June 15, 2021
A total of 58 new projects led by UBC researchers have been awarded funding of $13 million through the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council's Partnership Grants, Partnership Development Grants and Insight Grants programs.
An additional $2.1m was awarded to 35 UBC-led projects announced last year through the Insight Development Grants competition.
These awards were announced as part of the Government of Canada's investment of more than $635 million for research, which also included funding through NSERC Discovery Grants and the Canada Research Chairs Program. New projects led by UBC researchers and new and renewed UBC Canada Research Chairs were awarded approximately $48 million of this announced investment.
Read the Government of Canada Announcement
SSHRC PARTNERSHIP GRANTS
SSHRC Partnership Grants support large teams working in a formal collaboration between postsecondary institutions and public, private or not-for-profit organizations. These grants provide funding from four to seven years to advance research, research training and/or knowledge mobilization in the social sciences and humanities through mutual co-operation and sharing of intellectual leadership.
UBC-led Projects
- Luciani Duranti (School of Information)
Archives 4.0: Artificial Intelligence for Trust in Records and Archives
UBC co-applicants: Jennifer Douglas (School of Information); Muhammad Abdul-Mageed (School of Information), Richard Arias-Hernandez (School of Information) and Victoria Lemieux (School of Information)
$2,489,577 (5 years)
All Awardees and Project partners
SSHRC PARTNERSHIP DEVELOPMENT GRANTS
SSHRC Partnership Development Grants provide support from one to three years to teams working in a formal partnership between postsecondary institutions and public, private or not-for-profit organizations. They are intended to either develop research and related activities in the social sciences and humanities, including knowledge mobilization and the meaningful involvement of students and emerging scholars; or to design and test new partnership approaches for research and related activities that may result in best practices or models that can be adapted by others.
UBC-led Projects
Seven projects led by UBC researchers were awarded a total of $1.3m
- Hamlin, J. Kiley (Psychology)
Building large-scale collaborative networks in infant and behavioural research
$ 200,000 (2 years)
- Konijnendijk, Cecil (Forest Resources Management)
UBC co-applicants: Kai Chan (Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability) and Susan Day (Forest Resources Management)
The Urban Forest Management Action Framework: How human actions impact urban forest ecosystem services
$ 182,395 (3 years)
- Le Billon, Philippe (Geography)
UBC co-applicants: Nathan Bennett (Institute for the Ocean and Fisheries) and Rashid Sumaila (Institute for the Ocean and Fisheries)
Fishy crimes: Partnering to improve small-scale fishers livelihoods
$ 199,850 (3 years)
- Li, Eric P. H (Faculty of Management, UBCO)
UBC co-applicants: Amir Ardestanijaafari (Faculty of Management, UBCO); Jennifer Davis (Faculty of Management, UBCO); John Graham (School of Social Work, UBCO); Kathy Rush (School of Nursing, UBCO) and Zheng Liu (School of Engineering, UBCO)
Food Odyssey: An exploratory study of the implementation of sustainable and resilient local food systems
$ 179,800 (3 years)
- Lightfoot, Sheryl (Political Science / First Nations and Indigenous Studies)
Decolonizing Settler States: Unravelling Systemic Blockages to Indigenous Rights in State Institutions and Civil Society
$ 199,796 (3 years)
- Martindale, Andrew (Anthropology)
UBC co-applicants: Camilla Speller (Anthropology), Dominique Weis (Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences), Alison Wylie (Philosophy), Neha Gupta (Department of Community, Culture and Global Studies, UBCO), Patrick Ritchie (Anthropology) and Susan Rowley (Anthropology)
Materializing Indigenous Histories: Community-University Partnerships for Indigenous-engaged Archaeological Research
$ 200,000 (2 years)
- Renwick, Kerry (Curriculum & Pedagogy)
Growing a Transnational Food Literacy Education Partnership
$ 178,064 (3 years)
SSHRC INSIGHT GRANTS
SSHRC Insight Grants support research excellence in the social sciences and humanities. Funding is available to both emerging and established scholars for research initiatives of two to five years. Stable support for long-term research initiatives is central to advancing knowledge. It enables scholars to address complex issues about individuals and societies, and to further our collective understanding.
UBC-led Projects
50 projects led by UBC researchers were awarded a total of $9.2m.
- Agarwal, Isha (Sauder School of Business)
UBC co-applicant: Bain, Bo (Sauder School of Business)
Cross-border financial technology diffusion: evidence from mobile banking
$ 87,100
- Arbel, Efrat (Peter A. Allard School of Law)
Rethinking Human Rights in Immigration Detention: Towards a Trauma-Informed Approach
$ 152,824
- Bakker, Karen (Geography)
Mobile Biodiversity Conservation: Dynamic digital management of protected areas
$ 134,407
- Baldauf, Markus (Sauder School of Business)
UBC co-applicants: Favilukis, Jack (Sauder School of Business) and Garlappi, Lorenzo (Sauder School of Business)
Individual returns, corruption, and price pressure in local housing markets: Evidence from Real Estate Transaction-level Data
$ 240,750
- Baumbusch, Jennifer (Nursing)
UBC co-applicants: Cannon, Joanna (Educational and CounsellinPsychology, and Special Education), Hole, Rachelle (School of Social Work, UBCO), Poon, Brenda (School of Population and Public Health)
From Kindergarten to Post-Secondary: Exploring the Educational Journeys of Students with Disabilities
$ 277,878
- Baylis, Patrick (Vancouver School of Economics)
UBC co-applicant: Noack, Frederick (Land and Food Systems)
Climate and Migration in the Twenty-First Century
$ 64,000
- Binfet, John-Tyler (Okanagan School of Education)
Undergraduate Student Stress Reduction Through Virtual Canine Comfort
$ 88,915
- Boedhihartono, Agni Klintuni (Forest and Conservation Sciences)
Learning from Customary Governance: Achieving Broader Societal Benefits from Forest Landscapes
$ 297,600
- Bredin, Shannon (Kinesiology)
UBC co-applicants: Hare, Jan (Language & Literacy Education); Rosalin, Miles (Kinesiology); Norman, Moss (Kinesiology); Petherick, LeAnne (Curriculum & Pedagogy); Warburton, Darren (Kinesiology)
Engaging Indigenous youth through traditional land-based activities
$ 199,342
- Bryce, Benjamin (History)
Grounds for Exclusion: Immigration, Race, Health, and Gender in Argentina, 1876-1940
$ 88,369
- Byers, Michael (Political Science)
Sustainable Development of Low Earth Orbit
$ 281,400
- Chen, Frances (Psychology)
What happens when we turn away? Comparing empathic disengagement and engagement as modes of coping with others' distress
$ 140,749
- Coleman, Katharina (Political Science)
Local Internationals: Navigating the Intersection of Global Institutions and Local Politics
$ 94,364
- Couture, Victor (Vancouver School of Economics)
Mobility and Congestion in World Cities: Evidence from Google Maps
$ 131,730
- Crocker, Peter (Kinesiology)
UBC co-applicants: Bennett, Erica (Kinesiology), Bundon, Andrea (Kinesiology)
Exploring psychological well-being and adaptation processes in Paralympic and Olympic athletes: A critical study of privilege and marginalization in the age of COVID-19
$ 76,425
- Cruz, Cesi (Vancouver School of Economics)
Pathways to Women's Political Influence: Community-Based Interventions in Cambodia and the Philippines
$ 285,790
- Dahl, Darren (Sauder School of Business)
Ethical Storytelling in Corporate Social Responsibility
$ 135,400
- de Castell, Suzanne (Education)
UBC co-applicant: Bryson, Mary (Language & Literacy Education)
Para-Cognitive Play: What Classroom Ecologies Can Teach Us About Game-Based Learning and Assessment
$ 236,380
- DeLongis, Anita (Psychology)
Dyadic coping in couples: What types of support are helpful?
$ 94,955
- Ellermann, Antje (Political Science)
Immigration Bureaucracies in an Era of Anti-Immigration Populism
$ 284,864
- Ferraz, Claudio (Vancouver School of Economics)
Political Inequality: History, Political Selection, and the Effects of Reforms in Brazil
$ 225,900
- Fu, Qiang (Sociology)
How to build a nation for all nations? A mixed big-data approach to social integration of immigrants in Canada, 1970--2020
$ 94,990
- Gallipoli, Giovanni (Vancouver School of Economics)
UBC co-applicant: Lazrak, Ali (Sauder School of Business)
Investigating the mechanics of inequality: employment, wealth and consumption
$ 154,100
- Garlappi, Lorenzo (Sauder School of Business)
Dynamic Voting and Group Decisions in Corporate Finance
$ 317,860
- Gélinas-Lemaire, Vincent (French, Hispanic and Italian Studies)
Narratives of the Fall: Contemporary Poetics of Ruin
$ 80,928
- Glassheim, Eagle (History)
Revitalizing Mining Landscapes and Communities: Ecological Restoration, Heritage Preservation, and Economic Development in the Age of Mass Destruction Mining
$ 98,507
- Guhn, Martin (School of Population and Public Health)
UBC co-applicants: Almas, Alisa (School of Population and Public Health); Forer, Barry (School of Population and Public Health)
How does Aboriginal Head Start make a difference for Indigenous children and their families? Partnering on a longitudinal mixed-methods study
$ 270,504
- Hall, Kathleen (Linguistics)
Message-Oriented Phonology: Canadian ASL
$ 302,380
- Hastie, Bethany (Peter A. Allard School of Law)
Collective Representation in a New World of Work: Implications for Canadian Labour Law
$ 95,287
- Hewitt, Paul (Psychology)
UBC co-applicant: Birch, Susan (Psychology)
Intrapersonal Expression of Perfection: The Perfectionistic Self-Relationship
$ 382,365
- Hopewell, Kristen (School of Public Policy and Global Affairs)
Contemporary Conflicts in the Politics and Governance of International Trade
$ 156,320
- Hristov, Jasmin (History and Sociology, UBCO)
Land Violence, Security, and Development in Honduras, Guatemala, and Mexico
$ 229,033
- Huot, Suzanne (Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy)
Fostering cohesion within diversifying communities: Immigration to Francophone minority communities from coast to coast
$ 280,081
- Irwin, Rita (Curriculum & Pedagogy)
UBC co-applicant: Leddy, Shannon (Curriculum & Pedagogy)
Retracing, Reimagining and Reconciling our Roots
$ 255,620
- Jenson, Jennifer (Language & Literacy Education)
School's Out: Ludic Pathways to STEM Equity?
$ 237,180
- Kassan, Anusha (Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education)
Newcomer Youth and School Integration: An Arts-Based Engagement Ethnography in the French and English Public System
$ 100,000
- Kerns, Connor (Psychology)
UBC co-applicants: Palombo, Daniela (Psychology) and Rights, Jason (Psychology)
Social skill and social disconnection: Investigating the role of memory
$ 222,579
- Liu, Siyuan (Theatre & Film)
The Avant-Garde and the Proletarian: Japan's Impact on Leftist Chinese Theatre in the 1930s
$ 84,788
- Lundholm, Russell (Sauder School of Business)
UBC co-applicant: Zheng, Xin (Sauder School of Business)
The changing value of financial analysis in the presence of ETFs
$ 236,463
- Marmer, Vadim (Vancouver School of Economics)
Econometric Analysis of Auctions
$ 80,000
- Marshall, Christopher (Classical, Near Eastern, and Religious Studies)
Comic Routines in Roman Comedy
$ 199,795
- Matthewson, Lisa (Linguistics)
UBC co-applicants: Bochnak, Ryan (Linguistics); Csipak, Eva (Linguistics); Morzycki, Marcin (Linguistics); Rullmann, Hotze (Linguistics)
Questions about Questions in Human Languages
$ 348,317
- Nelson, Harry (Forest Resources Management)
I'm a Lumberjack and I'm not OK
$ 272,710
- Peck, Jamie (Geography)
Breaking new ground: economic integration and regulatory transformation in China's Greater Bay Area
$ 397,312
- Petrina, Stephen (Curriculum and Pedagogy)
Philosophy of Media and Technology for Children and Youth
$ 194,031
- Ragoonaden, Karen (Okanagan School of Education)
Mindfulness and Antiracist Education: Developing Critical Reflection
$ 86,370
- Sajjadiani, Sima (Sauder School of Business)
UBC co-applicants: Seidel, Marc-David (Sauder School of Business) and Shiva, Amirpouyan (Anthropology)
Using Machine Learning and Computational Grounded Theory to Understand the Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Work and Employment: Evidence from Social Media
$ 99,849
- Schabas, Margaret (Philosophy)
Economics and Early Modern Philosophy
$ 53,800 (4 years)
- Tremblay, Régine (Peter A. Allard School of Law)
Rethinking Family Law: A Legal Mapping of How Law Incentivizes Relationships and Supports Families in Selected Canadian Provinces
$ 99,471
- Wu, Chunhua (Sauder School of Business)
UBC co-applicant: Weinberg, Charles (Sauder School of Business)
Incentives, Content Contribution, and Access Equality in an Online Health Community
$ 125,000