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2023-02-02
SSHRC IDG awarded 2023: Youth, and in particular boys, who struggle with developing skills to regulate their emotions and behavior are frequently viewed as “problematic,” “lazy,” “disruptive,” and “all over the place” in classrooms, on playgrounds, and at family dinners. Indeed, youth who...
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2016-10-14
SSHRC Awarded IG 2017: There is a paucity of research on the factors that shape the pathways from being a Temporary Foreign Worker [TFW] to other status in Canada and how TFWs' agency can be further leveraged to address their precarious migration status in Canada. Drawing on data from Alberta,...
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10/14/2019
SSRHC IG awarded 2020: This project collaborates with women who are 55 years or older and who self-identify as Muslim and living in Edmonton, Alberta to examine the question: ‘what are Muslim women’s experiences of social connectedness in older age?’ Research objectives include 1) to explore how...
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2011-11-28
SSHRC Awarded IDG 2012: The proposed research addresses the consistency and accuracy of classification results produced by a cognitive diagnostic assessment. The objectives of the proposed research are to (1) evaluate the strengths and limitations of our two new statistical indexes in applied...
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2021-02-01
SSHRC IDG awarded 2021: Leisure is the original antidepressant. University students can use more of it. A 2019 national survey showed that 51.6% of Canadian university students felt too depressed to function, while 16.4% seriously considered suicide. Yet, only 19.1% used traditional mental health...
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2023-02-01
SSHRC IDG awarded 2023: Mathematics is typically conceived as a cerebral, solitary activity. Tasks are ubiquitous in the mathematics classroom. From traditional textbook questions and worksheets to collaborative, inquirybased problems, tasks are the stage on which mathematical knowing and doing...
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2021-02-01
SSHRC IDG awarded 2021: This study will investigate the beliefs and knowledge second language (L2) speakers of English have about English pronunciation and its importance to successful communication. Further, it will examine learners’ ability to critically evaluate pronunciation training programs...
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2020-09-30
SSHRC IG awarded 2021: In the proposed four-year project, we will conduct a longitudinal study that follows three groups of children from kindergarten to grade two: 100 children with a family history of dyslexia, which is highly heritable, 100 with a preschool diagnosis of developmental language...
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2017-10-12
SSHRC Awarded IG 2018. The study builds on two exploratory community-based, participatory research (CBPR) projects with Syrian refugees. Guided by CBPR, and using ethnographic data collection and analysis methods, we examine the psychosocial adaption and integration of 8 diverse Syrian refugee...
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09/28/2021
SSHRC IG awarded 2022: The proposed research is concerned with the evolution of the School Resource Officer (SRO) program in Canada. It focuses on the experiences of persons with nexus to the SRO program. These include (1) students, (2) parents, (3) school administrators and board trustees, (4)...