Twenty-three McGill doctoral researchers receive SSHRC Doctoral Fellowships

Recipients will pursue research in areas of critical social importance that promote equity, diversity and inclusion
“Social sciences and humanities are helping Canadians navigate complex societal issues; informing sound decision-making across government, business and community sectors; creating jobs; and securing a better future for our country and our kids,” said Navdeep Bains, federal Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry.

Twenty-three McGill doctoral researchers have won Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) grants to study such topics as gender-based violence, low graduation rates in Quebec, language instruction for immigrants, sustainable architecture, and musical education for children with autism.

They were among 540 doctoral researchers across Canada to be awarded funding through the SSHRC Doctoral Fellowships competition. The Government of Canada’s investment in doctoral social sciences and humanities research talent totals $26 million over the next four years. The McGill cohort will receive total funding of more than $1.3 million.

“Our government has always believed that the best investments are based on quality data and research. Social sciences and humanities are helping Canadians navigate complex societal issues; informing sound decision-making across government, business and community sectors; creating jobs; and securing a better future for our country and our kids,” said The Hon. Navdeep Bains, federal Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry in the announcement on November 2. “I want to congratulate this year’s Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Doctoral Fellowship recipients, and look forward to the transformative work they will do.”

The 23 McGill doctoral researchers are:

  • Abi Zeid Daou, Léa; Keeping refugee women and girls safe through education and policy: gender-based violence and forced migration; $80,000
  • Anand, Leena; Mindful matching: Swiping right for Mr. or Mrs. Right. Examining the role of attachment theory and mindfulness in Tinder use; $40,000
  • Barker, Marianne E.; Improving Canadian integration of immigrants: An exploration of the government-funded Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada program; $60,000
  • Bellows, Natasha E.; Gaining insight into low graduation rates in Quebec; $80,000
  • Blouin, Philippe; Relating and belonging in Mohawk Kaianerekowa political philosophy: Towards an anthropology of alliance; $80,000
  • Brooks, Kyla Grace L.; What does gender have to do with professional knowledge anyway? Perspectives from Audio Engineering; $40,000
  • Caivano, Oksana; Adolescents’ perceptions and perceived effectiveness of positive and negative responses to cybergossip; $80,000
  • Gélinas, Camilia; Poétique du roman « para-arthurien » (XIIIe-XVe siècles); $80,000
  • Gultia, Kimberly Y.; The mestiza and the morena: the social construction of the Filipina and postcolonial domestic architecture in the Philippines (1946-1986); $40,000
  • Johal, Rishma; Transgressing Boundaries: South Asian-Indigenous Relations in the Pacific Northwest, 1897-1947; $60,000
  • Joyce, S.J. Adrienna; Race, space, and power relationships: Critical teacher education through photovoice as pedagogy; $40,000
  • Lateef, Rusan; Child sexual abuse survivors: Shame and non-disclosure in counselling; $80,000
  • Monnerat, Mélie; The price of spice: How high value non-timber forest product commodity chains influence ethnic minority livelihoods in Northern Vietnam; $20,000
  • Osborne, Peter C.; Understanding the integration of social, ecological, economic, and technical systems of sustainable architecture; $80,000
  • Patel, Naznin Idris; When religion and philosophy part ways: Marsilio Ficino’s reconciliation of revelation and reason; $40,000
  • Pearce, Rebecca L.; Preterm Children as Learners of Mathematics; $40,000
  • Per, Megan; A mindfulness-based training program for self-injury: An approach to improve emotional regulation; $80,000
  • Perkins, Jana M.; Romantic Poetry and Perception in the Wake of Enlightenment-era Sciences; $80,000
  • Philibert-Lignières, Gwenaëlle; The effect of a musical education program on cognitive skills of children with autism spectrum disorder; $40,000
  • Scott, Braden L.; Building Worlds: The Globalization of Ancient Architecture in the Netherlandish Archaeological Imagination; $20,000
  • Smeja, Katrina; An exploration of Indigenous worldviews and community initiatives that support resilience and reclaiming cultural identity: Implications for decolonizing counselling psychology; $80,000
  • Tissera, Hasagani; To know, or not to know, that is the question: Exploring short- and long-term benefits of accurate and biased perceptions of partner’s understanding; $40,000
  • Weber, Stephanie H.; Glass culture and Canadian architecture in the Victorian era, 1856-1901; $80,000
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Seemab Azam fraz
2 years ago

What’s procedure for fellowship

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Neale Mcdevitt
2 years ago

Maybe check out the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council website.