2021 Grants

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)

SSHRC Aid to Scholarly Journal, 2021

  • Jay Dolmage, English Language and Literature. Canadian Journal of Disability Studies/Revue canadienne d'téudes sur le handicap. 

SSHRC Connection Grant, 2021

  • Lai-Tze Fan, Sociology and Legal Studies. Critical Making, Critical Design: Uncovering the Processes of Research-Creation Production through Open-Access Digital Publishing and Dissemination.
  • Heather Love, English Language and Literature. Technology, Equity, and Social Justice: Cross-Disciplinary Conversations @ ISTAS21.

SSHRC Insight Development Grant, 2021

  • Daniel Harley, Stratford School of Interactive Design and Business. After the Hype: A Digital Ethnography of Virtual Reality in the Home.
  • Rhea Hoskin, Sociology and Legal Studies. Visualizing femmephobia: Using thematic networks to connect and challenge the systemic devaluation and regulation of femininity.
  • Haihao Lu, School of Accounting and Finance. Economic consequences of lease capitalization: evidence from the adoption of ASC 842 and IFRS 16.
  • Sarah Klein, Communication Arts. Kitchen Cognition: Crafting experiments for opening science.

SSHRC Insight Grant, 2021

  • Angela Carter, Political Science. Mapping Policy Pathways to Keeping Fossil Fuels in the Ground: A Comparative Study of Rising National Bans on Fossil Fuel Extraction.
  • Alana Cattapan, Political Science.  Ova Obscura: Egg Donors in Canada.
  • Changling Chen, School of Accounting and Finance. Corporate Disclosures under Extreme Uncertainty: Evidence from the COVID-19 Pandemic.
  • Andrew Cooper, Political Science. The Ascendancy of Global Informal Institutions: Motivations, Modalities, Contestation.
  • Alec Cram, School of Accounting and Finance. Don't click the link: Improving employee compliance with cybersecurity policies.
  • Liz Demers, School of Accounting and Finance. The Determinants and Consequences of Effective Investor Relations: An International Perspective.
  • Suzan Ilcan, Sociology and Legal Studies. Border Frictions: Producing Transnational Relations via Migrant Journeys, Resettlement, and Community-Building in the Context of Syrian Displacement.
  • Shana Macdonald, Communication Arts. Feminist Digital Media (2013-2020): The Building of Affective Activist Worlds.
  • Adam Molnar, Sociology and Legal Studies. Understanding the Risks and Regulation of Workplace Surveillance in Canada's Digital Economy.
  • Nicole Nolette, French Studies. Le surtitrage : génétique, conservation et utilization.
  • Christina Parker, Social Development Studies (Renison). Restorative and Antiracist Education: Pedagogies of Justice, Survival, and Equity in K-12 Literacy Classrooms.
  • Andrea Quinlan, Sociology and Legal Studies. Do-it-Yourself Forensics: The Rise of at-home Sexual Assaults Kits during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
  • Joanne Wood, Psychology. Negative exchanges in romantic relationships: Underlying mechanisms, personality predictors, and relationship outcomes.

SSHRC Partnership Development Grants, 2021

  • Bessma Momani, Political Science. Digital transformation of work: Determining impacts on women and skills retraining needs. 

SSHRC Partnership Engage Grant, 2021

  • Alice Schmidt Hanbidge, School of Social Work (Renison). Leadership Training During the Pandemic and Organizational Integration.
  • Heather Smyth, English Language and Literature. ‘They never get to see me’: Muslim women’s employment experiences in Kitchener-Waterloo regional municipal public services.

Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) 

CIHR Operating Grant: Emerging COVID-19 Research Gaps and Priorities-Indigenous Health Research, 2021

  • Martin Cooke, Sociology and Legal Studies. What impacts COVID-19 vaccine uptake in Métis Citizens in Ontario? A population-based data linkage study.