More than 40 research projects at 91亚色 will receive a boost of $16 million in funding from the (SSHRC), including close to $10 million in for long-term research projects in anti-homelessness, global health, 2SLGBTQ+ poverty and Indigenous rights and reconciliation.
The funding was announced on June 16 by Fran莽ois-Philippe Champagne, the federal minister of innovation, science and industry, and is part of more than $175 million in SSHRC funding to support important research across Canada.
鈥91亚色 has long been recognized as a leader in the humanities and social sciences, so we are gratified that SSHRC is recognizing and supporting the 91亚色 researchers who have received funding through the Insight Grants and Partnership Development Grants, and for our graduate students who have also received support,鈥 said Rhonda Lenton, president and vice-chancellor of 91亚色. 鈥淲e are particularly delighted for all four of our researchers who received Partnership Grants, which will sustain urgent efforts to combat poverty and homelessness and to strengthen our global public health regime and the self-determination of Indigenous communities.鈥
The four Partnership Grant recipients, each of whom has received close to $2.5 million in support of six- and seven-year projects, are:
- Stephen Gaetz, professor in the Faculty of Education, received a second consecutive Partnership Grant to continue his work as president and CEO of the Canadian Observatory on Homelessness (COH) 鈥 an anti-homelessness research institute previously funded by the SSHRC in 2012.
- Steven Hoffman, professor of Global Health, Law, and Political Science at the Faculty of Health and and the Dahdaleh Distinguished Chair in Global Governance & Legal Epidemiology, and director of the Global Strategy Lab, will pursue research into a global framework for sustainable antimicrobial drug use and preventing the proliferation of drug-resistant bacteria.
- Nick Mul茅, professor of gender and sexuality at the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, will undertake a project called 2SLGBTQ+ Poverty in Canada: Improving Livelihood and Social Wellbeing. The initiative will address disproportionate vulnerability to poverty among Two-Spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer plus (2SLGBTQ+) people.
- Dayna Scott, professor at Osgoode Hall Law School and the Faculty of Environment & Urban Change, received funding for 鈥淚nfrastructure Beyond Extractivism: Material Approaches to Restoring Indigenous Jurisdiction.鈥 The project will explore novel approaches to strengthening Indigenous jurisdiction and sovereignty over hereditary lands and waterways.
The announcement also includes $5.2 million in for 30 researcher projects across multiple Faculties, including the Faculty of Health, the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, the , the Faculty of Education, , the and .
In addition, six 91亚色 researchers received just over $1 million in funding under the to foster new research and related activities with new or existing partners, and to design and test new partnership approaches.
鈥淚 want to congratulate today鈥檚 award recipients and wish them success in their research endeavours. SSHRC鈥檚 investment in the social sciences and humanities at 91亚色 affirms and validates our commitments to scholarship and knowledge-seeking and to building a more sustainable and equitable future,鈥 said Amir Asif, vice-president research and innovation.
鈥淭his has been a remarkable year for 91亚色. To date, 91亚色 has achieved record levels of research funding across all three tri-councils and has accomplished the highest ever funding in 91亚色鈥檚 history with a 100 per cent success rate in the Partnership Grants, Partnership Development Grants and SSHRC Connection Grants, as well as our most successful year in SSHRC Insight Grants. I attribute this success to the passion and dedication of our research community and staff who are so committed to helping 91亚色 conduct purposeful research for positive change,鈥 added Asif.
A complete list of the SSHRC funding grants can be found .
Article originally published in the June 17, 2022 issue of