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¶¡ÏãÔ°AV’s Office of the Vice-President, Research and Innovation (VPRI Office) serves to encourage, facilitate, administer and promote research at ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV; advocate for university research generally; and guide policy development at university and government levels. Dugan O’Neil is ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV’s Vice-President, Research & Innovation (VPRI), and Valorie Crooks is ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV’s Associate Vice-President, Research (AVPR) pro tem.ÌýElicia Maine is the Associate Vice-President, Knowledge Mobilization and Innovation (AVPKMI).

At the heart of ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV's research is a strategy for wide-reaching collaborations at the local, national and international levels, to foster a seamless continuum of knowledge generation and knowledge transfer across diverse sectors. Research at ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV spans eight faculties, covering a broad range of fundamental, interdisciplinary and applied research topics, as outlined in our Strategic Research Plan.Ìý

Executive

Dugan O'Neil

Vice-President, Research and Innovation (VPRI)

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Valorie Crooks

Associate Vice-President, Research (AVPR)

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Elicia Maine

Associate Vice-President, Knowledge Mobilization and Innovation (AVPKMI)

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Shelley Gair

Executive Director, VPRI Office

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Administration

Clare Zheng

Coordinator, Postdoctoral Affairs

Fabiana Rassier

Director, Special Initiatives

Jean Huang

Executive Assistant, Associate Vice-President, Research (AVPR)

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Livleen Diwana

Executive Assistant, Associate Vice-President, Knowledge Mobilization and Innovation (AVPKMI)

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Rosa Gilfan

Executive Assistant, Vice-President, Research and Innovation (VPRI)

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Shreyashi Sanyal

Strategic Projects Manager

Varundeep Chahal

Strategic Projects Manager

Communications & Marketing

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Director, Communications & Marketing

Heather Sanders

Communications and Marketing Manager

Justin Wong

Associate Director, Communications and Marketing

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Pam Lim

Communications and Marketing Manager

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Communications and Marketing Officer (Digital)

Finance

Karen Hung

Director, Finance

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Amrit Sandhar

Financial Analyst (BCCAI)

Jennifer Gao

Budget Coordinator

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Joanne Park

Financial Analyst

Mina Park

Financial Assistant

Moses Lo

Financial Analyst

Winnie Tsui

Financial Analyst (CFI)

Research Intelligence

Michael Boleak

Director, Research Intelligence

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Cici Du

Data Analyst, Research Intelligence

Honghui Wang

Software Developer, Research Intelligence

June Shim

Software Developer, Research Intelligence

¶¡ÏãÔ°AV Climate Innovation

Alison Shaw

Executive Director, ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV Climate Innovation

James Raymond

Director of Strategy & Operations, ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV Climate Innovation

Lauren Vincent

Associate Director, ACT

Skye Vallance

Program Coordinator, ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV Climate Innovation/ACT

Knowledge Mobilization

Cassidy Acheson

Knowledge Mobilization & EDI Specialist

Lupin Battersby

Director, Knowledge Mobilization

Sophie Ashton

Coordinator, Knowledge Mobilization

Tiffany Nam

Knowledge Mobilization Specialist