal application every five years.
Once the Director of the Centre completes the form, it should be forwarded to the
Faculty Dean or Vice-President Research, no later than June 30th.
1.
Name of the Centre: Centre for Tourism Policy and Research
2. Director of the Centre
Name: Peter Williams
Expiry Date
of Term as Director: July 1, 2014
Fax
Number:
778-782-4968
Office Location:
Rm
8261 TASC 1
Director's
Email:
peterw@sfu.ca
Web
Address
of
http://www.rem.sfu.ca/tourism/
Generic
Centre
http://www.rem.sfu.ca/
3. Revised Centre Description:
Phone
Number:
778-782-3074
The Centre for Tourism Policy and Research (CTPR) is a graduate research centre
established
by Simon Fraser University in cooperation with the Province of British
Columbia.
It
operates as a research pod within the University's School of Resource and
Environmental Management. The Centre's membership is comprised of faculty members
and graduate students conducting research related to tourism and recreation sustainable
development issues.
Its overall mission is to develop and disseminate knowledge that
encourages
more
sustainable
forms
of
tourism
development.
To achieve its mission, the Centre:
• Provides a focal point for interdisciplinary graduate level studies and professional
development related
to tourism and recreation planning;
• Encourages and conducts policy, planning and management research that enhances
the effective
and sustained use of tourism and recreation resources; and
• Facilitates the distribution of leading edge tourism and recreation research fmdings
through participation in the development and delivery of tourism seminars,
workshops,
conferences
and
publications
4. Centre Accomplishments in the Past Five Years.
Over the past five years the Centre and its members have played a significant role in
generating research that is helping shape the policy and planning landscape for tourism in
BC and elsewhere. Centre accomplishments include:
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research
counsel
to
graduate
student
members
preparing
major
research
reports/theses.
The
following
sections
summarize
faculty
member
teaching
assignments
that
extended
beyond their normal lecturing workloads and involved Centre related areas of
investigation.
Workshops
I
Conferences
I
Course Development
Centre members helped prepare, facilitate, or deliver components of over 17 courses/or
workshops.
These
were
typically
conducted
in
conjunction
with
other
academic
and/or
tourism
partners.
Especially
high
profile
teaching
initiatives
included
faculty
members
and in some cases graduate students developing and delivering:
• an innovative SFU based Undergraduate Semester in Dialogue focused on the
Olympics;
• an SFU based field school program for the Executive MBA Program
in
Leisure and
Tourism Management at the University of Salzburg (annually for 3 years);
• an SFU orchestrated
12th
International Symposium on Society in Resource
Management
conference
in
conjunction
with
UBC
(domestic
and
international
delegates);
and
• an SFU organized International Association of Scientific Experts
in
Tourism congress
(primarily
European
delegates
)
in
Whistler.
These
initiatives
provided
valuable
experience
for
Centre
graduate
students
who
participated
in
the
development,
management
and
learning
opportunities
associated
with
these events. All of the events noted heightened the profile of SFU, REM and the Centre
for Tourism Policy and Research as a leading place for research and learning
in
matters
related
to
tourism
and
outdoor
recreation
management.
Mentorlng
Mentoring
services
provided
by
faculty
members
and
other
senior
associates
contributed
to the learning experiences of many (-35) student members of the Centre over the past
five years. For the most, these students engaged in the day to day 'learn by doing'
research activities
of the Centre Workshops, project team meetings, individual mentoring
sessions, and opportunities to participate in the data collection or project development
activities of other students working
in
the Centre's lab helped build their critical
thinking,
research design, analytical and report preparation capacities. In addition, the
Centre's members also provided support services
to
students engaged
in
tourism related
work in other SFU departments and other universities Mentoring services were offered to
students
in
REM,
Geography,
Sustainability
Community
Development,
Business
Management at SFU, as well as students at UNBC, UBC, University ofCanbelTa,
University of Salzburg, University oflnnsbruck, University ofBiocca and University of
St.
Gallen
during
this
period.
Community Service
As
awareness of the Centre's initiatives has grown, so has interest
in
having its members
present
findings~
discuss their research. sit on professional and /or academic organization
boards and councils dealing
with
tourism related issues. The following section highlights
Membership
Because much of the Centre's activities are 'project driven', membership is dynamic and
changes as opportunities for research and training emerge. Over the past five years the
annual complement of members has averaged about 23 people. These are typically
comprised
of:
• 3 core faculty members (from REM and Geography);
• 3 other SFU faculty members (typically from REM) who become engaged in varying
components
of the Centre's research activities (e.g. supervising and mentoring
students, collaborating
on interdisciplinary research projects etc.) Over the past
5
years, about 10 different SFU faculty members have been involved in varying
mentoring, supervising or
teaching activities linked to the Centre's programming
• 12 master's and doctoral graduate students participating in research projects managed
by the Centre's core faculty
• 3 research associates (typically former graduate students) assisting current students
and faculty in the implementation of Centre projects
• 2 visiting scholars collaborating with the Centre's core faculty and students on a
range of seminar, workshop and research initiatives for varying periods of time .
Over the past five years these visiting scholars have come other parts of North
America, Switzerland, Australia, Norway, Austria, Germany, Great Britain, and
British Columbia.
The membership in the past year is listed in Appendix 1 (list of members).
7. Provide a summary of financial resources attracted and used, both from the
University
and
external
sources.
Resources attracted are
in
the form of contracts and grants typically assigned to individual
Centre
members or programs for projects that align with its teaching and /or research
interests.
Table 1 captures the lion's share of those contracts or grants awarded over the past 5
years.
External Resources
The Centre pursues grants and contracts primarily to support the research activities of its
faculty members and graduate students. Over the past five years, direct external resources
generated by research sponsors
exceeded ($0.8 million Cdn.)
In
addition, several thousands
of dollars were provided in the form of indirect 'contributions in kind' (e.g. accommodation,
travel expenses, resource materials,
mentoring, workshops, and per diems) to the Centre's
graduate students. Without
such support, the quality and variety of research projects
undertaken by
the Centre would not
be
as impressive. Table
I.
provides a summary of the
major direct research grants generated by Centre members for tourism related research over
the past
five years.
Financial Resources
The Centre's administrative budget for the past five years has been provided at the
discretion
of the Director of the School of Resource and Environmental Management.
Each year, the Centre's operating budget of up to $8,500 is provided within the operating
budget of the School of Resource and Environmental Management However, actual
expenditures
are approximately $2,500 per year.
Space:
The Centre has a tourism lab that is the focal point for individual and group research
projects.
It
is designed to accommodate up to 1 0 graduate students, but often handles
more. Space is flexibly arranged to offer desks for designated graduate students, and
accommodate research team meeting with other faculty members and visiting scholars.
University Personnel:
Secretarial and technical support is provided to the Centre on an as need basis at the
discretion of the Director of the School of Resource and Environmental Management.
Requests for such support are typically limited to administering contracts, payrolls and
expense payments, as well as providing computer support services to research teams on
an as needed basis.
Major Equipment:
none
9. How has your Centre enhanced research over and above what would have been
accomplished by
an individual faculty member?
The Centre provides a much needed psychological and physical 'place' for meetings,
dialogues and collaborations on tourism issues. While faculty researchers are able to
conduct tourism research on their own, the collective synergy the Centre facilitates leads
to the creative sharing of ideas, experiences, contacts, and resources that might not
otherwise
happen. Its reputation as a trusted and credible research centre attracts an
ongoing:
• Pool of talented graduate students who are eager to help conduct research activities
that individual
faculty members might not otherwise be able to pursue on their own;
• Set of requests from public and non-government agencies seeking researchers to take
on studies that might not otherwise come to the attention of individual faculty
members
• Cadre of faculty members, research associates, and visiting scholars who provide
their
networks
of
contacts,
logistical
support
systems,
perspectives,
funding
strategies
and other collaborations that may expedite individual research initiatives that might
not otherwise be possible to get off the ground.
• Variety of research workshops, conference and seminar participation opportunities
(e.g. invited presenters or organizers) that help build awareness of and promote the
research interests and capacities of individual faculty members amongst funding
organizations.
public and non-government funding agencies, the Centre will dedicate more time to
developing closer ties with other organizations (including targeted international agencies) not
currently engaged in
the Centre's initiatives.
In
addition, further tourism related adjunct
professor appointments will
be made with the intent of bolstering research and job
opportunities
for the Centre's graduate students.
13. Provide an updated calendar description if different from the old listing on the first
page.
The Centre for Tourism Policy and Research (CTPR) is a graduate research centre
established
by Simon Fraser University in cooperation with the Province of British
Columbia.
It
operates as a research pod within the University's School of Resource and
Environmental
Management.
The
Centre's
membership
is
comprised
of
faculty
members
and graduate students conducting research related to tourism and recreation sustainable
development issues.
Its overall mission is to develop and disseminate knowledge that
encourages
more
sustainable
forms
of
tourism
development.
To achieve its mission, the Centre: provides a focal point for interdisciplinary graduate
level studies and professional development related to tourism and recreation planning;
encourages
and conducts policy, planning and management research that enhances the
effective and sustained use of tourism and recreation resources; and facilitates the
distribution
of leading edge tourism and recreation research findings through
participation in
the development and delivery of tourism seminars, workshops,
conferences
and
publications
14. Outlook for the future and other comments,
by
the Director of the Centre:
Prospects for the Centre are promising. It continues to attract talented graduate students,
foster worthwhile collaborations with a wide range of partners, and generate valuable
research
and learning opportunities for its member. It reputation and unique position as a
trusted
and reputable tourism research supplier is strong. Many of its past graduate
students
are now in influential positions with some of Canada's leading public and non-
government organizations. As such, organizations external to the university are
increasingly aware of the advantages associated with working with the Centre through a
combination
of student internships and co-op jobs, as well as collaborative research
programs. They frequently seek the input and participation of faculty and students in
workshops,
forums
and
research
assignments.
Future endeavors will focus on internationalizing the range of tourism projects
undertaken by the Centre. Its members have gained much international recognition in the
past
five years, and that exposure should translate into international collaborations.
Particularly
good prospects exist to work with European and Australian organizations on
research programs linked to tourism related climate change mitigation and adaptation
strategies,
product
innovation,
social
media,
protected
areas
management,
amenity
migration, destination governance
research. Such links will provide invaluable
opportunities
for students to become involved in culturally different research contexts,
and open doors to a broader range of future job opportunities. This will also create a
Signature
of
the
Director
of
the
Centre/Institute
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Date:
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a. Comment on the Centre's performance:
b. Comment on future University support for the Centre (financial, teaching release,
space,
etc.):
c.
Recommendation
for
renewal:
Signature
of
the
Vice-President,
Research
Date:. __________ _
RESEARCH
CENTRE/INSTITUTE
RENEWAL
APPLICATION
Reporting Period: April1, 2006 March 31 2011
Received by
JUN 2 3
2011
Vice
President
Research
Office
Pursuant to S.F.U. Policy R40.01, the Director of each Research Centre or Institute
(hereafter referred to as "the Centre") is required to submit a renewal application every five
years.
Once
the Director of the Centre completes the form, It should be forwarded to the Faculty
Dean
or Vice-President Research, no later than June 30th.
1. Name of the Centre: Co-operative Resource Management Institute
2. Director of the Centre
Name: Sean Cox
Expiry Date of Term as Director: August 31, 2013
Office
Web Address of Centre: http://www.rem.sfu.ca/crmi
Generic
Centre Email: N/A
Phone Number: 25778
Fax Number: 24968
Director's Email: spcox@sfu.ca
Secretary
to Director: 23074
3. Centre Description: (The description below was taken from the most recent SFU
Calendar.)
The Cooperative Resource Management Institute (CRMI) is a unit on the Burnaby campus
that houses personnel from natural resource management agencies. The Institute can
facilitate solutions
to difficult multidisciplinary issues in resource management by providing
an environment where personnel from different management agencies such as forestry,
fisheries, and
wildlife can work side-by-side along with Simon Fraser University faculty,
graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, and research associates on a daily basis. The
university benefits
from greater concentration of expertise in environmental management
on campus and from new opportunities and funding
for multidisciplinary, collaborative
research programs. Graduate students and
other young scientists also gain valuable
experience working
with agency scientists. The agencies involved with the Institute benefit
from cooperative work with SFU researchers, often on topics that would otherwise not have
been investigated due
to staff shortages in the agencies. The Institute has thereby proven
to be an excellent example of the classic "win-win" situation.
4. Provide a detailed
list of accomplishments of the Centre for the past five years. •.
Over the past five years, the Cooperative Resource Management Institute has been a
focal
point for collaborative interactions among SFU's faculty and graduate students and
non-SFU organizations involved in environmental management. CRMI members built
collaborative working relationships that made research more available to decision-
makers and the public.
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Membership
CRMI increased its membership from 15 in 2005 to 24 by 2009, including 17 SFU faculty
members
and 7 non-SFU faculty. New members were selected to expand the range of
applied research represented in CRMI, as well the scope of inter-disciplinary research at
SFU.
CRMI also increased socio-economic expertise on the SFU campus by adding Ajit
Krishnaswamy from the Forests Research Extension Partnership (FORREX). Ajit was later
joined
in FORREX by extension specialist, Diane Boyd, who provided expertise in applied
landscape
ecology
and
conservation
biology.
Research
Non-faculty members of CRMI from DFO and FORREX, who worked full-time on campus,
played an important role in developing and supporting SFU's research capacity in
fisheries science, forestry, fish-forestry interactions, and community-based
management
of forests, fisheries, and wildlife. Non-faculty members of CRMI maintain
ongoing
collaborations with SFU faculty in Resource and Environmental Management,
Earth Sciences, Biological Sciences, and Statistics and Actuarial Sciences. In almost all
cases, this applied research directly involves graduate students in research design,
execution, publication, and public communications.
A total
of eight research awards demonstrate the leading-edge applied research
generated by CRMI. During the reporting period, CRMI facultv members Ken Lertzman,
Randall Peterman, and Rick Routledge received prestigious awards for their research
from the Ecological Society of America, the American Fisheries Society, the Staticlal
Society of Canada respectively. In 2009, CRMI non-faculty members Erland Macisaac,
David Patterson, Steven MacDonald, Nell Schubert, and Michael Bradford all received
significant awards in recognition of the quality and importance of their research to
Fisheries and Oceans Canada.
Teaching
CRMI has been a focal point for supervision and co-supervision of SFU graduate student
researchers. In addition to the normal teaching and supervisory loads provided by SFU
faculty members of CRMI, non-faculty members of CRMI supervise or co-supervise an
average 6-10 SFU graduate students per year. This supervision provides critical applied
context to student
research that Is unique to CRMI and SFU.
In addition to the normal teaching activities of SFU faculty, CRMI members also developed
regional
and national professional development and training programs In quantitative and
qualitative research methods and techniques. These Included
1. Statistical Analysis and Programming Workshops- Columbia Mountains Institute,
Yukon Ministry of Environment, B.C. Ministry of Environment, Fisheries and Oceans
Canada, and Klntama Research
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2. Management Strategy Evaluation Workshops- Fisheries and Oceans Canada,
Headquarters
(Ottawa,ON) and Maritimes Region (Halifax, NS)
3. Risk Assessment and Decision Analysis - B.C. Ministry of Environment
Finally, non-faculty members of CRMI (Merran Hague) provided sessional teaching
services
for SFU calendar courses (e.g., REM 311).
Community Service
CRMI members provided a wide range of community service including:
1. Advisory Panels
a. Cohen Commission of Enquiry into the Declines of Fraser River Sockeye
Salmon
b. DFO Stock Assessment Management Board
c. DFO Technical Expertise In Stock Assessment
d. Skeena Independent Science Review Panel
e. BC Biodiversity Action Plan
f. Canadian Spotted Owl Recovery Team
g. Vancouver Parks Board
h.
Centre of Expertise for Aquatic Risk Assessment
i. Alaska Dept of Fish and Game
j. The Royal Society
of Canada
k. Ecotrust Canada
2. Statistical and Modelling Consulting Services
a. B.C. Ministries of Parks and Environment
b. Great lakes
Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission
c. Minnesota Dept of Natural Resources
d. Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center
3. Fisheries Stock Assessment Review Panels
a. DFO Pacific Science Advice Review Committee
b.
U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service
c. Marine Stewardship Council
5. Has your Centre accomplished its goals?
CRMI's primary goal,
to create a community of resource and environmental management
researchers on SFU's Burnaby campus,
has clearly been accomplished. The Institute has
stimulated, encouraged, and enhanced cooperative research between faculty at
Simon
Fraser University and personnel in natural resource management agencies. The list of
collaborative inter-disciplinary research projects is substantial and growing as SFU faculty
increasingly
partner with CRMI members from outside management agencies. As shown
throughout this report, CRMI members have enhanced SFU's capacity in research, teaching,
81
and community outreach over and above what could be accomplished by SFU faculty alone.
In almost all
cases,
CRMI researchers put university research to work in
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real-world
11
contexts via CRMI's management agency research connections.
6. Briefly describe your Centre membership and organization structure, as a separate
document, attach a
full membership list.
SFU
Administrative
Officer
CRMI
Director
Administrative
Assistant
SFU Faculty
members
Non-Faculty
members
__
(~n ca~pus)
Advisory
Board
Non-SFU members
(off campus)
CRMiis led by an elected Director (3-year renewable term) and current membership
(Appendix
1) consists of 17 SFU faculty and 7 non-faculty from outside Agencies. Several
non-faculty members are housed on SFU's Burnaby campus. Agency membership
consists of senior research scientists from Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) and the
Forum for Research and Extension in Natural Resources (FOR REX).
7. Provide a summary of financial resources attracted and used, both from the
University
and external sources.
The CRMI operates from two externally funded accounts (Appendix 2): 21-139056 with
a current
balance of ($4372.95); and 13-875862 with a balance of $1507.08. External
funding may be received from a variety of sources such as contributions from Agency
members and Seminars by CRMI Members. The University does not provide CRMI any
financial resources.
Members of the Institute often collaborate on research projects with individual
accounts set up under the Principal and Co-Investigators names for each grant.
8. Please Identify the university resources, if any, provided to your Centre.
Space:
Offices
2
are provided
for members from outside Agencies: DFO and FOR REX
I
including
77.5
m in TASC
1
and two offices
(6.7
m
2)
In TASC
2.
Note that the above space allocation represents a 27% reduction from the original
allocation in CRMI's former East Academic Annex location.
University Personnel:
The secretary
is provided by the School of Resource and Environmental Management
(Secretary
to the Director's of REM, CRMI and CTPR).
Major Equipment:
None.
9. How
has your Centre enhanced research over and above what would have been
accomplished by
an individual faculty member?
The university
has benefitted from greater concentration of expertise in environmental
management on campus
as well as new opportunities and funding for multidisciplinary,
collaborative research programs. SFU and non-SFU members of CRMI work together to
leverage support to attract high quality research, graduate students, and research
associates
to SFU.
CRMI enhances research over and above what can be accomplished by individual faculty
members by:
1. Providing a critical mass of research expertise in resource and environmental
management
that may not be covered by SFU faculty (e.g., fish-forestry interactions,
species-at-risk, salmon migration physiology, stock assessment, social aspects
of
forestry and fisheries);
2. Co-supervising graduate students by DFO and FORREX members of CRMI, which
increases
the number of opportunities for multidisciplinary, collaborative research
programs;
3. Providing direct research funding and logistical support, including critical support for
safe and productive graduate student research In remote areas;
4. Providing a local research network to enhance collaboration, research training, and
funding opportunities.
10. Provide a rationale for the continuation of your Centre.
Continuation
of CRMI ensures that SFU faculty, graduate students, and resource
management agencies
will continue to benefit from collaborative research and training in
applied resource management issues.
Non-SFU faculty from DFO and FORREX, in particular,
play an important role in graduate student research by providing expertise, resources, and
logistical support that would not be available otherwise.
Over the next several years, DFO members of CRMI will likely represent the only applied
research expertise in salmon population dynamics and management at SFU. The continuing
presence and involvement of this group (via CRMI) in research on SFU's Burnaby campus is
therefore critical if SFU is to meet the high demand for applied research and training on
Pacific salmon population dynamics and management in the future.
There is growing recognition that resource management problems require multidisciplinary
solutions.
Centres such as CRMI help to meet this demand by providing research and
training opportunities in which the distinctions between science, policy, and economics
represent opportunities rather than barriers to sustainability solutions.
11. List your Centre's goals for the next five years.
Over the next five years, the goals of CRMI are to:
1. maintain our active community of resource and environmental management
researchers on SFU's Burnaby campus;
2. expand CRMI's expertise in risk assessment for physical and biological systems to
offset losses due to impending SFU faculty retirements.
12. Describe other changes planned upon renewal (e.g. membership, organization
structure, etc.).
We do not anticipate major organizational changes to CRMI upon renewal. However, as
part of the move from East Academic Annex to TASC 1, CRMI accepted a 27% reduction in
office and laboratory space. We hope to rectify this loss as soon as possible.
13. Provide an updated calendar description if different from the old listing on the first
page.
14. Outlook for the future and other comments, by the Director of the Centre:
Since Its Inception 12 years ago, the Cooperative Resource Management Institute has
been a focal point for collaborative interactions among SFU's faculty/graduate students
and non-SFU organizations related to environmental management. The value to SFU, as
well as the other member organizations, of such continued activities Is evident from the
material
in this report.
As
a part of the new Faculty of Environment at SFU, CRMI
members look forward to new opportunities to build collaborative working relationships
and take advantage of FORREX's expertise In providing extension services that make our
research more available to decision makers and the public. In the latter context, we
anxiously await the appointment of a replacement for Diane Boyd In FORREX. We also
will be seeking to rectify the 27% loss In space allocated to CRMI when the unit was
moved to TASClln 2005 along with REM.
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SFU MEMBERS
3 year duration
Sean Cox (Director)
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Frank Gobas
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Wolfgang Haider
REM
Ken Lertzman
REM
Randall Peterman
REM
Evelyn Pinkerton
REM
Andy Cooper
REM
Anne Saloman
REM
Rick Routledge
Statistics & Actuarial Science
Carl Schwarz
Statistics & Actuarial Science
John Clague
Earth Sciences
Diana Allen
Earth Sciences
Dana Lepofsky
Archaeology
John Reynolds
Biological Sciences
Isabelle Cote
Biological Sciences
Nick Dulvy
Biological Sciences
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DFO
Steve MacDonald
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Erl Macisaac
DFO
Neil Schubert
DFO
David Patterson
DFO
Daniel Selbie
DFO
Ajit Krishnaswamy
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richard_routledge@sfu.ca
carl_schwarz@sfu.ca
jclague@sfu.ca
diana_allen@sfu.ca
dana_lepofsky@sfu.ca
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RESEARCH CENTRE/INSTITUTE RENEWAL APPLICATION
Reporting Period: April 1, 2006 March 31 2011
Pursuant to S.F.U. Policy R40.01, the Director of each Research Centre or
Institute (hereafter referred to as .. the Centre .. ) is required to submit a
renewal application every
five years.
Once the Director of the Centre completes the form, It should be
forwarded to the Faculty Dean or VIce-President Research, no
later than June 30th.
1. Name of the Centre: Centre for Experimental and Constructive
Mathematics
2. Director of the Centre
Name: Michael Monagan
Phone Number:_(778) 782 4279 ___ _
Expiry Date
of Term as Director: _july 31, 2011_
Fax Number:_None. ____ _
Office Locatlon: __ K10501, Shrum Science __ _
Web
Director's
Address
Email:
of Centre:
__ www.cecm.sfu.ca
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3. Centre Description: (The description below was taken from the most
recent
SFU Calendar.)
The centre furthers research and education in computation in the mathematical
sciences. The centre's activities include: participation in the training of graduate
students in experimental and computational mathematics; provision of post doctoral
fellowships in areas related
to
experimental and constructive mathematics;
sponsorship of regular short term and long term research visitors
to
the centre;
organization of regular colloquia and occasional conferences on advances in
experimental
and
computational
mathematics;
providing
access
to
computing
resources and mathematical software packages (currently Maple and Magma);
provision of tutorials and consulting assistance for faculty and graduate students at
Simon Fraser University in the use of the centre's software and other computer
algebra
systems;
establishment,
development
and
maintenance
of
accessible
software archives; collaboration with similar centres and appropriate individuals at
other Canadian and foreign universities and commercial companies developing
mathematical
software.
Such
collaboration
may
include
co-sponsorship
of
speakers,
workshops and visitors, joint application for external research funds, exchange of
software and expertise, establishment of a Canadian mathematical computation
network. Subject to the director's approval, the centre's membership will be open to
Simon Fraser University faculty, and post-doctoral and graduate students who are
actively Involved in mathematical computing. Associate membership will be
available to faculty at other universities.
4. Provide a detailed list of accomplishments of the Centre for the past
five years.
•The centre has continued to provide access to the latest version of
Maple on the CECM network (Maple 15 is available on 40 cores) and
now provides access
to Magma on the CECM network (Magma 2.17 is
available on 30 cores).
•The centre has continued to host the development version of Maple
on two servers. This enables Maple projects to install Maple software
(programs, tests and documentation) Into the Maple library under
contract. For example, Borweln and Monagan's
MITACS project (1999-
2012) has contributed mathematical algorithms to the Maple library in
each
year of the project. The project has brought in approximately
$325,000 in NCE funding and $210,000 in industry funding over the
last five years
to faculty at SFU. Most of this money has been used for
graduate student support. Students
of Borweln, Goddyn, Usonek,
Mishna and Monagan have been supported.
•The centre has provided some formal opportunities for training In the
use
of mathematical software. For example:
In August 2006 Monagan gave a one week course
"Teaching and doing mathematics with Maple".
In
October 2007 Dr. JOrgen Gerhard of Maplesoft gave a one day
Maple training session.
In 2008 Bruin co-organized "Sage Days" - a graduate workshop
on graphics and visualization (using Sage).
•The centre has reduced Its operating costs from $28,000 per year In
2006 to below $4,000 per year In 2009 and 2010 by
(l)
eliminating the
need
for secretarial support by paying IRMACS to run CECM day event
and offloadlng accounting and reporting onto
the director, and (2)
rationalizing phone, hardware maintenance, software license, and
backup expenses.
•The centre budgeted for $8,000 In Income per year to pay for
operating costs without charging a membership fee and without
receiving any operating money from the university.
We received
$39,900 In direct Income [see section 7 below] and $9,000 from the
department
to refurbish the Colab (PB493) In 2007. We are close to
meeting this goal for the past 6 years.
•The centre sought to enhance the quality, participation and value of
our annual CECM Day workshop on computational mathematics that
Jon Borweln started. The following Is a list of Improvements made.
•Hold event at IRMACS Instead of the Halpern Centre
•Produce event poster; handle registration on-line
•Offer students, both undergraduate and graduate, and PDFs, an
opportunity to present their research in the form
of poster
presentations.
•Offer $500 in prize money for the best undergraduate and
graduate student posters.
•Include lunch In registration fee ($30-$50)
•Invite
speakers from outside the CECM and outside of SFU
•Give formal software demonstrations, e.g. new version of
Maple, Sage
•We have always Invited all members of the department to
attend. In 2009 we renamed CECM day to be CMD day
(Computational Mathematics Day)
to increase participation from
the department.
•In 2010 and 2011 we asked a member of applied and
computational mathematics
to co-organize the event to increase
participation from applied mathematics.
Here are the results
of that effort.
The event has grown to become a department wide event.
#participants #posters
#talks Organizer
2003
45
15
7
Monagan
2004
NA
9
5
Monagan
2005
43
13
6
Monagan
2006
27
12
4
Monagan
2007
31
13
5
Monagan
2009
33
12
6
Mishna
&
Monagan
2010
56
25
6
Mishna
&
Williams
2011
52
25
5
jedwab
&
Wittenberg
•The centre has continued to build a research environment which is
attractive and conducive to doing research in and developing software
for experimental and constructive mathematics.
• P8493, one of the two rooms in the CECM, the "Colab", was
renovated
In 2007 to provide desk space for six graduate
students with desktop computers - Increasing
the number of
people that can be seated in the CECM from 12 to 18.l}tplcally
10 to 12 of these are occupied by graduate students which
leaves 6 to 8 "drop-in" spaces for faculty, project research staff,
summer USRAs and visitors. Some stats for space usage:
2006-2007
2007-2008
2008-2009
Undergrad
2
.
5
1
Graduate
5
7
11
93
PDF IRA/visitor
3
4
3
2009-2010 2
2010-2011 4
2011-
6
10
11
8
3
4
2
• We've made available copies of various journals/periodicals In
the CECM library Including "Notices of the AMS",
"Communications of the ACM", as well as Macleans, the
Economist, to make It an attractive place for faculty and visitors.
• Continuously upgrade desktops In lab (8 In the last five years).
• Provide access to other software e.g. Cllk, Mathematica, Sage
as needed by members.
•The center has provided tra lning for the following students over the
period. Undergraduate students listed
either held a NSERC fellowship
or a MITACS fellowship.
Undergrads:
Raul Aliaga (2007), Andrew Arnold (2007), jalganesh
Balasundaram
(2011), Bill Bao (2009), Alejandro Erickson (2006,
2007),
Bradley jones (2010, 2011), Valerie Chong (2010), Thea
Gegenberg
(2007), Richard Lei (2011), Simon
Lo
(2006), Jamie Lutley
(2007), Rosemary McCloskey (2011), Steve Melczer (2010, 2011),
Shraddha Ramesh (2011), Robert Shih (2010), julian Sahasrabudhe
(2009), Asif Zaman (2008, 2009)
MSc:
Cory Ahn, Andrew Arnold, Akl Avis, Uang Chen, Kseniya
Garaschuk,
Soo Go, Mahdl javadi, Stephen Kieffer, ltlstan Kim, Simon
Lo,
Alex Molnar, Chelsea Richards, Paul Vrblk, Sullng Yang, Hul Yl Lu
PhD:
Tom Boothby, Kevin Doerksen, Mohammad Ghebleh, Mahdi
javadl, Mahdad Khatarlnejad-Fard, Lucas Jlaxiong, Alan Melchsner,
james Ratcliffe
PDF/RA:
Vahld Dabbaghlan, Eric Fusy, Ha Le, Roman Pearce
S.Has your Centre accomplished its goals?
Yes, many of the goals, as stated in the Centre Description in Section
3, have been met. We comment on each goal here.
•Participation in the training of graduate students in experimental and
computational
mathematics;
The centre has provided many training opportunities for graduate and also
undergraduate students. See section 4.
•Provision of post doctoral fellowships in areas related to experimental and
constructive
mathematics;
The centre does not have, and never has had a budget that could endow a PDF.
It has hosted and supported the research of PDFs who have been funded
through MITACS and NSERC. In section 13, we have updated the Calendar
Description to clarify this.
•Sponsorship
of regular short term and long term research visitors to the centre;
The centre regularly hosts visitors and has provided some funds for travel
expenses.
•Organization of regular colloquia and occasional conferences on advances in
experimental
and
computational
mathematics;
Members of the centre organize, or help organize, three regular colloquia (in
Computer Algebra, Discrete Mathematics and Number Theory) and an annual
one day workshop.
•Providing access to computing resources and mathematical software packages
(currently
Maple and Magma);
As
noted in section 4, the centre has done this.
•Provision of tutorials and consulting assistance for faculty and graduate
students at
Simon Fraser University in the use of the centre's software and other
computer
algebra
systems;
As noted in section 4, the centre has provided some formal tutorials. Members
regularly provide help with Maple and Magma.
•Establishment,
development
and
maintenance
of
accessible
software
archives;
As
noted In section 4, the center hosts and maintains the development
version
of Maple. It also hosts and maintains its own web server on which
members have put their preprlnts and software.
•Collaboration with similar centres and appropriate indMdua/s at other Canadian
and
foreign
universities
and
commercial
companies
developing
mathematical
software.
Collaboration has taken place with the following research groups;
The Ontario Research Centre
for Computer Algebra (ORCCA),
The Magma group at the University of Sydney, Australia,
The Math group
at Maplesoft, Ontario
The Symbolic Computation Group
at the University of Waterloo,
The Algorithms group
at INRIA, Rocquencourt, France.
The Security, Crytology and Transmissions
(SECRET) project at INRIA,
Rocquencourt, France, and
The
SAGE project at the University of Washington.
6.Briefly describe your Centre membership and organization structure,
as a separate document, attach a full membership list.
Director: Michael Monagan (term has expired)
Associate Director: Luis Goddyn
Steering committee:
Peter Borwein,
Nils Bruin, lmin Chen, Stephen Choi,
Luis Goddyn, jonathan jedwab, Peter Lisonek,
Mami Mishna, Mike Monagan, Mike
Sollanych.
Membership: see attached document
7 .Provide a summary of financial resources attracted and used, both
from
the University and external sources. (Attached a separate
document,
if necessary.)
Listed here is
all Income that appears in CECM accounts. See attached
document
for our account balance statements.
Period
2006-2007
2007-2008
2008-2009
2009-2010
2010-2011
2011-present
Source and Purpose
CECM day registration fees.
Maplesoft corporate gift to
CECM
Dean's portion of MITACS contract overhead
CECM day registration fees.
Dean's portion
of MITACS contract overhead
Maplesoft
gift to CECM for operations
Dean's portion
of MITACS contract overhead
NONE
Amount
$1000
$8000
$5000
$1400
$5000
$4000
$4000
Dean's portion of MITACS contract overhead
$4000
Dean's portion of MITACS contract overhead
$4500
Maplesoft matching gift for NSERC equipment
$3000
Total $39,900
Below I list other contributions not accounted for above or under 8.
(1) The department contributed just over $9,000 In the spring of 2007 to
convert what was
jon Borweln's "Colab" into space suitable for 6 graduate
students. This included new furniture
(5 desks, 6 chairs, cubicle partitions)
and a repainting
of the walls from a dark blue to white. Two new desktop
computers were paid for out of the CECM budget.
(2) Faculty have contributed five
desktop computers (2 recycled Sun 150s,
and 3 new Dells) to the CECM lab over the period, a contribution value of
about $7,500.
8. Please Identify the university resources, if any, provided to your
Centre.
Space:
P8495 and P8493 is the CECM lab. It has three main areas, each with desks
for 6 people arranged in cubicles.
"fYplcally there are 10-12 graduate
students, mostly from mathematics, and one or two from computing science.
This leaves 6-8 desks
for visitors, researchers, NSERC undergraduate USRAs,
and faculty who work In the lab.
University Personnel:
The university paid for Glenn Davies {40%) from 2006 to january 2009, then
john Hebron
(20%) from February 2010 to April 2010, and Mike Sollanych
{20%) since May 2010 to look after the computing facilities in the CECM and
in faculty member offices.
At this time Mike Sollanych
of the NSG has the primary responsibility for
looking after
our computing facilities. Mike also looks after the computing
equipment
for staff and faculty In the Mathematics and Statistics
departments. His office
Is In the CECM lab. Mike has served us very well.
We have no direct secretarial support and do not use departmental
resources. Michael Monagan has looked after expenses, accounts, reports,
web site, and non-computing day to day operations
of the centre as needed.
Major Equipment:
We currently have 7 servers, 4 of which were purchased through faculty
NSERC Equipment grants of Bruin {1), Chen (1), and Monagan (2) and 3 by
the
CECM. The servers are housed In P8495.3, a small machine room
accessible from Inside the
CECM lab. This room Is air conditioned. We are
about
to purchase a 48 core shared memory machine through an NSERC
equipment grant for $15,000.
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9. How has your Centre enhanced research over and above what
would have been accomplished by an individual faculty member?
To run major computational research projects we need a machine room to house
dedicated compute servers, sometimes with restricted access, and we need
laboratory space
to house project research personnel [research associates,
student research assistants,
PDFs] and a place for meeting with company
personnel.
We could not have run the MITACS project of Borwein and Monagan
without such a facility.
To attract visitors and also new graduate students, we need a place, a lab, a
home
for them which provides access to mathematical software and a place to
sit, work and meet with faculty. The CECM lab Is the only collaborative research
space
In the department which is equipped with computing facilities and
whlteboards.
The centre has provided access
to various software research packages [Maple,
Magma, Sage] on a significant compute facility [currently
40 cores]. This
provides faculty and students with a sizable compute capability within the
faculty for experimental research in mathematics. For example, the
computational resources have been used to search
for 3-phase Golay triads
Oedwab, Avis, 2010), Kloosterman zeroes (Lisonek, Kim, 2011), and cyclotomic
polynomials
of large height (Monagan, Arnold, 2010). With the purchase of a new
48 core platform,
this will double the CECMs compute cycles at no additional
operating cost
or energy consumption.
We have the capability to host small workshops. For example, workshops
related
to Maple projects, Magma, and Sage development. Although a workshop
would
meet In a seminar room for presentations, research work can take place In
the CECM lab.
There
Is a critical mass of expertise In the centre so that students may get help
from other students and faculty with software. Obviously this Includes
mathematical software
but also LaTeX which we and our students use for the
preparation
of research papers, slides for talks, theses and posters.
See also answers in question 10 and 11 below.
10. Provide a rationale for the continuation of your Centre.
•To continue to provide computational resources to enable
experimental research
In mathematics (algebra, number theory,
discrete mathematics, comblnatorics and cryptography).
•To continue to provide access to the Maple and Magma computer
algebra systems on the
CECM network, and local technical expertise In
their usage. This Is a national resource. Members also provide
expertise in
other software packages:
Sage - a new open source computer algebra system
Cilk- a parallel version of C developed at MIT
nauty- Brendan McKay's graph theory package
GAP - a package for computations with finite groups
LaTeX-
for writing research papers, theses, posters, and
Mathematica - a general purpose system
•The CECM provides a computing network, separate from the
departments, with access to significant number
of compute cores on
servers and desktops running Llnux. The
following faculty in the
department use the
CECM as their home network:
Borwein, Bruin,
Chauve, Chen, Choi, Goddyn, Llsonek, Mishna, Monagan
Having a separate network has many advantages. For example, we
were able
to setup a server for Sage so that Jamie Mulholland could run
a course
"MATH 302: Adventures in Group Theory: Rubiks Cube and
Other Mathematical
Toys." Another example,
we
can easily create group
web pages and
set up preprint servers, which is not possible with the
department's setup.
•To continue to provide a lab, a "mathematics laboratory" where
students, research staff, faculty, visiting faculty,
PDFs, and Industry
personnel can
meet and work ln.
•1b continue to organize and hold an annual workshop on
computational mathematics and
to provide funds for invited speakers,
poster prizes, etc.
In support of this workshop.
•Having a centre attracts visitors who then give talks and contribute to
our seminars.
•1b provide a website where members can easily place software, slides
of talks, publications, posters, project descriptions, etc. The CECM
website Is referenced In printed publications. It Is of benefit to CECM
members that the website has remained stable since 2000. Most
members use the
CECM website for their home page, not the
departments.
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•To provide computing infrastructure to support the development
{programming and documentation of) mathematical software for
Inclusion
In Magma, Maple and Sage. And thereby continue to enable
contribution
of software (Maple, C, Magma and Sage) to the
mathematics community.
11. List your Centre's goals for the next five years.
The primary goals
for the centre are explicitly listed in the updated
Calendar Description
In Section 13. We elaborated on some in
"Section 10 Provide a rationale for the continuation of your Centre."
We comment further here on:
Provision
of tutorials and consulting assistance for faculty and graduate students
at Simon Fraser University in
the
use of the centre•s software and other computer
algebra systems;
We wish to improve the provision for instruction in the usage of software
for faculty and students.
In the preparation of this document, we talked
about providing introductory tutorials in the usage
of Magma. Also, Dr.
JOrgen Gerhard, head of the Math group at Maplesoft, plans to visit
October 3-5,
2011 to provide instruction for Maple software development.
12.Describe other changes planned upon renewal (e.g. membership,
organization structure, etc.).
NONE
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13. Provide an updated calendar description if different from the old
listing on
the first page.
The centre furthers research and education in computation in the mathematical
sciences. The centre's activities include: participation in the training of graduate
students and undergraduate students in experimental and computational
mathematics; support for post doctoral fellows in areas related to experimental
and computational mathematics; sponsorship of regular short term and long term
research visitors to the centre; organization of regular colloquia and occasional
conferences on advances in experimental and computational mathematics;
providing access to computing resources and mathematical software packages
(currently Maple, Magma and Sage); development and contribution of
mathematical software to the scientific community; provision
of
tutorials and
consulting assistance for faculty and graduate students at Simon Fraser University
in the use of the centre's software and other computer algebra systems;
establishment,
development
and
maintenance
of
accessible
software
archives;
collaboration with similar centres and appropriate individuals at other Canadian and
foreign
universities
and
commercial
companies
developing
mathematical
software.
Such collaboration may include co-sponsorship of speakers, workshops and visitors,
joint application for external research funds, and exchange of software and
expertise. Subject to the director's approval, the centre's membership will be open to
Simon Fraser University faculty, and post-doctoral and graduate students who are
actively involved in mathematical computing. Associate membership will be
available to faculty at other universities.
14.0utlook for the future and other comments, by the Director of the
Centre:
I and the members of the CECM are grateful to the university and jon Borwein
for the CECM lab space. It has become a wonderful place to meet for research
Interaction between faculty, students and visitors. It Is just the right size. Many
of our faculty members go down to the lab dally for coffee and to work with our
students.
It Is In the lab that we meet and Interact. I do want to say something
about our finances, the
size of our community, and what our computing
capability
will look like In the next five years.
Finances:
The CECM was established by jon Borweln In 1992 and funded by the
Dean of Science until circa
2002.
Since then, as an established centre at
SFU,
we have run the centre with no base operating budget from the Dean or the
university. This meant
we needed to raise our own funds and reduce operating
costs (the main Implication being that we could no longer pay a salaried
/O"L
employee
to
"run" the centre but would
need to
do
administrative
tasks
ourselves.) We have
reduced
our base operating costs from $28,000 in
2006 to
under $4,000 in 2009 and 2010 [see account statements]. Additional
money is
used
to
purchase new equipment, pay
for
travel expenses of visitors
and support
the annual workshop.
Our source of income
has
been
the
Dean's portion
of
MITACS and other university contract overhead and corporate donations
from
Maplesoft
to the centre
for
operating costs (and
this
year for matching money
for equipment purchase), averaging about $7000 per year. At current operating
costs, and our
current account balances,
I
expect that we will manage
for
the
next five years
with this model. The relationship between the CECM and
Maplesoft
is good and I know Maplesoft will continue to support us.
Community:
We are in one sense too successful. Whereas we used
to
hold one
"CECM seminar" that we all attended, we grew and now have three seminars
which reflect our diverse mathematical interests.
The
seminars are no longer
"CECM" seminars as they have attracted many other non-CECM faculty and
students
from
the
department and also from UBC. This does pose a problem.
We do not a// regularly meet
together.
What does bring us together is our
common interest in the mathematical computations that each of us is doing, and
the application and
development of mathematical software packages for
research and education. For example, two of our
faculty,
one
from
computational
algebra, the
other from discrete mathematics, together with nine of our
students, designed and
implemented
Maple's new graph theory package. We
represent a national collective expertise in the usage
and developmenbf
Maple,
Magma, and Sage.
We need to foster this by, for example, regularly sharing our
knowledge
of these systems with one another. I believe that there will be many
more opportunities
for such collaborative
research
and development projects.
For example, Maplesoft has also asked us to develop a new package
for
computations
in
finite groups and Goddyn is starting a new project in geometric
optimization.
Computing Equipment:
We are
in
the process of purchasing a new file server
[Dell 310] and a new compute server
[Dell
815]. [We have quotes for these but
I
wish
to
wait
for the
new Bulldozer CPU that will be released by AMD later this
month before making a
final
decision.]
We plan to consolidate our servers from
7 (4 compute, 3 systems) to 5 (3 compute, 2 systems). This
will see us through
the next five years.
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CECM Membership
Membership is divided into permanent members, associate members, and student mem-
bers.
Permanent members include SFU faculty and CECM staff. Associate members include
faculty and researchers from other institutions
who have visited the CECM, or previous
permant members who have moved to another institution. The
http://www.cecm.sfu.ca/people/index.shtml
maintains a list of current members and past members. The list of permanent members
(updated
September 2011) is below.
Table
1: Permanent members, 2011
Name
position
department
J. Bell
faculty
Mathematics,
SFU
J. Borwein
faculty
Mathematics, Newcastle, Australia
(founding director)
P. Borwein
faculty
Mathematics,
SFU
S. Braham
adjunct faculty
Communications,
SFU
N. Bruin
faculty
Mathematics, SFU
J. Chang
past manager
Physics, SFU
C. Chauve
faculty
Mathematics, SFU
I.
Chen
faculty
Mathematics, SFU
S. Choi
faculty
Mathematics, SFU
L. Goddyn
faculty
Mathematics, SFU
(associate director)
J. Hebron
past faculty
NSG, SFU
past sysadmin
J. Jedwab
faculty
Mathematics,
SFU
L. Joergenson
past manager
Industry
past sysadmin
P. Lisonek
faculty
Mathematics, SFU
M. Mishna
faculty
Mathematics, SFU
M. Monagan
faculty
Mathematics, SFU
(director)
B. Mohar
faculty
Mathematics, SFU
M. Solannych
sysadmin
NSG, SGU
M. Trummer
faculty
Mathematics,
SFU
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Associate Members (see webpage for institution)
Peter Anderson, David Bailey, Heinz Bauschke, David Borwein, Douglas Bowman,
David Bradley, David Broadhurst,
l\1orton Brons, Peter Cass, Rustum Choksi,
Arjeh Cohen, Alan Cooper, Robert Corless, Tamas Erdelyi, Roland Girgensohn,
Arvind Gupta, Kartherine Heinrich,
Poul Hjorth, Robert Israel, Ray Jennings,
Alejandro Jofre, Yasumasa Kanada,
Lee Keener, Steve Kloster, Ulrich Kortenkamp,
Alistair Lachlan, Dennis Langdeau, June Lester, Richard Lockhart, David Muraki,
Larry Nazareth, Dominikus Noll, John Ogilvie, Greg Reid, Julian Revalski,
Sinai Robins,
Colin Rust, Rob Scharein, Nathalie Sinclair, Nessim Tariq,
Julie Tomlie, Ljiljana Trajkovic, Jon Vanderwerff,
Carolyn Watters, Sheldon Yang,
Lily
Yen.
Student Members [2011]
Cory Ahn, Andrew Arnold, Jaiganesh Balasundaram, Tom Boothby, Soo Go,
Mahdi Javadi, Lucas Jiaxiong, Bradley Jones, Steven Kieffer, Yung-Jun ('fristan) Kim,
Rosemary McCloskery, Ryan
McMahon, Stephen Melczer, Roman Pearce, Sbraddha Ramesb.
Operating statement by account
13-875890 is the CECM operating account
21-210240 is our Maple account (donations from Maplesoft).
Year 1 April 2006
Account
Opening Balance
+ Income
- Expenses
to March 2007
13-875890
$32,904.84
$1,000.00
$26,170.13
21-210420
$11,500.00
0.00
$2,624.28
Total
$44,404.84
+$ 1,000.00
-$28,794.41
=
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Balance
Year 2 April
2007
Account
Opening balance
+ Income
- Expenses
= Balance
Year 3 April 2008
Account
Opening balance
+
Income
- Expenses
= Balance
Year 4 April 2009
Account
Opening balance
+
Income
- Expenses
= Balance
Year 5 April 2010
Account
Opening balance
+
Income
- Expenses
= Balance
Year current April
Account
Opening balance
+ Income
- Expenses
= Balance
$7,734.71
$8,875.72
to March 2008
13-875890
21-210240
$7,734.71
$8,875.72
$6,400.00
$8,000.00
$13,740.28
$8,160.23
$394.43
$8,715.49
to March
2009
13-875890
21-210240
$394.43
$8,715.49
$5,000.00
0.00
$4,099.64
$2,891.29
$1,294.79
$5,824.20
to March 2010
13-875890
21-210240
$1,294.79
$5,824.32
$5,300.00
$4,000.00
$3,418.06
$
392.40
$3,176.73
$9,431.91
to l•larch 2011
13-875890
21-210240
$3,176.73
$9,431.91
0.00
$
0.00
$3,070.34
$ 275.80
$ 106.39
$9,156.11
2011 to July 2011
13-875890
21-210240
$ 106.39
$9,156.11
$8,500.00(1) $
0.00
$ 360.33
$
0.00
$8,246.06(2) $9,156.11
=$16,610.43
Total
$16,610.43
+$14,400.00
-$21,900.51
=$
9,109.92
Total
$
9,109.92
$
5,000.00
$
6,990.93
$
7,118.99
Total
$
7,119.11
$
9,300.00
$
3,810.46
$12,849.97
Total
$12,608.64
$
0.00
$ 3,346.14
$ 9,262.50
Total
$ 9,262.50
$ 8,500.00
$
360.33
$17,402.17
Notes (1) $4,000 is from a contract from previous year.
(2) $3,000 is allocated for equipment purchase
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2011
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President
Research
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RESEARCH
CENTRE/INSTITUTE
RENEWAL
APPLICATION
Reporting Period: Aprlll, 2006 March 31 2011
Pursuant to S.F.U. Policy R40.01, the Director of each Research Centre or Institute
(hereafter referred to as "the Centre") is required to submit a renewal application every five
years.
Once
the Director of the Centre completes the form, It should be forwarded to the Faculty
Dean
or Vice-President Research, no later than June 30th.
1. Name of the Centre: Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS)
2. Director of the Centre
Name: Alejandro Adem- PIMS Director
Phone Number: 604 822 3922
Fax Number: 604 822 0883
Expiry Date
of Term as Director: June 30, 2013 (5-year renewable term)
Office Location:
201- 1933 West Mall, UBC, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z2
Director's Email: adem@pims.math.ca
Name: Steve Ruuth -
PIMS-SFU Site Director
Phone Number: 778 782 4452
Fax Number: 778 782 4947
Expiry Date
of Term as PIMS-SFU Site Director: June 30, 2011
Office Location: 10537, Department
of Mathematics, SFU, Burnaby, BC, V5A 156
Director's Email: sruuth@sfu.ca
of Centre: www.plms.math.ca
Generic
Centre Email: reception@plms.math.ca
3. Centre Description: (The description below was taken from the most recent SFU
Calendar.)
The Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS) is dedicated to promoting
all aspects of the mathematical sciences by stimulating, coordinating and facilitating
the activities of mathematical and computational scientists. This Is achieved by
promoting research in mathematical sciences areas, initiating and promoting
mathematics education at all levels: K-12 and university, initiating collaborations and
strengthening ties between mathematical scientists In the academic community and
those In the Industrial, business and government sectors, training of highly qualified
personnel for academic and industrial employment, and developing new
technologies to support research, communication and training In the mathematical
sciences. Through the strength and vitality of Its programs, PIMS Is able to serve
the mathematical sciences community as a catalyst In many areas of significance:
communication and dissemination of mathematical Ideas through public outreach,
mathematical education and training at all school levels, and creation of strong
mathematical partnerships and links. PIMS Involves scientists In several faculties at
Simon Fraser University faculties Including the Faculties of Science, Applied
Sciences, and Education. The PIMS community Includes specialists in
mathematics,
statistics,
computer
science,
mathematical
physics,
biology,
chemistry,
economics, operations research, management, engineering, and other fields
Involving mathematical methods. In addition, PIMS Involves teachers In the
mathematical sciences at all levels. PIMS-SFU Is the Simon Fraser University
representative of
PIMS and shares the goals and ideals of PIMS generally while also
meeting the specific needs of the mathematical sciences community at this
University.
4. Provide a detailed list of accomplishments of the Centre for the past five years.
PIMS is a very active institute. Please see PIMS online Annual Reports,
produced as part of the institute's reporting to NSERC, for full information on
PIMS activities and accomplishments since
http://www.pims.math.ca/resources/publications/annual-reports
PIMS has co-hosted and organized many activities at SFU over the past five
years. Notable events include PIMS Industrial Problem Solving Workshop &
Graduate Industrial Mathematical Modelling Camp, and the Sequences & Codes
Conference in
2006;
the Frontiers in Biophysics, and Statistical Distributions &
Models conferences in
2007;
the Mathematical Interests of Peter Borwein, and
Mathematical Graphics & Visualization conferences in
2008;
Statistics in Industry
& Technology, and Statistical Methods for Dynamic Systems conferences in
2009;
and the Actuarial Research conference, and Number Theory activities
connected to PIMS Collaborative Research Group in
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0. Ongoing support Is
provided to the esc Distinguished Lecture Series and weekly seminars.
Highlights of the
2011
program include the Computational & Analytical
Mathematics
Conference, Waves
2011
and the
11th
International Conference on
Logic Programming & Nonmonotonic Reasoning. PIMS-SFU also has an
important role in PIMS education and outreach program, hosting such events as
A Taste of Pi, Changing the Culture, SFU Math Camps, and Aboriginal
mentorship
programs.
The PIMS-SFU Site Office has welcomed
19
PIMS Post-Docs and 15 student
research assistants since
2006.
Currently,
2
students at SFU receive stipends
from PIMS as a result of their participation in PIMS International Graduate
Training
Centre in Mathematical Biology.
Since 2006, a total of over $1.1 m has been transferred from PJMS-Central to
PIMS-SFU as funding for PIMS activities and Highly Qualified Personnel based
atSFU.
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5. Has your Centre accomplished its goals?
PIMS Is a highly successful mathematical sciences institute that has received
stellar reviews and long-term funding from NSERC, as well as support from the
provincial governments, and international funding agencies such
as the US
National Science Foundation and the French CNRS. We have accomplished our
goals
of enhancing the research and educational profile of the mathematical
sciences throughout Western Canada, providing crucial support for thematic
activities, training
of highly qualified personnel and establishing meaningful
collaborations between researchers in the region, as well as enabling
distinguished international academics to visit. SFU, as a founding member of the
PIMS consortium, has benefited significantly from all of our programs over the
past five years.
6. Briefly describe your Centre membership and organization structure, as a separate
document, attach a
full membership list.
PIMS was founded in 1996 by a consortium of five universities in Alberta and
British Columbia (the University
of Alberta, the University of Calgary, the
University
of British Columbia, Simon Fraser University and the University of
Victoria). The University of Washington, the University of Regina, and the
University
of Saskatchewan have since joined as full members, and the
University
of Lethbridge, Portland State University and the University of Northern
British Columbia as
affiliated universities.
PIMS does not have a membership list of individuals as such. Instead, all faculty
and students
at PIMS member institutions, and participants at PIMS-sponsored
events are considered to be members of the PIMS community.
PIMS central office is at the University of British Columbia, with a PIMS site office
and a Site Director local to each of the eight major universities in Alberta, British
Columbia, Saskatchewan and Washington
State. The Site Director facilitates
local opportunities, while the PIMS site office provides administrative assistance
for organizing local events. This distributed structure renders it quite unique,
Involving strong local site offices and activities, and allowing PIMS to have a
broad Impact across Western Canada and beyond.
A Board
of Directors oversees the administration of PIMS, with membership
consisting
of the VP Research from each of the member universities, as well as
distinguished scientists and representatives from Industry. An Independent
Scientific Review Panel composed of Internationally renowned mathematical
scientists assesses proposals for scientific events and programs.
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both from the
University and external sources. (Attached a separate document, if necessary.)
The following shows a summary ofPIMS annual budgets since financial year
2007-2008.
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Space: PIMS-SFU has an administrative office and computer labs/offices
located
in the TASC 2 building housing approximately 30 graduate students, 3-4
post doctoral fellows, and 1-2 visiting researchers from the Math, Computing
Science,
and Statistics departments. In addition, PIMS administers a seminar
room located in TASC 2 (Room 8500) for graduate seminars, workshops, and
small conferences. Specific rooms allocated to PIMS are rooms 8500-8518,
accessed through room 8510 (the common area of the office which has a small
kitchen and lounge area).
University Personnel: None
Major Equipment: None
Funding: SFU funds PIMS with support of $80,000 annually. This amount
represents
SFU's membership fee for being part of the PIMS consortium.
9.
How has your Centre enhanced research over and above what would have been
accomplished by an individual faculty member?
PIMS programs include Collaborative Research Groups (CRGs), workshops,
summer schools, industrial problem
solving workshops, PIMS-CNRS research
visitors, postdoctoral
fellows, seminars as well as numerous educational and
outreach activities. As can be seen from the attached information, these require
substantial funding
and organizational assistance provided by PIMS that is not
available to individual researchers,
especially given the small grants prevalent in
the mathematical/statistical sciences. These programs and events greatly
enhance the educational
and research environment for the mathematical
sciences at
SFU.
10.
Provide a rationale for the continuation of your Centre.
PIMS provides opportunities for faculty and students In mathematics, statistics,
computer science
and other related fields at SFU. It is one of the top
mathematics research institutes in North America and has been designated as
an Unite Mixte lnternationale of the French CNRS, which provides a prestigious
status for
all of our consortium members. Funding from NSERC through the
MRS program is mid-way in a six-year cycle, a renewal proposal will be prepared
in 2013. As we have expanded and improved our programs, they have received
increased recognition,
and we expect this trend to continue over the next five
years. Renewal of our status
as a Centre at SFU will ensure that the university
fully benefits from all of our programs and leveraged funds.
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11.
List your Centre's goals for the next
five
years.
Our main goals will be to continue to engage the communities of mathematical
scientists
at SFU so that more faculty and students can benefit from our
programs. We also would like to develop more
interdisciplinary
projects involving
other natural sciences (for example on
the theme
of mathematics and
sustainability), increase the flow of
international
visitors to SFU, provide stable
funding
for
all the highly worthwhile educational/outreach programs which take
place at PIMS-SFU, and more generally provide an enhanced platform for
collaboration between SFU personnel and individuals from other universities and
international
organizations.
12.
Describe other changes planned upon renewal (e.g
.
membership, organization
structure,
etc.).
On July
1,
2011, Professor Nils Bruin will become
the
PIMS Site Director at
Simon Fraser University. Under his leadership we will seek to accomplish the
goals mentioned above.
13.
Provide an updated calendar description
if
different
from the
old listing on the first
page.
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Outlook
for the
future and other comments, by
the
Director of
the
Centre:
Currently
the
mathematical and statistical communities are developing a Long
Range
Plan
for
NSERC, which will develop a stable funding mechanism
for
Discovery Grants in these disciplines, as well as
the
mathematical sciences
institutes
.
As a member of
the
Steering Committee
for
this project I am
involved
in formulating
a vision
for the
next
5-10
years, which will clearly outline, among
other things,
how institutions such
as
PIMS will
fit Into
the Canadian scientific
landscap
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.
Given the evolving nature and
scientific quality
of
our programs, as
well
as
the grassroots nature
of
PIMS
,
I am conv
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will continue to
play
a
key role
.
The backing
of
the PIMS
member
universities
is essential
for
our
success, and I
wish
to take
this
opportunity to thank
Simon
Fraser
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CENTRE/INSTITUTE
RENEWAL
APPLICATION
Reporting Period: April1, 2006 March 31 2011
Pursuant to S.F.U. Policy R40.01, the Director of each Research Centre or Institute
(hereafter referred to as "the Centre") is required to submit a renewal application every five
years.
Once
the Director of the Centre completes the form, it should be forwarded to the Faculty
Dean or Vice-President Research, no later than June 30th.
1. Name of the Centre: TRIUMF - Canada's national laboratory for particle and nuclear physics
2. Director of the Centre
Name:
Nigel S. Lockyer
Phone Number: 604-222-7353
Expiry Date
of Term as Director: April30, 2012
Fax Number: 604-222-3791
Office
Location: 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver V6T 2A3 Director's Email:
lockyer@triumf.ca
of Centre:_ http://www.triumf.ca/_
Generic Centre Email: director@triumf.ca
3. Centre Description:
TRIUMF is a joint venture of the University of Alberta, the University of British
Columbia, Carleton University, the University of Guelph, I'Universite de Montreal,
Simon Fraser University, the University of Manitoba, Queen's University, the
University of Toronto, York University and the University of Victoria. TRIUMF is
funded under a contribution agreement through the National Research Council of
Canada. The TRIUMF facility is based on a 520MeV cyclotron capable of producing
multiple proton beams simultaneously, each at a different energy level. TRIUMF has
developed a world-class facility called ISAC, which produces beams of unstable rare
Isotopes. Scientific research at TRIUMF Includes medium energy nuclear and
particle physics, astrophysics, condensed matter studies, Nuclear Medicine and
radiochemistry for the production of radiopharmaceuticals. Applied research includes
the design of small cyclotrons, microchips, controls software and medical
applications such as the use of proton beams and radioisotopes for cancer therapy.
4. Provide a detailed list of accomplishments of the Centre for the past five years.
Please find attached National Research Council (NRC) International Peer Review
Committee Report (IPRC).
H6
5. Has your Centre accomplished Its goals?
Please refer to report noted under section 4. Approval for continued funding by the
federal government for 2010 to 2015 is confirmation that goals were achieved.
6. Briefly describe your Centre membership and organization structure, as a separate
document, attach a
full membership list.
TRIUMF Joint Venture agreement attached along with Terms of Reference for the
governing Board of management. Attached is a copy of the TRIUMF organization chart
along
with the current Board of Management membership list.
7. Provide a summary of financial resources attracted and used, both from the
University and external sources. (Attached a separate document, if necessary.)
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8. Please identify the university resources, if any, provided to your Centre.
Space: None
University Personnel:
Two
joint appointments
Major Equipment:
CFI -TIER 1 Centre grant
CFI- M20 Beam Line for Materials Research
9. How has your Centre enhanced research over and above what would have been
accomplished by
an individual faculty member?
As a national laboratory, TRIUMF plays an infrastructure role for subatomic research in
Canada. Currently some 80% of all NSERC approved funding relating to experimental
subatomic research involves
TRIUMF.
10.
Provide a rationale for the continuation of your Centre.
SFU is heavily engaged in the TRIUMF program through its departments of Physics and
Chemistry. SFU was awarded a major CFI award for the establishment of a Tier I computing
centre
at TRIUMF- one often in the world.
11. List your
Centre's goals for the next five years.
Below
is the Schedule of Work provided by the federal government through the NRC.
NRC CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT 2010 • 2015
AGREEMENT OF WORK
TRIUMF
PROJECT
ACTIVITIES
1) In Particle Physics, TRIUMF will support the Canadian community in
alignment with the subatomic-physics Long Range
Plan. In particular,
TRIUMF will support extracting and analyzing the physics from the T2K
experiment in Japan, the ATLAS and ALPHA experiments at CERN, and the
PIENU experiment at TRIUMF.
2) In Nuclear Physics, TRIUMF will support the Canadian and international
community in alignment with the subatomic-physics Long Range
Plan. In
particular,
TRIUMF will develop rare-isotope beams from actinide targets
required for the ISAC experimental program. TRIUMF will complete the
installation and commissioning of EMMA and IRIS by 2013.
3) In Nuclear Medicine, TRIUMF will support the development of Canadian
leadership in nuclear medicine and molecular imaging.
In particular,
TRIUMF will complete development of the localized Good Manufacturing
Practice laboratory. TRIUMF will produce medical isotopes for the Pacific
Parkinson's Program
and will develop and deliver medical isotopes for
research with the British Columbia
Cancer Agency.
4) In Materials and Molecular Science,
TRIUMF will support the scientific
community and, in particular, will complete the construction
and
commissioning of the M-9A and M-20 muon beam lines in 2012.
5) For the Advanced Rare IsotopE Laboratory supported by multiple agencies
and partners, TRIUMF will meet the following milestones:
a. Fabrication and assembly of the first Injector Cryomodule and a 30
kW beam test will be completed by March 31, 2012.
b. Civil construction of the ARIEL facility will be nominally complete by
March 31, 2013.
c. Installed in the Proton Hall, the e-linac will deliver low-current beams
at 25 MeV by March 31,2014.
d. Electron beams at 25 MeV, 100 kW will be delivered by March 31,
2015.
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12. Describe other changes planned upon renewal (e.g. membership, organization
structure, etc.).
None planned
13. Provide
an updated calendar description if different from the old listing on the first
page.
1.
Name of the Centre: TRIUMF - canada's national laboratory for particle and nuclear physics
2. Director of the Centre
Name:
Nigel S. Lockyer
Expiry Date
of Term as Director: April30, 2012
Phone Number: 604-222-7353
Fax Number: 604-222-3791
Office Location: 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver V6T 2A3 Director's Email:
lockyer@triumf.ca
of Centre:_ http://www.triumf.ca/_
Generic Centre Email: director@trlumf.ca
14.
Outlook for the future and other comments, by the Director of the Centre:
Quoted from TRIUMF' s web site - January 20 11
"There is a new level of buzz and activity at TRIUMF. You can sense the anticipation in
the c1ir. Everywhere, things are moving and stuff is appearing around the site-boxes,
shipping crates, metal pipes, cables magnets, vacuum pumps. No longer are we the
"tidy" lctboratory, at least not for the ne:ctfew years. People are busy, very busy. Busy
with science. Busy with projects.
Tire Go\•ernmellt of Ccmetdet cmd the Province of British Colwnbia have funded several
projects tllCit will e.'tpcmd the
le~boratory
in a number af new directions. Tire biggest and
most significant project is ARIEL
(Adve~nced
Rare IsotopE Lctborcttory). ARIEL is focused
mr
building
a
new
powerful
electron
accelerator
using
.mpercmrducting
rculio.frequenc:y
technology (SRF). Significcmt etssocictted infrastntctrlre across the site is needed: a new
f\.\.•o-storey "Stores'' building, a
c:ryoge~ric
shed to house the e.tpcmsions needed for
I
iquid
helium tt.mge. cmd the ARIELfClcility itself. Tile primary purpose of ARIEL is to produce
"i.~oropes
for scie1tce and
medici~re.
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When Phase I is complete in 2014, TRIUMF will be a unique .facility in the world:
capable of producing rare isotopes with beams of both electron and protons and
operating a post-accelerator
complex with zmparttlleled ctrpabilities. Together these will
drive a suite of state-of-the-art experiments to investigate the origins of the chemical
elements. understtmd how stars e.tplode, and probefzmdamemal properties of a range of
rare nuclei.
.
A new expanded physics program will be in place for studying.fzmdamemal symmetries of
nature when ARIEL Phase II is complete (beyond 2015). The search for time-reversal
symmetry violation will
be a mtljor portion of the program. Experiments that measure the
electric-dipole moment of the atom and electron are planned. This "'"'ill be complemented
by a new program to measure the electric dipole moment of the neutron, scheduled to
begin in 2015.
Safety and Quality Assurance continue to be high priorities ttt TRIUMF. The stifety of our
workers and environment is the highest priority of TRIUMF and together with new
project-management
techniques, we are able to maximize the potential for scientific
discoveries
with the resources available and at the same time build for the funere.
Over the next few years, I see the following:
Science:
•
Up to the time when ARIEL is fully commissioned, TRIUMF's rare-isotope
science program will focus on the new neutron-rich isotopes being produced by
the low-power actinide-target program along with detailed studies of halo nuclei
using high power targets.
•
TRIUMF particle physicists are being inundated with excellent data. This is good.
Data means new physics results. CERN's Large Hadron Collider experiment
ATLAS,
an
experimental program centered at TRIUMF with the large pan-
Ctmadian
involvement, is off and nmning. First results are already significant.
Much more is on the way. The 12K experiment in Japan, of which TRIUMF and
Canada are major participants, has also begun to accumulate data from their
unique
off-axis
experiment.
•
Tlze Nuclear Medicine program has several new projects. the most important
being demonstrating
the production of Tc-99m using cyc:lotrons with partners at
the BC Cancer Agency. Lawson Health Research Institute in London. tuzd the
Centre for Probe Development and Commercialization (CPDC) at McMaster
University. The Centre for Molecular and Materials Science ( CMMS) program is
commissioning two new beam lines .for muon spin resommce and developing a
new
spectrometer. A helium recovery system is being designed. This research
.focuses
on the study of magnetic phenomena such as high temperature
superconducting materials. In accelerators, TRIUMF's team }Vi/l be busy
designing, building, and installing ARIEL of course. In addition. however, we 'II
be upgrading cyclotron systems, and expanding our basic research and student-
training
programs in accelerator physics.
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Commercialization:
•
TRIUMF's
te
c
hnolog
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dev
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l
op
m
e
nt
partner
Adva
nced
App
li
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d Phy
s
ics Solution
s
(AA
PS
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is
e
mborking
on
several
n
ew programs
with
indu
s
trial partner
s
.
The
ne
w
CEO.
Jack Scott. is de
ve
lopin
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a
n
et:
H
'
ork
w
ith
TRIUMF
member univer
s
ities to
ji
trtlz
er
enhance
commerciali~ation
oppo
rtun
ities
.
•
TRIUMF scientists
have
hegunnevv
nuclear-medicine research
collaborations
wi
th Nordion
and G
e
neral
Electric
Healthcore
,
and TRIUMF has
recently
sig
ned
anew
agreement
~vith
Advanced C_vclotron
S
ys
tems
(ACSJ)
to
work
tog
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ther on
advancing cyclotrons
for
the production of medical isotopes.
Universities
and
International
Partnerships:
•
The
Uni
versity
of
Northern
British
Columbia
has joined TRIUMF
as all
associate
member
. T
wo
odditionaluni
ve
rsi
ty
r
eq
u
est.~
for
memb
e
r
sh
ip
are
b
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ing discus
sed
ot
the
Boord
of Management
l
evel
.
•
Int
e
rnational agreem
e
nt
s
and partnerships in
sc
ience are ess
e
ntial for TRIUMF
to
maintain
its
status
as a
wor
ld l
eader
. W
o
rking
with
the best laboratorie
s
ond
researchers
around
the world
is
a priority
for TR!UMF and Canada.
The
most
recent
and large
s
t
is
th
e
Ultra Cold Neutron
Project
( UCN)
l
e
d b
y
the Univ
e
r
s
ity
of Winnipeg,
Osaka Univ
e
r
s
i
ty
Loborator
y
RCNP, and KEK in Jopan. Japan is
investing significantly
in
th
is pro
j
ect, w
hi
c
h
is
due to receive
first beam
i
n
2015.
!
12 s
u
mmary,
th
ese
are
exciting times
.
T
RIU
MF
ha
s
a
g
r
eat
opportunity
to
s
hin
e
on
th
e
scien
tifi
c wor
ld
stag
e
as
we co
nti
nue
to ratchet
up
our
com
m
i
tment t
o
Accelerating
Science
for Canada.
S
in
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Nigel
S.
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.
er
Director of
TRIUMF
"
Signature
oft he Direct
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of
the Centre/Institute
Date
:
July 19
,
2011
Faculty Dean- Centres Only
a. Comment on the Centre's performance:
b. Comment on future Faculty support for the Centre (financial, teaching release, space,
etc.):
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TABLE OF
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A
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The e-linac: A Transformational Addition to the Accelerator Complex
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Laboratory
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COMMERCIALIZATION AND
ECONOMIC IMPACT
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APPENDIX
A~
PEER REVIEW COMMITTEE MEMB.ERSHlP ................................... A-1
APPENDIX
B
• PEER REVIEW COMMITTEE TERMS
OF REFERENCE ......................
B-1
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PEER
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Final
Report
of the Peer Review Committee on TRIUMF
4
November
2008
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
This report presents the findings and recommendations of the 2008
T
RI
U
MF
Peer Review
Committee on the Laboratory's Five-Year Plan, for the period 2010-2015, submitted to the
National Research Council of Canada for funding
.
The Committee membership represented
a broad set of disciplines and included experts
in the fields of experimental and theoretical
particle physics, experimental and theoretical nuclear physics, accelerators, biology, nuclea
r
medicine, condensed matte
r
physics, radiation oncology, and commercialization
, T
he
Committee
,
notwithstanding its diverse expertise and experience, rapidly came to a fully
supportive consensus
on all the key e
l
ements of TRIUMF's Five-Year Plan
.
The
Plan~
concentrating on TRIUMF's core competencies of radioactive beams, support fo
r
particle physics experiments, and nuclear medicine -
Is science driven while at the same
time opening opportunities for societal benefit.
The underlying basis is formed by the
accelerator and detector infrastructure, existing and planned, linking together all scientific
areas targeted by the laboratory. These strong Interconnections are a unique strength of
TRIUMF. The Plan reinforces these linkages and although covering the next five years in
detai
l
, it goes far beyond this time scale: it presents a strategic vision for the future of the
laboratory, a vision
in which Canada should invest. The Plan is also transformational: it
builds on the strengths of the present research but opens the path to new world-class
initiatives. The two key drivers are the proposed superconducting Electron Linear Accelerator
(e-linac)
and the expansion of nuclear medicine, both enormous steps forward in several
aspects.
The
Plan builds on the strong interconnections between accelerators, detectors, and the
individua
l
science topics,
all addressing fundamental questions in their respective fields
.
Its
coherence and its transformational nature strongly reflect the dynamic leadership of the new
laboratory Director and his team.
It also builds on the expertise of TRIUMF personnel,
including the team of young and
skilled people attracted by the exciting prospects the
laboratory has begun to offer
and which are greatly enhanced in the Five-Year Plan.
The Plan presents an exceptional opportunity for the Canadian scientific and business
communities
to seize world leadership in the two main thrusts of the proposal. It is fully
aligned with Canada's Science and Technology Strategy and strengthens all three
advantages
:
entrepreneurial advantage, know
l
edge advantage, people advantage.
Recommendation:
Consequently, the Review Committee wholeheartedly and
unanimously endorses the proposed Plan in its totality. Failure to support either the
scientific
thrust or the level of funding, as proposed In the Plan, would jeopardize this
opportunity irreversibly.
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Supporting this recommendation are the following key elements:
Key element
#1 -Accelerators
The e-linac would be
a
transformational addition
to
the accelerator complex that enhances
the capabilities and broadens the
scope
of every science endeavour at TRIUMF
.
The addition of
a
second proton beam line will both accelerate radioactive beam capability
development which has been
a
limiting factor in expansion of the scientific program at /SAC I
and /SAC
II and allow experiments to run simultaneously, thereby increasing overall
productMty.
TRIUMF's
current accelerator expertise and ambition allows exceptional new partnering
opportunities both with frontier international accelerator laboratories and Canadian
industry.
The accelerator components in the proposed Plan would significantly enhance those
opportunities.
Key element #2 - Nuclear Physics
The second proton beam line and the new target station are key elements to ensure TRIUMF
continues to be recognized as having a world-leading program in nuclear structure and
astrophysics on neutron-deficient nuclei.
The e-linac will be transformational in opening
a
world-leading research program on neutron
rich nuclei.
Both
will raise TRIUMF further in the premier league of laboratories for nuclear astrophysics
worldwide.
Key element #3 - Life Science and Nuclear Medicine
There is, at this time,
a
unique opportunity for Canada to drive forward personalized and
optimized medicine and health care through the Integration
of nuclear medicine and the life
sciences manifest in the proposal.
TRIUMF and its partners (academic and business) are ideally placed
to
make major inroads
into both the early identification
of disease and the measurement of the efficacy
of
drug-
based Interventions. This
will place Canada at the forefront of these fields.
To capture the transformational role in nuclear medicine and health-care requires the e-linac,
the second proton beam line, and
TRIUMF's expertise in imaging detector technology.
Key element #4 - Particle Physic
s
Particle physics in Canada is addressing key scientific questions through participation in
world-leading programs: ATLAS at CERN, T2K in Japan, and the SNOLAB facility in
Canada.
The ATLAS Tier
1
Centre and the T2K analysis centre are key for enabling this vigorous
program
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The capabilities of TRIUMF in detector technologies and infrastructure remain crucial for
Canada's continued participation in world-class particle physics research
.
Key element #5 - Molecular and Materials Science
TRIUMF represents one of
a
handful of facilities in the world, and the only North American
facility, able to use muons to probe local electromagnetic fields in any condensed matter
system, providing experimental data of relevance to magnetic materials and superconductors
as well as other materials where properties on the molecular and nanoscale are crucial.
Leveraging the investments in upgraded beamlines (M9A and M20) made by TRIUMF and
CFI is a key element of the Plan.
Key element #6 - Commercialization and Economic Impact
TRIUMF has an enviable and successful history of commercialization. The recent CECR
award to establish AAPS Inc. puts it on track to double its economic impact over the next five
years. The newly acquired core competencies broaden the opportunities for technology
transfer particularly in the area of superconducting RF technology where commercialization
opportunities are manifest in cryogenics, RF cavities and their associated instrumentat;on.
Key element #7- Training and Outreach
TRIUMF has had
a
substantial and high quality educational program commensurate with the
scale and scope of its activities. The new initiatives will enrich all aspects of TRIUMF's
education and training program.
Key element
#8 -
Management
TRIUMF is led by a very talented and capable management team which is fully qualified to
successfully implement the Five-Year Plan in its entirety.
The Committee observed with satisfaction the enthusiasm and commitment noticeable at all
levels of staff at TRIUMF, from the Director and his team, to students and technicians. There
is
an excellent spirit in the laboratory illustrating the excitement in the community for the
program which
was
developed strategically as well as in conjunction with stakeholders.
Key element
#9-
Coherence
The deep interconnections between TRIUMF's individual science topics and its expertise in
accelerators and detectors provide synergies which enhance both fundamental aspects of
the laboratory's mission: knowledge creation and economic impact.
Key element #1
o
-Transformational Nature of the Plan
The Plan opens the path to new world-class initiatives that will be of great benefit for science
,
education
,
and the economy of Canada
.
The two key drivers are the proposed
superconduct;ng Electron Linear Accelerator (e-linac) and the expansion of the nuclear
medicine program.
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1. INTRODUCTION
TRIUMF is one of
t
he leading subatomic physics laboratories i
n
the world. Particle and
Nuclear
(Astro)-Physics, Life Sciences and Nuclear Medicine
,
Molecular and Materials
Science, Accelerator Science, Detector Development and Construction form the basis for the
scientific program. Bridging the academic
and commercial sectors, training of highly qualified
personnel
(HQP) and communication are significant additions
.
TRIUMF is currently managed as a Joint Venture of seven Universities, continuing its
evolution from the original three members. This is two more compared to only five years ago.
Seven additional universities are associate membe
r
s. Very recently, Queen's University has
applied for full membership, underlining the recognition of TRIUMF as the national laboratory
i
n these fields for the Canadian academic sector.
TRIUMF is operated unde
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a contribution from the Government of Canada through the
National Research Council
of Canada (NRC). The province of British Columbia provides
building funds, an important aspec
t
for the realization of the Plan
.
A Peer Review Committee
was set up by NRC
to evalua
t
e and commen
t
on
t
he Five-Year Plan put forward by TRIUMF.
Membership and Terms of Reference are presented as Appendices A and B
,
respectively.
The
Peer Review Committee met at TRIUMF in Vancouver from September 24 to 26, 2008,
to evaluate the quality and impact of TRIUMF's programs carried out over the last few years
and to provide insight and recommendations to NRC on the new Five-Year
Plan proposed
.
The program
of the site visit is presented in Appendix C. Prior to the visit the Committee had
received
all documentation in time
f
or serious preparation and review
.
The site visit itself was
very professionally organized, the talks were
all high class and discussions to the point. The
visit included talks and a poster session by students testifying
to their enthusiasm and
motivation to do research at the laboratory.
The Committee noted the consequences
of the lower-
t
han-requested budget allocation for
the present Five-Year
Plan
.
It limited the world-leading achievements TRIUMF anticipated in
the prev
i
ous proposed
Plan
.
I
t
should be noted, however, that
i
n all areas where the
requested funding was made available
,
TRIUMF was able
t
o provide the promised
deliver
a
b
l
es
.
The Committee was informed that the
Province of British Columbia has in the past provided
funding for
buildings at TRIUMF. The Committee noted that the current Plan calls for new
buildings as an important ingredient for the
realization of the Plan without which the scientific
vision cannot be transformed into reality.
The Committee noted with satisfaction that the
Plan was derived in an open and transparent
consultation process providing multiple opportunities for review and comment
by TRIUMF
staff, the Canadian science community, and various committees. The recommendation of the
Advisory Committee on
TRIUMF (ACOT) which "enthusiastically endorses the Five-Year
Plan and recommends that it be fully implemented
"
speaks for itself.
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CCELERATORS
The e-Jinac would be
a
transformational addition to the accelerator complex that enhances
the capabilities and broadens the scope
of every science endeavour at TRIUMF.
The addition of
a
second proton beam line will both accelerate radioactive beam capability
development which has been
a
limiting factor in expansion of the scientific program at /SAC I
and
/SAC II and allow experiments to run simultaneously thereby increasing overall
productivity.
TRJUMF's current accelerator expertise and ambition allows exceptional new partnering
opportunities both with frontier international accelerator laboratories and Canadian industry.
The accelerator components in the proposed Plan would significantly enhance those
opportunities.
2.1 Introduction
Accelerators underpin every facet of TRIUMF's multidisciplinary program.
It
is the
accelerators that make possible the realization of the outstanding scientific agenda that
comprises the impressive knowledge advancement elements anticipated
in the Five-Year
Plan. Accelerator technology at TRIUMF, which derives its pre-eminence from a suite of
outstanding on-site research and commercial facilities and from the excellence of its
professional staff,
is the core competency that drives all four of the Laboratory's scientific
business
lines. This core competency also enables international partnerships allowing
TRIUMF to make key contributions to world-leading accelerator facilities. The LHC at CERN
in Europe and J-PARC in Japan are recent examples where TRIUMF has successfully
delivered operation-ready accelerator systems of high complexity and excellent quality. Part
of TRIUMF's commercialization success also comes from this area.
2.2 Recent Contributions to World-leading Accelerator Facilities
For the LHC accelerator complex, TRIUMF built kicker magnet pulse fonning networks and
most of the magnets
and power supplies for the upgraded 1.4 GeV transfer line. These have
been installed and successfully commissioned at CERN.
The TRIUMF contribution to the J-PARC accelerator is mainly in the beamline upstream of
the target station.
It includes a) design and simulation of the beam line optics and
b) construction of beam monitors in a radioactive vacuum environment. Given TRIUMF's
expertise, the design work was
successfully done. Also, novel technologies were
implemented
in the beam monitor system, including a remote handling system. These
components have
been shipped to J-PARC and will soon be installed for commissioning.
These contributions are
critically important for the success of the T2K neutrino experiment.
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Superconducting RF: A New Core Competency for TRIUMF
In
a remarkably short time. TRIUMF has established
a
highly successful program in the
challenging area of superconducting (SC) RF technology. Their mastery of this
challeng
ing
technology is evidenced by the 20 MV accelerating section (the SC-Iinac) that transports the
beam to ISAC II. The SC-Iinac comprises a super conducting quadrupole magnet for
transverse focusing
of the beam and 5 cryogenic modules, each with 4 superconducting
cavities. The
SC-Iinac met its performance goals in its first commissioning run and began
operating for science in 2006. During the past year, it has achieved a very impressive uptime
efficiency of 98%. The SC development places TRIUMF at the forefront of SC technology:
TRIUMF now has a very capable staff with broad experience in all facets of the design,
construction and operation
of SC llnacs.
TRIUMF has transferred its expertise In superconducting technology to the Richmond, B.C.-
based PAVAC Industries Inc., a world-leading company in hybrid beam technology. PAVAC
has successfully manufactured RF cavities and ancillary equipment which establishes them
as one
of only a handful of companies wortd-wide competing in this rapidly expanding
market.
2.4
The e-linac: A
Transformational
Addition to the Accelerator Complex
The
SC core competency enables TRIUMF to propose with confidence a transformational
addition
to
their
accelerator infrastructure
-the e-linac. This superconducting photo-fission
driver enhances the capabilities and broadens the scope of every science endeavour at
TRIUMF:
•
doubles the Radioactive lon Beam (RIB) hours per year
•
provides access to currently inaccessible neutron rich nuclei
•
enhances the (3NMR program
•
allows for a much cleaner production of actinides
•
is the springboard for yet-more innovative participation in worldwide accelerator R&D
partnerships and leadership roles
in
upgrades
of foreign
facilities
•
facilitates new opportunities for commercialization
As is
explained below
in the
section on targets,
the
e-linac
permits
target development
concurrently
with operations
for
science. Yet
another
benefit Is
the
ability to operate the
e.
linac
during
the
annual
3
month maintenance shutdown of the cyclotron, thereby increasing
the
operational hours by about one
third
.
2
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Target Development
The success of radioactive beam
fa
.
oilltles worldwide
is
determined in
large measure by
their
ility to produce
beams
of Interest to their
users
.
While most of
the capital
investment at
ISOL facilities is in
the
accelerators
(ISOL driver
and
post
accelerator)
and
experimental
equipment, the
beam
capability
Is
ultimately
determined by
the ability
to
provide
suitable
target materials
that must operate in a
very
hostile environment and extract from
those
targets
the
Ions
of Interest The ability to deliver a
new beam Is dependent
on
a
beam
development program that is time--consuming, iterative,
and
inherently unpredictable
.
At
present
this
beam
development
activity
must
compete
with
science
production beam
delivery
at TRIUMF'.
ihe
previous
rive-Year Plan
request
Included a seoond
target,
which
would
have been used for
beam
development, however this was
not
funded.
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this shortfall have
m
anifested themselves i
n
the difficulty
in
meeting user demands for
beams. This has not prevented
TRIUMF from bringing into operation a wide variety of novel
experiments but it has proven a
scheduling bottleneck for some areas of importance. The
recent
availability of the laser ion source and the FEBIAD ion source are welcome
developments as is the recent successful test of the actinide target. Proceeding to a licensed
production actinide target is essential to provide beams
on the neutron rich side of stability
and crucial for experimental programs such as TIGRESS.
T
he e-linac will provide a cleaner
implementation
of the actinide target - operable at higher power although it will not replace
the need for a proton driven actinide target.
Beam development has received about
30% of the ISAC operating time. To manage user
expectations, Year 1 priority
in the new scheduling protocol of the Five-Year Plan will
comprise science production beam delivery, whilst Year 2 priorities will
be
directed to beam
development activities. The ultimate solution is the second target, proposed as part
of the
Five-Year
Plan and sharing common Infrastructure with the e-linac, which will both increase
scientific production time and
alleviate the beam development bottleneck.
2.6 Refurbishments of the Cyclotron
Although the cyclotron is a relatively mature machine, it continues to operate very well. It is
capable
of supporting the additional stored current to illuminate two targets simultaneously.
The Five-Year Plan includes sufficient funds for the required maintenance and refurbishment
which should enable high efficiency operation for at least the next 1
0 years. The Committee
is confident tha
t
the cyclotron will provide robust and flexible operation well beyond 2015
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The second proton beam line and
the new
target
station
are key elements to ensure TRIUMF
continues
to
be recognized
as
having a
world-leading
program
in
nuclear structure and
astrophysics on neutron-deficient nuclei.
The
e-linac
will be transformational in opening a world-leading research program on neutron
rich nuclei.
Both will raise TRJUMF further in the premier league of laboratories for nuclear astrophysics
worldwide.
3 .1 Introduction
Over the past decade, the Canadian government has funded the development of a state-of-
the-art
facility in Radioactive len Beam
(RIB) research: !SAC at TRIUMF. The ISAC facility is
now
poised to become one of the premier
research
centres in RIB science. It has attracted a
large
number of outstanding young scientists, many from outside the country, to faculty
positions
in Canadian universities and staff positions at TRIUMF. They, in turn, have been
very successful
in
obtaining grant funding to develop instrumentation
at ISAC. This
influx
of
talent
has completely changed the character of nuclear physics research in Canada. The
program
set forth in the new Five-Year Plan amplifies
these
developments. The addition of
the
e-linac,
the
proton beam line and new
target stations,
and the improvements in the
cyclotron will combine to provide the facility with the RIBs that will make it among the world
leaders in
this
field. Over the next five years, the
ISAC
program can make
the
move to
preeminence
with the corresponding
knowledge
and
technology
creation,
HOP training and
potential
commercialization
opportunities. Continuing
the
program at
its
present level will
result in a loss in
scientific
productivity and
eventually
a
loss of
many
of the university-based
cientists who
will move
their
research
programs elsewhere
.
Investing in
the Plan
will
not
only maintain the
strong
base
of
Canadian scjentists working at ISAC,
but
It will
significantly
enhance the number
of
highly~skilled
scientists who will come from outside of the
country
to
carry out their research at the facility. This
,
in turn, will create new knowledge that can
lead
to
the development of
new
technologie
s.
Around
the world,
major
new facilities are being constructed to
Investigate
the science made
possible with RIBs.
Investments in
new facilities already underway
for
this
field
In Europe and
Asia will soon exceed $2 billion; with planned investments In the USA
and
elsewhere the
number will soon be more than $3 billion. Canad!i! is In a unique and enviable
position
through TRIUMF's
expertise and
recognition: with modest funding, it
can
have
one of
the
be
t
facilities In the world for
RIB
science
.
Already
it is recognized as
a major
facility
in
this
field
having achieved the highest beam intensities available for several exotic nuclei. The
s
c
ience that has oome from studies
with
these beams has had a substantial impact
on
our
understanding of nuclei near the edge of existence
.
Fully funding the Plan will result in a
huge Increase in the capabilities of the laboratory keeping
TRIUMF for many years at
the
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Nuclear Astrophysics: Studying Stellar Explosions in the Laboratory
Nuclear astrophysics aims at understanding the origin of the elements i
n
the Universe and
the many astrophysical objects which produce them.
It is a truly interdisciplinary field
combining experimental and theoretical nuclear physics with astrophysical modeling and
observations. Building
on the high-intensity, high-quality RIBs from the ISAC facility and its
impressive suite
of world-class detectors, TRIUMF has grown during the last decade into the
world leading laboratory to determine low-energy cross sections for particle reactions on
neutron-deficient nuclei
- reactions that are essential to understand the dynamics and
associated nucleosynthesis of explosive astrophysical events, such as novae or x-ray bursts.
Despite the recent successes, it is the developments outlined
in the new proposal that will
allow TRIUMF
to exploit the full range of measurements needed in nuclear astrophysics.
While building on their core competence, the additional proton beam line
will allow for
significantly more time for critical beam development and it will
allow for a larger number of
experiments to
be staged resulting in the ability to determine more crucial cross sections for
nova and x-ray burst simulations.
The e-linac
will open a completely new door for nuclear astrophysics produced by
photofission on actinide targets, including many of the short-lived neutron-rich nuclei which
play
an essential role in the astrophysical r-process. This process produces about half of the
elements heavier than iron
in the Universe, but its astrophysical site and dynamics are still
largely unknown. Indeed understanding the r-process has been identified as one of the
forefront open questions
in science. While there are large efforts underway in Japan, Europe
and the United States to construct
RIB facilities aimed at the production of r-process nuclei
and the determination
of their properties, timely construction of the e-linac will give TRIUMF
a competitive edge in this forefront research which enjoys high public visibility.
The experimental nuclear astrophysics program is supplemented and accompanied by a
strong theoretical program covering a wide range of astrophysically relevant topics. These
efforts
will additionally benefit from the hiring of a new theorist with interest in modeling
astrophysical events and nucleosynthesis processes
.
The Committee was particularly impressed
by the many young people involved in the
experimental and theoretical nuclear astrophysics program, clearly underlining the scientific
appeal
of this research field. The Committee also notes the timeliness of the program,
matching well with worldwide initiatives
in earth- and space-bound astronomical observation.
3.3 Nuclear Structure and Reactions
Our understanding of how nuclei are built from their basic constituents, the protons and
neutrons, which are held together by the strong force, is currently experiencing
an exciting
renaissance.
This comes about as
RIB facilities are beginning to explore nuclear properties for exotic
short-lived nuclei with
large
neutron excess or deficiency. This progress is accompanied and
supplemented by decisive advances
in understanding the fundamental interaction among
nucleons and
in developing techniques and models to deal with the solution of the complex
many-body
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TRIUMF with its ISAC facility and suite of world.class detectors has made several important
contributions to this scientific
endeavour
and, if
the
current proposal is funded as presented,
is
poised
to p
lay
a leading role in the nuclear
physics renaissance.
The addition of
the
e
-
linac
and
the
production of nuclei
from
actinide targets will allow the facility to create the beams
needed for the
studies of nuclear properties
in the yet
unexplored terra
incognita
of short-
lived
exotic
nuclei. This program
is
additionally enhanced
with
the completion of
the
ISAC II
accelerator and the EMMA
spectrometer
in
2009.
The
program will also have tremendous benefits for nuclear
theory
constraining and guiding
the
developments of
improved
models. Here
the
experimental program matches extremely
well with the efforts of the TRIUMF theory group, which recently has played a world-leading
role
in deriving nuclear Interactions from first principles using ideas from modem many-body
theory.
Much of this work is driven by young enthusiastic faculty and staff members, thus
ensuring a strong program well into
the
future.
The introduction of TIT AN, an apparatus
for
making precision measurements of nuclear
masses, adds a new dimension to the ISAC
program
.
Mass
measurements play a key role
in
all three ISAC focus areas, nuclear structure and astrophysics as well as for the fundamental
symmetry program.
3.4 Fundamental
Symmetries
For decades. subatomic physicists have carried out a wide array of experiments
to
test the
predictions of the Standard Model (SM) of particle physics and to look for potential physics
beyond
this
model. Low
energy,
highest precision
tests
of the SM have been Important
elements
in the
program
at
TRIUMF for
many
years. There is now a major program of
fundamental
symmetry measurements
at
ISAC.
Over the past few years, new approaches at
ISAC have led
to better constraints on the
SM
.
Beta
decay experiments, including those of
nuclei
that
were collected
in an
ion
trap,
have
set
tight limits on interactions that are not
allowed
by the
SM. These
experiments,
along
with those
at the very
highest
energies soon to
be
available
at
the CERN
LHC, serve to
constrain
theoretical
extensions to the SM.
The
ISAC
facility
will continue
to
have
a very active program
in
the
field of fundamental
symmetries
into the
future.
In addition
to
experiments
similar
to those
already underway,
a
totally new program
can
be launched in the future with the addition
of heavy RIBs produced
by proton
spallation
on
an actinide target. The new experiments
will
search
for a permanent
nuclear electric
dipole
moment
(
E
DM) In a
nucleus
.
Finding
such
an electric
dipole moment
will hav
e
profound
consequences
and
it
could hold the
key
to understanding
the
matter-
antimatter asymmetry
in
the Universe
.
The experim
e
nts
being
planned to search for
a
n
E
DM will
require
the upgrades
In
the new
Flve
a
Ye
a
r
P
lan.
Measurement
s ca
rried out continuously for many months
will be
needed to
obtain the sensitivity that
c.
ould yield a non
M
z
ero me
a
surement of an
E
DM.
This
will
only
become
fe
asible
once
the I
S
A
C
facility h
as
the
c
apability to provide multiple beam to
diff-er
e
n
t
experimental area
s
.
The time scal
e
f
o
r
t
hi option being put in place,
around
2
016
,
fits well with the time
needed
to complete the development
of
the experimental
apparatus
for
the
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K
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m
e
nts
There
is,
at this time,
a
unique opportunity for Canada to drive forward personalized and
optimized medicine and health care through the integration of nuclear medicine and the life
sciences manifest in the proposal.
TRIUMF and its partners (academic and business) are ideally placed to make major inroads
into both the early identification
of disease and the measurement of the efficacy of drug-
based interventions. This
will place Canada at the forefront of these fields.
To capture the transformational role in nuclear medicine and health-care requires the e-linac
and the second proton beam line and TRIUMF's expertise In imaging detector technology.
4.1 The Approaching Medical Imaging Revolution
Medicine is undergoing a rapid paradigm shift as a result of the
.
introduction of molecular
medicine which provides a functional view of processes underlying health and wellbeing.
This
is a global direction underlying the move to personalized and optimized population
health. Fundamental to this transformation
is the application of nuclear physics to medicine
to address predisposition, prognosis and response to interventions.
Canada is very well
placed not only to exploit this transformation, but to provide global leadership in
implementation through harnessing the capacity
of TRIUMF based nuclear sciences within
the health system along with its partners, currently including the universities, Canada's
Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre and the
BC Cancer Agency. This vision accords
with the strategic Five-Year Plan
of TRIUMF management This proposal can deliver the
promises of that strategic initiative. Part
of this strategy is the explicit creation of a division of
life sciences and nuclear medicine.
To assume significant global leadership
and deliver this
Pl
an requires the ability to create
and apply novel and diverse radio isotopes within a receptive and
aligned clinical and
scientific environment focused
on resolving health challenges.
The Committee wishes to stress that delivery of these benefits requires
world-class science
in three areas. The
nuclear and accelerator science necessary to deliver the required
isotopes in appropriate quantities
to the chemists is a prerequisite. It also requires nuclear
chemistry and biological insight to identify and
deliver the appropriate radiotracers for PET
scanners. Finally it necessitates a clinical environment willing to engage with this process.
The Committee was impressed
as to how all three conditions were met through TRIUMF and
its university and
clinical partnerships.
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.
2 The Partnerships
It
is clear from the Five-Year Plan, and from the presentations that the Committee was given,
that successful and productive partnerships already exist with
clinical scientists working in
two areas. The first is Parkinson's disease and more generally Neurodegenerative disease.
The second
is in the arena of cancer treatment. These interactions happen through the
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organizations of the British Columbia Cancer Agency and the Pacific Parkinson's Research
Centre amongst others.
The PET technique relies
on short lived isotopes so that, by necessity, actual chemical
experimentation and
clinical use rely on the partners being local.
A further piece of this jigsaw is provided by the presence on the TRIUMF site of MDS
Nordion, a major Canadian industrial partner already heavily engaged in this science at a
successful commercial leveL
It was clear from the MDS Nordion presentation that they wish
this partnership to grow.
4.
3
The Necessary Steps
For delivery of the ambitious ideas in Life Science and
N
uclear Medicine described in the
Five-Year
Plan, it is clear that the following three investments are necessary. Firstly, the
investment
in the e-linac, new proton beams and target development are all absolutely
required. This part of the program must obtain
reliable access to the isotope production
.
Secondly, the new building is required to provide globally competitive state-of-the-art
chemical processing capability to the program. Finally, delivery depends on the
.
continuing
,
indeed growing, collaboration with the local university and health care systems
.
Indeed,
if this program is under-funded, this global leadership opportunity will slip away for
TRIUMF and its Canadian partners and collaborators
.
The implementation
of the Five-Year Plan will guarantee the development of a world-class
nuclear medicine program that
w
i
ll
deliver outstanding medical, economic and societal
outcomes/benefits
.
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Key elements
5. PARTICLE PHYSICS
Particle physics in Canada
is
addressing key scientific questions through participation in
world-leading programs:
ATLAS
at CERN
,
T2K in Japan and the SNOLAB facility in Canada.
The
ATLAS
Tier 1 Centre and the T2K analysis centre are key for enabling this vigorous
program.
The capabilities of TRIUMF in detector technologies and infrastructure remain crucial for
Canada's continued participation
in world-class particle physics research.
5 .I Introduction
TRIUMF scientists pursue a vigorous program of particle physics research, including
experiments sited at the laboratory,
and participation in off-site efforts. In addition, the
technical resources
of the laboratory - the capability to design, build and commission
detectors and their associated electronics
and data-acquisition systems - are used by the
university-based Canadian sub-atomics physics community
in support of a broad
experimental program,
in Canada and abroad. A bolstered and reinvigorated theory group at
TRIUMF works closely with the experimentalists to hone the scientific questions and the
interpretation
of results.
The three main initiatives
in off-site particle physics are: the ATLAS experiment investigating
14 TeV proton-proton collisions at the LHC at CERN; the T2K experiment studying long-
baseline neutrino physics
in Japan; and support of the SNOLAB facility, developing a deep,
clean, underground facility for neutrino studies and rare event searches in Sudbury, Ontario.
Each of these is 'best-in-class'; they are, quite simply, the world leaders in their respective
areas. At the same time, these areas are addressing questions that are widely considered to
be among the most important in all of sub-atomic physics. Thus TRIUMF's particle physics
program
is world-class, focused, and relevant.
Over the course of the next few years, each of these experiments will move from a long
period of construction into routine scientific operation.
TRIUMF staff have already
successfully provided their expertise to many international projects, for example, acting as
the
lead for the LHC Kicker Magnet project at CERN, the lead for the Hadronic Endcap
project at CERN, and originator
of the T2K project off-axis design in Japan. The Five-Year
Plan envisages support - which this committee vigorously supports - that will thus allow
Canadian scientists in these projects to reap the benefits of past investments, and to be well
positioned to participate fully in the exciting scientific discoveries that are anticipated.
5.2 ATLAS
:
Working at the Energy
Frontier
The ATLAS experiment will study proton-proton collisions at an energy of 14 TeV at the LHC,
the world's highest energy accelerator. The experiment
will shed light on the Higgs
mechanism that gives rise to mass, but may
also lead to revolutionary discoveries such as
the discovery of new dimensions, the source of dark matter, or new families of particles.
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A strong Canadian group (approximately 150 scientists) participates
in
the 2200-member
ATLAS collaboration.
Over the course of the previous Five-Year Plan, TRIUMF scientists
have participated
in the development of the LHC accelerator complex (see below), as well as
the Canadian components of the detector. Construction
is
now complete, first beam has
circulated in the
LHC, and the collaboration is poised for first data.
Two key elements of ATLAS-Canada's
ability to handle the enormous data rate from ATLAS
and extract physics in a timely way are the Tier-1 data centre and a physics analysis centre.
The Tier-1 data centre was funded
by the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) but
requires
on-going support; the physics analysis centre is a new proposal. Both are included
in the Five-Year Plan, and
in the view of the committee are essential to leverage Canada's
ATLAS investment and scientific leadership for maximum scientific output.
Given the long time-scales Involved, research and development for
ATLAS and LHC
upgrades must proceed over the first part of the Five-Year Plan
.
Canadian groups are
involved
in several different areas; TRIUMF technical expertise and infrastructure will be
critical to their success.
5.3
T2K:
Exploring the Neutrino Puzzle
T2K is an accelerator-based neutrino experiment at J-PARC in Japan. The primary goal of
the experiment is to measure
v"
-> Ye neutrino oscillations and to measure the mixing angle
0
13.
If this angle turns out to be large, the T2K group further plans to measure CP (charge
parity inversion) violation in the neutrino sector
by upgrading the accelerator power to a level
of
a
few MW (from 750 kW). Data acquisition will start in 2009.
The T2K collaboration consists of 400 scientis
t
s, of whom 80% are from outside Japan. The
Canadian group is one
of the largest of the non-Japanese in terms o
f
both manpower and
financial contributions. The Canadian team
i
s thus visible and significant
in T2K, and
Canadians occupy critical positions within the collaboration management.
Canada h
a
s contributed the
first detector which is situated 280 m downstream of the neutrino
production point (ND280)
.
This detector
is used to measure properties of the initial state of
neutrino
s i
mmediately afte
r t
he production ta
rg
e
t.
The Canadian team constructed tracking
detec
to
r
s, i
ncluding Time Pr
oj
e
cti
on Chamb
ers a
n
d
Fine Grain
De
tectors. These tr
a
cking
detecto
rs
ha
ve been fa
b
r
icated
a
t
TR
I
UM
F utiliz
i
n
g resourc
es suc
h as machining, gas
handlin
g
,
c
lean
room, ele
c
t
ro
nics, data acquisiti
o
n. etc
.
These c
ont
ributions are the
cru
cial
elem
e
n
ts
in
t
he T2K d
et
e
ctors,
because th
e d
i
sta
n
t
target d
e
t
ec
t
or
,
S
uperkamiok
a
n
de,
is
alre
ad
y
I
n
sta
ll
e
d
a
nd wor
k
i
ng
.
In th
e
2
0
1
0
~
2
0
15
time
.
p
e
ri
od, t
h
e
m
aj
o
r
fo
cus of
t
he
collabor
a
tio
n
will be on data an
a
ly
s
is
.
The
Canadian t
eam is
p
r
oposin
g to
d
evelop
a new
T
RIU
M
F
T2K
ana
l
y
sis centre with
a da
ta
ca
pac
i
ty of 150 t
erabyt
e
s
, comp
ut
i
ng will ta
ke adva
n
ta
ge of the e
x
i
sti
ng WestGrid array
. Th
e
go
a
l
I
s to be t
he prim
a
ry
s
i
te
f
o
r analysis o
f data
fr
o
m both ND
28
0
a
nd Superkamiok
a
n
de
.
Althou
g
h
the
proposed an
a
ly
si
s centre is sm
a
ll
er
i
n s
cale than th
e AT
LAS Tier-1 centr
e
, th
e
T2K
ana
l
ys
i
s c
entre is c
rit
i
ca
l t
o t
he collabo
r
a
tion and
will prov
i
d
e T
RIUMF-based C
a
n
a
d
ia
n
i
n
t
ell
ectua
l l
ead
ership in thi
s i
m
port
ant neutri
no exper
iment.
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5.4 SNOLAB: Supporting the Laboratory's Success
SNOLAB is an underground facility nearing completion at the site of the highly successful
SNO
experiment, near Sudbury, Ontario; it is the deepest, lowest radioactivity laboratory in
the world. The facility, together with the expertise developed during the operation of SNO,
provides an unrivalled opportunity for Canada to develop the world's foremost program in
several exciting areas: the study of low-energy solar- and gao-neutrinos; measurement of
neutrino masses and investigation of the Majorana nature of neutrinos; searches for dark
matter particles; and detection of supernovae neutrinos.
Several experiments are now being developed that will address all of these areas. Each of
these experiments has
international participation; most of them have Canadian scientific
leadership. While the details of the experiments are varied, a common theme is that their
success
will require technical infrastructure available, in
Canada,
uniquely at TRIUMF:
research and development, design, construction of particle detectors, electronics, cryogenic
components, and data-acquisition systems.
The committee
believes that TRIUMF support of SNOLAB experiments, as proposed in the
Five-Year
Plan, will help to leverage TRIUMF expertise to assure the success of a new
world-class Canadian facility. As such, it Is a sterling example of TRIUMF's role as a
facilitator
of exciting science.
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6. MOLECULAR AND MATERIALS SCIENCE
Key elements
TRIUMF represents one of
a
handful of facilities in the world
,
and the only North American
facility, able to use muons
to probe local electromagnetic fields in any condensed matter
system,
providing experimental data of relevance to magnetic materials and superconductors
as
well as other materials where properties on the molecular and nanoscale are crucial.
Leveraging the investments in upgraded beamlines (M9A and
M20) made by TRIUMF and
CFI
is
a key element of the Plan
.
T
he TRIUM
F
Centre for Molecular and Materials Science (CMMS) applies particle physics
methods to problems in condensed matter physics, chemistry, and applied materials science.
This involves the use
of muons to probe focal fields through a variety of techniques that rely
on detection of the muon decay products and encoding in their momentum the muon's spin
.
Unlike
similar NMR techniques, muons can be deposited in any material resulting in wide
applicab
i
lity to problems of interest that are impacting highly topical magnetic and
superconducting materials
.
A new technique, which works
in a similar fashion and exploits
the radioactive beam capability of
ISAC, is (3NMR. This has the advantage of controlling the
depth within a samp
l
e where the nuclei (
8
Li) are deposited, providing a probe of surfaces and
interfaces that
is unique. Only cold muon beams offer similar selectivity
.
This is important
because understanding interfaces is the key
to controlling artificial nanostructures which
have the potential to impact informa
ti
on technology
,
energy storage, and, in the case of
surfaces, catalysis.
As
a probe o
f
local electromagnet
i
c
f
ields in condensed matter, muons and polarized nuclei
ha
ve the adv
a
ntage that, unlike
NM
R a
nd nuclear qu
a
drupole resonance (NQR), there is no
r
elia
nce on a suitable nu
c
leus bein
g
a
constituent
o
f the sy
s
t
e
m under study
.
While the
tech
nique
s a
r
e
not rou
t
in
e
in the
con
densed m
att
er physic
s,
chemistry,
a
nd materials
co
mmuniti
es,
the inform
at
ion obtain
ed i
s
,
In ma
n
y cases
,
unique
,
and of Importance
-
part
icularly
i
n
magnetic
a
n
d
supercon
duct
ing materi
a
l
s
. In addi
ti
on to relying
o
n
t
he TRIUM
F
facili
ty to pr
\>du
ce the m
uo
n and pol
arize
d
n
uclei
beam
s
,
thi
s
p
ro
gram is dependent on
the
rn~h
ouse
capa
bilities fo
r det
ecto
r
an
d Inst
r
u
m
e
n
t de
v
e
lopmen
t. TR
IUMF al
so
offers proton
irrad
iation
servi
ces to
t
h
e se
micond
uctor
industry
,
provi
ding
the a
bility to t
est
compone
nt
s
a
nd deter
m
i
ne
their resili
e
n
c
e again
st si
n
g
le
e
vent
upset
s.
The
r
e
a
re four
f
ac
ilities i
n the
wor
ld that o
perate
t.~SR
p
rogram
s, T
RIUMF, J
-PA
RC (comin
g
onlin
e sh
ortly an
d repl
acing th
e K
EK
facility,
Jap
an
)
, IS
IS (U
K
)
, an
d PSI (Sw
itz
erland). P
SI
and
TRIUM
F
ar
e both
contin
uous s
ouraas
of mu
ons
.
P
SI oper
a
t
es
a
t
much h
ig
her intensiti
es
tha
n TRIUM
F,
which h
as a
llowed the
m to
develop
co
ld muon b
ea
ms suitable f
o
r the study of
s
u
rfac
es
and Inte
rface
s, a ca
pability
TR
IU
MF
Is
ad
d
res
sing by
d
iff
e
rent m
eans
with
~NM
R.
ISIS an
d
the ne
w J-PA
RC fac
!Uty
are pu
l
se
d w
hich
l
e
nds i
tSe
l
f to
diffe
r
en
t
m
e
asurem
e
n
t
schem
es
, a
l
tho
ugh
i
n
all
eases
(pul
sed, co
n
ti
nu
ous, co
ld or
not
)
t
he basic
qua
nti
t
ies b
e
i
n
g
me
a
s
ure
d
ar~
t
ile sam
e.
T
h
e
athe
r faci
lities are
imbe
dded in
muc
h larger m
a
t
e
rials-b
a
s
ed
u er
facil
itie a
nd. as
a eon
sequ
eno ,
operat
e as us
er f
ac
ili
t
i
es
in the m
od
e now w
e
ll
tab
lish
ed for Xer
ay
and neu
tr
on source
s
,
including su
ffi
cient sta
ff to
fac
il
itat
e a
high
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throughput of non-expert users. The staffing levels of CMMS are somewhat lower and as a
consequence there has been more emphasis on expert users and technique development
The
TRIUMF program has, over the years, been responsible for the development of many of
the measurement techniques that are now used in support of user programs at all of these
facilities. Despite the lean staffing model, CMMS has been quite productive with publications
in high impact journals since
2003 representing about 1/3 of the total world output in the field.
With the redevelopment of M9A and M20 using TRIUMF and CFI funds, respectively, there
will be a significant improvement in the performance of the Instrumentation. This will impact
both the quality {through the use
of muons on request) and the quantity (with the ability to run
experiments in parallel on M20) of measurements. Without commensurate increases in
staffing the full potential of these significant investments will not be realized. It is noteworthy
that a majority
of the scientific staff associated with CMMS operation is not employed by
TRJUMF, even at a partial level, but are drawn from the ranks
of faculty at the University of
British Columbia and Simon Fraser University. The broader Vancouver-based group enjoys a
strong reputation in the international community that has grown up around
]JSR. The work in
magnetic materials and superconductors has high visibility in the broader condensed matter
physics community.
The
~NMR
instrumentation that is operating in the ISAC hall shows promise for an important
class
of problems on the nanoscale. It is not as well established as the muon based methods
and given the limitations on beamtime imposed by the multiple demands on the
RIB target (4
~
weeks last year) will not have as large a potential user base. It represents another
example where
TRIUMF is employing its expertise in the development of a new
measurement
tool.
The productivity of the user program (286 users total, 219 publications between 2004 and
2008, approximately 60 unique user visits per year) is consistent with international
benchmarks taking the staffing level
of about 7 FTEs into account. This has the potential to
double based on the new instrumentation but this will depend on additional staff (funding for
which has been requested from the
NSERC Major Resources Support Program as well as
the Five-Year
Plan). As with any accelerator based user facility, beam availability and
predictability are crucial determinants
of success.
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7. COMMERCIALIZATION AND ECONOMIC
IMPACT
Key element
TRIUMF has an enviable and successful history of commercialization. The recent CECR
award to establish AAPS Inc
.
puts It on track
to double its economic impact over the next five
years.
The newly acquired core competencies broaden the opportunities for technology
transfer particularly
in the area of superconductlng RF technology where commercialization
opportunities are manifest
In cryogenics, RF cavities and their associated instrumentation.
TRIUMF's direct economic impact is broad, and the degree of leveraging of the public
investment is substantial. The current federal investment
of about $44 million annually
employs about 380 people, and stimulates more than $200
million of economic activity for
Canada. TRIUMF's five year accumulated impact is projected to double to more than
$1 billion over the period of the 2010-2015 Plan.
TRIUMF
also recognizes the importance of the broader commercial impact of its activities.
Bridging the academic and commercial sectors
-
one
of the cornerstones of the federal
government's
Science and Technology Strategy- has been and continues to be- one of the
laboratory's strengths.
In
the
past, commercialization based on TRIUMF work has fallen naturally into three
categories:
I) the use, by outside organizations, of TRIUMF expertise; ii) spin-off companies
created by
TRIUMF experts;
iii)
partnering with industry to solve problems that further
TRIUMF's mission but may also be of commercial interest. In each of these three areas,
TRIUMF
can point to notable successes.
An example
of the first is MDS Nordion, which licenses medical isotope production know-how
from
TRIUMF. The TRIUMF-MDS Nordion partnership was awarded a Synergy Award for
Innovation by NSERC in 2004 and is now poised to expand further. Over the next few years,
MDS Nordion will become an active partner- providing equipment and scientific personnel
-
in research
into new
isotope
and
radlotracer production techniques
.
In
the spin..aff category
is
D
~
PACE
Inc
.
, a
company
providing
particle transport
systems
and
engineering to
the
particle accelerator industry.
T
RIUMF and D-PACE together
won
a
S
ynergy Award
for Innovation in
2007
.
F
inally,
In
the third
category are companies like
PAVAC
Industries
Inc.
{of
Richmond,
B.C
.
)
which,
together with
TRIUMF,
has developed superconducting RF
cavities
using
sophisticated
vacuum welding techniques that
are
in themselves of interest
to
industry
.
These
threll}
f
ctors-
the
importance of the
e-linac
to TRIUMF's Five
-
Year Plan, the growing
world-wide interest in
multi
-
cell super
c
onductlng cavities
,
and B
.
C
,e
based industrial expertise
in this
new
technology
-
demonstrate the
synergies
that allow
TRIUMF's
core
science
mission
to be
leveraged
for
commer~ial
success.
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In
order to further this mission of technology transfer, and i
n
recognition of its success to
date, the laboratory
applied for and was successful in winning a Centre of Excellence
in
Commercialization and Research (CECR) grant from the federal government to establish
.
Advanced Applied Physics Solutions Inc. (AAPS). AAPS' mandate is to fulfill the
commercialization aspect of
TRIUMF's research activities. The committee attended a
presentation of
AAPS activities and was impressed with the speed with which it has
commenced its work,
and with its ambitious goals for the next several years. These goals
include
approximately 10 patents per year based on TRIUMF's research, one to two start-up
companies per year,
and royalty income of $2 million/year.
While
it is impossible to pre-judge AAPS' success at commercialization, the CECR award
and its implementation are a strong indication of TRIUMF's recognition of the importance of
technology transfer, and lend credence to its plans to double its economic impact over the
course of the Five-Year
Plan.
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8. TRAINING AND OUTREACH
Key element
TRIUMF has had
a
substantial and high quality educational program commensurate with the
scale and scope
of its activities
.
The new initiatives will enrich all aspects of TRIUMF's
education and training program
.
TRIUMF has a strong training and educational program directed to the provincial, national
and international academic community, to the school/science teacher community, and to the
broader community and
public. Its educational and training opportunities range from nuclear
physics to other aligned sciences (chemistry, biology
,
e
t
c.) to
aligned technologies
(cryogenics, electro-magnetism, etc.} and to business development and commercialization
.
The Five-Year
Plan will augment and d
i
versify the training, education and outreach programs
ofTRIUMF.
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.
1 University Students
T
RIUMF is led by a consortium of several universities across Canada. The research carried
out at
TRIUMF is central to the training of many undergraduate, graduate and doctoral
students.
TRIUMF is thus firmly engaged with students from local universities and also
graduate students from institutions around the world who use the TRIUMF facilities.
Approximately seventy percen
t
(70%) of Canadian students in nuclear physics receive their
t
raining a
t
TRIUMF
.
Currently, more than 500 top students perform research at TRIUMF
each
year.
F
rom 2003-2008, 319 undergraduate students and 300 graduate students worked
o
n projects
at TRIUMF and 223 students, in addition, from international locations completed
their theses based on work done at TRIUMF
.
Of
no
t
e, in
the
course of its visit
,
th
e
Committee me
t
a numbe
r
of students from diverse
u
niversitie
s a
n
d
countri
es w
ho wer
e
involved in
a
ll
fac
ets of the program, from fundamental
ph
ysics to
he
a
lth applic
a
tions. Th
e Co
mmittee w
as
impress
ed
with the enthusiasm and
eng
agemen
t
of
the stud
ents.
The
aca
d
e
mic
comm
unity n
e
tw
or
k (from h
ig
h school
to
Inst
i
t
utional
scie
nce org
anizat
io
n
s) i
s both
e
v
i
d
e
n
t
and a
testi
mo
n
y t
o TRIUM
F's
comm
it
m
e
n
t
to a
sustain
a
bl
e
and ca
pab
l
e
workfo
rce
.
The
develo
p
m
e
nt of t
he Fiv
e-Ye
ar P
l
an
is
a
resu
l
t
of a b
roa
d consultation within
t
h
e
acad
em
ic res
e
a
rch
commu
n
ity. Th
e entire
pro
gram i
s
univ
ersity~
led
and
a
li
g
ned
t
o th
e
prep
a
r
a
tion, trai
n
i
ng
a
n
d de
v
e
l
o
pm
ent of
h
i
ghly
qual
i
f
ied pe
rson
nel. TRI
UMF
undertak
es
exper
imen
ts Initia
ted
from a
var
ie
ty
of i
n
t
erna
tiona
l
ac
ademi
c
l
oc
ations a
nd
provide
s a
uni
que env
iron
ment
i
n
Canada
for
l
nte
ll
eetuc:~
l
exchan
g
e,
devel
opm
ent and
co
ll
abo
ration
.
I
t is
a
l
so a "gatewa
t for
access
to o
t
h
er int
ernation
a
l
ph
ysics
a
nd n
u
clear
sc
i
e
n
c
e faciliti
es,
th!'llreb
y
providing a
r
ich train
i
n
g
envlrt~nme
nt
through
n
e
tw
orked
collab
orat
i
ons
an
d an
opportunity to benefit
f
rom the academic cultures of diverse
i
nte
ll
ectua
l
b
a
c
k
grou
n
d
s
.
i~
I
U
M
F
provide
s s
cholarsh
i
ps, on
e
s
i
te
exp
erienee, s
t
u
d
ent
-
focu
sed
conf
e
re
nces
and
sum
m
er sc
h
oo
l
s
aim
ed at
9r~d
u
a
t
e
itudents.
It i
s c
l
ear t
hat th
ese su
mmer
sc
h
oo
ls provid
e
a
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crucial element in
th
e education of all Canadian graduate students engaged with particle
physics, and
all aspects of nuclear science.
The strong relationships with Canadian universities (7 members, 7 associate members) is
also evidenced by TRIUMF staff holding adjunct university professorships, providing teaching
at various
levels, the supervision of graduate students, and the establishment of an
intellectual environment in public and academic sectors.
Through a variety of technical
capabilities, TRIUMF provides training not only in the nuclear
sciences but also cryogenics, electro-magnetism, radiochemistry, and engineering physics.
It
provides diverse opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students to access academia
and industry through its unique linkage of nuclear, physical, chemical, and health sciences.
With the addition
of activities, capabilities and capacities defined in the Five-Year Plan it is
expected that additional educational activities can and will
be
achieved.
8
.
2 Outreach
TRIUMF has a long tradition of formal outreach programs with high school students, teachers
and the public about the scope and excitement of Its research. The outreach also
emphasizes the value delivered to Canada through the development of knowledge, new
technologies, applications of nuclear technology
in important areas such as medicine, as well
as the training of significant numbers of highly qualified people for the academic and
industrial sectors. The
2010-2015 Plan builds on the successful programs and activities.
The Committee noted with interest the recent more professional approach to outreach
consequent on a recent appointment of a head
of Strategic Communications and Planning.
The TRIUMF Outreach program uses the laboratory
facilities to provide stimulating and
educational experiences for students
of all ages, with a particular focus on high-school
teachers and their students. The programs are designed
to stimulate students' interests in
the physical sciences and to provide teachers with relevant materials and "classroom"
experiences. The programs are developed both in-house and through partnerships with both
local and national science promotion groups.
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Key clements
9. MANAGEMENT
TRIUMF
is
led by a very talented and capable management team which
is
fully qualified to
successfully implement the Five-Year Plan in its entirety.
The Committee observed with satisfaction the enthusiasm and commitment noticeable at all
levels of staff at TR/UMF, from the Director and his
team,
to
students and technicians. There
is
an excellent spirit in the laboratory illustrating the excitement in the community for the
program which
was
developed strategically as well
as
in conjunction with stakeholders.
The
Committee was
impressed
with the vision, sound judgment, integrity, thoroughness and
competence
of the Director and his management team. These qualities were evident to
the
Committee even
in the short period of time that the Committee had to visit the
labora
tory.
Equally
impressive was the depth of knowledge exhibited by the Director regarding all
aspects of the diverse science program and
its
administration.
Management's commitment, as it should
be, is to produce outstanding science and develop
improved
research tools. The current management team has demonstrated a strong sense of
entrepreneurship
in fortifying and extending the transfer of knowledge and technology from
TRIUMF
to
the
private sector.
TRIUMF Management
is keenly aware of the
public
trust
that attends the use of federal and
provincial funding.
One example of this
is
the
active planning, the use of peer review and the
incisiveness that
were manifest
in implementing
a
much improved optimization for the
scheduling of
beam
time.
There
have
been several excellent new hires at
the
upper
management
level (e.g.,
the head of the Accelerator
Division
and
the head of Strategic
Planning and Communication)
and
an infusion
of
excellent
young talent. There have been
some
well.motivated organizational
changes.
Examples
are
the
inclusion
of
a strategic
planning
group within
the Director's Office;
in
the
Accelerator
Division the appointment of
two
deputy division
heads
and the establishment of
new SCRF
and
Target'lon Source
departments; and the
transfer
of the ln
e
house
Technology Transfer
Group
to
the semi
e
autonomous APPS
entity
.
The Committee takes note
of
the
car~ful.
step-byestep
manner
in
which the
Laboratory is
approaching the introduction of
actinide
targets. The management has
developed a
close
partnership
with the
Canadian Nuclear
Safety Commission to ensure that the progr11m
poses
no threat to human
health
.
The
process
for
development of
the Five-Year
~ian
is
highly
commendable
tor
its
Inclusiveness, its thoroughness
and the quality of the end product. The
process was
very
transparent and all
st
_
akeholders
had ample
opportunity
to make input
at
the outset and
bsequentJy to
participate
in shaping the final product Consequently
there Is very strong
ownership and support for the Five-Year Plan
by
the laboratory staff and
the
scientific
users
.
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The Committee has high confidence that the TRIUMF management has the enthusiasm, the
talent, the management
skill and experience to successfully implement all aspects of the
Five-Year
Plan.
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Chair
Prof
.
Dr. Rolf-Dieter Heuer
email:
rolf
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dieter@desy.de
Research Director, Deutsches Elektronen-
tel: +49.40.8998
.
4917
Synchrotron DESY and Director General Designate
CERN
Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY
Notkestrasse 85
D-22607 Hamburg
Germany
Rolf
-
Dieter Heuer is a German particle physicist based at
DESY (Hamburg) and trained
at the University
of Heidelberg
.
He was spokesperson for the OPAL experiment on the
LEP accelerator at CERN in the 1990s. He has been a Professor at the University of
Hamburg since 1998 and is currently DESY's Research
Di
rector. On January
1,
2009 he
t
akes
up the office of CERN's Director General.
Members
Professor Edwin Bourget
Vice-rectorat
a
Ia recherche et
a
Ia creation
Pavilion des Sciences de !'education
Universite Laval
2320, rue des Bibliotheques
Quebec, QC
G1V OA6 Canada
email:
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d
marine ecologist. He was Vice
P
residen
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of Research
at
the Univers
i
t
e
de Sher
b
rooke before his present appointment
a
s Vice Pr
es
ident for
Res
earch an
d
I
n
novation a
t t
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e Univ
erslte Laval.
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ofessor Jo
nat
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rfan
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recto
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r
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Professor lan G. Halliday
President of European Science Foundation,
Strasbourg and Chief Executive Scottish
Universities Physics Alliance
University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh EH9 3JZ
Scotland
email:
ia
n.h
altid
a
y@
e
-ha
lli
day
.
org
tel: +44.131.651.7037
Following appointments as Professor of Theoretical Physics at Imperial College and then
the University of Swansea, lan Halliday served as Chief Executive of the UK's Particle
Physics and Astronomy Research Council 1998-2005 before taking up, concurrently, the
position of Chief Executive of the Scottish Universities Physics Alliance headquartered in
Edinburgh University and President of the European Science Foundation i
n
Strasbourg.
Prof. Dr. Karlheinz Langanke
Research Director
Gesellschaft fOr Schwerionenforschung mbH
Postfach 11 05 52
D-64220 Darmstadt
Germany
email:
k.langanke@gsi.de
tel: +49.6159.71.2747
Professor Langanke served as Professor
in
the Institute of Physics and Astronomy at
Aarhus University in Denmark before taking up his present position as Professor at the
Technical University of Darmstadt and as Head of Department of Theoretical Physics at
GSI Helmholtz Centre in Darmstadt, Germany. Since 2006, Karlheinz Langanke also
holds the position of Research Director at the GSI Helmholtz Centre.
Dr. Thorn Mason
Laboratory Director
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
P.O. Box 2008
Oak Ridge, Tennessee
37831 USA
email:
masont@ornt.gov
tel: 865.576.2900
Dr. Thorn Mason was appointed Director of Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)
in
July 2007, following his successful tenure since 2001 as Associate Director for the
Department of Energy's Spallation Neutron Source at ORNL. As head of the SNS
project, Mason led a consortium of six DOE laboratories in the design and construction
of the $1.4 billion neutron accelerator, a flagship project in the field of neutron scattering
and materials research.
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Professor Shoji Nagamiya
Director, J-PARC Center
High Energy Accelerator Research Organization
(KEK)
Japan Atomic
Energy
Agency (JAEA)
1-1 Oho, Tsukuba-shi
305- 0801 Japan
email:
shoji.naqamiva@kek.jp
tel:
+81.29.864.5678
Professor
Shoji Nagamiya has been Director of the J-PARC Center at KEK and Japan
Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) since
2006. Over ten years he has promoted construction
of J-PARC. His research interests are in relativistic heavy-ion physics. He was the first
spokesperson
of PHENIX at Brookhaven National Laboratory. He was a professor at
Colombia University, the
University of Tokyo and KEK before taking up his present
position.
Dr
.
Alan Pelman
Member of
NRC Council and former Vice-President,
Weyerhaeuser Ltd. (Canada)
5587 Heather Street
Vancouver, British Columbia
V5Z 3M3 Canada
email:
pelman@shaw.ca
tel:
604.261.0160
Recently retired as Vice President, Technology, Canada
for
Weyerhaeuser, Dr. Pelman
began his career at Alcan Aluminium, becoming Director
of Alcan's R&D Centre in
Kingston,
Ontario. Before moving to the forest industry in 1994, he was CEO of
Powertech Labs,
an R&D subsidiary of BC Hydro. For the past six years, Dr. Pelman
has been a Member
of NRC Council. He has served as Chair of the Canadian Advanced
Industrial Materials Forum, Chair of the Innovation Management Association
of Canada
and as a member
of the Government of Canada's National Advisory Board on Science
and Technology. He currently
is on the Board of Genome BC and serves as vice Chair.
Professor Kenneth
J.
Ragan
Department of Physics
.
McGill
University
3600 University Street
Montreal,
Quebec
H3A
2T8
Canada
email:
ragan@physics.mcgill.ca
tel:
514.398
.
6518
Kenneth
J.
Ragan holds the William C. Macdonald Chair in Physics at McGill University
in Montreal
.
His major
research
interests
are currently
in astroparticle physics, mainly
carried
out in the VERITAS
collaboration
operating a multi-telescope array in Arizona for
the detection
of high..ener9y
cosmic
gamma
rays
.
He chaired
the
2006 Subatomic
Physics
Long
Range
Panel, which
resulted in
the
roadmap for
the future
of Canadian
high
~
energy
physics entitled
:
''Perspectives on Subatomic Physics in
Canada
2006
~
2016
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Simon B. Sutcliffe, MD, FRCP, FRCPC
President
British Columbia Cancer Agency
600 West 1 0
1h
Avenue
Vancouver, British Columbia
V5Z 4E6 Canada
email:
ssutcllf@bccancer.bc
.
ca
tel: 604.877.6000
Simon Sutcliffe has practiced care in internal medicine, surgery, medical oncology and
radiation oncology. His medical career includes research in microbiology and
immunology, and clinical research in oncology. He was President and CEO of the
Ontario Cancer Institute/Princess Margaret Hospital in Toronto.
Dr. Sutcliffe is President of the British Columbia Cancer Agency (BCCA). The Agency's
mandate is to provide a population-based cancer control and care program for the public
of British Columbia. In November 2006, he was appointed Vice Chairman - Canadian
Partnership Against Cancer.
Dr. Robert E. Tribble
Professor of Physics and Director
Cyclotron Institute
Texas A&M University
College Station, Texas
77843-1899 USA
email:
tribble@comp
.
tamu.edu
tel: 979.845.1411
Robert E. Tribble is Professor of Physics and Director of the Cyclotron Institute at Texas
A&M University. His research work centres on experiments to elucidate the structure of
exotic nuclei, nuclear symmetries, and in the domain of nuclear and particle
astrophysics. Since December, 2005, he has chaired the U.S. Nuclear Science Advisory
Committee and was the principal author of the 2007 U.S. Long Range Plan: Frontiers for
Nuclear Science.
National Research Council Officials
Dr. Walter Davidson
Director
NRC Physical Sciences
1200 Montreal Road, Building M-2, Room 212
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A OR6 Canada
Ms. Jennifer Birta, P.Eng.
Evaluation Officer
Planning and Performance Management
Corporate Services
National Research Council
1200 Montreal Road, Building M-58, Room S-110
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walter
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gc.ca
tel: 613.990.0914
email:
jennifer
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birta@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca
tel: 613.991.0937
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Observers
Ms.
Isabelle Blain
Vice-President, Research Grants & Scholarships
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council
350 Albert Street
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 1H5 Canada
Dr. Robert Janssens
Chair
of the Advisory Committee on TRIUMF
Scientific Director
ATLAS facility, Argonne National Laboratory
9700 S. Cass Avenue
Argonne, Illinois
60439 USA
Professor Feridun Hamdullahpur
Chair
of TRIUMF
Board of Management
Vice-President (Academic)
Carleton University
1125
Colonel By Drive
Ottawa, Ontario
K1S
5B6 Canada
Professor
William Trischuk
Director
Institute
of Particle Physics
Department
of Physics
University
of Toronto
60 St.
George
Street
Toronto,
Ontario
M5S
1A7 Canada
Professor
Kumar
S.
Sharma
Chair,
Canadian Institute
of
Nuclear
Physics
Department
of Physics
and Astronomy
.
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg
,
Manitoba
R3T
2N2
Canada
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email:
isabelle
.
blain@nserc.ca
tel: 613.995.5833
email:
jans
se
ns@anl.gov
tel: 630.252.8426
email:
feridun hamdullahpur@carleton.ca
tel: 613.520.3570
email:
william@physics
.
utoronto.ca
tel: 416.978.8095
email:
sharma@physlcs.umanitoba.ca
tel: 204.474.6181
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B-3
OVERVIEW
OF
TRIUMF
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B-3
PURPOSE
OF THE PEER REVIEW ................................................................................................... B-4
COMMIITEE
MEMBERSHIP..........................................................................................................-
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ORGANIZATION OF THE COMMITIEE ........................................................................................ B-4
PEER REVIEW PROCESS ................................................................................................................... B-5
PROJECT TIMELINES ........................................................................................................................ B-S
ESTIMATED PROJECT COSTS ......................................................................................................... B-5
PROJECT CLIENTS AND STA.KEHOLDERS .................................................................................. B-5
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CONTEXT
An evaluation of
TRIUMF has
been scheduled to
take
place in
fiscal
year
2008
-
2009.
The
evaluation is being carried cut in accordance with
the
National Research Council
'
s approved
evaluation plan for
2008-2009
and the policies
of the
Government
of Canada's
T
reasury
Board
Secretariat (TBS).
The evaluation will take
the
f
orm
of a
peer
review and focus primarily on issues
related to
relevance,
success, level
of scientific excellence and
future
opportunities for TRIUMF. The last
peer review of TRIUMF was conducted in
September
2003
.
These Terms of Reference were prepared by NRC's Corporate Services
,
Strategy
and
Development Branch, Planning and Performance Management (SDB-PPM)
in consultation
with
the Director Physical
Sciences, the
NRC
Vice-President Physical Sciences and
TRIUMF
management.
After being approved by
NRC Senior
Executive Committee
(SEC) in June 2008,
the
Terms of
Reference for this evaluation
were
provided
to
the Evaluation, Audit and Risk Management
Standing Committee
of NRC's Governing Council for information purposes.
OVERVIEW OF TRIUMF
TRIUMF
was
established in
1968
and began operation
in
1975
as Canada's largest single-
purpose national
facility for research in sub-atomic physics. It is managed as a joint venture by a
consortium of seven universities (Carleton University,
Simon Fraser University, University of
Alberta, University of British Columbia, Universite de Montreal, University of Toronto and
University of Victoria).
Six additional universities (McMaster University, Queen's University,
University of Guelph, University of Manitoba, University of Regina and
St. Mary's University) are
associate members.
TRIUMF is operated under a contribution from the Government of Canada through the National
Research
Council of Canada (NRC). The province of British Columbia provides building funds.
In addition
to
this, TRIUMF scientists and Canadian university researchers are eligible for
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research
Council (NSERC) grants. TRIUMF is a partner in a
number
of Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) projects. Exhibit
1
below displays the total
expenditures for TRIUMF from fiscal years 2005/06 to 2009/10.
Exh•bil 1
:
Tota
l
Expenditures ror TRIUMF fronl10U5
.
20061o 2009.2010 (In millions o!
dollars~
1
2005.2006
j
200G.2007
1
2007
.
2008
j
2008
.
2009
1
2009-2010
To1al
.
1
(
£st
r
mat~d)
--
-
I
-
--
~
- --- -
TRIUMF Expenditures
44.0
45
.5
45.3
44.0
43.5
TRIUMF
has also been able
to
supplement its base
funding
by another
$25
million
approximately, in particular for
the
ATLAS Tier-1 Data Centre. In the period 2005-2006
to
2009-
2010, TRIUMF
therefore received $247.3 million from the Canadian federal government.
In 2005, Canada's Federal Cabinet approved a five-year plan for TRIUMF that provided funding
for
the
facility for the
period of 2005-2006 to 2009
-
2010. As part of that approval,
Ministers
B-3
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Final Report of the Peer Review Committee on TRIUMF
4 November
2008
directed that an independent scientific and management review of TRIUMF must be conducted.
A peer review that
will examine relevance, success, scientific excellence and future
opportunities
of TRIUMF has been scheduled for fiscal year 2008-2009. The peer review is
being carried out at the request
of NRC's Senior Executive Committee (SEC), as well as in
accordance with Treasury Board Secretariat (TBS) policies.
The
peer review report will provide
important input into the request for future funding.
PURPOSE OF THE PEER REVIEW COMMITTEE
The TRIUMF Peer Review will be both retrospective and prospective In nature.
By examining activities from 2005 to date, the Peer Review Committee
will seek to examine
1
:
TR/UMF's relevance. The extent to which TR/UMF addresses the needs of the Canadian R&D
community
and Canadian industry.
TRIUMF's
success. The extent to which TRIUMF has been operating effectively and efficiently
to achieve its objectives as outlined in the NRC Contribution to TRIUMF Agreement, Annex
A.
TRIUMF's level of scientific excellence. The extent to which TRIUMF's research activities and
researchers are viewed
as excellent.
Prospectively, the Peer Review Committee
will comment on the proposed 5-year plan put
forward by
TRIUMF as well as identify:
Opportunities
and future direction for TRIUMF. Opportunities for the facility to improve the
effectiveness and efficiency
of its performance based upon the current and future needs of
Canada's particle and nuclear physics community.
The Peer Review Committee's report
will become and public document and will be included
in
the
request for future funding.
COMMITTEE
MEMBERSIDP
Committee members will be selected in consultation with NRC's President. The Committee's
membership
will be drawn from national and international academia, other government
laboratories/departments, and relevant
public and private sector organizations.
Selection is based on members' qualifications
In
the areas being peer reviewed, their credibility,
and their reputation for objectivity and neutrality.
As
well, efforts are made to form a balanced
Committee taking into consideration such criteria as sector and region. Members should
be able
to participate in the process in an objective, unbiased and credible manner. There should be no
apparent
or potential conflict of interest.
ORGANIZATION OF THE COMMITTEE
The TRIUMF Peer Review Committee
will
be made up of 10-121ndivlduals external to
TRIUMF
and NRC, who possess expertise in TRIUMF's research areas. One member will act as Chair of
the
Committee.
At the discretion of the Chair, sub-committees may also be established.
1
If a
n~w
Government of canada Policy on !::valuation comes into effect early In 2008-2009. these Issues will be updated to reflect
any l!Ybsta!1tlve
changes In policy
.
Final Report of the Peer Review Committe
e
on
T
RIUMF
4 November 2008
A representative
from
NRC
Strategy
and Development
Branch
will act
as Secretariat
to
the
Committee.
PEER REVIEW PROCESS
The TRIUMF peer review process
will
include three
components.
As part of the Committee,
members are responsible for:
•
becoming familiar with the
research
activities and management practices of
TRIUM
F
and reviewing briefing materials;
•
attending and actively participating in the peer review process including the
site
visit
(with exceptions- e.g.,
illness, change in status of representation);
•
providing input into
the
peer review report; and
•
reviewing
the
draft peer review report and providing written comments.
Briefing material will be sent out to
Peer
Review Committee members for
their
review prior
to
the
site visit. This material will
include
the
Five-Year
Plan submitted by TRIUMF outlining the
facility's planned future activities.
A
number
of other documents such as TRIUMF's Annual
Report on Scientific Activities,
TRIUMF's Annual Financial & Administrative Report,
the
TRIUMF
Small
Business Development Plan, TRIUMF Technology Transfer Bulletins and Reports from
the Advisory Committee on TRIUMF will also be included.
PROJECT TIMELINES
The peer review process will include a three day on-site visit at TRIUMF in Vancouver, British
Columbia. The visit is presently scheduled for 24-26
September 2008. The visit will include
presentations and discussions on past, current and proposed research activities, as
well as
tours
of TRIUMF facilities.
Following its review
of the TRIUMF's activities, the Peer Review Committee will identify key
findings, conclusions and recommendations to include
in the Peer Review Report. Further, the
Committee may elect to debrief the facility's Director on its initial findings as part
of the review.
NRC Strategy and Development Branch will support
the
writing of the peer review report.
Committee members
will be requested to provide comments on the draft and final versions of
the peer review report within
approximately one month of the site-visit.
ESTIMATED PROJECT COSTS
The estimated cost for the project is $55,000, including travel and hospitality
expenses.
The
cost of the project is
covered
by SOB-PPM's budget allocation.
PROJECT CLIENTS AND STAKEHOLDERS
The primary clients for this evaluation are:
• President,
NRC;
•
NRC's Senior
Executive Committee (SEC) which comprises
the
President, Vice-
Presidents and
the
Secretary General;
• Audit,
Evaluation and Risk Management Standing Committee of
NRC
Governing
Council;
B-5
F
i
nal Report
of
the Peer Review
Committee
on TRIUMF
4 November 2008
• Vice President, Physical Sciences; and
• Director of TRIUMF.
Stakeholders include:
•
Internal and external collaborators and partners;
•
Related industry;
•
Other federal government organizations such as the Natural Sciences and
Engineering Research
Council;
•
Treasury Board Secretariat;
•
Office of the Auditor General; and
•
Finance Canada.
PROJECT GOVERNANCE
The Planning and Performance Management (PPM) Directorate of the Strategy and
Development Branch
(SOB) at NRC will manage the project. Accountabilities and
responsibilities have been defined below.
Project Manager:
Dr. Walter Davidson
Director,
NRC Physical Sciences
National Research
Council Canada
tel:
613-990-0914
fax: 613-993-1041
email:
waltar.davidson@nrc-cnrc.qc.ca
Peer
Review Coordinator:
Jennifer Birta, P.Eng.
Planning
and Performance Management
Strategy
and
Development Branch
National Research
Council Canada
tel:
613-991-0937
fax:
613-941-0986
email
:
jennifer.birta@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca
Exhibit
2; Project Management
ln
div
i
duil
Roll)s/Responsibiflties
--
--
-
-
-
-
Difflctor
tsent~ral,
Will maintain
,
an
behalf
of soe
,
overall
responsibility
for
the
project.
Str!ltegy
li!nd
Development
aranch
($OS)
Director,
SOEH'lannlng
Will maintain, on
behalf
of S06
.
PPM.
overall aCCOllntabllity for the project
.
and Perform!!nce
M.magem11nt
(PPM)
Project
Man~;~ger,
VP
Will maln\aln
,
on behalf of NRC
,
re&pon:;
ibllity for day
-
to-day
managem!!nt
of the
project
l'!hysleal
Seianc
.
e~
Office
-
Pee
r
Review
Will be respon$!ble
for
!og!§tle!i
of
!he
s!te
vlsfl and
act as
the secretary
to
the
TRIUMP'
peer review
Coordinator,
SOB--PPM
committee
.
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l
Report of the Peer Review Committee on TR
i
UMF
4 November
2008
Exhibit 3: Project
Direction
-
lndivid
u
al(
s
l
l
Rolcs/Responsibiii
,
Ues
I
President, NRC
Will
review
key deliverables,
induding
the draft
Te
rms of Reference and draft Evaluation Report. The
Secretary General will support his efforts
.
NRC Senior Executive
Will review and, ultimately, endorse the Terms of Reference for the project as well as the Report of the
Committee
(SEC}
Peer
Review Committee.
~
Vice-President, Physical
Will provide input Into evaluation Issues and the peer review methodology and
-. ..
ml
review key
Sciences
deliverab
l
e$
including
the draft Evaluation Report
.
The VP Physical Sciences will approve the
management response
to
the evaluation recommendations
.
The VP
'
s efforts will
be
supported by his
Executive Director
.
Director
,
TRIUMF
Wlll provide input into key evaluation
issues
and the peer review methodology and
will
review key
deliverables inc
l
uding the draft report
of the
Peer
Review Committee. He will
be
responsible for
generating a Management Response and Action
Plan following delivery
of
the recommendations of the
peer review committee and for following up
o
n
any
recommendations.
Exhibit 4: Project
Integrity
lndividu
a
l(
t
_
Roles1Respo11sibilltles
SOB-PPM
Audit, Evaluation and
Risk Management
Standing Committee of
NRC Council
The Director of SOB-PPM and sen
i
or evaluators will
be
responsible for overseeing the day-to-day
operations
of the peer review
.
This will indude regular communication with NRC management
.
the
Chair of the peer review committee and the Director of TRIUMF
.
The Standing Committee
will be kept abreast of the peer review and will receive key deliverables (e
.
g
.
,
Terms
of Reference and Final Report of the Peer Review Committee)
.
COMMUNICATIONS
NRC
will
communicate with Committee members primarily by e-mail and telephone. However,
briefing material
on TRIUMF will be couriered to Committee members prior
to the
site-visit
for
their review.
All enquiries about the logistics of the peer
review
process may be directed to
Jennifer Birta.
TRAVEL
All members of
the
TRIUMF Peer Review Committee will be reimbursed for travel expenses in
accordance with NRC administrative policy. NRC Strategy and Development Branch will assist
in making travel arrangements, including
hotel reservations. NRC Strategy and Development
Branch may also provide recommendations with respect to air/ground transportation.
It is the
members'
responsibility to submit travel claims in a timely manner (i.e., 2
to
3 weeks following
travel).
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r
2008
APPENDIX C
-
PEER REVIEW COMMITTEE
SITE VISIT AGENDA
grey highlighted r.GS91000 are open to aU
white highlighted sessions are only for groups specified
Wednesday, 24 September 2008
TR/UMF Auditorium, 4004 Wesbrook Mall
Vancouver
7:30a.m.
Meet In hotel lobby
7:30-8:00 a.m.
Transportation
to TRIUMF
8:00-8:40
a.m.
Breakfast at
TRIUMF (MOB Conference Room)
Introductions and Introductory Remarks
P. Coulombe, NRC President
R. Heuer, Peer Review Committee Chair
Peer Review Commfftee
8:40-8:55 a.m.
Welcome from the National Research Council
P C<Julombe
.
President, Nallon&l Research Council Canada
8:55-9:00 a.m
.
Welcome from the TRIUMF Board of Management
F Hamdu//ahpur
.
Chatr. TR/UMF Board of Management
9:00-9:10 a.m.
TRIUMF Five. Year Planning Process
presenter T I Meyw; TRIUMF
9:10-10:00 a.m.
Overview of TRIUMF and the 2010-2015 Plan
presenter N S Lockyer. Dtrector. TRIUMF
.
-
.
10.00 10.30 a.m .
1
Presentation
by the Advisory Committee on TRIUMF (ACOT)
Presentor
R.
Jan3sens. Chair, ACOT
.
10:30.10:45 a.m.
10:45-11:15 a.m.
11:15-11:20 a.m.
Health/Coffee Break
TRIUMF's Academic, Business, and Industrial Partnerships
presenter. T.l. Muyer, TRJUMF
(20 min pr&;entatlon, 10 m1n question penod)
Introduction to TRIUMF and Nuclear Physics
presente1 N S Lockyer, Director, TRIUMF
(5
mm
.
presentabon)
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RIUMF
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November 2008
Wednesday, 24 September 2008 (continued)
TRIUMF Auditorium, 4004 Wesbrook Mall
Vancouver
11
:20-11
:50 a.m.
Nuclear Physics
#1:
Overview of
ISAC
Science
pre88nter J D11/mg, TRIUMF
(20
mm
pre.~ntatlon
11J
tnln. question penod1
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-
11:50
a.m.
-12:00
p.m.
12:00-12:45 p
.
m.
12:45-1:05
p.m.
1 :05-1 :25
p.m.
1 :25.1 :45
p.m.
_
1
:45-2:25
p.m.
2:25-2:30
p.m.
2:30-2:50
p.m.
2:50-3:05
p.m.
3:05-3:25
p.m.
3:25-3:35
p.m.
Student Talk #1: TITAN
presenter M Smith
(8 mln presentation
.
2 min quesbon penod)
lunch
at TRIUMF (MOB Conference
Room)
In-camera Committee Discussions
Nuclear
Physics
#2:
Nuclear Halo and Skin: Past & Future
.
pres&nter: R Kanu11go
.
Samt Maws University
(15 min presentatloil, 5 mm. qut!stlon
~riod)
'
Nuclear Physics
#3:
Nuclear Astrophysics: Past &
Future
presents,._ C
Rua,
TRIUMF
(15 mtn
.
presentabon. 5 mtn question penod)
Nuclear Physics
#4:
New Directions In Theory: Past & Future
presenter A Schwerrk
.
TRIUMF
(15 mm
.
pre<;entat1on, 5 mrn que-;tlcm penod)
Nuclear Physics
#5:
Nuclear Structure & Fundamental Symmetries
presenter
C
Svensson
.
University of Guelph (2008 E. W R
Steac/e
Fellowship
Wmner. 2008 CAP Herzbetg Medal
~nner)
(30 mm presentation, 10
m1n
question pcnod)
Introduction to TRIUMF and Accelerators
presenter N
S
Lockyer, D/rer;tor
.
TRIUMF
(5 m1n
.
presentation)
I Accelerators
#1:
Preparation of Rare-Isotope Beams
presenter. P Brtcault. TRIUMF
(15 min
.
presentabon
.
5 mm question penod)
I Health/Coffee Break
• Accelerator
#2:
Enhancing Beam Delivery
&
Growing SRF Technology
presenttJr. R Laxdal, TRIUMF
(~5
mtn
presentAtron,
5
m1n
.
question
penod)
Student Talk
#2:
Accelerator Physics
presentfl! A Grasselino. UnNersdy of Pennsy/oJBnta
(8 m1n presentattoo, 2 m1n question
penod)
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TRIUMF Auditorium, 4004 Wesbrook Mall
Vancouver
3:35--3~55 p.m~Accelerators
#3:
The E-Linac Initiative
.
presenter S
Kosc~elmak
TRIUMF
(15 rmn presentation, 5 mtn question period)
.
3:55-4:20 p.m.
.
,
Accelerators
#4:
Outlook and New Directions
4:20-5:30 p.m.
presenter L Mermlnga, Head, Accelerator DiVIston. TRJUMF
(20 mm presentation, 5 mtn question peliod)
Student Poster Session (ISAC II Lobby)
mtroductlon
.
J. -M
.
Pout1ssou. Associate Dlrector. TRJUMF
5:30-6:30
In-camera Committee Discussions MOB Conference Room
6:30-7:00
Return to hotel
Windows on the Bay Restaurant, Coast Plaza Hotel
&
Suites, 35th Floor
Vancouver
7:00-7:30
p.m.
7:30-9:00
p.m.
9:00p.m.
Reception
Peer Review Committee Members
TRIUMF guests
NRC representatives and observers
Dinner
Peer Review Committee Members
TRIUMF guests
NRC representatives and observers
Adjournment
Thursday, 25 September 2008
TRIUMF Auditorium, 4004 Wesbrook Mall
Vancouver
7:30a.m.
7:30-8:00
a.m.
8:00-8:40
a.m.
Meet
in
hotel lobby
Transportation to TRIUMF
Breakfast at TRIUMF (MOB Conference Room)
In-camera Committee Discussions
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UMF
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November
2008
Thursday,
25 September
2008 (continued)
TR/UMF Auditorium, 4004 Wesbrook Mall
Vancouver
8:40-8:45 a.m.
8:45-9:05 a.m
.
9:05.9
:
25 a.m.
9:25-9:45 a.m.
9:45-10:05 a.m.
10:05-10:15 a.m.
10:15-10:30 a.m.
~,Introduction
to TRIUMF
and
Particle Physics
presenter N.
S
Lockyer. Director
.
TRIUMF
(5 m1n presentation)
I
I
Particle
Physics
#1:
Particle
Physics at TRIUMF
I
presenter
(15 m1n
pre$8ntabon,
CJ
Momssey,
6 min
Harvard
quesbon
UnlversityflRIUMF
period)
I
Particle Physics
#2:
The T2K Experiment
.
presenter H. Tanaka, lnstttute of Particle PhysiCSIUn/verslty of Brittsh Columbia
(15 mm presentation, 5 m1n question penod)
Particle Physics
#3:
SNOLAB
presenter A McDonald
,
Qu99n
.
s University (CA.P Medal of Acluevement)
(15
mll"' presentation,
5
mm question penod)
Particle
Physics
#3:
ATLAS
Canada
presenter R McPherson, Institute of Particle Physics!Untversity of Victona
,
ATLAS
Canada SpfJkesperson
(15 mm presentation, 5 mm question penod)
Student Talk
#3:
Particle Physics
presenter. L Coumeya.
Un/v~Jrslty
of V1ctona
(8 mtn presentation. 2 mrn question penod)
Health/Coffee
Break
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10:30-10:35
a.m.
10:35-10:55 a.m.
10:55-11:15 a.m.
11:15-11:25 a.m.
Introduction to TRIUMF and Materials Science
presenter N
S
Lockyer
,
Director, TRIUMF
(5 mJn. presentation)
Materials Science
##1
~
Highlights of 11SR
presenter J Brewer
.
University of Bntish Columbia (2007 CAP Brockhouse
A~ttard
Wtnner)
(15
mm presentation,
5
mrn
.
question peflod)
I.
Materials Science
#2:
p.-NMR and Novel Materials
presenter A Macfarlane. Umvetsrty of British Columbia
(15
mm presentabon
,
5
mrn questioo pe!'IOd)
Student Talk
#4:
Materials Science with P-NMR
presenter H Saadow, University of Bntish Columbia
(8
m1n
present&t1on
.
2
m.n
que~tJon
penod)
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Thursday, 25 September 2008 (continued)
TRIUMF Auditorium, 4004 Wesbrook Mall
Vancouver
11:25-11:30 a.m.
---
11
:30-11 :50
a.m.
traduction
to TRIUMF and Life Sciences
senter N S. Lockyer: Director;
TRIUMF
min. presentation)
Life Sciences #1: Pacific Parkinson's' Research Centre
presenter J
Stuessl
,
C M,
Director,
Pacific Parklnsorrs Research Centre
(15 min
.
presentation.
5
mtn qu9$tlon penod)
11:50 a.m.-12:10 p.m.
Life
Sciences
#2:
Oncology and Molecular Imaging
presenter F Benara, University
of
British Colombia
.
LEEF
Chair
(15
m1n presentation, 5 mtn question penod)
12:10-1:05 p.m.
Lunch
at TRIUMF (MOB Conference Room)
In-camera Committee Discussions
1
:05-1 :20 p.m.
Life
Sciences
#3:
Radiochemistry at TRIUMF
ptesenter. M. Adam, TRIUMF
(10 mfn
.
presentat1on
1
5 mtn question
period)
1
:20.1
:35 p.m.
Life Sciences
#4:
National Proposal on Radio-tracer Development
ptesenter T
.
Ruth. TRIUMF
(10 min
.
presentation,
5
min
,
question
period)
1 :35-1
:50
p.m.
Life Sciences #5: Cyclotron Systems for Nuclear Medicine
prgsenter C. Hoehr_ TRIUMF
(10 rnm
.
presentation, 5 min
.
question period)
1 :50-2:00 p.m.
Student Talk
#5:
Life Sciences
presenter
.
S
.
Haroun, Simon Fraser Univer&ity
(8 mm presentation
,
2 min question penod)
2:00-2:05 p.m.
Introduction to TRJUMF and Commercialization
presenter N S
.
Lockyer
,
Director; TRIUMF
(5 min
.
presentation)
-
-
2:05-2:20 p.m.
Commercialization #1:
Superconducting RF Cavities
presentet R
.
Edinger; President, PAVAC Industries. Inc
(15
min presentation)
2:20-2:35 p.m.
Commercialization #2: Added-Value Medical Isotopes
presenter P
.
Covitz, Sr. VP lnnovatron. MDS Nordton
(15
mln presentation)
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2008
Thursday, 25 September 2008 (continued)
TRIUMF Auditorium, 4004 Wesbrook Mall
Vancouver
2:35-2:50 p.m.
Commercialization
#3:
Advanced Applied Physics Solution, Inc.
presenter P Gardner. CEO. AAPS
,
Inc
2:50-3:05
p.m.
3:05-3:35
p.m.
3:35-5:05 p.m
.
5:05-6:00 p.m.
6:00-6:30 p.m.
6:30-7:00 p.m.
C Restaurant
(15 min presentation)
Health/Coffee
Break
Pane2t Discussion on
"Business
Opportunities and TRIUMF"
part;apcnts. R
Edinger
P. Covltz, P Gardnor. E Odishsw (AAPS
.
Inc). A Fong
(AAPS. loo ). M. Dfthnel (D-Paco, Inc). E
.
W B!ackmCii'e (ffi/UMF)
Tour
of Facilities and Breakout
Sessions
Peer Review Committee splits Into five sub-groups
In-camera Committee Discussions (MOB
Conference Room)
TRIUMF's 5-year Plan Working
Group (MOB Conference Room)
Questions and Answers
Return to hotel
2.1600 Howe Street, Vancouver
7:30-8:00 p.m.
Transportation to Restaurant
8:00-9:30 p.m.
9:30p.m.
Dinner
Peer Review Committee Members
Federal government representatfves
Adjournment
Friday, 26 September 2008
TRIUMF, MOB
Conference
Room, 4004 Wesbrook Mall
Vancouver
7:30a.m.
7:30-8:00
a.m.
8:00-10:00 a.m.
Meet
in hotel lobby
Peer Review Committee Members
NRC representatives
Transportation
to TRIUMF
Breakfast
at
TRIUMF
In-camera Committee
Discussions
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Friday, 26 September 2008 (continued)
TRIUMF, MOB Conference
Room
,
4004 Wesbrook Mall
Vancouver
10:00-10:15 a.m.
Health/Coffee Break
10:15 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
In-camera Committee Discussions
12:00-1:00 p.m.
Lunch at TRIUMF
1
:00-3:00
p.m.
In-camera Committee Discussions
3:00-3:15 p.m.
Health/Coffee Break
3:15-4:15 p.m.
Debriefing of TRIUMF Director by Peer Review Committee
Peer
Review Committee
Members
N.
S.
Lockyer,
Director,
TRIUMF
4:15-6:00 p.m.
In-camera Committee Discussions
6:00-6:30 p.m.
Return
to hotel
Seasons
in the Park
West 33rd Avenue
and Main St., Vancouver
7:00-8:30 p.m.
Dinner (optional)
8:30p.m.
Peer
Review Committee Members
TRIUMF
guests
NRC representatives and
observers
Adjournment
Saturday, 27 September 2008
Coast Plaza Hotel & Suites, Room TBD
Vancouver
9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
In-camera Committee Discussions (optional)
Peer Review Committee Members
NRC
representatives
C-7
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R
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R
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Committ
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APPENDIX D
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DOCUMENTS PROVIDED TO
THE PEER REVIEW COMMITTEE
The following documents were provided to members of the Peer Review Committee
prior to the site visit.
Information on TRIUMF
TRIUMF Five-Year Plan 2010-2015,
Building
a
Vision for the Future
TRIUMF Business Development
Plan Annual Report, Aprll1, 2007 to March 31, 2008
Schedule "A"
from the NRC TRIUMF contribution agreement
Report of the Advisory Committee
on TRIUMF Twenty-Fourth Meeting, dated May 2008
Report of the Advisory Committee on TRIUMF Twenty-Third Meeting, dated November 20, 2007
Final Report of the Peer Review Committee on TRIUMF, dated 21 October 2003
Peer Review Committee
Membership List
Agenda for
Site Visit
Peer Review Project
Terms
of Reference for Peer Review Committee
Confidentiality and Conflict
of Interest Information
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APPENDIX E
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LIST OF ACRONYMS
Acronyms that
appear
in this report.
AAPS
ACOT
ATLAS
P-NMR
CECR
CERN
CFI
CMMS
CP
EDM
EMMA
FEBIAD
FTE
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ISIS
J-PARC
KEK
LHC
HQP
~SR
MW
NMR
NQR
NRC
NSERC
PET
PSI
R&D
RIB
sc
RF
SLAC
SM
SNO
SNOLAB
T2K
TITAN
Advanced Applied Physics Solutions Inc. (AAPS), a wholly owned, not-
for-profit subsidiary
of TRIUMF
Advisory Committee on TRIUMF
Name for a detector located on the
LHC at CERN
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance with radioactive nuclei
Centres of Excellence for Commercialization and Research
Centre for
Nuclear and Particle Physics in Geneva, Switzerland
Canada Foundation for Innovation
Centre for Molecular and Materials Science at TRIUMF
Charge Parity inversion
Electric
dipole moment
Electro
Magnetic Mass Analyzer
Forced Electron Beam
lon
Arc Discharge
Full Time Equivalent
Isotope
Separator and Accelerator
Isotope
Separation On-Line
a pulsed neutron and muon source, at the Rutherford Appleton
Laboratory near
Oxford, United Kingdom
Japan
Proton Accelerator Research Complex
Name for Japan's High
Energy
Accelerator Research Organization
Large Hadron
Collider at CERN
Highly qualified personnel
Muon
Spin Resonance
Megawatt
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
Nuclear Quadrupole Resonance
National Research
Council Canada
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council
Positron
Emission Tomography
Paul
Scherrer Institute in Switzerland, a multi-disciplinary research
centre for natural sciences and technology
Research and Development
Radioactive
lon Beam
Radiofrequency
Superconducting
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
Standard Model
Sudbury Neutrino Observatory
International Facility for Underground Science at Sudbury
Next-generation long baseline neutrino oscillation experiment in Japan
TRIUMF
Jon
Trap for Atomic and Nuclear Science
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TRIUMF
TIGRESS
TITAN
USA
Canada's national laboratory for particle and nuclear physics
TRIUMF ISAC Gamma Ray Escape Suppressed Spectrometer
TRIUMF lon
Trap
for Atomic and
Nuclear
Science
United States of America
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TRIUMF BOARD OF MANAGEMENT 2011
Full Member
Universities
University of Alberta
Dr. R
.
Fedorak
(Richard)
Associate
Vice-President, Research
University
of Alberta
203B Telus Centre
Edmonton, AB
T6G 2R 1
Dr. A. Hallin (Aksel)
Centre for
Patticle Physics
University of Alberta
445 CEB
11322-89
1
h
Avenue
Edmonton, AB T6G 2G7
University
of British Columbia
Dr. J. Hepburn (John)
Vice-President, Research
University
of British Columbia
Old Admin Bldg, Rm 224
Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z2
Dr. D
.
Brooks (Don)
Associate
Vice-President, Research
University
of British Columbia
Old Admin Bldg., Rm
209
Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z2
Carleton University
Dr
.
K.
Matheson (Kimberly)
Vice
President (Research
&
Intemational)
Carleton University
Room
503 Tory Bldg.
1125 Colonel
By Drive
Ottawa, ON KlS 5B6
Term
expires:
January/13
Tel: 780
-
492-2918
Fax:
780-492-3189
Email:
richard.fedorak@ ualberta.ca
Committees: Executive
;
Finance
Term expires: Jan/13
Tel: 780-492-3516
Fax:
780-492-3408
Email: aksel.hallin
@ualberta.ca
Committees:
Personnel
&
Admin
Term
expires:
June/13
Tel: 604-822-1995
Fax:
604-822-6295
Email
:
john.hepbum @ubc.ca
Committees:
TBA
Term expires: June/13
Tel: 604-822-1467
Fax:
604-822-6295
Email:
don
.
brooks@ubc.ca
Committees: Finance, Tech Transfer
Term expires
:
July/13
Tel: 613-520-3570
Fax: 613 520-3945
Email:
kim mathe
s
on@carleton
.
ca
Committees: Executive;
Finance
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Dr. P. Kalyniak (Patricia)
Dept. of Physics
Carleton University
3314 Herzberg-Physics
1125 Colonel
By Drive
Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6
University
of Guelph
Dr. K. Hall (Kevin)
Vice-President Research
University
of Guelph
50 Stone Road East
Guelph,
ON N1G 2W1
Dr.
A. Vannelli (Tony)
Dean, College
of Physical
&
Engineering Science
University
of Guelph
50 Stone Road East
Guelph,
ON N1G 2Wl
University of Manitoba
Dr.
D.S
.
Jayas (Digvir)
Vice-President, Research
University
of Manitoba
207 Admin Bldg
Winnipeg, MB
R3T 2N2
Dr.
M.
Whitmore (Mark)
Dean, Faculty
of Science
Unive
r
sity
of Manitoba
Winnipeg,
MB R3T 2N2
Universite
de Montreal
Dr
.
L.
Le
wi
s
(Laurerit)
Vice
-
Dean Re
sea
rch
Fac
ulty
of
Arts
&
Sciences
Universite
de Montreal
C
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P
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6128,
succ.
centre
~
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Montreal,
Quebec
H3
C
3
J7
Dr.
C
.
Leroy (Claude)
Lab
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Rene-J
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A
-
Uve
que
Universite
de
Montreal
2900 Edouard
-
Montpetit
2905
ch d
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s
services
Term expires:
June/11
Tel:
613-520
-
2600, ext 4376
Fax:
613-520-4061
Email:
kalyniak @physics
.
carleton.ca
Committees:
Personnel
&
Admin
Term expires: May/13
Tel:
519-824-4120
,
ext: 56926
Fax: 519-837-1639
Email: k.hall@exec.uoguelph.ca
Committees: tba
Term
expires:
May/14
Tel: 519-824-4120, ext: 53125
Fax:
519-823-2808
Email:
vannelli
@uoguelph
.
ca
Committees
:
tba
Term
expires:
July/12
Tel
:
204-474-6860
Fax:
Email:
digvirjayas@umanitoba
.
ca
Committees: Executive, Finance, Tech
Transfer.
Term
expires: July/12
Tel: 204-474-9348
Fax: 204-474-
Email
:
whitmorm@ cc. umanitoba.ca
Committees:
Personnel
&
Admin
Term expires : May/13
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Fax
:
514
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Email :
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Committees
: Executive;
Finance
Term
exp
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es
: July/11
Tel
:
514
-
343
-67
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Fax: 514-343-6215
E
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:
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.
umontreal.ca
Committ
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: Personnel
&
Admin
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Montreal, QC
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Queen's
University
Dr.
S. N.
Liss
(Steven)
Vice-
Principal
(Research)
Queen's
University
Kingston,
ON K7L 3N6
Dr. D.
Hanes
(David)
Dept.
of Physics
Queen's University
99 University A venue
Kingston,
ON K7L 3N6
Simon
Fraser
University
Dr.
N.
Haunerland
(Norbert)
Associate Vice
President,
Research
Simon
Fraser
University
Rm 3195, Strand Hall
8888 University Drive
Burnaby
,
BC V5A
1S6
Dr. C. Cupples (Claire)
Dean,
Faculty
of Science
Simon
Fraser
University
Shmm Science Centre, Rm
P9451
8888 University Drive
Bumaby
,
BC V5A 1S6
University of Toronto
Dr. R.
P.
Young
(Paul)*
Vice-President, Research
University
of Toronto
Simcoe Hall
27
King's College Circle, Rm 109
Toronto, ON M5S IAI
Term expires: Aug/13
Tel: 613-533-6000,ext75717
Fax
:
Email
:
steven.liss @queensu.ca
Committees
:
Executive; Finance,
Tech Transfer
Term expires: June/13
Tel:
613-533-2706
Fax:
613-533-6463
Email: hanes@astro.queensu
.
ca
Committees:
Personnel
&
Admin
Term
expires
:
Apr/13
Tel :
778-782-4152
Fax:
778-782-4860
Email:
sfuavpr@sfu
.
ca
Committees: Executive;
Finance
Term expires: Sept/13
Tel: 778-782
-
3771
Fax:
778
-
782-3592
Email:
scdean@sfu
.
ca
Committees:
Persormel
&
Admin
Term expires: June/09
Tel:
416-978-4649
Fax
:
416-971-2647
Email:
paul.young@utoronto.ca
Committees
:
Executive; Finance
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Dr. R.
Orr
(Robert)
Dept. of Physics
University
of Toronto
100 St. George Street
Toronto,
ON
M5S 1A 7
University
of Victoria
Dr. H.
Brunt (Howard)
Vice-President, Research
University
of Victoria
Business
&
Economics Bldg, Rm 424
Victoria, BC V8W 2Y2
Dr. R. V. Kowalewski (Robert)
Chair, Dept.
of
Physics
&
Astronomy
University
of Victoria
Elliott Bldg,
3800 Finnerty
Road
Victoria,
BC V8P 5C2
York University
Dr. K.W.M. Siu (Michael)
Associate
Vice-President Research,
Science
&
Technology
York
University
4700 Keele Street
Toronto, ON M3J 1P3
Dr. S
.
Bhadra (Sampa)
Dept.
of Physics
&
Astronomy
York
University
PS
235
Petrie Science
&
Engineering
Bldg
4700 Keele Street
Toronto,
ON M3J 1P3
Term expires: Apr/14
Tel:
416-978-6029
Fax: 416-978-8221
Email:
o
rr
@phy
si
c
s
.u
t
o
r
onto
.
ca
Committees: Personnel
&
Admin
Term expires: Nov/13
Tel: 250-721-7973
Fax:
250-472-5477
Email:
vpr
@uv
i
c.ca
Committees: Executive;
Finance
Term expires: Oct/10
Tel: 250-721-7698
Fax: 250-721-7752
Email: kowalews @uvic.ca
Committees:
Personnel
&
Admin
Term expires: Oct/11
Tel: 416-736-5280, ext. 55780
Fax: 416-650-8197
Email: kwmsiu@ yorku
.
ca
Committees: Executive, Finance
Term
expires:
Sept
/12
Tel:
416-736-2100 ext. 22470
Fax
:
416-736-5516
Email: bhadra@yorku.ca
Committees: Personnel
&
Admin
Associate
Member Universities
(Non~
Voting)
Universit):'
of Calgary
Dr
.
R.I. Thompson (Robert)
Dept.
o
f
Physics
&
Astronomy
Science
B605
University
of C&lgary
2500
University
Drive
NW
Ca
lgary,
AB T2N 1N4
Term expires:
Sept/12
Tel: 403
-
220-5407
Fax: 403
-
289
-
3331
Em
ail:
thompson@phas.ucalgary
.
ca
Committees: N/A
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McMaster University
TBA
McMast
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1280 Main Street West
Hamil
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,
ON L8S 4M1
University
of Northern Briti
s
h Columbia
Dr. G. Fondah
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(Gail)
Vice-Pre
s
ident Research
University
of Northern Briti
s
h Columbia
3333 Univer
s
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Prince George, BC V2N 4Z9
University of Regina
Dr. B
.
Maguire (Brien)
Dean
,
Faculty
of Science
Univer
s
ity of Regina
3737 Wascana
Parkway
Regina, SK S4S OA2
Saint Ma
r
y's University
Dr.
A.
J.
Sarty (Adam)
Dept.
of Astronomy
&
Physic
s
Saint
Mary
'
s University
923 Robie
Street
Halifax
,
NS B3H 3C3
University
of Winnipeg
Dr
.
N
.
Besner (Neil)
Vice-President
,
Research
& International
University
of Witmipeg
515 Portage Avenue
Winnipeg, MB R3B 2E9
Private Sector Representative
Mr. E
.
Odishaw (Edward)
2300-1066 W
.
Hastings Street
Vancouver, BC V6X 3X2
Te
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T
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:
F
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:
E
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C
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s:
N/A
T
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rm expires: Dec/13
Tel
:
2
50-960-5856
F
a
x
:
2
50-960-5791
E
mail:
fondahlg@unbc.ca
Committees: N
/
A
T
e
rm
e
xp
i
res: July/12
Tel: 306-585-4756
Fa
x
: 306-585-
Em
a
il:
Brien.Maguire@ ureg
i
na.ca
Committees: N/A
Term expires: Aug
/
13
Tel: 902
-
420-5664
F
ax: 902
-
496-8218
Email:
sarty@ap.stmarys.ca
Committees: N
/
A
Term expires: May/14
Tel:
204-988-7104
Fax
:
204-783-8910
Email: n.besner@uwinnipeg
.
ca
Committees: N/A
Term expires: Apr/11
Tel: 604-669-8929
;
Cell:
604-418-8183
Fax
:
604-92
6
-5757
Emai
l
:
eaoaustpro@shaw.ca
Committees: Tech Transfer
Dr. P. Covitz (Peter)
Senior
Vice-President
Innovation
MDS
Nordion
44
7
March
Road
Ottawa, ON K2K 1X8
Ex-Officio
Members
TBA
National Research Council
1200
Montreal Road, Bldg
.
M-2
Room
212
Ottawa, ON KlA OR6
Dr. N
.
Lockyer (Nigel)
TRTIJMF
4004
Wesbrook Mall
Vancouver,
BC V6T 2A3
Mr. J
.
Hanlon (Jim)
TRIUMF
4004
Wesbrook Mall
Vancouver,
BC V6T 2A3
Dr.
D. B. MacFarlane (David)
Associate
Laboratory Director
Stanford
Linear
Accelerator
2575
Sand
Hill
Road, MS75
Menlo
Park, CA 94025
Term expires: Mar/12
Tel:
613-592-3400,
ext. 2772
Fax:
613-591-6948
Email:
Peter.Covitz@mdsinc.com
Committees: N/ A
Tel:
Fax:
Email:
Director
Tel:
604-222-7353
Fax:
604-222-3791
Email:
lockyer@triumf.ca
Secretary
Tel:
604-222-7390
Fax:
604-222-3791
Email:
jimh @triumf
.
ca
Chair-ACOT
Tel: (650) 926-3406
Fax:
Email:
dbmacf@ slac.stanford
.
edu
Invited to
Attend : Reiner Kmecken (Head,
Science Division)
;
Henry Chen (TRIUMF
CFO); Tim Meyer (Head
,
Su.ategic Planning
&
Communications).
Sub-committees
of the Board of Management
Finance-
D.
Brooks, Chair. Secretary-
H.
Chen.
Personnel
&
Admin- P. Kalyniak, Chair. Secretary
-
J. Hanlon
.
Environmental
Sa
fet
y
&
Security-
R.
Thompson,
Co-Chair and A. Sarty, Co-Chair.
Secretary-
J
.
.
Hanlon.
Executive
-
K.
Matheson, N. Haunerland, R. Fedorak, D.
Jayas, D. Brooks,
K.
Hall,
H.
Brunt,
S.
Liss,
R.
Paul
Young,
M. Siu,
L.
Lewis.
Technology Transfer: S
.
Liss,
Chair
.
Secretary-
J.
Hanlon.
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RESEARCH
CENTRE/INSTITUTE
RENEWAL
APPLICATION
Reporting Period: April1, 2006 March 31 2011
Received by
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0 2011
Vice President Research Office
Pursuant to S.F.U. Policy R40.01, the Director of each Research Centre or Institute
(hereafter referred to as "the Centre") is required to submit a renewal application every five
years.
Once the Director of the Centre completes the form, it should be forwarded to the Faculty
Dean
or Vice-President Research, no later than June 30th.
1. Name of the Centre: Western Canadian Universities Marine Sciences Society
(Barnfield Marine Sciences Centre- BMSC)
2. Director of the Centre
Name:
Brad Anhalt
Phone Number: 250-728-3301
Expiry Date of Term as Director:_l.July 2013 ___ Fax Number: 250-728-3452
Office Location: Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre Director's Email:director@bms.bc.ca
Web Address
of Centre: _bms.bc.ca __ _
Generic Centre Email: _info@bms.bc.ca
__ _
3. Centre Description: (The description below was taken from the most recent SFU
Calendar.)
This society was founded in 1969 with the objective of operating a major research and
teaching facility in coastal and marine sciences. The Barnfield Marine Sciences
Centre
offers year round research facilities that enable resident and visiting scientists and
students
(MSc and PhD) to develop a range of research programs. Courses that lead to
academic credit for undergraduate and graduate degree programs
at member
universities are given at the station. The centre also runs a public education program
from September through April.
4. Provide a detailed list of accomplishments of the Centre for the past five years.
In the last 3 years we have had major staff renewal. New director, business
manager, university programs coordinator, research coordinator, dive safety officer,
and
IT specialist This new team has
• completely reworked our accounting system and we now have a clear
understanding
of our finances.
• enhanced our facilities with new autoclave, GC mass spectrometer, high
magnification research stereomicroscope, renovated lab space, renovated
dorms for researchers.
• put in place numerous policies to ensure that we meet regulatory
compliance.
• renewed our NSERC Major Resource Support grant with an increase from
$349K p.a. to $400K p.a.
• established a new collections database with GIS front end to keep track of
our historical and modern collection records.
• Increased our researcher use by >5% annually
• Increased the number of undergraduates
• Created a two-year rotation of undergraduate courses
• Added new courses to diversify our offerings including scientific filmmaking,
science journalism, and ecological modeling.
• Planning stages for Coastal Archaeology and Biostatistics
5. Has your Centre accomplished its goals?
BMSC is in the process of writing a new strategic plan. The previous version from
six years ago, only existed in draft form. However, we continue to increase the
number of research users and undergraduate students. Facilities are being
renovated
as funds become available, and our Major Resource Support grant from
NSERC was renewed with an increase.
6. Briefly describe your Centre membership and organization structure, as a separate
document, attach a
full membership list.
President, Barry McBride,
Treasurer, Gayle Gorrill,
Director,
Brad Anholt,
Academic
Committee
Felix Breden,
Kathy Gillis
Bob Shadwick
Mike Caldwell
George Bourne
Finance Committee
Martin Pochurko
Rob Lipson
Simon Peacock
Greg Taylor
Ken Barker
Provost emeritus,
UBC
VP Finance, UVic
UVic
Chair,
Biosciences,
SFU
Associate Dean of Science, UVic
Zoology,
UBC
Chair,
Biosciences,
UofA
Associate Dean of Science, UCalgary
Associate VP Finance, SFU
Dean of Science, UVic
Dean of Science, UBC
Dean of Science, UofA
Dean of Science, Uof Calgary
7. Provide a summary of financial resources attracted and used, both from the
University and external sources. (Attached a separate document, if necessary.)
Period
2010-11
2090-10
2008-09
Source
Purpose
NSERC
Major Resource Support
NSERC
PromoScience
Tel us
Curriculum development
Private
Collections database
Endowments Scholarship and grants
Canada Jobs Salary support
SFU
Operations and Minor Capital
Other Unis
Operations
and Minor Capital
Invoices
Food and Housing
Scientific Services
NSERC
Major Resource Support
NSERC
PromoScience
Endowments Scholarship and grants
Canada Jobs Salary support
SFU
Operations and Minor Capital
Other Unis
Operations
and Minor Capital
Invoices
Food and Housing
Scientific Services
NSERC
Major Resource Support
NSERC
PromoScience
Endowments Scholarship and grants
Canada Jobs Salary support
SFU
Operations and Minor Capital
Other Unis
Operations
and Minor Capital
Invoices
Food and Housing
Scientific Services
Total Budget
$ 349,000
$ 30,000
$ 24,524
$
20,000
$
65,869
$
12,000
$
258,400
$1033,600
$ 933,065
$
920,678
$
349,000
$ 30,000
$ 17,024
$
12,000
$ 296,400
$1,185,600
$ 894,875
$ 721,779
$
349,000
$ 30,000
$ 79,967
$ 12,000
$ 308,400
$1,233,600
$ 925,775
$ 767,924
8. Please identify the university resources, if any, provided to your Centre.
Space: None
University
Personnel: Teaching provided by Biological Sciences faculty
Major Equipment:
BMSC received surplus computer servers from SFU
9. How has your Centre enhanced research over and above what would have been
accomplished
by an individual faculty member?
Working in the marine realm requires specialized research and safety equipment
By collecting researchers in a single location, these costs can be shared and
resources fully used.
Bringing researchers
together naturally leads to collaborations. At BMSC these
collaborations
are often across disciplines and almost always among researchers
from different universities, often different countries.
Undergraduates become engaged in research from the beginning. Course projects
are often supervised by researchers on site. The majority of students in the fall
program go on to graduate school.
The forty
year research history at BMSC provides invaluable background information
for researchers.
10. Provide a rationale for the continuation of your Centre.
The
NSERC MRS grant was renewed for 3 years with an increase of 15%. The review
summary
is an excellent precis of the justification.
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11. list your Centre's goals for the next five years.
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Data platform --- establish monitoring of ocean conditions in Barkley sound
and make this available to researchers online. Capture historical data sets
and make
these available for research on global change
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numbers of long-term (repeat) researchers--- the data platforms
are intended to attract researchers. Enhanced facilities and access are key.
Increased
numbers of university program students --- cost remains a
significant impediment. Enhanced scholarships
are one option. Broadening
the diversity of courses will expand the available pool of students
A vibrant Public Education Program that is financially sustainable--- PEP
engages over thousands of visitors every year. This enhances BMSC's profile,
it fulfills an important outreach role, and helps attract students to the
university program. The program keeps the facility open when it would
otherwise close
due to lack of use. This keeps staff employed so we maintain
continuity,
and the facility is available to researchers and university field
l&b
trips almost year round. Many marine facilities are only open six months or
less each year.
• Improved transportation... Simplifying access and reducing costs can be
achieved by
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detailed business plan. However, groups could be met
at the airport or ferry
and taken directly to
BMSC. The non.monetary advantages include a bus
equipped to handle the road (suspension, tires, radio), a driver familiar with
the road,
BMSC control over arrival and departure times, and predictable
dates for researchers to schedule arrivals and departures. We believe this
service can be run
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and more reliable service.
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universities. We need to work harder
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administration so
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world to remain competitive
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establish additional sources of grant funding, and to grow
our endowments.
12. Describe other changes planned upon renewal (e.g. membership, organization
structure, etc.).
A scientific advisory board will be constituted to provide guidance in the design and
placement of a sensor array.
13. Provide an updated calendar description if different from the old listing on the first
page.
No change
14. Outlook for the future and other comments, by the Director of the Centre:
Staff renewal has created an optimistic culture at BMSC. In 2010.11 we ran a budget
surplus for the first time. This allows us to reduce assessments to member universities
complete minor capital projects repairing aging facilities, and enhance research
opportunities. The renewed
NSERC MRS grant with an increase bodes well for the
future. Researcher numbers continue to increase; we draw from across
Canada and
around the world.
Signature of the Director of the Centre/Institute
Date: __________ _
Director
Facultv Dean - Centres Only
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