U15 Group of Canadian Research Universities
The U15 Group of Canadian Research Universities , also known as U15 , is an association of 15 Canadian research-intensive universities based in Ottawa . According to their own statements, the U15 have an annual research income of 5.3 billion Canadian dollars, conduct 87 percent of Canada's contract research and receive 80 percent of the competitive funding awarded in Canada. 47 percent of all students enrolled in Canada and 71 percent of full-time PhD students enrolled in Canada are at a U15 university. Feridun Hamdullahpur (President and Vice Chancellor of the University of Waterloo ) has been its chairman since August 2014 .
history
The U15 Group of Canadian Research Universities has grown to its current size over several decades. In the mid-1980s there was a first core gathering consisting of McMaster University , Queen's University , University of Toronto , University of Waterloo and University of Western Ontario . The focus of the collaboration was on lobbying for research investments towards the newly elected government.
In 1989 the Group of Ten / Le Group de Dix was formed , consisting of the following universities: McMaster University , Queen's University , University of Toronto , University of Waterloo , University of Western Ontario , University of British Columbia , University of Alberta , McGill University , Université de Montréal and Université Laval . At this point in time, the universities mentioned were distributing research data and taking a large part of the federal research funding. The association's intention is to create a Canadian equivalent to the AAU .
In 2006 the group was expanded by three members ( Dalhousie University , University of Calgary , University of Ottawa ) and became the Group of Thirteen , also known as G13 .
In 2011, with the addition of the universities of Manitoba and University of Saskatchewan , the merger became a Pan-Canadian formation, which from then on was named U15 . According to the directorate founded in 2012, whose first managing director Suzanne Corbeil was elected, there is no intention to add other universities to the association or to change the composition of the group.
Members
university | place | Establishment date | Students | Knowledge Employee |
---|---|---|---|---|
University of Alberta | Edmonton | 1908 | 36435 | 3353 |
University of British Columbia | Vancouver | 1908 | 47711 | 3167 |
University of Calgary | Calgary | 1966 | 28196 | 5363 |
Dalhousie University | Halifax | 1818 | 15197 | 1143 |
Laval University | Quebec | 1663 | 37591 | 1900 |
University of Manitoba | Winnipeg | 1877 | 29150 | |
McGill University | Montréal | 1821 | 31081 | 5947 |
McMaster University | Hamilton | 1887 | 24436 | 1173 |
Université de Montréal | Montréal | 1878 | 55540 | 6607 |
University of Ottawa | Ottawa | 1848 | 34383 | 3048 |
Queen's University | Kingston | 1841 | 16400 | 1031 |
University of Saskatchewan | Saskatoon | 1907 | 20080 | |
University of Toronto | Toronto | 1827 | 73185 | 2551 |
University of Waterloo | Waterloo | 1957 | 26742 | 963 |
University of Western Ontario | London | 1878 | 33000 | 1249 |
Web links
supporting documents
- ^ U15 website: Our Impact
- ↑ U15 website: What we are saying
- ^ U15 website: History and Milestones
- ^ U15 website: History and Milestones
- ^ U15 website: History and Milestones
- ^ U15 website: History and Milestones
- ↑ universityaffairs.ca: Suzanne Corbeil appointed to U15 group of universities ( Memento of the original from May 26, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ universityaffairs.ca: U15 begins for formalizie its organization ( Memento of the original from November 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.