Science Minister Kirsty Duncan (Etobicoke North, Ont.) announced more than $158-million in funding for over 800 research projects across Canada. These investments will fund research projects on education, immigration, youth, Indigenous arts leadership and climate change. The full release is available online. Call 613-404-2733.
Science Minister Kirsty Duncan (Etobicoke North, Ont.) announced the appointment and renewal of several diverse members of the governing council for the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. They are: John Baker, President and CEO, D2L (reappointment) Catherine Beaudry, Professor at Polytechnique Montréal, and Canada Research Chair in Creation, Development and the Commercialization of … Read more
The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada and the Economic and Social Research Council in the United Kingdom have launched an international competition to assess the state of research knowledge on Canada-UK trade relationships. Proposed projects must involve at least two researchers, one affiliated with a postsecondary institution in Canada, the other with a UK-based university … Read more
Science Minister Kirsty Duncan (Etobicoke North, Ont.) revealed the first wave of Canada 150 Research Chairs who will soon call our country home: Donna Rose Addis, who will receive $350,000 per year as the Canada 150 Research Chair in Cognitive Neuroscience of Memory and Aging, is going to the University of Toronto from the University of … Read more
Science Minister Kirsty Duncan (Etobicoke North, Ont.) announced more than $265 million in funding for over 3,300 social sciences and humanities research projects across Canada. The funding is being awarded through scholarships, fellowships, and grants from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. The full release is available online. Call 613-404-2733.
Science Minister Kirsty Duncan (Etobicoke North, Ont.) announced a series of changes to the Canada Research Chairs Program. The changes are informed by recommendations made in the Fundamental Science Review and include: Limiting Tier 1 chairs to a single renewal, allowing chairholders to hold a maximum of two, seven-year terms; Allowing universities additional flexibility to convert chairs … Read more
Katherine Lippel, professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Ottawa, and Canada Research Chair in Occupational Health and Safety Law, has won this year’s Gold Medal at the annual Impact Awards, presented by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. Winners in the other award categories are: Talent Award: Claire Battershill, Simon … Read more
Science Minister Kirsty Duncan (Etobicoke North, Ont.) launched the call for applications to the Canada 150 Research Chairs Program. Duncan is inviting the world’s scientists and scholars to apply to the new program and, if successful in their applications, bring their groundbreaking work to Canada. The investment of $117.6 million honours Canada’s 150th anniversary and was announced earlier this … Read more
Science Minister Kirsty Duncan (Etobicoke North, Ont.) announced 28 social sciences and humanities research projects through the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council’s Knowledge Synthesis Grants program, totaling $695,000 in funding. This initiative will contribute to a deeper understanding of the current and historical, cultural, social and economic experiences of First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples … Read more
The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada announced the five winners of the 2016 Impact Awards in Ottawa, selected by a jury from an extraordinary pool of talented researchers. Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Greg Fergus (Hull-Aylmer, Que.) presented the Gold Medal alongside Ted Hewitt, SSHRC’s president, to Claudia Mitchell, … Read more
