Strategic Plan for Research & Creative Works 2019-2025

 Faculty research interests and capabilities: Economic, trade, employment and labour policy | Environment and climate policy | Security policy | International relations | Federalism (including federal/provincial relations) | Canada-US relations | Arctic policy | Indigenous governance and the enforcement of treaty rights | Policy impacts of think-tanks | Human rights and democracy | Transitional justice | Political history | Regional and rural policy | Social and cultural policy | Social change leadership | Health policy | Organizational development and leadership | Corporate social responsibility | Private and public sector governance and management | Indigenous governance | Women’s leadership

 Faculty research interests and capabilities: Climate dynamics and the development of climate change adaptation strategies | Technologies and computational methodologies for measuring greenhouse gas emissions| Mathematical and computational modelling of environmental, ecological and energy/power systems | Environmental occupational health and safety research | Biogeochemistry |Marine and freshwater ecology | Marine biofouling research | Green chemistry | Measurement of atmospheric greenhouse gases | Environmental and natural resource economics | Indigenous fisheries and natural resource management rights | Environment-health research | Environmental policy | Business strategies to address climate change and environmental issues | Environmental education | Social movements in support of sustainability and environmental change.

 Faculty research interests and capabilities: Indigenous health | Computational and statistical learning technologies to assist in diagnosis and characterization of neurodevelopmental disorders | Vaccine program implementation and evaluation | Population health assessment, dietary assessment, and epidemiological analysis | Use of statistical techniques and epidemiological data sets to study cancer and carcinogen exposure | Health policy research | Bio-medical ethics | Historical perceptions of pain| Intersections between western clinical interventions and non-western practices supporting health and well-being | Quality control information and management systems for pharmacies | Improving the quality of care and health of individuals experiencing mental health and marginalization in rural communities | Youth substance use and mental health | Social determinants of health throughout the lifespan within the context of social relationships | Culturally-relevant physical and health education | Food security and health | Educational programing related to health | Physical activity and mental health | Mental health literacy in school systems | Cosmetic surgery and body image | Physical activity interventions for disabled persons

Faculty research interests and capabilities: Renaissance art history | Celtic languages, history and literature | Ancient, medieval and Enlightenment languages, literature and history | Hispanic civilization | Arabic studies | Ancient and medieval philosophy, as well as early and medieval theology, non-western religious traditions and Biblical studies | Urban social change | Sociological features of rural and remote communities (including work) | Entrepreneurship and innovative business practices | Employment systems | Mapping and assessing community-based assets for development | Labour force economics and readiness | Inclusive enterprise and innovation at the community level | Community-based food security | Early childhood development | Culturally relevant education strategies | Lifelong learning | Gender and sexuality | First nations communities | African-Canadian cultural studies | Digital humanities and new media | Open access digital resources