Research Grants Funded in 2020
Insight Development – Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)
Insight Development is a key research program aimed at emerging scholars and established scholars who wish to pursue a new research direction.
Three researchers obtained a grant from this program:
- Amanda Wilson (PI), Saint Paul University
Project title: Mapping Sites of Contestation and Possibility for Transformative Food (In)Justice in Canada’s Carceral Food System
Funding: $50,122 - Simon Tremblay-Pepin (PI), Saint Paul University
Co-researchers: Bengi Akbulut, Concordia University; Jonathan Durand Folco, Saint Paul University; Mathieu Perron-Dufour, Université du Québec en Outaouais; collaborator: Julia Posca
Project title: Concevoir la planification démocratique de l'économie à partir de la couverture des besoins de base
Funding: $73,392 - Enkelejda Sula-Raxhimi (PI), Saint Paul University
Project title: In the Midst of Violence and Insecure Futures: Displacement, Politics and Climate Change in Haiti
Funding: $69,462
Saint Paul University’s success rate in this program was 50%, compared to the national success rate of around 45%.
Partnership Engage – Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)
The Partnership Engage program connects one or more researchers with an organization for one year. This relationship aims to respond to the organization’s research questions through the researcher’s and/or their team’s expertise. This is a program that the Vice-Rector, Academic and Research (VRAR) encourages to develop the foundations for strong collaborations with community partners.
- Amanda Wilson (PI), Saint Paul University
Coresearcher: Monika Korzun (postdoctoral, Saint Paul University); collaborators: Charles Levkoe (Lakehead University) and Patricia Ballamingie (Carleton University)
Partner: Tides Canada Vancouver BC
Project title: COVID-19: Municipal Food Policy and Community Food Systems Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic
Funding: $24,967
Mitacs
Mitacs is a non-governmental organization supported by the federal government that focuses on student internships, research and supervision by a university professor-researcher. Partners must contribute financially to the graduate student’s or postdoctoral fellow’s internship; Mitacs adds an amount equivalent to the organization’s contribution, which is generally for postdoctoral students in the Social Sciences and Humanities.
1) Mitacs Accelerate:
- Amanda Wilson, PI; Monika Korzun, Postdoctoral fellow
Project title: Tackling Food Insecurity through Innovations in Collaborative Food Systems
Partner: Makeway Charitable Society and the Faculty of Human Sciences – Élisabeth-Bruyère School of Social Innovation
Multi-year Funding: $135,000 ($15,000 + $120,000) - Julie Châteauvert, PI; Rana Annous, Postdoctoral fellow
Project title: Surdité et sécurité en situation d’urgence : le cas de l’Outaouais
Partner: Association de l’ouïe de l’Outaouais (ADOO), the Centre de recherche sur les innovations et les transformations sociales (CRITS), and the Faculty of Human Sciences – Élisabeth-Bruyère School of Social Innovation
Funding: $45,000
2) Mitacs Research Training Award (RTA):
- Catherine Clifford, PI; Paul Utser, doctoral student
Project title: Inventory – Fonds Vatican II: Canadian Perspectives
Partner: Centre for Vatican II and 21st Century Catholicism
Funding: $6,000 ($3,000 Mitacs + $3,000 Vatican II Research Centre) - Laura Armstrong, PI; Robert Fabes, doctoral student
Project title: Meaning-based Mental Health Programming for, and Derived from the
Expressed Needs of, People Experiencing Homelessness
Partner: Centre of Excellence for Research in Psychotherapy and Spirituality (CERPS)
Funding: $6,000 ($3,000 Mitacs + $3,000 CERPS)
Other Links
- SPU Talks
- Webinar | Broken Promises: Power, Trust and the Abuse Crisis in the Catholic Church
- CPCS Workshop | Resilience:The Force to Create Outer and Inner Boundaries
- Legal Education for Leadership of Religious Institutes and Their Lay Collaborators (2024)
- Recalling our Roots and Charting the Future. Theology Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow.