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2017-10-14

Koslicki, Kathrin

SSHRC Awarded IG 2018: Essences have traditionally been assigned important but controversial explanatory roles in philosophical, scientific and social theorizing. For example, why is it possible for one and the same organism to be first a caterpillar and then a butterfly? Why is it impossible for...

Spring 2022

Wheeler, Kyle D

This project sought to determine the effect of grazing management decisions on operation wealth; specifically, to determine both the wealth maximizing system for producers and to determine the impact on producers who adopt more intensive management systems. Adoption of four grazing management...

2015-10-11

Popkowski Leszczyc, Peter

SSHRC Awarded IG 2016: The objective of this project is to study and improve fundraising strategies. We will focus on what influences giving, in particular, the impact of involvement with the charity, fundraiser events, and the influence of social media. The proposed research will bridge the gap...

2014-12-31

OSRIN

The Oil Sands Research and Information Network (OSRIN) was originally proposed to the Oil Sands Environmental Management Division of Alberta Environment by the School of Energy and the Environment (SEE), University of Alberta in December 2007. The need for OSRIN was described as follows:...

2020-09-29

Ural Marchand, Beyza

SSHRC awarded 2021: The goal of this proposed research is to set out a research agenda that will provide the first empirical study to examine the welfare effects of rising Chinese imports on American and Canadian households. We will specifically focus on the effect on household expenditure and...

2018-04-24

Carriere, Marie

SSHRC Awarded CG 2018: This interdisciplinary, cross-cultural, and bilingual (English-French) conference sets out to compare Indigenous, Anglophone Canadian, and Québécois feminist production today-- including literature, theory, music, digital art, and film. The conference focuses on notions...

Fall 2018

Sawalha, Jeffrey

Surprisingly, pigeons have been shown to sacrifice food rewards to get information about the upcoming outcome when making choices in a delay decision task. For instance, when choosing between an option which offers a reward 100% of the time after a delay (e.g. 10 s), versus an option that gives...

Fall 2011

McCarroll, Cody

This dissertation examines the ideological force of the smallholder trope in various discourses, from classical political economy to early Canadian poetry and agribusiness advertising. The project investigates the increasing elision of smallholders from the socio-economic landscape in Canada by...

Fall 2019

Shaoyan Sun

Understanding individual and organizational behaviour in reaction to changes in the informal and formal food markets has been an essential topic in economics. This dissertation explores the solutions individuals in a rural economy and retail firms in food markets use to cope with external...

2016-08-10

Young, T. Kue, Chatwood, Susan, Ford, James, Healey, Gwen, Jong, Michael, Lavoie, Josée, White, Mason

"An international conference titled 'Transforming Health Care in Remote Communities' was held at the Chateau Lacombe Hotel in Edmonton, Canada, April 28–30, 2016. The event was organized by the University of Alberta’s School of Public Health, in partnership with the Institute for Circumpolar...