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The Government of Canada and the Canada Research Chairs Program (CRCP) are committed to excellence in research and research training for the benefit of Canadians. Achieving a more equitable, diverse and inclusive Canadian research enterprise is also essential to creating the excellent, innovative and impactful research necessary to seize opportunities and to respond to global challenges.
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UNB is committed to providing a positive learning and working environment where every person feels empowered to contribute and where all members of its community are respectful and respected as individuals. We are committed to fostering an inclusive culture and to advancing diversity in all of its forms to leverage the educational and institutional benefits.
The value of diversity is perhaps most profoundly felt in the research context. It is in our diversity of thinking and experience, and with our diverse preoccupations and approaches, that we ignite both creativity and innovation.
The Office of Research Services has compiled a list of resources that address Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion topics and concerns in Tri-Agency and other research grant applications.
Our application bank includes examples of research grant applications that include strong Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion sections.
As the primary champion of UNB’s Declaration of Rights and Responsibilities, the Human Rights and Equity Office (HREO) mandate is to provide leadership and support for initiatives and policies that contribute to a positive, healthy, equitable, respectful, and inclusive environment on UNB’s Fredericton and Saint John campuses; and to provide and collaborate on educational and awareness training opportunities and events related to equity, diversity, inclusion, and positive and respectful work and learning environments.
The Office of Research Services provides targeted support for researchers on integrating equity, diversity, and inclusion principles in research design and practice via the EDI in Research Advisor staff position. The mandate of this position is to support the integration of EDI principles within UNB’s CRCP recruitment and nomination processes; develop resources and training sessions for researchers on topics related to EDI in research design and practice; and provide one-on-one support to assist researchers with integrating EDI principles into their research programs.
The University of New Brunswick has two primary offices wherein concerns about EDI are monitored and can be addressed. Both can be visited in person or contacted by mail, phone or email:
The heads of these units, the Associate VP P&C and the Associate VP Human Rights & Equity, have direct reporting relationships to members of the Senior Executive (Vice-President Administration & Finance; President, respectively) and regularly scheduled meetings (bi-weekly in the case of P&C; monthly in the case of HREO) at which concerns are reported. In addition, the HREO produces an annual report that is submitted to the President.
Any member of the UNB community may reach out to HREO for confidential consultation. For full information on UNB's human rights compliant process, please visit HREO's website. If you have any questions or concerns related to equity and diversity at UNB, please contact equity@unb.ca or humanrights@unb.ca.
Concerns related to EDI can also be brought forward through the faculty union, the Association of University of New Brunswick Teachers (AUNBT).
UNB’s equity targets and gaps (as determined by the CRCP’s methodology) for each of the Four Designated Groups (FDGs: women and gender minorities, persons with disabilities, Indigenous peoples, and members of visible minorities) can be found here.
It is important to note that these statistics provide a ‘snapshot’ of UNB’s CRC situation at a particular time, which can change as we move through various CRCP exercises and chair nomination or renewal processes.
Equity target setting exercise (2021-2029)
UNB’s Standing Committee on Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Human Rights formed an EDI project working group specifically to address the CRCP’s requirements for both public accountability & transparency and UNB’s EDI action plan. Once completed by the working group, the plan was presented to the President’s Executive Team for final approval.
See UNB's EDI Action Plan
At UNB, Canada Research Chair positions help to create hubs around strategic areas of research excellence. We strive to ensure that these programs include a diversity of perspectives in order to enrich the cultural, social and academic communities that we represent and serve, and we will continue to investigate ways to empower members of marginalized groups to make their voices heard within the CRC Program and beyond.
UNB has established many policies and other documents to help govern staffing at our institution, including Canada Research Chair positions:
From time to time, the CRC Program produces a utilization spreadsheet for each institution that outlines how many chair allocations UNB has, how many are filled and by which chairholders, term start and end dates, which allocations are available, and the type of flex moves used.
It is important to note that this document provides a ‘snapshot’ of UNB’s CRC situation at a particular time, which can change as we move through various CRCP exercises and chair nomination or renewal processes.
Unless otherwise noted, all job advertisements are open to both internal and external applicants.
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