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Gay-Straight Alliances in High Schools: A Closer Examination of Youth Participation and Well-being
2018-02-01
SSHRC Awarded IDG 2018: Gay-Straight Alliances (GSAs) are a recent development in Canadian schools. These student-led clubs aim to promote positive youth development. They, and the recent legislation enabling them, are controversial. There is a need for research on the roles and effects of GSAs....
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2023-11-01
SSHRC CG awarded 2024: Society, in the early twenty-first century, has been shaped by new knowledge of genomics, also known as the science of DNA, yet Indigenous peoples remain underrepresented in research and leadership roles in genome and other science, technology, math, and engineering fields....
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2017-10-12
SSHRC Awarded IG 2018: From 1968 to 1985, a small division within the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs (DIAND)--now Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC)--pursued initiatives designed to encourage the development of Inuit literary production in Canada. At times acting without the...
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2023-01-02
SSHRC IDG awarded 2023: Two years ago our team undertook a small “side” project exploring the experience of grief among the IranianCanadian community in Edmonton in the aftermath of the Ukrainian Flight 752 tragedy that took the life of 176 passengers, and affected the Edmonton community...
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2023-01-02
SSHRC IDG awarded 2023: Many of us have been frustrated when trying to learn something that we feel is difficult. Some of us chose to quit when facing frustration and others chose to work more so that they can overcome these difficulties. While several theories detail the role of adults’ emotions...
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2013-02-26
SSHRC Awarded CG 2013: Le Québec, comme le Canada britannique, a une importante tradition d'intellectuels publics. Au cours des trois dernières décennies, au Québec, le plus important sans doute de ces intellectuels a été Gérard Bouchard. Que ce soit par ses travaux en histoire sociale,...
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2021-04-30
SSHRC CG awarded 2021: The purpose of the proposed Connection Grant is to convene a one day conference and implementation dialogue that considers the key features of Alberta's present industrial transition in the oil and gas sector and draws on comparative policy learning to share leading just...
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2022-10-28
SSHRC IG awarded 2023: Educational assessment can be one of the most productive forces for student learning in classrooms or one of the most destructive. The deciding factor is whether teachers can make assessment decisions that can engage and motivate students and enhance their learning....
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2017-10-16
SSHRC Awarded IG 2018: Consumption (purchases) is considered one of the best metrics of individual and household well-being. Economists typically assume households elect to smooth their consumption, so as to insure against shocks such as disability or unemployment. The current state-of-the-art...
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2019-11-11
SSHRC Awarded PDG 2020: The ongoing political, social, and economic marginalization of Indigenous women exposes them to poverty, social exclusion, and violence. But Indigenous women are not victims; they are actively involved in resistance efforts and have created civil society organizations...