Research Activities Committee (RAC)

The King’s Research Activities Committee (RAC) is composed of King's faculty members, a representative from the Cardinal Carter Library, and support staff members from the Academic Dean’s Office. The RAC oversees all of King’s research activity, including King’s Research Centres, the Research Seminar Series, and King’s research publications.

The committee also adjudicates the Distinguished University Professor Designation, and King’s research awards: the King's Research Excellence Fund competitions, the Hugh Mellon Excellence in Research Award, and the Early Career Excellence in Research Award.

RAC Reports

May 18, 2023 Can the dead communicate with cell phones? A $44,500 BIAL Foundation research study aims to investigate the claims
Dr. Imants Barušs, Professor of Psychology, has been awarded a BIAL Foundation Grant for Scientific Research for his study, After-Death Communication with Cell Phones. Facebook Twitter Linkedin
May 11, 2023 A $68,750 SSHRC research study examines the implications of Canada's expanding digital border
Dr. Benjamin Muller, Associate Professor in Interdisciplinary Programs at King’s, is the recipient of a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Insight Grant for a collaborative study, Securing the Border with Data: Canada’s Expanding Digital Frontier. Facebook Twitter Linkedin
Apr 27, 2023 Awards celebrate faculty research excellence at King's
This year’s recipients of the Research Excellence Awards, including the inaugural Distinguished University Professor Designation, the Hugh Mellon Excellence in Research Award, King’s Research Excellence Chair – Early Career and the King’s Research Excellence Scholar Grants were introduced as part of a special event on April 27, 2023. Facebook Twitter Linkedin
Feb 24, 2023 A SSHRC research study aims to improve services for disabled women in Canada who experience gender-based violence
Dr. Stephanie Baird is the co-recipient of a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Knowledge Synthesis Grant ($29,931) that aims to increase understanding of gender-based violence among disabled women, with the goal of informing social services to better meet their needs. Facebook Twitter Linkedin
Jan 10, 2023 Faculty research project could transform understanding of brain mechanisms
Dr. Loretta Norton is part of a project that received a Project Grant from CIHR for developing techniques aims to predict recovery of consciousness and cognition of brain-injured patients. Facebook Twitter Linkedin
Dec 20, 2022 Presenting King's Top News Stories of 2022
The Communications and Media Relations department searched through our archives to highlight some of the top news items from the past year. Facebook Twitter Linkedin
Dec 13, 2022 Interdisciplinary nature of King's assists in gender-based violence research
Dr. Stephanie Baird and Dr. Jordan Fairbairn received an (SSHRC) Insight Development Grant for their joint project on the connections between intimate partner violence (IPV) and trauma. Facebook Twitter Linkedin
Dec 12, 2022 SSHRC grant project asks: Is the future Codetermination?
Dr. Tom Malleson has received a SSRHC grant for their project that looks to determine if allowing workers to elect part of governing boards of large firms would work in Canada. Facebook Twitter Linkedin
Oct 26, 2022 Dr. Kerr talks London's immigration boom to Free Press
In an article in the London Free Press, Dr. Don Kerr, Professor of Sociology, examines new census data that shows the number of newcomers settling in the London area over the past five years growing by more than 70 per cent. Facebook Twitter Linkedin