UBC researchers are leading 11 projects and are named as collaborators and co-applicants on a further five that have been awarded funding through the SSHRC 2020-2021 Partnership Engage Grants and the Partnership Engage Grants COVID-19 Special Initiative.
The Honourable Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, announced an investment of over $4 million in funding through the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council’s (SSHRC) Partnership Engage Grants, to support 172 projects and almost 600 researchers working with businesses and community partners from across Canada. These grants provide short-term and timely support for partnered research activities that will inform decision-making in the public, private or not-for-profit sector.
In response to the early phases of the pandemic crisis, the latest Partnership Engage Grants competition included a special call to address COVID-19-related research. Over $3 million of the investment announced will directly support 139 projects addressing this call. Some of these projects will study changes in the teaching profession; the pandemic’s impact on small- and medium-sized enterprises; mental health among entrepreneurs; and impacts on seniors and their community support services.
- UBC researchers are leading four projects supported by Partnership Engage Grants, with a combined award of $100k
- Seven projects led by UBC researchers are receiving $174k through Partnership Engage Grants COVID-19 Special Initiative Grants.
- UBC researchers are collaborators on a further five projects receiving $124k
PARTNERSHIP ENGAGE GRANTS
UBC-Led Projects
THE FACTORS THAT HELP, HINDER, AND ARE NECESSARY FOR CHILD LANGUAGE BROKERING IN NEWCOMER FAMILIES
Applicant: Anusha Kassan (Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education)
Partner: The Immigrant Education Society
$25,000 (1 year)
KNOWLEDGE TRANSLATION FOR MENSTRUAL HEALTH, EQUITY, AND SUSTAINABILITY: A RANDOMIZED EVALUATION TRIAL OF CANADIAN HEALTHCARE STUDENTS
Applicant: Lori Brotto (Obstetrics & Gynaecology)
Partner: Aisle International
$25,000 (1 year)
CASTE IN CANADA: THE UNHEARD STORIES OF DALIT CANADIANS
Applicant: Anne Murphy (Asian Studies)
Partner: Poetic Justice Foundation
$25,000 (1 year)
SPATIAL INDICATORS AND NEIGHBOURHOOD TYPES: EVALUATING A METHOD FOR PLANNING FUTURE RESILIENT CITIES
Applicant: Ronald Kellett ( School of Architecture & Landscape Architecture.)
UBC Collaborator: Cynthia Girling ( School of Architecture & Landscape Architecture.)
Partner: City of Vancouver
$24,945 (1 year)
FULL LIST OF AWARDEES, PARTNERS AND COLLABORATORS
COVID-19 SPECIAL INITIATIVE PARTNERSHIP ENGAGE GRANTS
UBC-Led Projects
COVID-19: TSILHQOT'IN SOLUTIONS TO COVID-19 AND RECOGNITION IN CANADIAN LAW
Applicant: Jocelyn Stacey (Peter A. Allard School of Law)
Partner: Tsilhqot'in National Government
$24,914 (1 year)
THE IMPACT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON STUDENT AND TEACHER WELL-BEING: EXAMINING INEQUITY, SUPPORTS, AND ADAPTATION STRATEGIES FOR AN INTERSECTORAL RESPONSE
Applicant: Anne Gadermann (School of Population and Public Health)
UBC Co-applicants: Eva Oberle (School of Population and Public Health), Jeremy Higgs (School of Population and Public Health / Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education), Kimberly Schonert-Reichl (Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education), Kimberly Thomson (School of Population and Public Health), Martin Guhn (School of Population and Public Health), Monique Gagne (School of Population and Public Health),
Partner: BC Ministry of Education
$25,000 (1 year)
COVID-19: ARTS-BASED RECIPROCITY TO SUPPORT COLLECTIVE RESILIENCE FOR INDIGENOUS AND NON-INDIGENOUS PEOPLES IN PRISON AND ON PAROLE: A COMMUNITY IN-REACH PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM
Applicant: Helen Brown (School of Nursing)
UBC Co-applicants: Amanda Slaunwhite (School of Nursing), Colleen Varcoe (School of Nursing)
Partner: Fraser Region Aboriginal Friendship Centre Association
$24,995 (1 year)
COVID-19: TEMPORARY MIGRANT AND UNDOCUMENTED WORKERS IN THE TIME OF COVID-19
Applicant: Geraldine Pratt (Geography)
Partner: Migrant Workers Centre
$24,640
COVID-19: DEVELOPING KOREAN CANADIANS' CIVIC ENGAGEMENT STRATEGIES IN THE COVID-19 ERA
Applicant: Kyong Yoon (Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies)
Partner: Okanagan Korean Culture & Knowledge
$24,870
COVID-19: UNDERSTANDING THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON INCLUSIVE EDUCATION FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES IN BRITISH COLUMBIA'S PUBLIC EDUCATION (K-12) SYSTEM
Applicant: Jennifer Baumbusch (School of Nursing)
UBC Co-applicant: Jennifer Lloyd (School of Nursing), Joanna Cannon (Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education)
Partner: BCEdAccess
$25,000 (1 year)
COVID-19: GOING DIGITAL DURING COVID-19 AND BEYOND: EXPANDING THE REACH OF AN EFFECTIVE DIABETES PREVENTION PROGRAM THROUGH A NATIONAL YMCA PLATFORM TO ENHANCE ACCESSIBILITY
Applicant: Mary Jung (School of Health and Exercise Sciences)
Partner: YMCA of Greater Vancouver
$25,000 (1 year)
Projects with UBC co-applicants and Collaborators
COVID-19 ET MULTIPLICITÉ DES CONFINEMENTS DES PERSONNES AYANT UN PROBLÈME DE SANTÉ MENTALE EN MILIEU INSTITUTIONNEL : DE LA RECHERCHE À L'ACTION
Applicant: Anne Crocker (Université de Montréal)
UBC Collaborator: Tonia Nicholls (Psychiatry)
Partner:Institut Philippe Pinel
$24,441
COVID-19: THE USE OF ACTIVE AND PUBLIC TRANSPORT DURING A PANDEMIC
Applicant: John Spence (University of Alberta)
UBC Collaborator: Guy Faulkner (School of Kinesiology)
Partner: Canadian Parks and Recreation Association
$24,981
THE RIGHT TO SHELTER IN PLACE: MOBILIZING A HUMAN RIGHTS-BASED APPROACH TO HOMELESSNESS AND TENT ENCAMPMENTS IN THE COVID-19 CITY
Applicant: Estair Van Wagner (York University)
UBC Co-applicant: Alexandra Flynn (Peter A. Allard School of Law)
Partner: The Shift
$24,820
THE INTERSECTING IMPACTS OF COVID-19 ON HOUSING: A NATIONAL ONLINE SURVEY OF OLDER LGBTQI2S CANADIANS
Applicant: Jacqueline Gahagan (Dalhousie University)
UBC Co-applicant: Hannah Kia (School of Social Work)
Partner: Egale Canada Human Rights Trust
$25,000
IMMIGRANT FAMILIES AT A STANDSTILL: NAVIGATING RESETTLEMENT DURING COVID-19
Applicant: Rahat Zaidi (University of Calgary)
UBC Co-applicant: Anusha Kassan (Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education)
Partner: Centre for Newcomers
$25,000
FULL LIST OF AWARDEES, PARTNERS AND COLLABORATORS