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2019-06-14
SSHRC PEG awarded 2019: This research project, a partnership between Young Agrarians Alberta (YA AB) and researchers from the University of Alberta, will bring together academic and practitioner knowledge and skills to build evaluation capacity and identify opportunities to strengthen and expand...
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2020-09-21
SSHRC IG awarded 2021: Adopting a community-based participatory research approach, this project will use a comparative case study methodology to examine how an inclusive economy approach is being used to inform economic development in Edmonton (urban) and Drayton Valley (rural). This will be...
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2023-09-30
SSHRC IG awarded 2024: Drawing on our previous nation-wide surveys on: (1) the PPSH experiences of library workers; and (2) the composition of PPSH related policies and training in Canadian libraries, this new project examines how public libraries can meaningfully address PPSH, a complex problem...
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2023-01-02
SSHRC IDG awarded 2023: The purpose of the proposed research is to use ecological momentary assessment (EMA) methods to explore how the dynamic, reciprocal relationships between the affective and cognitive subcomponents of subjective well-being (SWB) (i.e., satisfaction with life, incidental...
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2020-02-01
SSHRC IDG awarded 2020: Fitsperation media are online content that profile idealized, thin yet muscular, bodies as desirable and achievable through exercise, which is an unrealistic standard for many people. This research will investigate if people who make more exercise related cognitive errors...
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2020-09-23
SSHRC IG awarded 2021. Non-human animals, both wild and domesticated, were exhibited widely during the nineteenth century. They appeared live on racetracks, at circuses, in rodeos, and at agricultural fairs; mounted through the art of taxidermy in natural history museums; as the subject of...
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2020-01-02
SSHRC IDG awarded 2020: This project explores the types and purposes of information and communication technologies (ICT) used by older Arab immigrants in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It describes older Arab immigrants’ selfperceived ICT competence, including knowledge, skills and attitudes, and...
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2017-08-28
SSHRC Awarded PEG 2017: Recent government policy changes have created public funding challenges for many organizations, threatening the sustainability of social movements. We aim to synthesize and mobilize best practices and knowledge to help non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Canada access...
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2023-01-02
SSHRC IDG awarded 2023: Pakistan ranks poorly in the world when it comes to gender equality. Sociocultural barriers, limited access to schooling, and discriminatory gender norms have negatively impacted women’s socioeconomic development and inclusion in the formal financial system. Women play a...