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91ÑÇÉ«-led global project to examine criminalization of sexual orientation

Nancy Nicol’s team receives $1 million to study LGBT human rights around the world 91ÑÇÉ« visual arts professor Nancy Nicol will lead a major international project on the impact of criminalizing sexual orientation and gender identity, with $1 million in funding over five years from the Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). […]

Four things you need to know about SSHRC's streamlined program architecture

Over the past year, the Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) has reviewed the way its funding programs are structured to provide researchers with a simpler, more flexible and more effective system of application and assessment. SSHRC president Chad Gaffield addressed this process during a town hall meeting held with faculty and students […]

91ÑÇÉ« Research Tower: Creating a new model for research collaboration

Researchers, faculty, administrators and staff working in the 91ÑÇÉ« Research Tower gathered on May 4 to celebrate the new building’s role in fostering social science and humanities research across 91ÑÇÉ« (all speaker videos are available in the Research Multimedia Centre). Above: The 91ÑÇÉ« Research Tower, which opened in September 2009, features some 84,000 square feet […]

91ÑÇÉ« leads all Canadian universities in SSHRC’s largest awards

91ÑÇÉ« researchers awarded two of SSHRC’s largest grants to study long-term residential healthcare and global suburbanism Two teams led by 91ÑÇÉ« researchers have received $5 million in research funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). Their multinational research teams, involving multiple universities and community partners in a large-scale collaboration, […]

Globe & Mail's 2010 Campus Research report cites 91ÑÇÉ« researchers, programs and projects

This week, the Globe & Mail's 2010 Campus Research report has focused on several of 91ÑÇÉ«'s researchers and research-related programs. On March 9, the Globe published an article on the impact social sciences and humanities research has on economic growth. The story was part of its special report on university research and also appeared in […]

Prof receives $1 million from SSHRC for climate change project

Carla Lipsig-Mummé, professor of work and labour studies in 91ÑÇÉ«'s Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies and research fellow in 91ÑÇɫ’s Institute for Research & Innovation in Sustainability, has received $1 million over six years from the Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). Right: Carla Lipsig-Mummé The award will fund an international project to study […]