SSHRC Insight Development Grants

Wednesday, January 7, 2015
It has been announced that three Water Institute members have received Insight Development grants from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) from the February 2014 competition. 
Rob de Loë, Professor, Environment and Resource Studies, has been awarded an Insight Grant for his proposed research: Rethinking water governance: towards a new agenda for research and practice. 
Robert Case, Assistant Professor, Renison University College, has been awarded an Insight Development Grant for his proposed research: Exploring the impact of a ‘win’ on social movement organization: a comparative study of grassroots water activism in Hope, BC and Wellington County, Ontario. 
Peter Johnson, Assistant Professor, Geography and Environmental Management, along with Pamela Robinson, Ryerson University and Renee Sieber, McGill University, have been awarded an Insight Development Grant for the proposed research: Establishing the value of open data.