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Funded Research

Our world class research is constantly winning grant competitions and other financial awards. We're honoured to see our work recognized as being among the world's best. We invite you to browse some of our best work listed below and seek inspiration for your projects.

NameProject TitleGrantYear
Yvonne SuCOVID-19: Asylum-seeking in the Epicentre of COVID-19 - The Social Impact of COVID-19 on Venezuelan LGBTQI+ Asylum Seekers in BrazilSSHRC PEG COVID-19 Special Initiative Grant
$24,961
2020
Merle JacobsAnglo Burmese CultureMinor Research Grant
$2500
2015
Minoo DerayehExploring Innovative Approaches to Islamic Education: Fostering Understanding, Dialogue and Community Co-existence in Canada$20,0002013-2014
Minoo Derayeh et alTheistic, agnostic, and atheistic notions of biological evolution in Islamic societies: Exploring Muslim teachers', students', and parents' understanding of evolution(SSHRC) Standard Research Grant
$175,000
Minoo DerayehIslamic Studies Award, McGill University$8,000
Minoo DerayehThe Edgar & Margaret Wilson Bursary$5,000
Livy A. VisanoManagement Training Program Women’s Enterprise Skills Training of Windsor Inc.
$5000
2011
Merle JacobsRevisiting Collegiality in 2011Minor Research Grant
$4000
2010
Merle JacobsTranslation of documents from Burmese into EnglishAtkinson Junior Faculty Grant
$1000  
2008
Merle JacobsBurmese ethnic women living in Toronto: Experiences of trauma prior to immigration in Burma/refugee camps (1990 -2006) Atkinson Minor Research Grant
$1,600
2006
Merle JacobsReview of nursing work life studies from 1990 to 2004 for issues of harassment within the profession.Matching funds Faculty of Nursing - York University
$2000
2005
Merle JacobsVicarious Trauma and RaceSSHRC, Small Research Grant.
$2,000
2003
Livy A. VisanoHuman SecurityNaresuan University; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Phitsanulok; Thailand.
$1,000
2003
Merle JacobsVicarious traumatization in human service professions: an exploratory studySunnybrook Health Care Centre
$10,000
2002
Livy A. VisanoReport on Applied Degree ProgramsGeorgian College.
$4,000
2002
Livy A. VisanoReport: The Contexts of a Graduate Masters Degree in Criminal Justice: communicating the niche with a unique program of studyAssociate Dean of Health and Human Services, University of Toledo, Ohio $10,0002001
Livy A. VisanoDifferential Impact of the Media on DelinquencySSHRC, Standard Research Grant $40,7962001
Livy A. VisanoYouth Criminal Justice ActNational Youth Justice Roundtable, Ottawa,
Department of Justice. $7,800
2001
Merle JacobsIntegrating Accountability for Employment Equity in Canada  Research category, “Employment equity for racial minorities and Aboriginal people” with Prof. Rebecca HageyCanadian Race Relation Foundation. $25,0002001
Livy A. VisanoMorality and NarrativesCultural Studies and Research Unit for Contemporary Culture, University of Jyvaskyla, Jyvaskyla Finland. $5,0001996
Livy A. VisanoConference on The Elderly in a Multi-racial/ Cultural SocietySocial Planning Council of Metropolitan Toronto; SSHRC and Health & Welfare Canada
$127,000
1989
Livy A. VisanoOpening The Umbrella: Service Needs of the Japanese Ethno-Cultural CommunityJapanese Family Services Association.
$10,000
1989
Livy A. VisanoAustralian Government, Office of the Prime Minister.
$4000
1988