SEP. 8, 2015 – Laurentian University is pleased to congratulate four faculty members who have been awarded new funding from Canada’s Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) for 2015.
Three faculty members were awarded funding under SSHRC’s Insight Development Grant program:
- Dr. Tammy Gaber, Assistant Professor, School of Architecture, Faculty of Science, Engineering and Architecture
Project: Beyond the Divide: A Century of Canadian Mosque Design and Gender Allocations
Award: $63,935
- Dr. Susan Glover, Associate Professor, Department of English, Faculty of Arts
Project: Indigenous Writing and Literary Networks in Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Canada
Award: $66,748
- Dr. Tim Nieguth, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science (Barrie), Faculty of Arts
Project: The True (Blue) North: The Prime Minister and Canadian Nation Building since 2006
Award: $74,044
Insight Development Grants support research in its initial stages. The grants enable the development of new research questions, as well as experimentation with new methods, theoretical approaches and/or ideas. Funding is provided for short-term research development projects, of up to two years, proposed by individuals or teams.
A fourth faculty member was awarded a grant under SSHRC’s Connection Grant program. These grants are intended to support events and outreach activities geared toward short-term, targeted knowledge mobilization initiatives that present opportunities to exchange knowledge.
- Dr. Alicia Hawkins, Associate Professor, School of the Environment, Faculty of Science, Engineering and Architecture
Project : Circles of Interaction : the Wendat and their neighbours in the time of Champlain
Award : $24,530
"We are delighted with the strong showing by our Laurentian faculty in this year’s applications for SSHRC funding," said Laurentian University Vice-President, Research, Dr. Rui Wang. "Their success speaks to the depth and the quality of research conducted in all departments at Laurentian University, and we congratulate all of the recipients."
Earlier this year, Laurentian University faculty and graduate students were awarded a total of $1,329,500 in new funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC).