TRSI Launch & Welcome

TRSI

Launch of the Transforming Research for Social Impact (TRSI) Hub & Panel discussion

University Commons

Hello,Greetings from the <a href="https://www.ualberta.ca/en/social-sciences-humanities/initiatives/transforming-research-for-social-impact-hub/index.html" title="https://www.ualberta.ca/en/social-sciences-humanities/initiatives/transforming-research-for-social-impact-hub/index.html" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Transforming Research for Social Impact</a> Hub!We would like to formally invite you to the TRSI’s Launch and Welcome Event, which will take place on October 27th, 2025 from 11am to 12:30 pm MT, in the <a href="https://maps.app.goo.gl/2SZnQko5hoS5mK9a7" title="https://maps.app.goo.gl/2SZnQko5hoS5mK9a7" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">University Commons</a> Alfred Sorensen Room.Please use this link to <a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/1815912867269?aff=oddtdtcreator" title="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/1815912867269?aff=oddtdtcreator" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">register for the event</a> and this link to <a href="https://calendar.google.com/calendar/event?action=TEMPLATE&amp;tmeid=M2VqOWZzZW0wdG91dHQxN3Q1NjNmYWhoanIgY185MWIwMjQ2YTY1MzFmMDI2ZjM3MjAyNmU2MTNlMDlkODk3NzRmYjBjMzE3YWI4MzQ1M2U1NThjZTA2MDM0YmVmQGc&amp;tmsrc=c_91b0246a6531f026f372026e613e09d89774fb0c317ab83453e558ce06034bef%40group.calendar.google.com" title="https://calendar.google.com/calendar/event?action=TEMPLATE&amp;tmeid=M2VqOWZzZW0wdG91dHQxN3Q1NjNmYWhoanIgY185MWIwMjQ2YTY1MzFmMDI2ZjM3MjAyNmU2MTNlMDlkODk3NzRmYjBjMzE3YWI4MzQ1M2U1NThjZTA2MDM0YmVmQGc&amp;tmsrc=c_91b0246a6531f026f372026e613e09d89774fb0c317ab83453e558ce06034bef%40group.calendar.google.com" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">add the event to your calendar</a>.The program will include a welcome by Dr. Temitope Oriola (Associate Dean Research, CSSH), remarks by Provost Verna Yiu, and a panel discussion on The challenges and benefits for transforming research for social impact. Refreshments will also be served.The panel will discuss what social impact means and how it can be reframed by the TRSI; how TRSI's work in education, engagement, and research can support decolonization efforts; and how we can develop research methods and approaches that reshape our understanding of complex social issues (details attached).<ul><li>Panelists: Roxanne Felix-Mah (Managing Partner, Edmonton Social Planning Council), Ashima Sumaru-Jurf (Managing Partner, Edmonton Social Planning Council), Kris Andreychuk (Acting Director of Business Intelligence and Analytics, City of Edmonton), and Chris Andersen (Dean, CSSH, Professor, Faculty of Native Studies)</li><li>The panel will be moderated by <a href="https://www.ualberta.ca/en/community-university-partnership/about-us/karen-message-from-director.html" title="https://www.ualberta.ca/en/community-university-partnership/about-us/karen-message-from-director.html" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Karen Edwards</a> (Director of Community-University Partnership for the Study of Children, Youth, and Families in the School of Public Health)</li></ul>Please reach out if you would like additional information about the event.Thank you - TRSItrsihub@ualberta.ca~PS: the TRSI launch events also includes the first Crafting Interdisciplinary Research Collaborations and Approaches (CIRCA) - Creating &amp; Sustaining Interdisciplinary Research Teams - a panel discussion (Wednesday, October 29, 2025 | 12:00 - 1:30 pm MT)<ul><li><a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/1798583905879?aff=oddtdtcreator" title="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/1798583905879?aff=oddtdtcreator" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Click for details</a></li></ul>--

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