Congratulations to Kelly Babchishin (Department of Psychology), who received an (ERA) from the Ontario Ministry of Colleges and Universities.  

, “Understanding and Addressing Technology-Facilitated Sexual Offences in Ontario,” will gather data from 800 university students and 800 adults convicted of sex offences to identify the factors linked to technology-facilitated sexual offences and the crossover from online sexual exploitation to in-person sexual offences. The findings will inform prevention programs and sexual education curricula for schools and universities to reduce the incidence of sexual offences and improve the management of sex offenders in Ontario to enhance public safety. These insights will also help alleviate pressure on Ontario’s criminal justice system by guiding more effective resource allocation. 

Four ĐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ researchers have been recognized by this year’s (ERAs). The Ontario government recently it is investing $75 million in 162 research and innovation projects across the province through the ERAs and the Ontario Research Fund. 

Each researcher will receive $140,000 from the Ontario government to support the direct and indirect costs of their projects, with ĐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ contributing an additional $50,000 in matching support. 

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Early Career Research Award

Research Excellence Award

Teaching Excellence

Teaching Development

Marston LaFrance

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Professor Jennifer Evans was elected on Tuesday, Sept. 13 to the , an honour that recognizes academics who have achieved a high level of excellence in their work at an early point in their careers.

Evans expressed her thanks for the honour: â€śIt demonstrates a commitment to sexuality studies as a way to think about family formation, human rights and the history of emotions and desire.”

Her research is focused on contemporary German and European history, the history of sexuality and historical subjectivity. Evans has previously been awarded numerous grants from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, including a 2013-2015 Insight Grant for her project Photography and the Sexual Revolution. Evans’ first book, Life Among the Ruins: Cityscape and Sexuality in Cold War Berlin, was published in 2011. For more information, visit ĐÓ°ÉÔ­´´’s .

ĐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ the College

The is Canada’s first national system of multidisciplinary recognition for the emerging generation of Canadian intellectual leadership. It will comprise a fourth entity (along with the current three Academies) within the Royal Society of Canada.

The Members of the College are Canadians and Permanent Residents who, at an early stage in their career, have demonstrated a high level of achievement. The criteria for election is excellence, and membership is for seven years. Up to 100 Members may be elected each year.

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English Department Professor Donald Beecher was recognized with one of Canadian academia’s highest honours for Canadian research excellence. Donald Beecher and Lenore Fahrig were  as Fellows to the Royal Society of Canada (RSC) on Sept. 7, 2016.

Prof. Beecher’s  has included the translation and scholarly editing of numerous Renaissance works. His research interests involve early English prose fiction, English and continental Renaissance drama, Renaissance folk tales, and the implications of cognitive sciences for the production and reception of literature. For more information, visit the ĐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ University .

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ĐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ History Prof. Norman Hillmer has been shortlisted for the for his book .

The book, released in late-2015, delves into the legacy of O.D. Skelton, the widely regarded architect of the Canadian foreign service and longtime Under-Secretary of State for External Affairs.

Now in its sixteenth year, the prize is awarded annually for a book of literary nonfiction that captures a political subject of relevance to Canadian readers and has the potential to shape or influence thinking on Canadian political life. The winning work combines compelling new insights with depth of research and is of significant literary merit. The prize particularly values books which provide the general reader with an informed, unique perspective on the practice of Canadian politics, its players or its principles.

The winner of the prize, awarded by the , will be announced on April 20, 2016 at , a celebration of Canadian political and literary culture held at the Chateau Laurier in Ottawa. The finalists were selected by a jury composed of military historian Tim Cook, author and Globe and Mail journalist Robyn Doolittle, and McGill University professor and political commentator Antonia Maioni. The prize winner will receive $25,000, while each finalist will receive $2,500.

Hillmer has also been named as a finalist for a Canada Prize for the same book. Other finalists from ĐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ are History Prof. Michel Hogue and French Prof. Patricia Smart. The official announcement of the winners will take place during the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences in Calgary on April 11, 2016.

“It pleases me enormously to see Oscar Skelton, who spent his life in the shadows, getting the recognition he deserves,” said Hillmer. “The only thing that would please me more would be if two members of the history department were nominated for the Canada Prize, and that in fact turns out to be the case.  So my pleasure is doubled.”

Read more about Hillmer’s O.D. Skelton: A Portrait of Canadian Ambition.

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Three ĐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ University faculty members from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences have been named as finalists for the .

ĐÓ°ÉÔ­´´â€™s finalists are:

Canada Prize in the Humanities

• History Prof. Norman Hillmer, for his book for (University of Toronto Press). The book, released in late-2015, delves into the legacy of O.D. Skelton, the widely regarded architect of the Canadian foreign service and longtime Under-Secretary of State for External Affairs.
• History Prof. Michel Hogue, for his book (University of Regina Press). The book explores the agency of the MĂ©tis people between the 1800s and the early twentieth century as they moved back and forth across the Canadian-American border.

Prix du Canada en sciences humaines

• French Prof. Patricia Smart, for her book (Éditions du BorĂ©al). The book brings together a number of published and unpublished accounts of their lives by Quebec women from New France to the present day.

The Canada Prizes are awarded annually by the for the best scholarly books in the humanities and social sciences that have received funding from the Awards to Scholarly Publications Program (ASPP).

Celebrating the best Canadian scholarly books—not simply within a single academic discipline, but across all the disciplines of the humanities and social sciences—the Canada Prizes recognize books that make an exceptional contribution to scholarship, are engagingly written, and enrich the social, cultural and intellectual life of Canada.

The official announcement of the winners will take place during the in Calgary on April 11, 2016.

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ĐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ University’s Allan J. Ryan, associate professor in the School of Canadian Studies and the Department of Art History, has been named Distinguished Educator as part of The Ontario College of Art and Design University’s inaugural Alumni of Influence Awards.

To mark the 100th edition of its annual Graduate Exhibition, OCAD University honoured accomplished alumni for their outstanding professional and artistic achievements, as well as for their service to the community.

“I am honoured to receive this award from OCAD U because it was there that I developed an aesthetic sensibility that has informed everything I have done since in the field of Indigenous arts,” said Ryan. “I am also pleased that it recognizes the value of Indigenous arts scholarship, Indigenous pedagogy and ĐÓ°ÉÔ­´´â€™s role in raising awareness of Indigenous arts through courses in the Art History department and through its continued support of the New Sun Conference.”

Recipients of the Alumni of Influence Awards are nominated by their peers and selected by a jury of alumni, faculty and staff. The five award recipients demonstrate excellence in a diverse range of fields and activities, whether at home or abroad. These include art, design, media, business, science, humanities, medicine, education and public service. The award reception took place in May of 2015.

“It gives us great pride to sing the praises of these internationally acclaimed alumni whose diverse achievements continue to change our world for the better,” said Sara Diamond, president and vice-chancellor, OCAD University. “Their lives bear testimony to the many decades of OCAD University’s leadership in shaping the imagination of artists, designers and thinkers.”

In his acceptance speech, Ryan paid his respects to the many selfless Aboriginal artists who have shared with him their uniquely personal experiences.

“This is very much a communal award, said Ryan. “Aboriginal art scholarship and the fostering of more holistic and experiential ways of learning are part of a much larger project of cultural reclamation and cross cultural healing, and I’m fortunate to have a small part in that project.”

Ryan went on to praise OCAD for the instrumental role it has played in how he perceives the world and how he teaches.

“The college has given me an aesthetic edge – the “OCAD edge,” if you like – that has allowed me to imagine creative possibilities for my students… Who would have thought that art college kid with the guitar would be back here tonight for this?”

Watch Ryan’s Acceptance Speech

ĐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ Allan J. Ryan

Allan J. Ryan is one of North America’s foremost interpreters of contemporary Aboriginal art whose achievements go well beyond conventional scholarship and teaching. His eclectic career included stints as a graphic designer, television satirist, singer-songwriter and recording artist. His contributions to society are numerous and varied, but he is most known for promoting Indigenous pedagogy and fostering understanding across cultural communities through art.

A 1967 graduate of OCA in Advertising Design, Ryan taught liberal arts courses at the institution during the 1980s and is currently an associate professor at ĐÓ°ÉÔ­´´, where he was appointed New Sun Chair in 2001, the first university chair in Canada devoted to Aboriginal art and culture. He organizes the annual New Sun Conference on Aboriginal Arts, which provides a forum for contemporary First Nations, MĂ©tis and Inuit artists across a broad spectrum of the creative arts.

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