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substantially to Canada’s knowledge base, to our culture and to our quality of life,” said Stan Shapson (right)<\/strong>, York vice-president research & innovation. “This research helps us to better understand the world around us and the most pressing societal issues of our time.” <\/p>\nForty-three York faculty research projects received $3.37 million through SSHRC’s Standard Research Grants program, an increase of 24 per cent in funding over 2007 results. <\/p>\n
Their projects cover a range of disciplines and include research into:<\/p>\n
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- the role race and gender play in illness, injury and violence in nursing workplaces; <\/li>\n
- developing Internet ethnography for marketing research; <\/li>\n
- gender and digital gameplay; <\/li>\n
- the causes and goal-regulation mechanisms of religious extremism; <\/li>\n
- how humanitarian non-government organizations visually represent distant suffering; <\/li>\n
- ecological restoration and the aggregate product cycle in Toronto. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
The competition also included special calls for proposals in management, business and finance, through which six York researchers secured a total of $822,247. In addition, three York professors were awarded $104,830 in research development initiatives. <\/p>\n
Graduate students and doctoral fellows also benefited from the announcements: 139 York master’s and doctoral students have won $5.87 million in scholarships and fellowships. In all, 2,405 graduate and post-doctoral projects across Canada received a total of $97.9 million.<\/p>\n