RAPID RESEARCH RESPONSES
A Rapid Research Response (RRR) has become a digital tool/technique to reach out to people and groups as rapidly as possible on an urgent topic. Often this takes the form of an online compository of research on an issue and sharing information with communities.
KIAS has developed a model where we pick a current event for which we have local research knowledge that can be leveraged quickly to showcase the breadth and depth of UAlberta expertise around a particular research theme to enable critical dialogue and engagement with current events.
Some benefits of these types of projects can include laying the groundwork for SSHRC applications, building community outreach opportunities through events and sharing of information, and international collaboration leading to the project and university being the “go to” site globally for timely scholarly responses to current events.
Below is a list of the Rapid Research Responses that KIAS has supported.
BLACKTALK:
Launched on May 25, 2021 Blacktalk is a podcast about the personal experiences of global Black experts and Black Canadians contextualized within the historical experience of being Black. Ethnic, modern, inclusive and informative, Blacktalk leaves listeners with new perspectives about anti-Black racism and Black achievement.
TRUTHS ABOUT INDIAN RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS:
In light of the renewed focus on Indian Residential Schools, the Institute of Prairie and Indigenous Archaeology and KIAS have partnered to develop a web-series to facilitate conversations across the University of Alberta. They are sharing their expertise on the history of residential schools, the current work being done to locate missing children, how the impacts and trauma of residential schools continues to this day, and how we move forward for resurgent Indigenous futures in the lands known as Canada.
MÉTIS IN THE COURTS:
A website through which we can talk to Métis experts and experts on various Métis issues as they are happening. Several important Métis rights issues have come before the Canadian courts recently - among the most long-anticipated is the Manitoba Métis Federation case against the Canadian government for the loss of their lands under sections 31 and 32 of the Manitoba Act of 1870.
HOLODOMOR:
Created in conjunction with the Holodomor Research and Education Consortium (HREC) is designed to highlight the work being done by University of Alberta scholars on the Holodomor. HREC was established in 2013 with generous support of the Temerty Foundation as a project of the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies (CIUS), University of Alberta.
THE CASE FOR EURO-MAIDAN:
On June 26th, the Contemporary Ukraine Research Forum hosted an online video conference featuring papers from three research clusters related to the EuroMaidan in Ukraine including: Folklore, Culture and Religion, Media and Communication, and Politics and Social Structure. The event was organized in collaboration with the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies. The proceedings have been viewed over 950 times.
MIGRATION VIEWS:
Led by the Kule Institute for Advanced Study, the European Union Centre of Excellence and the Wirth Institute for Austrian and Central European Studies at the University of Alberta in the fall and winter of 2015/16. It consisted of a large-scale web initiative and a series of on-campus events.
Over 30 video and paper contributions have come from researchers working on various aspects of migration, citizenship, identity, security and conflict.