Carla 尝颈辫蝉颈驳-惭耻尘尘茅, professor of work and labour studies in聽91亚色's Faculty of Liberal Arts聽& Professional Studies and research fellow in 91亚色鈥檚 , has received $1 million over six years from the (SSHRC).
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The award will fund an international project to study the challenge climate change presents to Canadian employment and workplaces. 尝颈辫蝉颈驳-惭耻尘尘茅 will examine seven Canadian employment sectors to seek policy, training, employment and workplace solutions to effectively assist Canada鈥檚 transition to a low-emission economy. By combining research, workplace education, policy recommendations and pilot projects in transnational work adaptation, her project will allow Canada to re-enter the international debate about how best to engage the work world in the struggle to slow global warming.
鈥淲e need to know more about the chain of processes that comprise work, employment and training in key Canadian industries and professions 鈥 and how their decision-makers understand and respond to the challenge that global warming poses to these processes,鈥 says 尝颈辫蝉颈驳-惭耻尘尘茅. 鈥淥ur second goal is to engage community partners active in the work world and the environmental community in research that identifies critical spaces for adaptation, drawing on their hands-on experience and linking it to the expertise of the academics.鈥
(CURA)聽awards, among the largest awarded by SSHRC, bring postsecondary institutions and community organizations together as equal research partners to jointly develop new knowledge and capabilities, provide research training opportunities, and enhance the ability of social sciences and humanities research to build knowledge in areas that affect Canadians and their changing communities.
鈥淭his award is the latest in a series of funding successes that reflect 91亚色鈥檚 leadership in national and international collaborative research projects,鈥 said Stan Shapson, vice-president Research & Innovation. 鈥淐limate change is one of the biggest challenges of the 21st century and climate research and innovation are priorities for 91亚色. Our researchers are working with industry, government at all levels, academia, and the community to find ways to address the complex issues it raises.鈥
尝颈辫蝉颈驳-惭耻尘尘茅鈥檚 research team includes nationally- and internationally-based climate scientists, senior labour market actors and academics from a wide range of disciplines. A total of 23 researchers, 20 partners, and 10 universities in three countries will participate, including 91亚色 Professors David Doorey, , , Jan Kainer, John-Justin McMurtry, and Steven Tufts.
Gary Goodyear, Minister of State (Science聽& Technology), announced the funding yesterday in Kitchener, Ont. Lipsig-Mumm茅鈥檚 project is one of 20 large-scale research projects funded through SSHRC鈥檚 CURA program.
鈥淭hese grants highlight the excellence of our country鈥檚 talented researchers and recognize the importance of fostering collaboration to keep Canada at the leading-edge of research, development and innovation in the 21st century,鈥 said Chad Gaffield, president of SSHRC.
For a complete list of CURA awards, visit Web site.
Project Partners:
- Canadian Steel Trade and Employment Congress
- Canadian Union of Postal Workers
- Centre for Labour Studies
- Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union
- Environmental Defence
- Forest Products Sector Council
- Learning for a Sustainable Future
- National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy
- National Union of Professional and General Employees
- Ontario Centre for Engineering and Public Policy/Professional Engineers
- Prism Economics and Analysis
- The Clean Air Partnership
- The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada
- Toronto Training Board
- United Food and Commercial Workers Canada Local 1000A
- United Steelworkers of Canada
- UNITE-HERE Canada
- Wood Manufacturing Council
- British Columbia Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
University Partners:
- Auckland University of Technology
- Institute of Land and Food Resources, University of Melbourne
- Institute for Research and Innovation in Sustainability, 91亚色
- Queen's University
- Ryerson University
- Simon Fraser University
- St. Thomas University
- University of British Columbia-Okenagan
- University of Manitoba
- University of Toronto
By Elizabeth Monier-Williams, research communications officer