Owned and operated as a joint venture by a consortium of Canadian universities via a contribution through the National Research Council Canada Propriété d’un consortium d’universités canadiennes, géré en co-entreprise à partir d’une contribution administrée par le Conseil national de recherches Canada

Canada’s national laboratory for particle and nuclear physics Laboratoire national canadien pour la recherche en physique nucléaire

et en physique des particules

Accelerating Science for CanadaUn accélérateur de la démarche scientifique canadienne

Impacts

T.I. Meyer | Head, Strategic Planning & Communication | TRIUMF

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• Many labs are increasingly asked to justify their existence based on “impacts”• Ironically, these impacts are exactly those that

we used to promise• Surprisingly, the govm’ts and public have

started to believe us

• So how do we measure/report/prove impacts?

Pressure

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TRIUMF Five-Year Plan 2015-2020

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Socio-economic impacts: HAL

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Disciplinary Metrics Cross-Disciplinary Metrics Strategic Metrics Scientific Excellence: Does the facility provide an exceptional ability to enable frontier research and education?

Is the research impact transformational, with evidence of significant leaps in capabilities, and understanding?

Has the facility altered fundamental science or open up significant new lines of enquiry?

Relative Scientific Impact: How “transformative” is the facility in comparison to those of other disciplines?

What is the international relevance of this facility?

Do similar facilities exist in the international research community?

Scientific Competitiveness: How important is the facility for: Maintaining or enhancing scientific

competitiveness in the particular research area?

Training, retaining and attracting scientific expertise?

Has the facility resulted in greater research output?

What are the risks of not meeting these competitiveness objectives?

Technical Excellence:

Is the facility pushing the frontier of technology?

Are technical risks being thoroughly addressed?

Impact Across Communities:

Does the facility have cross-disciplinary impact?

Is it of interest to more than one stakeholder group?

Economic Benefits:

What is the economic impact of the facility?

Does the facility enhance Canadian R&D and innovation capabilities?

What are the risks to not meeting the economic objectives?

Community Support: Does the relevant research community consider the facility a high priority?

Is the facility accessible to an appropriately broad user community?

Urgency: (for proposals)

How important is timeliness of the proposal in contrast to other proposals?

Is there a window of opportunity?

Are there interagency and international commitments that must be met?

Societal Benefits:

Does the facility have wider societal benefits, including: Public outreach activities? Impact on education in schools or of the

general public? Health impacts?

What are the risks to not meeting the societal objectives?

Disciplinary Metrics Cross-Disciplinary Metrics Strategic Metrics Disciplinary Impact: How many researchers, educators, and students does the facility enable?

Readiness: (for proposals)Is there a high state of readiness to proceed with development? Technical / engineering maturity Partnerships Facility management Level of international

commitment Compliance with environmental

regulations

International Leadership: Does the facility provide international leadership?Does it continue to build on current leadership and expertise?Does the facility bring prestige to Canadians?Is it supported by partnerships that strengthen Canada’s standing in the international community?What are the risks of not meeting these leadership objectives?

Partnerships: Are partnership possibilities for development and operation being fully exploited?

Synergies: Does the facility benefit from or contribute to coherence and synergies with other Canadian or international programs and investments?

National Priorities:Does the facility support current national priorities?

Socio-Economic Impacts: HAL

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• BC Institute of Technology

• Perimeter Institute of Theoretical Physics• “…A recent study conducted by Thomson Reuters indicates that

Perimeter is doing very high-quality, high-impact research and making a major contribution to increasing Canada’s standing in the global scientific community.”

• “…The data indicate that the citation impact of Perimeter’s published research is well above the Canadian average and has increased substantially in recent years. The graph below indicates that since Perimeter’s inception, Canada’s physics citation impact has risen dramatically relative to other countries, with Perimeter making a significant and growing contribution. In 2010, among G8 countries, Canada ranked first in physics citation impact; without Perimeter, Canada would have ranked fourth. “

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• One way or the other, we are all starting to be measured and compared

• We should keep each other informed, and as possible, clued in

• Is this just-for-information or is there more?

Summary

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Owned and operated as a joint venture by a consortium of Canadian universities via a contribution through the National Research Council Canada

Propriété d’un consortium d’universités canadiennes, géré en co-entreprise à partir d’une contribution administrée par le Conseil national de recherches Canada

Canada’s national laboratory for particle and nuclear physics Laboratoire national canadien pour la recherche en physique nucléaire

et en physique des particules

Thank you!Merci

TRIUMF: Alberta | British Columbia | Calgary | Carleton | Guelph | Manitoba | McGill | McMaster | Montréal | Northern British Columbia | Queen’s | Regina |Saint Mary’s | Simon Fraser | Toronto | Victoria | Winnipeg | York

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