Research Administration Day Research Administration in the Fast Lane

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Research Administration DayResearch
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• RAD 404
• Humanly Possible Sequel
• 200 - 250 pm May 29, 2007
• Room 122 Education South

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• EXERCISE 1
• You currently have a foreign Research Assistant
  working in the lab. The Canadian Immigration
  authorities didnt require that he have a work
  permit to do this work. An additional foreign
  national was just invited to come to the lab to
  do exactly the same kind of work but Immigration
  wont let her come to Canada without the
  Department first advertising the position and
  obtaining a Service Canada (HRSDC) confirmation.
  Theyve said she must also have a work permit.
• What might have caused Immigration to treat the
  two foreign nationals differently?

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• EXERCISE 2
• A foreign Postdoctoral Fellow was invited to
  the U of A for a one-year period. He had no
  trouble obtaining a work permit. The first
  morning that he comes to the lab, you ask to see
  his work permit. Everything appears to be in
  order except that the occupation does not list
  him as a Postdoctoral Fellow.
• Can the foreign national still register with the
  Postdoc Office and be paid?
• If he had a study permit instead of a work
  permit, could he still register with the Postdoc
  Office and be paid?

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• EXERCISE 3
• Your department has recently hired a Canadian
  Research Associate. Your department would also
  like to hire her husband - but he is not a
  Canadian citizen. The University has waived the
  advertising requirements for the position.
• What action does your department need to take to
  hire him?
• What action does the foreign national need to
  take?

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• EXERCISE 4
• A researcher with Canadian Foundation for
  Innovation (CFI) equipment would like to hire one
  of his Canadian grad students to set up,
  coordinate and do research with this equipment. 
  He would like to pay the student out of the CFI
  Infrastructure Operating Fund (IOF). 
• Can this be done?
• How?

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• EXERCISE 5
• A Postdoctoral Fellow has signed an appointment
  letter indicating that Dr. X will be her
  Supervisor at the University of Alberta. The
  Supervisor has also signed this appointment
  letter. At some point during the appointment,
  the Postdocs Supervisor has decided to leave the
  U of A to take a position at another institution.
• Must this Postdocs appointment end?

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• EXERCISE 6
• A Korean citizen has been hired and although she
  will not be physically at the U of A until
  September, the hiring Department wants her to
  begin paying her now. This seems like the fair
  thing to do considering the fact that she will be
  spending her time making preparations for her
  research at the U of A.
• Can the U of A begin paying her before she has a
  work permit?
• What factors need to be taken into
  consideration?

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• EXERCISE 7
• Last year, a Chinese national came to the U of A
  to carry out research. For that visit, Canadian
  Immigration authorities didnt require that the
  University first obtain a confirmation from
  Service Canada. The foreign visitor planned to
  come back to the U of A to finish his research
  but this time, Immigration is insisting that the
  U of A obtain a labour market opinion before the
  he can apply for a work permit.
• Its the same Researcher, doing the same work,
  for the same employer, at the same location. Why
  is Immigration now insisting that a different
  process take place before he can come back to
  Canada?

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• EXERCISE 8
• A foreign, Postdoctoral Fellow has been invited
  to the U of A from UBC that was recently offered
  a fellowship at the University of Alberta. Her
  work permit hasnt expired and it lists her as
  Postdoctoral Fellow.
• Can the foreign national start work at the U of
  A?
• Can the U of A pay her?
• Who should be consulted regarding arranging pay
  for her?

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• EXERCISE 9
• A foreign Research Associate is currently
  employed at the University of Toronto. He has
  agreed to start work at the U of A next week.
  His current work permit hasnt expired and it
  lists that his occupation is a Research
  Associate.
• Can he start working for the U of A using his
  current work permit?
• If not, is it alright for him to start working at
  the U of A once he applies for a new work permit?

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• EXERCISE 10
• A foreign national will begin work as a Field
  Assistant for the University of Alberta. His
  work permit lists his employer as the University
  of Alberta and the location of work is listed as
  Edmonton. His occupation is listed as a Field
  Assistant and the expiry date of the work permit
  is 2008.
• Can he work in the field in northern BC and
  southern Saskatchewan?
• If not, what needs to be done?