The fourth and final installment of Research in Focus has been released, featuring Grenfell Campus and the Schools of Social Work and Human Kinetics and Recreation.

Research in Focus is a four-part video series that recognizes the research aspirations of each of Memorial’s campuses and faculties. The video series aims to unite students, staff, faculty members and university supporters in the collective goal of growing research as a part of Memorial’s Strategic Research Intensity Plan 2014-20.

View the series here.

Program expansion, more opportunities for graduate programs and graduate research, as well as increased community engagement are some of the research goals shared by the schools and Grenfell Campus.

“We have always had a tradition of excellence in teaching and many teachers here have received international and national recognition for their teaching endeavours, but we’re also developing strengths for our research and engagement activities,” said Dr. Antony Card, associate vice-president (Grenfell Campus) research.

Grenfell Campus, which has expanded significantly in the past few years, plans to continue the tradition of excellence by attracting more international students, increased graduate enrolment and more engagement opportunities that will further the campus’s research aspirations, particularly in the areas of aging, food security, boreal ecosystems and environmental policy.

Dr. Heather Carnahan, dean, School of Human Kinetics and Recreation, said the school’s main goal is to improve the overall health and wellness of the people of Newfoundland and Labrador and to use the expansion and development of graduate programs to attract international attention to local research.

The School of Social Work aims to use research to assist with capacity building of people, organizations and communities. Dean Dr. Donna Hardy Cox said the school is particularly proud of their recent partnership with the Nunatsiavut Government and hopes to identify and create future partnerships that will further the school’s social justice mandate.

Each of the videos address Memorial’s goals for growing research as reflected in the Strategic Research Intensity Plan 2014-20. The plan builds on the Research Strategy Framework to initiate a historic generational transformation of Memorial University’s ability to accelerate the production and dissemination of scholarly outcomes, as well as strengthen its capacity to compete successfully for grants from Canada and abroad; intensify its ability to supervise master’s and doctoral candidates; grow the pool of highly qualified human capital necessary for building Newfoundland and Labrador, and Canada; and enhance its capacity to address the research priorities of government, industry and society at large in Newfoundland and Labrador.