$650,000 Awarded to U of S Teams for Humanities and Social Science Research
Posted June 03, 2005
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - June 3, 2005 2005-06-01-OTHER
$650,000 Awarded to U of S Teams for Humanities and Social Science Research
Today eight University of Saskatchewan researchers were awarded grants
totalling more than $650,000 by the federal Social Sciences and Humanities
Research Council of Canada (SSHRC).
The research teams will probe a wide range of issues including physical
activity among women with arthritis, arrangements between First Nations and
the Crown for on-reserve education, and global implications of Russia's
influence on the Group of Eight (G8) nations.
"SSHRC support for these outstanding researchers will help benefit the
health, education, cultural development and public policies of Canadians,
while providing valuable training opportunities for our students," said
Steven Franklin, U of S Vice-President Research. "Our SSHRC success also
leverages provincial operating funding which greatly benefits students and
the university as a whole."
The national announcement of $81.6 million for nearly 1,000 research
projects at 77 Canadian universities was made today at the 2005 Congress of
the Humanities and Social Sciences in London, Ont.
"The research funded today truly demonstrates the wealth of creativity,
innovation and expertise that exists in this country," said Marc Renaud,
President of SSHRC. "Canadians from all walks of life will draw on this
knowledge to better understand our most pressing economic, political, social
and cultural issues."
U of S projects approved for funding (over three years):
- Sheila Carr-Stewart (educational administration) -- $89,327 to examine the
legal and organizational arrangements through which First Nations deliver
educational services at on-reserve schools and to determine how these
arrangements support or hinder them.
- Donna Goodwin (kinesiology) -- $116,800 to learn when instructional
assistance in physical education classes is helpful to high school students
with disabilities and when it may actually hinder them from becoming
independent. The study will develop practical recommendations for teachers
and instructional assistants to promote physically active lifestyles for
these students.
- Nancy Gyurcsik (kinesiology) -- $83,693 to study what influences women
with arthritis in deciding whether to engage in regular physical activity
and to help them overcome these factors so they can regularly perform
physical activity. (Co-applicants: Karen Chad, Kevin Spink, and Lawrence
Bradley, all from U of S.)
- Anthony Harding (English) -- $47,654 to build an on-line electronic
index to Coleridge's Notebooks, creating an indispensable search tool for scholars
probing Coleridge's often controversial remarks on the politics and culture
of his time.
- Pamela Jordan (history) -- $50,391 to investigate the extent to which
Russia has influenced the G8's policy agenda and has complied with its
obligations, particularly in the areas of nuclear non-proliferation,
anti-terrorism measures, and economic reform.
- Edwin Ralph (education - curriculum studies) -- $83,059 to develop ways to
improve the effectiveness of the clinical or practicum component of a
variety of undergraduate professional programs offered by Canadian
universities in areas such as medicine, nursing, pharmacy and
education.(Co-applicants: Keith Walker and Randy Wimmer of the U of S)
- James Waldram (psychology) -- $96,277 to uncover the meaning of "healing"
among a group of Maya healers in Belize, focusing on the family and social
context in which the healing occurs and how healers share knowledge through
consensus-building. Audio-visual materials on Maya healing will be developed
for use by the local population in their efforts to revitalize their
culture.
- Terry Wotherspoon (sociology) - $88,694 to explore how changes in
education to meet the needs of an information-based society affect children
from diverse social backgrounds. The study focuses on relationships among
students' family backgrounds, child and parental actions, and school
factors.
Another 10 projects were recommended for SSHRC support through the national
peer review process, but those projects were ultimately not supported due to
lack of funds.
"Clearly, this shows that the work being done by our researchers is being
recognized as both important and worthy of support," says Peter Stoicheff, U
of S SSHRC Research Coordinator. "As well, in the last several months, the
university has begun implementing new ways to support researchers with their
grant applications and I expect we'll see continued improvement in our SSHRC
funding results as these new initiatives take effect."
SSHRC is Canada's federal funding agency for university-based research and
graduate training in the social sciences and humanities.
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For more information, contact:
Jennifer Webber
Research Communications
University of Saskatchewan
(306) 966-5516
jennifer.webber@usask.ca
Peter Stoicheff
SSHRC Research Coordinator
University of Saskatchewan
(306) 966-1474
peter.stoicheff@usask.ca
