SSHRC Small Grant Results
The Selection Committee was impressed with the quality of the submitted applications and made their funding recommendations based on the evaluation criteria and the funding available.
The Office of Research Services provides competition statistics and funding results.
Competition Statistics
- Total number of applications received: 17 Total
- SSHRC Explore Stream (small-scale research): 10
- SSHRC Exchange Stream (small scale knowledge mobilization): 3
- SSHRC Ignite Stream (seed funding for partnership development): 4
- Total Funding Requested: $128,752.60
- Total number of grants and funding awarded: 14 awards granted
- (7 SSHRC Explore; 3 SSHRC Exchange; 4 SSHRC Ignite)
- Funding Awarded: $101,288.48
SSHRC Small Grants Recipients
SSHRC Explore Stream
Emilia King, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities
Project Title: Beyond Lip Service: Design Thinking as a Blueprint for More Inclusive Storytelling
Amount: $6,970
Steven Livingstone, Faculty of Science
Project Title: Affective Joint Action
Amount: $7,000
Sheree Rodney, Faculty of Education
Project Title: Exploring Curiosity’s Potential for Mathematics Learning in Preservice Teachers
Amount: $5,329
Chen Shen, Faculty of Business and IT
Project Title: The Effect of Local Labor Competition on Mergers and Acquisitions
Amount: $3,837
Shannon Vettor, Faculty of Social Science and Humanities
Project Title: Perceptions of Consent and Sexual Assault within Heterosexual versus Same-Sex Sexual Encounters
Amount: $6,843
Jessica Wong, Faculty of Health Sciences
Project Title: Access to rehabilitation care among disabled older adults with musculoskeletal conditions: An investigation of structural barriers
Amount: $5,002
Hui Zhu, Faculty of Business and IT
Project Title: Do Firms’ Purchase Obligations Influence Their Choice of Debt Structure?
Amount: $7,000
SSHRC Exchange Stream
Beatriz Franco Arellano, Faculty of Health Science
Project Title: A qualitative study exploring elementary schoolteachers' experiences teaching nutrition in Canada (conference travel)
Amount: $2,000
Thomas McMorrow, Faculty of Social Science and Humanities
Project Title: Aide médical active à mourir: perspectives comparatives
Amount: $2,000
Tanner Mirrlees, Faculty of Social Science and Humanities
Project Title: Creators for Change (International Communications Association Pre-Conference)
Amount: $2,000
SSHRC Ignite Stream
Jennifer Abbass Dick, Faculty of Health Sciences
Project Title: Exploring innovative technologically enhanced solutions to address identified facilitators and barriers to educating breastfeeding families
Amount: $14,998
Partner Organization: Lakeridge Health
Project Title: Creating an evidence-informed toolkit that targets exposure reduction to parabens from personal care products
Amount: $14,994
Partner Organization: Women's Healthy Environments Network
Phillip Shon, Faculty of Social Science and Humanities
Project Title: From distress to dispatch: The impact of COVID-19 on policing mental health-related calls for service in Durham Region
Amount: $9,214
Partner Organization: Durham Regional Police Service (DRPS)
Winnie Sun, Faculty of Health Sciences
Project Title: Integrating VR Reminiscence Therapy into Alzheimer Society of Durham Region's Behavioural Support Lending Program
Amount: $14,100
Partner Organization: Alzheimer Society of Durham Region
A multi‐disciplinary Selection Committee made recommendations for funding and the Office of the Vice-President, Research and Innovation (VPRI) approved funding decisions.
Voting members:
Wendy Barber, Associate Professor, Faculty of Education
Joseph Eastwood, Associate Professor, Faculty of Social Science and Humanities
Meghann Lloyd, Associate Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences
Ying Jiang, Associate Professor, Faculty of Business and IT
Facilitators/advisors (non-voting):
Ewa Stewart, Grants Officer, Office of Research Services
Joanne Hui, Grants Officer, Office of Research Services
The Selection Committee was impressed with the quality of all of this year’s applications and made their funding recommendations based on the evaluation criteria and the funding available. The Office of Research Services provides program statistics and results.
- Total number of applications received: 19 Total
- SSHRC Explore Stream (small-scale research): 14
- SSHRC Exchange Stream (small scale knowledge mobilization): 5
- Total Funding Requested: $104,883
- Total number of grants and funding awarded: 13 awards granted
- (8 SSHRC Explore; 5 SSHRC Exchange)
- Funding Awarded: $63,202
SSHRC Small Grants Recipients
SSHRC Explore Stream
Karla Dhungana-Sainju, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities
Project Title: Justice-Involved Veterans and the Criminal Justice System
Amount: $6,900
Carla Cesaroni, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities
Project Title: Incarcerated Young Men: Trauma, Masculinity & Need for Trauma Informed Care
Amount: $6,949
Leigh Harkins, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities
Project Title: Multiple Perpetrator Sexual Offences (MPSOs): Examining factors that influence recidivism;
Amount: $5,700
Ying Jiang, Faculty of Business and Information Technology
Project Title: Re-examining Unsatisfied Loyal Customers
Amount: $6,411
Xinyao Zhou, Faculty of Business and Information Technology
Project Title: Social Interaction, Investor Attention, and Price Destabilizing Behaviour
Amount: $6,527
Robin Kay, Faculty of Education
Project Title: Assessing the Benefits, Challenges, and Opportunities for Teaching and Learning Via Virtual Reality
Amount: $6,774
Beatriz Franco-Arellano, Faculty of Health Sciences
Project Title: Exploring factors impacting the implementation of nutrition education in classrooms
Amount: $6,976
Caroline Barakat, Faculty of Health Sciences
Project Title: Effectiveness of Social Networking Sites for Participant Tracing to Facilitate a 43 Year Follow-up Prospective Study and Future Longitudinal Research
Amount: $7,000
SSHRC Exchange Stream
Jennifer Abbass-Dick, Faculty of Health Science
Project title: Knowledge Mobilization activities for Breastfeeding Support Network
Amount: $1,9765
Jennifer Laffier, Faculty of Education
Project title: Knowledge mobilization activities - Mental Health in digital age online conference
Amount: $2,000
Xinyao Zhou, Faculty of Business and Technology
Project Title: How social connectedness affected mutual fund manager trading behavior in the first half of 2020: A conference paper
Amount: $2,000
Karla Dhungana-Sainju, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities
Project Title: Knowledge Mobilization activities for Ontario Secondary School Teacher’s Federation Research
Amount: $2,000
Gary Genosko, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities
Project Title: 30 years of Chaosmosis: Knowledge mobilization activities
Amount: $2,000
Recommendations for funding were made by a multi‐disciplinary Selection Committee and the Office of the Vice-President, Research and Innovation (VPRI) approved funding decisions.
Voting members:
Bin Chang, Associate Dean Research, Faculty of Business and IT
Robyn Ruttenberg-Rozen, Associate Professor, Faculty of Education
Tyler Frederick, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities
Facilitators/advisors (non-voting):
Kamla Ross-McGregor, Grants Officer, Office of Research Services
Laura Rendl, Manager Grants and Funding Programs, Office of Research Services
The Selection Committee was impressed with the quality of all of this year’s applications and made their funding recommendations based on the evaluation criteria and the funding available. The Office of Research Services provides program statistics and results.
- Total number of applications received: 15 Total
- SSHRC Explore Stream (small-scale research): 11
- SSHRC Exchange Stream (small scale knowledge mobilization): 4
- Total Funding Requested: $80,469
- Total number of grants and funding awarded 10 awards granted
- Funding Awarded: $59,209
- Funding Awarded: $59,209
SSHRC Small Grants Recipients
SSHRC Explore Stream
JoAnee Arcand, Faculty of Health Science
Project Title: A validation and pilot study of a comprehensive dietary sodium eHealth tool
Amount: $6,978
Adam Dubrowski, Bill Kapralos and Andrei Torres, Faculty of Health Science and Faculty of Business and IT
Project Title: Enhancing Educators’ Experience with a Collaborative Learning Management System (GEN-LMS)
Amount: $6,914
Brenda Gamble, Faculty of Health Science
Project Title: Exploring the Lived Experiences of Homeless Female Canadian Veterans
Amount: $6,968
Jia Li, Faculty of Education
Project Title: Collaboration using mind mapping apps: Enhancing undergraduate students’ academic writing skills across curriculum and in discipline
Amount: $6,630
Thomas McMorrow, Faculty of Social Sciences
Project Title: Implementing Advance Consent to Medical Assistance in Dying: A Preliminary, Comparative Study
Amount: $6,974
Serena Sohrab, Faculty of Business and IT
Project Title: The Postponed Motherhood Cost: The Impact of Infertility on the Careers of Women in Academia
Amount: $6,899
Winnie Sun and Alvaro Quevedo, Faculty of Health Sciences and Faculty of Business and IT
Project Title: Exploring the Role of Virtual Reality Reminiscence Therapy to Promote the Social Connectedness of Persons with Dementia
Amount: $7,000
Joshua Wyman and Lindsay Malloy, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities
Project Title: Examining the needs of health professionals for increasing disclosures of older adult maltreatment.
Amount: $6,874
SSHRC Exchange Stream
Adam Dubrowski and Beheshta Momand, Faculty of Health Science
Project Title: A Podcast Series to Disseminate Simulation Research and Innovation
Amount: $1,970
Leigh Harkins, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities
Project Title: Offense-Supportive Cognitions and Sexual Aggression in Community Males
Amount: $2,000
Voting members:
Karla Dhungana-Sainju, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities
Amirali Salehi-Abari, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Business and IT
Lorayne Robertson, Associate Professor, Faculty of Education
David Rudoler, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences
Facilitators/advisors (non-voting):
Ewa Stewart, Grants Officer, Office of Research Services
Laura Rendl, Manager Grants and Funding Programs, Office of Research Services
The program received a number of strong applications and was highly competitive. The Office of Research Services provides program statistics and results.
- Total number of applications received: 16 Total
- Total Funding Requested: $78,528.64
- Total number of grants and funding awarded 10 awards granted
- Funding Awarded: $46,329.64
- Funding Awarded: $46,329.64
SSHRC Small Grants Recipients
Emma Bartfay and Winnie Sun, Faculty of Health Sciences
Project Title: An exploratory study to examine the social aspects of influenza vaccine hesitancy in persons with dementia (PWD)
Amount: $5,000
Carla Cesaroni, Philip Shon and Chris O’Connor, Faculty of Social Science and Humanities
Project Title: An exploratory study to examine the social aspects of influenza vaccine hesitancy in persons with dementia (PWD)
Amount: $4,654
Brian Cutler, Faculty of Social Science and Humanities
Project Title: Impact of Viewing Body-Worn Camera Footage on Reports of Critical Incidents
Amount: $4,993
Karla Dhungana-Sainju, Faculty of Social Science and Humanities
Project Title: An Examination of Bullying through Twitter
Amount: $4,338
Tyler Frederick, Scott Aquanno and Chris O’Connor, Faculty of Social Science and Humanities
Project Title: Exploring New Methods in Citizen Education and Engagement
Amount: $2,765
Meaghan Lloyd, Faculty of Health Science
Project Title: Community-based Fundamental Motor Skill Intervention for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Pilot Study
Amount: $4,905
Natalie Oman, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities
Project Title: Collaborative Resource Management through Free, Prior and Informed Consent
Amount: $4,929
David Rudoler, Faculty of Health Sciences
Project Title: Understanding early admission to long-term care: A qualitative comparative analysis
Amount: $4,772
Amirali Salehi-Abari, Faculty of Business and Information Technology
Project Title: Understanding User Privacy Preferences in Online Social Platforms
Amount: $5,000
Arshia Zaidi and Olga Marques, Faculty of Social Science and Humanities
Project Title: Swipe Right: The Social Media "Hook-Up" Culture for Racialized Women in Post-Secondary Institutions
Amount: $4,973
The decision was made by a multi‐disciplinary Selection Committee formed by the Office of the Vice-President, Research and Innovation (VPRI) which includes:
Voting members:
Janette Hughes, Professor, Faculty of Education
Andrea Slane, Associate Professor, Faculty of Social Science and Humanities
Igor Kotlyar, Associate Professor, Faculty of Business and Information Technology
Facilitators/advisors:
Ewa Stewart, Grants Officer, Office of Research Services
The program received a number of strong applications and was highly competitive. The Office of Research Services has provided program statistics below for information.
- Total number of applications received: 14 Total
- Total Funding Requested: $81,067.85
- Total number of grants and funding awarded 9 awards granted
- Funding Awarded: $46,010.53
SSHRC Small Grants Recipients
Allyson Eamer, PhD, Associate Professor, and Jia Li, PhD, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Education
Project Title: The impact of the refugee experience on language learning and acculturation
Amount: $6,421
Ami Mamolo, PhD, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Education
Project Title: Mathematics and computer programming: Developing tasks for teacher education
Amount: $5,271
Bill Kapralos, PhD, Associate Professor, and Alvaro Quevedo, PhD, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Business and Information Technology
Project Title: The impact of the refugee experience on language learning and acculturation
Amount: $2,000
Chinmay Jain, PhD, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Business and Information Technology
Project Title: What can we learn from around-the-clock cryptocurrency exchanges?
Amount: $3,877.60
Kamal Smimou, PhD, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Business and Information Technology
Project Title: Financialization of commodities and the role of economic policy uncertainty: An exploratory study
Amount: $3,614
Leigh Harkins, PhD, Associate Professor, Faculty of Social Science and Humanities
Project Title: Use of technology in facilitating aggression and violence in dating and intimate relationships
Amount: $8,159
Lindsay Malloy, PhD, Associate Professor, Faculty of Social Science and Humanities
Project Title: Neglected eyewitnesses: Understanding adolescents’ and older adults’ interactions with the police
Amount: $6,346
Olga Marques, PhD, Associate Professor, Faculty of Social Science and Humanities
Project Title: Exploring perceptions and accounts of nonconsensual pornography from the perspective of sexual violence counsellors
Amount: $7,712
Serene Kerpan, PhD, Assistant Professor, and Shilpa Dogra, PhD, Associate Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences
Project Title: Sport and successful aging in Indigenous older adults
Amount: $2,609
The decision was made by a multi‐disciplinary Review Committee formed by the Office of the Vice-President Research, Innovation and International (VPRII), which includes:
Voting members:
Bin Chang, PhD, Associate Professor, FBIT
Brian Cutler, PhD, Professor, FSSH
Caroline Barakat-Haddad, PhD, Assistant Professor, FHS
Facilitators/advisors:
Jennifer Freeman, Director of Research Services, VPRII
Ewa Stewart, Grants Officer, VPRII
