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

• Official website of the organization

supporting documents

1. ^ U15 website: Our Impact
2. ↑ U15 website: What we are saying
3. ^ U15 website: History and Milestones
4. ^ U15 website: History and Milestones
5. ^ U15 website: History and Milestones
6. ^ U15 website: History and Milestones
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