Faculty from across York University have been awarded Partnership Development Grants by the Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), including three professors from the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (LA&PS). The grants were awarded to existing research partnerships and projects that aim to create impact in both academic and non-academic communities.
The following LA&PS researchers were awarded funding as part of the 2024 competition:
Johanne Jean-Pierre, Department of Sociology
Project: Inspiring adolescents to become first-generation university students through bilingual short films
Funding: $199,384
Joan Judge, Department of History
Project: Vernacular medicine and modes of knowing in China: historical and global contexts
Funding: $199,329
Yvonne Su, Department of Equity Studies
Project: Sanctuaries of Hope: Co-Creating Knowledge, Policies, Workshops and Participatory Films on South-South Queer Migration with Bogotá’s LGBTQ+ Houses
Funding: $198,360
Congratulations to the grant recipients.
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