On September 13, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) announced the recipients of its 2024 Insight Grant and Insight Development Grants. The major federal agency, which promotes and supports research and training in the humanities and social sciences research in Canada, awarded grants to several projects involving MacEwan University faculty members.

“MacEwan received its first SSHRC grant in 2004 and the ongoing growth of our social sciences and humanities scholarship has been phenomenal,” said Dr. Craig Kuziemsky, associate vice-president, Research. “SSHRC funding is an important means of supporting our research to understand and help solve core societal challenges in Alberta and beyond. I look forward to seeing what our talented faculty members and students will achieve with this funding.” 

Congratulations to MacEwan’s most recent SSHRC funding recipients of 2024 Insight Grants, and Insight Development Grants awarded in both fall and spring 2024.

SSHRC Insight Grant recipients

LAVA: Large-scale archaeological videogame analysis 

Dr. Katie Biittner
 Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, Economics and Political Science
SSHRC Insight Grant, Co-applicant 

Intersectional identities in postsecondary learning: Exploring learning environments, self-determination, and academic outcomes for gender and sexual minority students with multiple minorities 

Dr. Maria Di Stasio
Assistant Professor, Department of Human Services and Early Learning 
SSHRC Insight Grant Applicant

Role of causal ambiguity in product recall crisis management

Dr. Etayankara (Murli) Muralidharan
Associate Professor, Department of International Business, Marketing and Strategy  
SSHRC Insight Grant Applicant

Memorializing revolution: A study of Ukraine's Maidan Museum

Dr. Jeffrey Stepnisky
Associate Professor, Department of Sociology 
SSHRC Insight Grant Applicant

SSHRC Insight Development Grant recipients

Fighting a war a dollar at a time: The role of crowdfunding in the Russo-Ukrainian war

Dr. Jeffrey Rice
Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, Economics and Political Science 
SSHRC Insight Development Grant Applicant

MacEwan co-applicants: 
Larysa Hayduk, Director, Ukrainian Resource and Development Centre

Examining parent-child play types, duration, and engagement with loose parts: How parental income, educational attainment, and children's age and cognitive functioning shape loose parts play

Dr. Ozlem Cankaya
Associate Professor, Department of Human Services and Early Learning
SSHRC Insight Development Grant Applicant

MacEwan co-applicants:
Dr. Emily Milne, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology
Dr. Natalia Rohatyn-Martin, Associate Professor, Department of Human Services and Early Learning

Development and validation of a culturally sensitive stigma scale for adolescents with disabilities in a Sub-Saharan Africa context

Dr. Mary Asirifi
Assistant Professor, Department of Nursing Foundations and Science
SSHRC Insight Development Grant Applicant

MacEwan co-applicants:
Dr. Elizabeth Burgess-Pinto, Assistant Professor, Department of Integrative Nursing Systems
Dr. Hellen Gateri, Associate Professor, School of Social Work
Dr. Emilene Reisdorfer, Assistant Professor, Department of Professional Nursing and Allied Health 

Geoarchaeology of Boreal Forest Dune-Wetland Complexes in Alberta, Canada

Dr. Robin Woywitka
Associate Professor, Department of Physical Sciences
SSHRC Insight Development Grant Applicant

Centring Queer Joy in Response to Gender-based Violence in Schools (Queer Joy!)

Dr. JJ Wright, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology
SSHRC Insight Development Grant Applicant

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