Canada’s Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) has awarded $1.7 million in federal funding to 91ÑÇÉ« researchers as part of the Insight Development Grants program. The program will provide funding for projects lasting up to two years, supporting a broad range of topics and disciplines as researchers investigate key societal challenges. A number of applicants from the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies received funding for their projects, including:
Gemechu Abeshu, Department of Sociology
Project: Exploring the Lived Experiences of Refugees Resettled in Canada through the Economic Mobility Pathways Pilot 
¹ó³Ü²Ô»å¾±²Ô²µ: $62,498 
Kelly Bergstrom, Department of Communication & Media Studies
Project: Context Collisions and Critical Events: Investigating the True Crime Convention Circuit 
Funding:  $73,181 
Sheetala Bhat, Department of English
Project: Long-distance Gods: Hindu Nationalism and the South Asian Diasporas in Canada 
Funding: $65,433 
Sarah Blake, Department of Humanities
Project: Technologies of Beauty and Enslaved Practitioners in the Graeco-Roman World 
¹ó³Ü²Ô»å¾±²Ô²µ: $67,215
Zeyad El Nabolsy, Department of Philosophy
Project: Theories of Education in Nineteenth-Century African Philosophy 
¹ó³Ü²Ô»å¾±²Ô²µ: $46,414 
Denielle Elliott, Department of Anthropology, Department of Social Science
Project: Cinematic Minds: Exploring brain injuries through science fiction horror film 
¹ó³Ü²Ô»å¾±²Ô²µ: $74,995
Ida Ferrara, Department of Economics
Project: Advancing Gender Diversity in Leadership Positions: An Integrated Multidisciplinary Approach 
Funding: $60,720
Benjamin Kelly, Department of History
Project: Space and Power in the Flavian Palace: 3D Digital Visualisations as Tools for Historical Research 
¹ó³Ü²Ô»å¾±²Ô²µ: $69,030 
Sunwoo Lee, School of Administrative Studies
Project: Retirement Planning for Low-Income Households in Canada 
Funding: $48,547 
Sudeshna Maitra, Department of Economics 
Project: More Skilled Jobs or Subsidized Education? A Micro-to-Macro Approach to Evaluate Anti-Poverty Policy in India 
¹ó³Ü²Ô»å¾±²Ô²µ: $71,508 
Margaret O’Brien, Department of Philosophy
Project: Disagreement, Standing, and Politics 
Funding: $43,751
Jacqueline Petropoulos, Department of English 
Project: Reanimating the Moderns: Canadian Adaptations of World Drama 
Funding: $65,820
Leila Pourtavaf, Department of History
Project: From Gulistan to Lalezar: The Urban Life and Afterlife of Slavery in Tehran 
¹ó³Ü²Ô»å¾±²Ô²µ: $57,461 &²Ô²ú²õ±è;
Nicholas Taylor, Department of Communication & Media Studies 
Project: Building Good Relations 
Funding: $56,215
Natasha Tusikov, Department of Social Science
Project: Governance Challenges of Digital-Contraceptive Apps 
Funding: $74,918
Jun Zhao, Department of Economics 
Project: The Evaluation of Minority Preference Programs in Canada 
Funding: $53,823 
Jelena Zikic, School of Human Resource Management 
Project: How remote workers of an extreme type cope with the ‘connectivity paradox’? From nomadic to lonely work lives 
Funding: $63,253
Congratulations to all LA&PS applicants and their team of researchers.
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