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Research Resources
Like teaching, doing research has its own challenges and rewards. Below are foundational external policies and resources that guide research management and activities, along with externally created resources to help MRU researchers get started on their research project.
External Policies and Resources
These policies and principals provide a foundation for all research management activity and guidance
Safeguarding Research
In 2024, the government of Canada introduced the Policy on Sensitive Technology Research and Affiliations of Concern (STRAC).
With the rapid development of technology across various sectors and industries, measures to protect research into sensitive technologies are becoming more relevant. If you are unsure if your area of research or potential project involves sensitive technology or are unsure about how to navigate research partnerships, this is a good place to start. Here you can review the STRAC policy and find institutional resources for protecting your research.
Safeguarding ResearchEDIA
Mount Royal is committed to providing a safe and inclusive space for all members of its community. To help make good on that commitment, research practices must adhere to EDIA principles.
Look here for more information on how researchers can implement EDIA principles and values into their research. How can research experiments, surveys, and interviews be more inclusive and address systemic issues that might alter research outcomes?
Research Data Management
Click here to view MRU's Research Data Management Strategy.
External Research Data Management Resources
- CSIS: Safeguarding your Research Data Checklist
- SSHRC news page: Canada’s research funding agencies launch research data management policy
- Ensure your survey tool is secure and compliant: Is Your Survey Tool Compliant with Data Privacy/Storage (Sovereignty) Laws?
Internal Resources
A collection of Mount Royal curated and created research resources.
ROMEO
ROMEO is an effective one-stop-shop for researchers, signing authorities and reviewers, designed to streamline submission through approval processes. Users can log in to check the status of an ethics application, or start a new grant application, or complete a few review assignments.
The ROMEO User guide provides insight on how to use the platform starting from its home page navigation to learning how to submit application and event forms.
Read more about general info and acces the user guide.
FAST Research
Looh here for tutorials on kickstarting your research program.
- MRU's ORSCE Table of Typical Tri-Agency Deadlines (featuring internal and external deadlines
- Academic Development Centre Events (calendar of upcoming workshops, talks, and events)
- Conduct Your Research webpage offers resources for every step of your research project.
- Browse Curated External Resources for additional assistance on your research journey.
- Contact the Grants and Research Facilitator for individual coaching on developing your Scholarship Program
Library Resources
- Contact your Subject Librarian for help locating and accessing research materials, and for help identifying scholarly journals and other venues for publishing your research
- See the Library resources available for Research Assistant training and support
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Resources
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Contact the Mokakiiks Centre for Scholarship of Teaching for a consultation about how you may develop your scholarship of teaching or integrate it into your Scholarship Program
Faculty Specific Resources
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MRU Health, Community, and Education Research and Scholarship Resources webpage
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Contact your Faculty's Vice Dean, Research to discuss your Faculty's Tenure & Promotion Criteria and your goals
- Behind the Curtain with Federal Grants Adjudication Committees: NSERC Panel 2022 with Trevor Day (MRU) and Gregory Moorhead (UCalgary) - recording
- Behind the Curtain with Federal Grants Adjudication Committees: SSHRC Panel 2022 with Margot Hulbert (URegina), Lisa Hughes (UCalgary), Susanna Barnes (USask) - recording
- Elements of Success: Writing Across Funding Agencies 2022 with Jeella Acedo, Aliyah Dosani, Rachael Pettigrew, Paul Varella Connors - recording
- Overview of the Funding Landscape - 2022 recording
- Overview of the SSHRC Funding Landscape - 2022 recording
- Overview of the NSERC Funding Landscape - 2022 recording
- Research Data Management Plans & How It Works With Research Funding - 2023 recording
- SSHRC Partnership Engage Grant (PEG) Workshop - 2024 recrding
- Planning your Scholarship Program Workshop
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Faculty, if you would like your publication announced in the ORSCE newsletter or if you have good research news, please fill out our Google Form!
Past editions of the ORSCE Newsletter can be viewed here.
Click here to view the ORSCE event calendar. It will primarily give up to date information on upcoming external funding deadlines and corresponding internal deadlines for those awards.
Our Funding Opportunities page also has a detailed list of relevant external deadlines and grant information all year round.
Software Training and Resources
For more information or to obtain a license, contact the ITS License Manager at licensemanager@mtroyal.ca.
SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences) is a software package used for statistical analysis, data management and documentation.
It offers the following features:
- Descriptive statistics: Cross tabulation, Frequencies, Descriptives, Explore, Descriptive Ratio Statistics
- Bivariate statistics: Means, t-test, ANOVA, Correlation (bivariate, partial, distances), Nonparametric tests
- Prediction for numerical outcomes: Linear regression
- Prediction for identifying groups: Factor analysis, cluster analysis (two-step, K-means, hierarchical), Discriminant
For more information or to obtain a license, contact the ITS License Manager at licensemanager@mtroyal.ca.
NVivo is the #1 software package for qualitative data analysis. It was designed for qualitative researchers working with rich text-based and/or multimedia information, where deep levels of analysis on small or large volumes of data were required.
NVivo accommodates a wide range of research methods, including:
- network and organizational analysis
- action or evidence-based research
- discourse analysis
- grounded theory
- conversation analysis
- ethnography
- literature reviews
- phenomenology
- mixed methods research
- the Framework methodology.
NVivo supports data formats such as audio files, videos, digital photos, Word, PDF, spreadsheets, rich text, plain text and web and social media data. Users can interchange data with applications like Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, IBM SPSS Statistics, EndNote, Microsoft OneNote, SurveyMonkey and Evernote; and order transcripts from within NVivo projects, using TranscribeMe (© Wikipedia).
QSR provides free access to several NVivo training courses and webinars.
For more information or to obtain a license, visit the MRU Qualtrics page or contact the ITS License Manager at licensemanager@mtroyal.ca.
Qualtrics is a user-friendly online survey platform used to create and distribute surveys. Qualtrics supports various data collection approaches, from simple questionnaires to sophisticated social science research designs.
The Office of Institutional Research and Planning can support the development and administration of surveys at MRU. Please contact mrusurvey@mtroyal.ca if you would like to discuss an upcoming survey project.
If you have any questions or require more information about ROMEO and our other resources, please contact the Office of Research, Scholarship, and Community Engagement at research@mtroyal.ca.