2016 grants

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council  

SSHRC Partnership Development Grant, 2016

  • Jasmin Habib, Political Science. A socio-cultural mapping of Arab-Canadian migration, settlement, and integration: collaboration, community, co-authorship.
  • Kristina Llewellyn, Social Development Studies, Renison. Digital Oral Histories for Reconciliation: The Nova Scotia Home for Colored Children History Education Initiative.

SSHRC Insight Grant, 2016

  • Jefim Boritz, School of Accounting & Finance. The role of external valuation specialists in determining fair values in corporate reports (3 yr)
  • Peter Carrington, Sociology & Legal Studies. The structure of the national Canadian criminal network (5 yr)
  • Heather Henderson, Psychology. Mechanisms linking childhood shyness and self-regulation (3 yr)
  • Daniel Henstra, Political Science. Multilevel governance and climate change adaptation policy in Canada (5 yr)
  • Kathryn Hochstetler, Political Science. Wind and solar power in South America (4 yr)
  • Alan Huang, School of Accounting & Finance. The information content of debt IPO prospectuses: a text-based study (3 yr)
  • Patricia O’Brien, School of Accounting & Finance. Credible financial reporting (4 yr)
  • Marcel O’Gorman, English Language & Literature. Digital abstinence: the art, politics, and philosophy of unplugging (5 yr)
  • Jennifer Schulenberg, Sociology & Legal Studies. Policing innovation: an investigation of specialized responses to youth crime (4 yr)
  • Winny Shen, Psychology. Adaptability or inconsistency/understanding antecedents and consequences of change in leadership behaviours (4 yr)
  • Mikal Skuterud, Economics. The impact of the temporary foreign worker program on the Canadian economy (3 yr)

SSHRC Insight Development Grant, 2016

  • Joel Blit, Economics. The potential for a selective immigration policy to increase innovation; evidence from Canada
  • Tao Chen, Economics. Functional dynamic factor models
  • Elise Lepage, French Studies. Du pays au paysage. La poésie québécoise en perspective depuis 1950
  • Thomas Parker, Economics. Uniform Inference Using Simple Gaussian Field Asymptotics

SSHRC Connection Grant, 2016

  • Steven Bednarski, History (SJU). Excavating medieval climate: The Herstmonceux Project Symposium.
  • Craig Fortier, Social Development Studies (Renison). Speaking fruit: Art, activism and migrant justice from a mobile fruit stand.
  • Randy Harris, English Language & Literature. Computational Rhetoric Workshop.
  • Whitney Lackenbauer, History (SJU). The Confederation Debates, 1865-1949.
  • Sorouja Moll, Drama & Speech Communication. Integrating Knowledges: Truth & Reconciliation Project.
  • Bessma Momani, Political Science. Public Debate among Arab Canadian Youth: Responsible Citizenship, Countering Disempowerment and Disengagement.
  • Guy Poirier, French Studies. Le défi de la fragilité; exiguïté, distance et fantasmes identitaires dans l’oeuvre de Francois Paré.

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council

NSERC Discovery Grant, 2016

  • Ori Friedman, Psychology. The Development of Children's Judgments of What is Owned and Who Can Own.
  • Jonathan Fugelsang, Psychology. Intuitive and Analytic Contributions to High-Level Cognition.
  • Katherine White, Psychology. How variable input shapes word recognition.

NSERC Engage Grant, 2016

  • Lennart Nacke, Drama & Speech Communication. Gamifying online recruitment with Hironomy.

Canadian Institutes of Health Research

CIHR Foundation Grant, 2016

  • Geoffrey Fong, Psychology. Evaluating and Understanding the Impact of Tobacco Control Policies of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control in a Rapidly Changing Global Tobacco Market: The International Tobacco Control Policy Evaluation Project.

CIHR Project Grant, 2016

  • David Moscovitch, Psychology. Understanding the Psychological Effects and Mechanisms of Imagery Rescripting for Social Anxiety Disorder: A Controlled Experimental Study. (Bridge Funding).

Canada Research Chair

  • John Turri, Philosophy. CRC in Philosophy and Cognitive Science (SSHRC Tier 2)

Canada Foundation for Innovation

CFI John R. Evans Leaders Fund Grant, 2016

  • Chris Eliasmith, Philosophy. Computational and robotic infrastructure for large-scale neural simulation.
  • Heather Henderson, Psychology. Assessing Children's Learning in Naturalistic Contexts: Supporting Collaborative Research in Developmental Science.
  • Ashley Kelly Mehlenbacher & Neil Randall, English Language & Literature. Waterloo Virtual Reality Storytelling Lab.
  • Marcel O'Gorman, English Language & Literature. Critical Media Prototyping Suite.
  • Mathias Schulze, Germanic & Slavic Studies. Language Interaction Lab.