Update 4

19 December 2023

I’m pleased to announce that Andrea Sterzuk has been appointed as Associate Vice-President (Research) effective January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2028.

Dr. Sterzuk received her PhD in Interdisciplinary Language Acquisition Program at McGill University and joined the Faculty of Education at the University of Regina in 2007. Over the last 12 years, she has served in a number of leadership roles including Acting Associate Dean, Graduate Programs & Research in Education and Acting Dean of the Faculty of Education. In December of 2020 Dr. Sterzuk was appointed as Director of the Centre for Educational Research, Collaboration and Development which is the Faculty of Education’s faculty-based research centre.

Dr. Sterzuk’s research is focused on language issues related to settler colonialism and has been published in numerous publications and journals. Additionally, she has been involved in numerous research collaborations and delivered conference presentations nationally and internationally. Her commitments to advancing the research of colleagues are many and diverse. Her support to other scholars has included reviewing major research grant proposals, providing grant proposal preparation support, and providing peer review for academic and professional texts and book proposals for academic presses.

As Associate Vice-President (Research), Dr Sterzuk will be reporting to the Vice-President (Research) and will have leadership responsibilities for the Office of Research Services, Office of Research Partnerships & Innovation, the Research Ethics Board and institution-level research centres.

I'd like to also take this opportunity to thank the search committee members - Dr Aziz Douai, Dr Charity Marsh, Dr Gabriela Novotna, and Dr Raymond Deschamps.

I also want to say a special thank you to Karen Walker (office of the Vice-President (Research) and the Human Resource team who supported the committee throughout the search.

Please join me in congratulating Dr Sterzuk to the Research Enterprise. We feel very fortunate she has agreed to take on this important leadership position.

Sincerely,

Chris Yost
Vice-President (Research)

Update 3

28 November 2023

Update 2

17 November 2023

Dear colleagues:

The Search Advisory Committee will be considering Dr. Andrea Sterzuk as a candidate for the position of Associate Vice-President (Research).

Dr Sterzuk will be making a public presentation that takes place via Zoom on Monday November 27, 2023.

Time: 11:30 am - 12:30 pm
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We appreciate that you may have other obligations that conflict with the time of the public presentation; consequently, a recording will be made available following the presentation which will be accessible until end of day on November 29, 2023.

A copy of the candidate’s CV can be viewed on the Executive Offices UR Source website from now until November 29, 2023.

To provide confidential feedback on the candidate, please email karen.walker@uregina.ca by end of day on November 30, 2023.

Sincerely,

Chris Yost, PhD
Vice-President (Research)

Update 1

30 October 2023

Dear Colleagues,

Dr. Andrea Sterzuk’s acting role as Associate Vice President (Research) has an end date of December 31. Therefore, I am announcing the call for expression of interest for an Associate Vice President (Research). The search is restricted to tenured University of Regina faculty. It will be an open search that includes a campus-wide presentation from short-listed candidates and an opportunity for the campus community to provide feedback.

The search will be conducted according to the provisions of the university’s policy on out-of-scope administrative positions https://www.uregina.ca/policy/browse-policy/policy-EMP-010-030.html. A position description is available on the search webpage https://www.uregina.ca/president/assets/docs/pdf/avp_research_job_description1.pdf. The position is open to University of Regina academic staff members holding tenured appointments at the rank of associate professor or professor. The anticipated term of appointment is five years, beginning January 1, 2024, and renewable under the terms of the policy linked above.

Applications should include (1) a cover letter responding to the accountabilities and requirements set out in the position description, (2) and a current curriculum vitae. References will only be required for short-listed candidates. Applications should be sent to karen.walker@uregina.ca and are due by November 15, 2023.

The Search Advisory Committee will be chaired by the Vice President (Research) and includes the following members (listed alphabetically by first name):

Aziz Douai, Dean, Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research
Charity Marsh, Director, Humanities Research Institute
Gabriela Novotna, Associate Dean Research and Graduate Studies, Faculty of Social Work
Raymond Deschamps, Senior Advisor to Vice President (Research)

Nancy Kazeil (Human Resources) and Karen Walker (office of the Vice President (Research)) will support the Search Advisory Committee throughout the process.

The Search Advisory Committee will review applications in the last week of November with interviews occurring the second week of December.

Dr Chris Yost
Vice-President (Research)