{"id":51476,"date":"2025-10-15T13:57:01","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T17:57:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/?post_type=cu_event&#038;p=51476"},"modified":"2026-05-11T14:34:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T18:34:15","slug":"sacun-joint-workshop-and-mou-signing","status":"publish","type":"cu_event","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/event\/sacun-joint-workshop-and-mou-signing\/","title":{"rendered":"South Africa-Canada Universities Network Joint Workshop and MoU Signing"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"mb-6 cu-pageheader cu-component-updated md:mb-12\">\n    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 pb-5 after:w-10 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px\">\n        \n    <\/h1>\n    \n        <\/header>\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    <div class=\"cu-buttongroup cu-component-updated flex flex-wrap md:flex-1 gap-3 md:gap-5 justify-start\">\n                                                                        <\/div>\n    \n\n\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">South Africa-Canada research collaboration has developed and deepened over the past three decades, contributing significantly to post-apartheid research and innovation policy development. Carleton University is the anchor institution for the recently established <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/usaf.ac.za\/the-south-africa-canada-universities-network-sacun-formalises-a-long-standing-relationship\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">South Africa-Canada Universities Network (SACUN)<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, which has been working with the South African <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nrf.ac.za\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">National Research Foundation (NRF)<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> and the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/sshrc-crsh.canada.ca\/en.aspx\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> through the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/research-coordinating-committee.html\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Canada Research Coordinating Committee (CRCC)<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> to advance a set of initiatives to strengthen research cooperation.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">As a next step in advancing this collaboration, on Nov. 20 the NRF and&nbsp;SSHRC will sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at Carleton and introduce a joint call for seed funding.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This event will celebrate South African and Canadian researchers and identify synergistic opportunities under the current priority themes. Please join us for this important milestone and learn more about opportunities to develop international collaborations with South African universities.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please fill out the form below to register.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Learn more about&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/2025\/carleton-expands-research-and-educational-partnerships-in-africa\/\">Carleton&#8217;s research and educational partnerships in Africa<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_event_type":[],"cu_event_audience":[],"class_list":["post-51476","cu_event","type-cu_event","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"cu_event_start_date":"2025-11-20 09:00:00","cu_event_end_date":"2025-11-20 11:00:00","cu_event_location_type":"in-person","cu_event_meeting_address_type":"on-campus","cu_building":"ML","cu_event_meeting_room":"Future Learning Lab - Fourth Floor","cu_event_meeting_address_full":null,"cu_event_virtual_type":"tbd","cu_event_virtual_meeting_link":"","cu_post_thumbnail":"","cu_event_cost":"","cu_event_registration":"","cu_event_secondary_button":"","cu_event_contact_name":"","cu_event_email":"","cu_event_phone":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event\/51476","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cu_event"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event\/51476\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52474,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event\/51476\/revisions\/52474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_event_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event_type?post=51476"},{"taxonomy":"cu_event_audience","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event_audience?post=51476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}