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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.

Faculty Member Project TitleResearch GrantYear
Laura KwakRace and Representation in Canada's Parliament, 2006-2019SSHRC Insight Development Grant, $58,0762020-2021
Thi Viet Nga DaoTerritory and Politics of Resources: everyday lives and landscapes in the Northwestern VietnamSSHRC Insight Development Grant, $54,0662020-2021
Emilia NielsenLife Writing and Life-Altering Disease: Engendering Counternarratives of Chronic IlnessSSHRC Insight Development Grant, $47,5062020-2021
Audrey Laurin-LamotheConference internationale. La Grande transition: Construire l'utopieSSHRC Connection Grant, $24,2502020
Katherine NastovskiConfronting Global Capital: Strengthening Labour Internationalism and Transnationalism in CanadaMcMaster University Grant-in-Aid, $2,7222020
Annie BuntingScaling up conversations about forced marriage and gender violence in warSSHRC Connection Grant, $49,9902020
Merouan MekouarAuthoritarianism Reframed: New Forms of State Control in the Middle East and North AfricaSSHRC Connection Grant, $21,6352020
Omosalewa Olawoye-MannDemand-led growth: stagnation theories and stagnation policiesSSHRC Connection Grant, $24,9702020
Denielle ElliottChronic Pain and CAM: A Pilot StudyMitacs Research Training Award, $3,0002020
Uwafiokun IdemudiaBusiness and Sustainable Development: A Comparative Analysis of Corporate Peachbuilding StrategiesSSHRC Insight Grant, $187,6812019-2022
Jeannie SamuelChallenging Inequalities Over Time? Learning from Human Rights-based Approaches Over TimeSSHRC Insight Development Grant, $46,1622019-2020
Audrey Laurin-LamotheThe Great Transition: Building UtopiasSSHRC Connection Grant2019
Linda PeakSummer Institute in Urban Studies (SIUS)SSHRC Connection Grant2019
Merouan MekouarWorkshop on new forms for authoritarian practices in North Africa and the Middle EastSSHRC Connection Grant2019
Nga Dao UKRI GCRF (Global Challenges Research Fund) Living Deltas HubUK Research and Innovation (UKRI)2019
Ozgun TopakWorkshop on new forms for authoritarian practices in North Africa and the Middle EastSSHRC Connection Grant2019
Annie BuntingCommunity Dialogues on Forced Marriage and Sexual Violence in ConflictSSHRC Connection Grant, $38,0422019
Carla Lipsig-MummeCarla Lipsig-Mumme NominationSSHRC Impact Partnership Award, $50,0002019
Caroline HosseinSocial Innovations in Ontario: An Analysis of Self-Help Groups, Cooperatives and Social Enterprises Among African-CanadiansMinistry of Research, Innovation and Science Early Researcher Award, $140,0002018-2022
Ozgun TopakGoverning Refugees by VettingSSHRC Insight Development Grants, $52,4512018-2019
Natasha TusikovGoverning Knowledge and Data in Smart CitiesSSHRC Insight Development Grant, $65,8342018-2019
Jennifer HyndmanAlternative Solutions for Refugee ProtectionSSHRC Connection Grant, $24,7622018
Andrew BrownADHD in Okinawa: Biomedicine Situated in Local ContextsMitacs JSPS Researcher Exchange Fellowship, $3,0002018
Denielle ElliottNeurological Imaginaries: An Ethnography with/of Arts, Affect, and Brain InjuriesSSHRC Insight Development Grant, $65,5132018
Megan DaviesThe History of the Hornby & Denman Community Health Care Society 1978-2010Nova Scotia Health Research Foundation Project Grant, $9,9742018
Carlo FanelliRemaking RecreationCUPE National (Canadian Union of Public Employees), $10,0002018
Miriam SmithEmployment Discrimination in Law and Policy: Queer Rights in the U.SSSHRC Insight Grants, $34,687, $34,547, $5,4782017-2019
Caroline HosseinAfrican origins in the social economy: A study of the Black Banker Ladies and economic collectives in CanadaSSHRC Insight Development Grants, $51,885, $18,6032017-2018
Linda PeakUrbanization, gender and the global south: a transformative knowledge networkSSHRC2017
Lesley JacobsRapid Risk Factor Surveillance System 2017Halton Regional Health Department, contract, $71,8002017
Amelie BarrasShaping Human Rights: Faith-based NGOs at the United Nations Human Rights CouncilSSHRC Insight Development Grant, $36,7922017
Amelie BarrasShaping Human Rights: Faith-based NGOs at the United Nations Human Rights CouncilSSHRC Insight Development Grant, $29,2282016
Rosemary CoombeFacilitating Practices of Fair Dealing OnlineCanadian Internet Registration Authority Community Investment Program, $50,0002016