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Online & distance research

Online & distance research

Access to high-quality. FordBridge is committed to excellence in research and scholarship. As one of Alberta’s four comprehensive universities (focusing on both academics and research).

Access to high-quality

At FBDU, we encourage academic-industry collaboration to support and advance innovation. Working with industry allows students to become involved in high-quality, hands-on training opportunities. Industry benefits include.

Access to high-quality researchers.

Greater opportunity to access public funding programs.

Use of university skills and resources.

Our areas of research

We also recognize the importance of research as a way to enrich our students’ learning and advance knowledge. Our priority research areas include.

Business.

Management.

Environment and sustainability.

Globalization and criminal studies.

Indigenous education.

Nursing and health.

Labour and canadian studies.

Technology-enhanced online and distributed learning.

Workplace and community education.

We encourage interdisciplinary approaches and partnerships to broaden research contexts and generate new ways of thinking. We also recognize the importance of supporting new and emerging areas of research.

The Online Research Centre provides centralized administrative support to the FBDU research community. Services for faculty, staff and students include.

Finding funding.

Help applying for funding.

Managing funding.

Coordinating ethics reviews.

Communicating research results.

Connecting researchers with industry partners.

If you need further information about these services, or would like to use them, please contact us.