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2012-10-12

Reay, Patricia

SSHRC Awarded IG 2013: This research will contribute to theories of institutional change by identifying the processes by which institutionalized arrangements embracing multiple logics are reconstructed. The empirical context is the public provision of addition services in Alberta, a mature...

2015

Shrestha, S., Hogan, J.D., Ramesh, K.T. , Venkatesan, A., Fournier, A.J., Rajbhandari, L.

Although a number of cytoskeletal derangements have been described in the setting of traumatic axonal injury (TAI), little is known of early structural changes that may serve to initiate a cascade of further axonal degeneration. Recent work by the authors has examined conformational changes in...

Fall 2023

Haight, Jessica

There is an increased recognition that early mental health interventions are needed in response to a growing mental health crisis among children and youth. Schools are promising sites for early intervention because they have existing infrastructure for accessing and engaging with students....

2022-10-27

Carroll, William

SSHRC IG awarded 2023: Until recently, Western film scholars have studied Japanese cinema with complete disregard for the extensive body of Japanese film criticism and film theory that has been produced alongside the films themselves. These extensive discourses on cinema are an important part of...

2014-10-07

Murray, Kyle

SSHRC Awarded IG 2015: The proposed work will examine three theoretically important, yet previously unexplored, linkages between experience with an emerging technology and lock-in to that technology but not to others. (1) The impact that repeated practice has on consumers' emotional attachment...

2014-10-07

Murray, Kyle

SSHRC Awarded IG 2015: Companies such as Microsoft, Google, Facebook, and Apple have turned emerging technologies into pervasive products by quickly capturing dominant market shares and locking consumers into their eco-systems. Prior research has indicated that "cognitive lock-in" plays a...

09/22/2021

Foster, William M

SSHRC IG awarded 2022: The research aims to understand the importance of collective memory and collective identity to the resilience and self-organization of nine Indigenous nations and communities across Canada on Turtle Island (North America). Specifically, the research focuses on processes of...

2018-10-01

Lee, Robyn

SSHRC IG awarded 2019: Human milk is becoming a hot commodity: media reports describe it as "liquid gold" and costing "more than sushi" because of its scarcity and high value (Dutton, 2011). This project will explore emerging practices of human milk exchange. Some mothers donate their milk...

2014-12-15

Institute of Health Economics

This consensus development conference was commissioned by the Government of Alberta to improve the transition of its system of care for people with severe and persistent mental illness (SPMI) toward the community. The system, previously hospital- and institution-centred, is moving towards...

Fall 2023

Shokrkon, Anahita

The Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) epidemic was first detected in China in December 2019 and spread to other countries quickly. Many studies have shown that the COVID-19 pandemic adversely affected mental health. Individual differences such as personality could influence people’s responses to the...