WINNIPEG, MB – The University of Winnipeg is pleased to acknowledge the talented faculty and students who today were awarded financial grants by the federal government to further develop their research. The total amount of new funds received by faculty in the Standard Research Grants competition is $570,512.
“The diversity of research projects that have received funding today demonstrates UWinnipeg’s depth in providing a quality liberal arts education at both the undergraduate and graduate level,” said Sandra Kirby,
Acting Associate Vice-President, Research and Graduate Studies. “Each of these recipients – whether they are seasoned professors or students emerging in their chosen fields – display a passionate commitment and dedication to their course of study that inspires us all.”
The successful Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada – Standard Research Grant recipients are:
- Dr. Pauline Greenhill – Women’s and Gender Studies – Her research focuses on “Transgender Imagination and Enactment in Traditional and Popular Culture in Canada.”
- Dr. Doug Walton – Philosophy – His grant is for “Argumentation in Artificial Intelligence and Law.”
- Dr. Royden Loewen – Mennonite Studies/History – Dr. Loewen’s research focuses on “Canadian ‘Horse and Buggy’ Mennonites in the Americas: A Social and Cultural History of a Contestation of Modernity, 1958-2008.”
- Dr. James Hanley – History – His grant is to explore “Regulation and Redistribution: Public Health in Nineteenth-Century England.”
- Dr. Linda DeRiviere – Politics – Her work looks at “The labour market and fiscal outcomes of intimate partner violence.”
- Dr. Brian Freose – History at Canadian Mennonite University – His research is about “American Evangelical Missions in the Twentieth-Century Canadian West.”
- Dr. Bev Fehr – Psychology – She focuses on “Compassionate Love in Relational Context: Knowledge Structures, Relationship Experience, and a Proposed Integration.”
The successful Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada – J. Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship – Masters students are:
- Tara Conway – Psychology
- Rebecca Hildebrand – English
- Christine Kampen Robinson – Modern Languages and Literature
- Amanda LeBlanc – English
- Margaret MacAulay – Rhetoric, Writing, and Communications
- Karla Schulz – Politics
These students will receive $17,500 each to pursue graduate studies.
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Diane Poulin, Communications Officer,The University of Winnipeg
P: 204.988.7135 E: d.poulin@uwinnipeg.ca
