Fourteen MacEwan University faculty members are leading or collaborating on projects that were awarded more than $4 million to pursue research across a number of areas including anxiety in zebrafish, a new approach to the Invariant Subspace Problem and the experiences of newcomer Ukrainian youth in Canada.
The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), two of the country’s largest research agencies, have recently announced the recipients of their latest round of funding.
“Growing our Tri-agency funding is a key metric in MacEwan’s recently approved tactical plan for scholarship,” says Dr. Craig Kuziemsky, associate vice-president, Research. “Tri-agency funding allows our faculty members to focus on a dedicated program of research, including the training of highly qualified personnel and the engagement of community partners in the research.”
“I am thrilled that we continue to see year-over-year success at receiving Tri-agency funding at MacEwan,” says Dr. Kuziemsky. “I look forward to seeing the outcomes of these research programs.”
Here are the latest MacEwan funding recipients.
Dr. Joshua Miller, Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences
NSERC Discovery Grant
Project: Elucidating the genomic architecture of speciation through examining hybridization events
Dr. Trevor Hamilton, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology
NSERC Discovery Grant
Project: An investigation of zebrafish anxiety-like behaviour
Dr. Adi Tcaciuc, Professor and Chair, Department of Mathematics and Statistics
NSERC Discovery Grant
Project: An approach to the Invariant Subspace Problem via finite rank perturbations of linear operators
Two grants:
- SSHRC Partnership Engage Grant
Project: Fostering effective partnerships to support First Nations, Métis and Inuit pathways to post-secondary education opportunities - SSHRC Partnership Development Grant
Project: Examining First Nations, Métis, and Inuit pathways to post-secondary education opportunities
Dr. Daniel Martin, Associate Professor, Department of English (co-applicant)
SSHRC Partnership Development Grant
Project: The stuttering curriculum: Mobilizing dysfluency studies across theory and practice
Dr. Erin Cowling, Associate Professor, Department of Humanities, Spanish
SSHRC Insight Grant
Project: Siglo Latinx: Early modern Spanish theatre in the North American context
Dr. Jeffrey Stepnisky, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology (co-applicant)
Dr. Elizabeth Burgess-Pinto, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Nursing (co-applicant)
SSHRC Insight Grant
Project: The impact of temporary status on the settlement experience of newcomer Ukrainian youth in Canada arriving under the Canada-Ukraine Authorization for Emergency Travel (CUAET) visa
Dr. Treena Swanston, Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, Economics and Political Science, and Department of Biological Sciences (co-applicant)
SSHRC Insight Grant
Project: Identifying the social determinants of lead poisoning in British colonial populations of the Caribbean
Dr. Lun Li, Assistant Professor, Department of Social Work (co-applicant)
SSHRC Insight Grant
Project: Social Connectedness and Resilience Among Marginalized Older Adults and Caregivers: Co-produced intersectoral knowledge implemented with community organizations
Dr. Robin McDonald, Assistant Professor, Department of Studio Arts (collaborator)
SSHRC Insight Grant
Project: Queer operatives: Writing, making, and transmitting queer Canadian art histories
Dr. Kristopher Wells, Canada Research Chair (Tier II) for the Public Understanding of Sexual and Gender Minority Youth, Department of Child and Youth Care (collaborator)
SSHRC Insight Grant
Project: Drawing queer and trans kinship: Learning about family through children's art
Dr. Kathryn Holland, Assistant Professor, Department of English (collaborator)
SSHRC Insight Grant
Project: Meaningful difference: Making feminist literary history with data
Dawn Sadoway, Assistant Professor, Department of Theatre (collaborator)
SSHRC Partnership Grant
Project: Staging better futures / Mettre en scène de meilleurs avenirs