The Centre for Research, Innovation & Scholarship (CRIS) has a vision of establishing the Justice Institute of British Columbia as the lead justice and public safety research institution in Canada, helping keep communities safe through an active applied research agenda to support the people, the professions, and the training and education practices that sit at the core of the mission and mandate of the Justice Institute of British Columbia.
CRIS achieves this vision by developing new knowledge in emerging disciplines that informs best practice and public policy, enhances justice and public safety curriculum, leverages learning technologies and methodologies, and increases public awareness.
How Does CRIS Support JIBC as a Research Leader?
By building capacity through scholarship
a. Creating internal capacity to contribute to society through scholarship (framed as discovery, application, integration, teaching and service)
b. Promoting student-led research which is important for student learning, student success, fostering a partnership with external agencies, and the development of a research culture.
By advancing the development of our disciplines and professions
a. Promoting educational research focused on curriculum development and assessment, and implementation/evaluation of teaching and learning technologies and methods (e.g. simulation, distributed learning, experiential learning)
b. Encouraging cross-disciplinary initiatives through partnerships with stakeholders and industry.
By leading applied justice and public safety research
a. Conducting exploratory research focused on social, justice and public safety issues that require action from the community and/or government (e.g. procedural, policy, services)
b. Developing, evaluating, and commercializing justice and public safety processes and products, such as software training tools or field analysis tools.
How does the Research Support Fund Build Research Capacity at JIBC
The Government of Canada’s Research Support Fund (RSF) helps Canadian post-secondary institutions and affiliated research hospitals/institutes with the indirect costs associated with research funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC). Indirect costs of research support institutional research programs but are not directly associated with specific research projects. Examples of indirect costs supported by the RSF program are:
- Salaries for staff or students who provide administrative support for researchers and their projects.
- Training costs for workplace health and safety, as well as the development and promotion of equity, diversity, and inclusion initiatives and practices.
- Administrative costs associated with getting a patent for an invention.
All expenses supported by the RSF program must fall within one of the following categories:
- Research facilities
- Research resources
- Management and administration of the institution’s research enterprise
- Regulatory requirements and accreditation
- Intellectual property and knowledge mobilization
JIBC annually reviews how the generous support of RSF funds can best assist research. Currently, RSF funding is helping to build research infrastructure and capacity by supporting the management and administration of JIBC research.
For the 2024-2025 fiscal year, JIBC will receive $82,243 and will expend $5,000 of the funds to support Regulatory Requirements and Accreditation and the remaining $77,243 of the funds to support Management and Administration of the institution’s research enterprise.
- Creation and support of regulatory bodies
- Training of faculty and other research personnel in ethics review
- Institutional support for completing grant and award applications
- Operating Costs of research infrastructure
- The development of research proposals
- Support for researchers and their project
- Training costs of Administrative Staff
For the 2023-2024 fiscal year, JIBC received $70,635 and expended 100% of the funds to support Management and Administration of the institution’s research enterprise.
- Institutional support for completing grant and award applications
- Operating Costs of research infrastructure
- The development of research proposals
- Support for researchers and their projects
- Training costs of Administrative Staff
For the 2022-2023 fiscal year, JIBC received $69,237 and expended 100% of the funds to support Management and Administration of the institution’s research enterprise.
- The development of capacity for completing grant and award applications
- The development of research proposals
- Support for researchers and their projects
- Training costs of Administrative Staff
For the 2021-2022 fiscal year, JIBC received $36,901 and expended 100% of the funds to support Management and Administration of the institution’s research enterprise.
- The development of capacity for completing grant and award applications
- The development of research proposals
- Support for researchers and their projects
In the 2020-2021 fiscal year, JIBC received $36,901 and expended 100% of the funds to support Management and Administration of the institution’s research enterprise.
- The development of capacity for completing grant and award applications
- The development of research proposals
- Support for researchers and their projects