Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 53.30
Liaison Emma Shipalesky
Submission Date June 19, 2015
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.0

Northern Alberta Institute of Technology
AC-9: Academic Research

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 10.89 / 12.00 Neil Fassina
Provost & VP Academic
Provost and Vice-President Academic
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Number of the institution’s faculty and/or staff engaged in sustainability research:
29

Total number of the institution’s faculty and/or staff engaged in research:
82

Number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that include at least one faculty or staff member that conducts sustainability research:
22

The total number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that conduct research:
36

A copy of the sustainability research inventory that includes the names and department affiliations of faculty and staff engaged in sustainability research:
Names and department affiliations of faculty and staff engaged in sustainability research:
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A brief description of the methodology the institution followed to complete the research inventory:

A brief survey was distributed to all 59 program chairs to solicit information about their respective areas for the STARS report. One of the questions asked the chairs to familiarize themselves with the definition of sustainability research, and then to identify employees to add/remove from the sustainability research inventory from NAIT's first STARS report in 2012. They also had the option to add a brief description of the research completed.


A brief description of notable accomplishments during the previous three years by faculty and/or staff engaged in sustainability research:
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The website URL where information about sustainability research is available:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

Number of staff members engaged in active applied research projects figure taken from the 2013-14 Annual Report.

Number of academic departments that conduct research figure determined by consulting with the deans to determine how many programs within their respective areas conduct applied research.


Number of staff members engaged in active applied research projects figure taken from the 2013-14 Annual Report.

Number of academic departments that conduct research figure determined by consulting with the deans to determine how many programs within their respective areas conduct applied research.

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