McMaster New Faculty Workshops - Culture of Collaboration

In the academy, collaboration usually takes two principal forms - teaching and research. Partnerships evolve from within departments/disciplines/institutions to generate new areas, simulating collaborations locally and internationally that positively impact teaching and research.

This workshop will focus on interdisciplinary partnerships that stretch across the community, industry/commerce, the public sector, and pedagogy to offer an understanding of the university environment, opportunities, and practices.

Our panelists will draw from their own experience and comment on the successes and challenges they have faced and introduce approaches and resources that have helped to enable their accomplishments. The aim of this session is to enable participants to take a more strategic view of their teaching and research, and to consider many factors, such as building trust, good communication and effective negotiation when building and advancing teaching, and creating dynamic research teams and projects.

Panelists:

Milena Head, Professor, Information Systems, Wayne C. Fox Chair, Business Innovation & Director, McMaster Digital Transformation Research Centre, DeGroote School of Business.

Dawn Bowdish, Professor, Medicine, University Scholar & Tier Two Canada Research Chair in Aging & Immunity, Faculty of Health Sciences.

Baraa Al-Khazraji, Assistant Professor, Department of Kinesiology, Faculty of Science.

Sheila Sammon, Professor Emeritus, Social Work, Faculty of Social Sciences.

Robert Fleisig, Associate Professor, W. Booth School of Engineering Practice & Technology, Faculty of Engineering & Sean Park, Assistant Professor, Integrated Biomedical Engineering & Health Sciences.

*This year we will be offering the event in a hyflex format. Attendees will have the option to attend in person or watch a live stream of the event and participate via zoom*