OURA Meetings
The group of Administrators (Ottawa University Research Administrators) is one that has been created to discuss the emergent challenges in research management in order to explore all possible solutions. This section of the site contains the documentation presented during the group’s meetings.
If you wish to participate in OURA meetings, we would be pleased to welcome you. Simply send an email to the following address: recherche_sgr-research_rms@uottawa.ca to express your interest. We look forward to meeting you!
Workshops calendar 2012:
- 2012 OURA Specialised Workshop calendar for research managers.(In French) (Updated on 2012-05-01)
OURA Workshop - March 25, 2012 :
- Travel Reimbursement
- Travel Reimbursement Checklist
- Justification form for wages paid outside of Canada
OURA Workshop - March 7, 2012 :
February 23, 2012:
OURA Workshop - January 18, 2012 :
November 17, 2011:
September 15, 2011:
May 12, 2011:
April 15, 2011:
- Agenda
- Policy 47B, impacts and change in payroll process
- Update (Francais seulement)
- Reminder / business process for credit from internal sources
March 17, 2011:
- Agenda
- New Structure OVPR summary
- Overview - Roles and responsibilities amongst OVPR operating units
- Management principles for start of new year and year end in research
February 17, 2011:
- Agenda (French only)
- OURA Rules of Engagement (Joanne Lauzon – VRTT)
- Research Management Training Program
- RMS Faculty Visit Program
January 13, 2011:
- Agenda
- Mandate (Joanne Lauzon - TTBE)
- OURA – Rules of engagement (Joanne Lauzon - TTBE) (French only)
- Eligibility of expenditures
- Monitoring (Thomas McDonald - Finances)
December 9, 2010:
- Agenda
- Roles and responsibilities amongst OVPR operating units
- Update Expertise Project
- Challenges with HR Reporting
- Closing of Research Accounts (Contracts)
- Closing of Research Accounts (Grants)
November 11, 2010:
- Agenda
- OURA Mandate
- Research Facilitators
- Update on FTR540 (French only)
September 16, 2010:
May 19, 2010:
- Agenda
- OGSST Grant
- Harmonised sale tax (French only)
April 22, 2010:
- Agenda of the meeting
- Foregoing remuneration for additional administrative duties
- Transfer procedures
- Human ressource management in research (French only)
March 18, 2010:
- Agenda
- Roles and Responsabilities
- Year end process
- Summary of rules for closing of grants
- UCalgary and Tri-Council
February 18, 2010:
- Agenda of the meeting (French only)
- Human resource management in research (French only)
- University general research account (French only)
- Eligibility of research expenditures
- Financial year end procedures
January 14, 2010:
- Agenda of the meeting
- Human resource management in research
- CFI monitoring visit: preliminary results
- Office of Risk Management and Research
December 10, 2009:
- Agenda
- Role and responsibility in research
- General research accounts review
- Guidelines on eligible research expenses
November 12, 2009:
- Agenda
- Who are we??
- Ethics in research
- General research account
- Closing a general research account
October 15, 2009:
September 17, 2009:
- Agenda
- Recovery plan – pay, Pcards/Research, Provincial taxes in research, CFI monitoring visit
- Tri-agency monitoring visit
June 25, 2009:
May 7, 2009:
April 14, 2009:
March 26, 2009:
- Agenda
- Tri-agency update, Electronic access to financial information, Financial year end procedures, Faculty best practices
March 5, 2009:
- Agenda
- Tri-agency monitoring visit
- RTS
- Eligible expenses in research
- Researchers on-going eligibility
- CFI (part 2)
- Financial year end procedures
February 12, 2009:
January 22, 2009:
December 16, 2008:
November 27, 2008:
- Agenda of the meeting
- Mandate and team responsibilities
- Tools for researchers and managers
