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2016-02-01
SSHRC Awarded IDG 2016: Spending on experiential purchases, such as concerts or travel, has been shown to increase consumers' happiness and well-being, while spending on material items, such as shoes or jewellery, can subject consumers to stigma and loneliness. Overall, existing research suggests...
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2017-10-01
SSHRC IG awarded 2018: Our goal is to build an understanding of how internet slang terms affect consumers in public (consumer-to-consumer) and commercial (firm-to-consumer) online communication. How does exposure to slang in online WOM impact consumers' product attitudes and purchase intentions?...
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2011-10-10
SSHRC Awarded IG 2012: This study will generate robust data on the social disadvantage and subjective well-being of Canadian children and youth with disabilities. The study has three objectives. 1] determine the nature and level of social disadvantage faced by young Canadians with disabilities...
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2015-12-01
SSHRC Awarded PDG 2016: This study aims to determine a solution to two inter-related problems for human services in Quebec and Alberta. One problem is that we currently lack the requisite knowledge to 'make good' on our commitment under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with...
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The (radical) role of belonging in shifting and expanding understandings of social inclusion for people labelled with intellectual and developmental disabilities
Download2022-01-01
Reeves, Paige, McConnell, David, Phelan, Shanon, K.
There is a gap between the desired outcomes of social inclusion policy and the everyday experiences of people labelled with intellectual or developmental disability. Despite belonging rhetorically named in social inclusion policy and practice, belonging is often absent in the lives of people...
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2014-10-06
SSHRC Awarded IG awarded 2015: We will explore how sharing-breadth influences consumers' emotions. We suggest that, compared to narrowcasting (sharing with few others), broadcasting (sharing with many others) changes the perspective, or the lens, through which consumers view their sharing, from...