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2019-10-01

Castelo, Noah

SSHRC IG awarded 2020: The global economy is on the verge of a profound transformation as artificial intelligence (AI) achieves and exceeds human-level abilities in a growing number of domains. Canada is already a world leader in the development and commercialization of AI technologies. However,...

2023-09-29

Fatum, Rasmus

SSHRC IG awarded 2024: The proposed research program consists of four separate empirical studies that address unresolved current and policy relevant questions in the common theme of central bank foreign exchange intervention and monetary policy. Project 1 proposes to use publicly unavailable...

2012-01-01

McHugh, Tara-Leigh

SSHRC Awarded IDG 2012: The proposed research will identify ways in which Aboriginal youth can overcome barriers to participation in sport. The purpose of the proposed program of research is twofold: (1) to better understand the meanings of the terms 'sport', 'community', and 'culture' to...

2017-02-01

Li, Xiaoting

SSHRC Awarded IDG 2017: If people learn to speak the same language, can broken communication be avoided? Both research and anecdotal evidence tell us “no”. In contrast to language differences, differences in speaking styles are far more difficult to detect. Although knowledge of different...

2020-09-04

McTavish, Lianne

SSHRC IG awarded 2021: A team of settler and Indigenous scholars examines pioneer museums in 3 key sites (the John Walter Museum in Edmonton, the Camrose and District Centennial Museum in Camrose, and the Wadey Centre in Blackfalds) and asks how are disruptions of dominant pioneer narratives...

2011-11-28

Beck, David

SSHRC Awarded IG 2012: The objective of this research is the continued documentation of Upper Necaxa Totonac (UNT), an endangered Totonacan language of the Sierra Madre Oriental in Puebla State, Mexico, and the expansion of this project to selected sister languages in the Northern Totonac area....

2020-01-01

Mahdi, Shahbakhti

SSHRC Knowledge Synthesis grant awarded 2020. Main objectives of research are to (i) critically assess the state of the knowledge, (ii) identify the effective interventions on reducing transportation generated air pollution, (iii) examine the scientific methodologies and metrics used to identify...

2015-09-28

Gierl, Mark

SSHRC Awarded IG 2016: As technology continues to increase in importance, countries require skilled workers who can produce new ideas, provide new services, and construct new industries. The ability to create these outcomes will be determined by the effectiveness of programs in Mathematics and...

2010-04-26

Lukert, Martin

IDRC awarded 2010: The general aim of the project is to gain a more nuanced understanding of how multiple interacting shocks and risks, including cimate viability and HIV AIDS influence capital stocks and local livelihoods choices, and consequently, vulnerability and food security, and use this...

2024-01-31

Wilson, Sheena

SSHRC CG awarded 2024: Prevailing extractive logics allow some people to dehumanize and exploit whole classes and nations in order to take control of their lands and extract value from it, polluting and destroying in the process. These logics need to be remade in order to address climate change....