Jasiak, a professor in the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (LA&PS), and Kim, an associate professor in the Schulich School of Business, are among the first recipients of the University’s new grant funding that provides $150,000 annually over three years for interdisciplinary projects in strategic areas of research. Digital currencies are growing in popularity worldwide and the grant, says Kim, “will allow us to connect several strands of research.”
Jasiak and Kim are partnering with the Bank of Canada and Mitacs, a non-profit research program, to explore the bank’s survey data on Bitcoin adoption to address questions regarding Bitcoin ownership and use, as well as the pace at which Canadians are adopting this technology.