Awards Recipients for Connection Grants: May 2023 Competition

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Successful Programs in 1A

Applicant	Bernard Gagnon	Université du Québec à Rimouski
Co-applicant	Dominique Leydet	Université du Québec à Montréal
	Guillaume St-Laurent	Université Laval
Title	Les démocraties libérales contemporaines au prisme de la pensée de Charles Taylor : diversité, reconnaissance et sécularité
Years	1
Funding	$25,000

Applicant	Isaac Saney	Dalhousie University
Collaborator	Afua Cooper	Dalhousie University
	Russell Grosse	Black Cultural Centre for Nova Scotia
	Sarah Clift	University of King's College (Halifax)
	Theresa Rajack-Talley	Dalhousie University
	William Lahey	University of King's College (Halifax)
Title	Slavery, Reparations and Education: African Nova Scotia, Canada and Beyond
Years	1
Funding	$50,000

Applicant	Louis-Philippe Rochon	Laurentian University
Co-applicant	Sylvio Antonio Kappes	Universidade Federal do Ceará
Title	Monetary Policy, Income and Wealth Distribution: The Pasinetti Index
Years	1
Funding	$24,932

Applicant	Amy Verdun	University of Victoria
Collaborator	Amie Kreppel	University of Florida
	Anna-Lena Hoegenauer	Université du Luxembourg
	Lucia Quaglia	Università di Bologna
	Will Bateman	Australian National University
Title	The European Central Bank at the Crossroads
Years	1
Funding	$25,000

Applicant	Nicole Wilson	University of Manitoba
Co-applicant	Aimée Craft	University of Ottawa
	Leila Harris	The University of British Columbia
	Sameer Shah	University of Washington
Collaborator	Adele Perry	University of Manitoba
	Amber Wutich	Arizona State University
	Teresa Montoya	University of Chicago
Title	Water and climate justice: Advancing intersectional approaches
Years	1
Funding	$24,584

Applicant	Tracy Smith-Carrier	Royal Roads University
Co-applicant	Elizabeth Kay-Raining Bird	Dalhousie University
	Hugh Shewell	Carleton University
	James Mulvale	University of Manitoba
	Pier-Luc Turcotte	University of Ottawa
	Sidney Frankel	University of Manitoba
	Wendy Gifford	University of Ottawa
Collaborator	Benjamin Earle	Feed the Need in Durham
	Joe Foster	Other/Unknown
	Natalie Appleyard	Citizens for Public Justice
	Sheila Regehr	Basic Income Canada Network
Title	Galvanizing a Movement: The Pan-Canadian Basic Income Guarantee (BIG) Forum
Years	1
Funding	$49,921

Applicant	Kesha Fevrier	Queen's University
Co-applicant	Anna Zalik	York University
	Danielle Trotz	University of Toronto
Title	Contested Energy Futures: An Interdisciplinary Workshop on Controversial Energy Infrastructure in the Caribbean and Continental North America
Years	1
Funding	$48,360

Applicant	Jason Millar	University of Ottawa
Co-applicant	Jacquelyn Burkell	Western University
	Jane Bailey	University of Ottawa
	Joanna Redden	Western University
	Suzanne Dunn	Dalhousie University
Collaborator	Kelly Bronson	University of Ottawa
	Vivek Krishnamurthy	University of Ottawa
Title	Mobilizing Tools and Community to Resist Corporate Influence In Critical Technology Research
Years	1
Funding	$50,000

Applicant	Barnali Choudhury	York University
Title	Sustainability impacts of Canadian companies
Years	1
Funding	17,776

Applicant	Tarah Hodgkinson	Wilfrid Laurier University
Co-applicant	Camie Condon	Seneca College
	Carrie Sanders	Wilfrid Laurier University
Title	Reducing the 'crisis in the downtown': An action research approach to addressing fear and safety in Brantford, Ontario
Years	1
Funding	$24,952

Applicant	Jonathan Crush	Wilfrid Laurier University
Title	Cities of Contagion: Urban Refugees, Food Insecurity, and COVID-19 in Comparative Perspective
Years	1
Funding	$25,000

Applicant	Nadia Rousseau	Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
Co-applicant	Caterina Mamprin	Université de Moncton
	Dominic Voyer	Université du Québec à Rimouski
	Marie-Elaine Desmarais	Université de Saint-Boniface
	Virginie Abat-Roy	Université de Moncton
Title	La diversité à l'école: arrimage entre savoirs théoriques, savoirs pratiques et voix des jeunes
Years	1
Funding	$43,118

Applicant	Francine Julien-Gauthier	Université Laval
Co-applicant	Colette Jourdan-Ionescu	Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
	Réal Labelle	Université du Québec à Montréal
Title	Bilan de la recherche sur la résilience en période postpandémique
Years	1
Funding	$24,993

Applicant	Marcie Frank	Université Concordia
Co-applicant	Heather Meek	Université de Montréal
	Sandrine Roux	Université du Québec à Montréal
Title	Matters and Materials of Life
Years	1
Funding	$24,460

Applicant	Jennifer Bonnell	York University
Co-applicant	Alan Corbiere	York University
Collaborator	Allison White	Toronto and Region Conservation Authority
	Marcel Fortin	University of Toronto
Title	Changing the Narrative: Connecting Indigenous and Settler Histories at Black Creek Pioneer Village
Years	1
Funding	$43,911

Applicant	Alexandra Fiocco	Toronto Metropolitan University
Co-applicant	Anthony Lombardo	Canadian Association on Gerontology
	Brad Meisner	York University
Title	CAG2023: Community and Teaching, Research & Practice
Years	1
Funding	$25,000

Applicant	Kelsey Leonard	University of Waterloo
Co-applicant	Daniel McCarthy	University of Waterloo
	Talena Atfield	University of Waterloo
Title	WAMPUM Waves: Reclaiming Indigenous Women's Water Governance
Years	1
Funding	$50,000

Successful Programs in 1B - Connection Grants (May)

2023-2024 Connection Grants 2023-2024

Applicant	Michelle (Shelly) Russell-Mayhew	University of Calgary
Co-applicant	Kerri Murray	Ever Active Schools
	Louise McClelland	Ever Active Schools
Collaborator	Aaron Stout	University of Lethbridge
	Kate Storey	University of Alberta
	Melanie Davis	Phoenix, Journal of the Classical Association of Canada
	Shannon Kell	Mount Royal University
	Teresa Fowler	Concordia University of Edmonton
Title	Teachers of Tomorrow: Developing an Alberta Stakeholder Network
Years	1
Funding	$25,000

Applicant	Katherine Sanford	University of Victoria
Co-applicant	David Monk	Gulu University
	Devi Mucina	University of Victoria
	Lorna Willi	University of Victoria
	Timothy Hopper	University of Victoria
Collaborator	Budd Hall	University of Victoria
Title	Exploring sustainable research for decolonizing the world: Promoting transdisciplinary partnerships in institutions from the global north and south
Years	1
Funding	$24,999

Applicant	Cati Coe	Carleton University
Co-applicant	Alana Glaser	St. John's University
Title	What is Work? Rethinking the Formalization of Domestic Work as the Pathway to Dignity
Years	1
Funding	$21,211

Applicant	Pierre-Luc Déziel	Université Laval
Co-applicant	Aude Motulsky	Université de Montréal
	Philippe Després	Université Laval
Title	Des tests qui gênent : comment mieux protéger le droit à la vie privée à l'ère des tests génétiques en ligne
Years	1
Funding	$16,643

Applicant	Sara Diamond	OCAD University
Co-applicant	Andrea Fatona	OCAD University
	Andréa Tarnawsky	Simon Fraser University
	Jana Grazley	City of Vancouver
	Karen Knights	Vivo Media Arts Centre
	Melanie Hardbattle	Simon Fraser University
	Paul Hebbard	Simon Fraser University
	Sheelagh Carpendale	Simon Fraser University
	Syr Reifsteck	Vivo Media Arts Centre
Title	The Crossing Fonds Symposium
Years	1
Funding	$24,962

Applicant	Sébastien Brodeur-Girard	Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue
Co-applicant	Cyndy Wylde	University of Ottawa
	Dalia Gesualdi-Fecteau	Université de Montréal
	Marie-Eve Drouin-Gagné	Institut national de la recherche scientifique
Collaborator	Adam Archambault	Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue
	Béatrice Venne	Université du Québec à Montréal
	Guillaume Proulx	Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue
	Marie-Pierre Renaud	Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue
	Philippe Nadon	Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue
Title	Colloque étudiant en études autochtones en Abitibi-Témiscamingue
Years	1
Funding	$14,075

Applicant	Santiago Hidalgo	Université de Montréal
Co-applicant	André Gaudreault	Université de Montréal
	André Habib	Université de Montréal
	Marta Boni	Université de Montréal
Collaborator	Caroline Martin	Université de Montréal
	Thomas Carrier-Lafleur	Université de Montréal
Title	L'accessibilité des médias : éduquer pour ouvrir le dialogue
Years	1
Funding	$49,315

Applicant	Jonathan Loopstra	Redeemer University
Co-applicant	Elvira Martín-Contreras	Consejo superior de investigaciones científicas (Spanish National Research Council)
Title	Techniques for Preserving God's Word in Syriac, Hebrew, and Arabic Sacred Texts
Years	1
Funding	$7,762

Applicant	Colin Clark	OCAD University
Co-applicant	Andrew Simon	Institute for Multidisciplinary Ecological Research in the Salish Sea
	Jeannine Georgeson	Institute for Multidisciplinary Ecological Research in the Salish Sea
Collaborator	Al Kuslikis	American Indian Higher Education Consortium
	Shirley Williams	Other/Unknown
Title	A Transboundary Gathering: Digital Ecocultural Mapping in the Sal
Years	1
Funding	$24,980

Applicant	Heidi Kiiwetinepinesiik Stark	University of Victoria
Co-applicant	Alexandria Wilson	University of Saskatchewan
	Kelsey Wrightson	Dechinta Centre for Research and Learning
	Rebecca Johnson	University of Victoria
Collaborator	Darcy Lindberg	University of Victoria
	Ryan Crosschild	University of Calgary
	Tracy Underwood	University of Victoria
Title	Restoring the Land, Repairing Relations: Indigenous Legal Responses to Harm and Conflict
Years	1
Funding	$49,829

Applicant	Lance McCready	University of Toronto
Title	Equity and Access for Mature Students: A Research Symposium
Years	1
Funding	$24,932

Applicant	Karen Fricker	Brock University
Co-applicant	Charles Batson	Union College
Title	Circus and its Others IV: Circus, solidarity, difference, mobility
Years	1
Funding	$25,000

Applicant	Akalya Kandiah	McMaster University
Co-applicant	Annie Duchesne	University of Northern British Columbia
	Joseph Shea	University of Northern British Columbia
	Malinda Smith	University of Calgary
	Nathan Andrews	McMaster University
Title	Racism and Hidden Figures in the Canadian Academy: Mobilizing Knowledge on Marginality and Epistemic Oppression
Years	1
Funding	$24,796

Applicant	Bruno Charbonneau	Royal Military College of Saint-Jean
Collaborator	Gabrielle Daoust	University of Northern British Columbia
	Tom Deligiannis	Wilfrid Laurier University
	Wilfrid Greaves	University of Victoria
Title	Les effets des changements climatiques sur la sécurité et les enjeux géopolitiques
Years	1
Funding	$25,000

Applicant	Marie-Aude Boislard P.	Université du Québec à Montréal
Title	Production et diffusion d'une bande dessinée illustrant la diversité des trajectoires sexorelationnelles destinée aux adultes émergents
Years	1
Funding	$49,003

Applicant	Alexander Hall	McMaster University
Co-applicant	Katie Moisse	McMaster University
Title	ComSciConCAN 2023: Disseminating science in Canada through training the next generation of scientists
Years	1
Funding	$24,999

Applicant	Melchisedek Chétima	Université du Québec à Montréal
Title	Défis sécuritaires et enjeux du désarmement, démobilisation et réintégration (DDR) dans le bassin du lac Tchad
Years	1
Funding	$39,428

Applicant	Marie-Josèphe Vallée	Université de Montréal
Co-applicant	Ana Sokolovic	Université de Montréal
	André Gaudreault	Université de Montréal
	Imen Ben Youssef Zorgati	Université de Montréal
	Olivier Asselin	Université de Montréal
	Santiago Hidalgo	Université de Montréal
Collaborator	Andrea Gozzi	Université de Montréal
	Véronique Paradis	Société des arts technologiques
Title	À la rencontre des réalités virtuelle et concrète : la place de la scénographie dans la cocréation opératique
Years	1
Funding	$49,979

Successful Programs in 1C - Connection Grants (May)

2023-2024 Connection Grants 2023-2024

Applicant	Caleb Wellum	University of Toronto
Co-applicant	Eva-Lynn Jagoe	University of Toronto
	Imre Szeman	University of Toronto
	Mark Simpson	University of Alberta
Title	Cultures of Renewability
Years	1
Funding	$24,450

Applicant	Adam Hofri-Winogradow	The University of British Columbia
Co-applicant	Lusina Ho	University of Hong Kong
	Mark Bennett	Victoria University of Wellington
	Richard Nolan	University of York
Title	The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Trust Laws: The Conference
Years	1
Funding	$25,000

Applicant	Janice Boddy	University of Toronto
Co-applicant	Gillian Einstein	University of Toronto
	Sarah O'Neil	Université libre de Bruxelles
Title	Changing cultural norms and socio-legal frameworks surrounding the sexed body: A collaborative workshop on perceived bodily imperfection and obligatory binarism in global perspective
Years	1
Funding	$25,000

Applicant	Michael Eberle-Sinatra	Université de Montréal
Co-applicant	Dominic Forest	Université de Montréal
	Emmanuel Chateau Dutier	Université de Montréal
	Esma Aïmeur	Université de Montréal
	Marcello Vitali Rosati	Université de Montréal
	Ollivier Dyens	McGill University
Title	Intelligence artificielle et humanités numériques
Years	1
Funding	$23,975

Applicant	Dolleen Manning	Queen's University
Co-applicant	Mary Bunch	York University
Collaborator	Lindsay Borrows	Queen's University
Title	Land-based Digital Worlding with Augmented Reality (AR)
Years	1
Funding	$48,720

Applicant	Manuel Riemer	Wilfrid Laurier University
Co-applicant	Peter Jones	OCAD University
	Sean Geobey	University of Waterloo
Collaborator	Antony Upward	Flourishing Enterprise Co-lab
	Bill Baue	r3.0
	Exmond DeCruz	Other/Unknown
	Mark McElroy	Center for Sustainable Organizations
	Nicole Norris	Georgian College
	Pourya Salehi	ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability, World Secretariat
	Randy Sa'd	REFOCUS Sustainability Co-operative Inc.
Title	Expanding a Knowledge Network for Flourishing Organizations
Years	1
Funding	$49,832

Applicant	Elizabeth Piper	University of Alberta
Co-applicant	Arn Keeling	Memorial University of Newfoundland
	Caitlynn Beckett	Memorial University of Newfoundland
	Krystal Isbister	University of Alberta
Title	Symposium on anti-colonial mine-site reclamation, restoration and land guardianship in northern Canada and Australia
Years	1
Funding	$25,000

Applicant	Annie Bunting	York University
Co-applicant	Gertrude Mianda	York University
	James Orbinski	York University
	Jonathan Weiss	York University
	Margaret MacDonald	York University
	Mohamed Sesay	York University
	Paul Lovejoy	York University
	Rachel Silver	York University
	Ruth Murambadoro	York University
	Teddy Atim	York University
Collaborator	Mark Okello Oyat	Dadaab Response Association
	Patrick Otim	Refugee Law Project
	Sahra Ismail	York University
	Sylvie Bodineau	Other/Unknown
Title	Youth and Gender Violence - Health and Gender Justice
Years	1
Funding	$25,000

Applicant	Deanna Bowen	Concordia University
Co-applicant	Hannah Claus	Concordia University
	Jason Lewis	Concordia University
Title	Visioning New Horizons
Years	1
Funding	$20,750

Applicant	Dwight Newman	University of Saskatchewan
Co-applicant	Derek Ross	Christian Legal Fellowship
	Melanie Bueckert	Manitoba Courts
Title	The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) at 75 Symposium
Years	1
Funding	$25,000

Applicant	Ketra Schmitt	Concordia University
Co-applicant	Elisabeth Gilmore	Carleton University
Collaborator	Meg Mills-Novoa	University of California, Berkeley
	Siri Eriksen	Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Title	Vulnerability beyond indicators: A knowledge exchange on the methods for evaluating "personal-political" climate vulnerability and adaptation
Years	1
Funding	$25,000

Applicant	Merrick Pilling	University of Windsor
Co-applicant	Andrea Daley	Renison University College (University of Waterloo)
	Lucy Costa	Empowerment Council
Title	Social Justice Praxis and Clinical Chart Documentation in Mental Health Care
Years	1
Funding	$26,658

Applicant	Michel Cossette	HEC Montréal
Co-applicant	Jean-Sébastien Boudrias	Université de Montréal
	Pascale Denis	Université du Québec à Montréal
	Sophie Meunier	Université du Québec à Montréal
Title	L'humain au cœur de la transformation du travail
Years	1
Funding	$22,700

Applicant	Phoebe Stephens	Dalhousie University
Co-applicant	Elizabeth Fitting	Dalhousie University
	Karen Foster	Dalhousie University
	Kathleen Kevany	Dalhousie University
	Monika Korzun	Dalhousie University
Title	Enabling Interdisciplinary Food Futures
Years	1
Funding	$9,700

Applicant	Zachary Blas	University of Toronto
Title	Ways of the Future: Artificial Intelligence and Religious Belief
Years	1
Funding	$50,000

Applicant	Andrew Latham	The Institute for Peace & Diplomacy
Co-applicant	Younes Zangiabadi	The Institute for Peace & Diplomacy
Title	Middle East Strategy Forum 2023
Years	1
Funding	$25,000

Successful Programs in 1D - Connection Grants (May)

2023-2024 Connection Grants competition

Applicant	Marie-Claude Geoffroy	McGill University
Co-applicant	Catherine Malboeuf-Hurtubise	Bishop's University
	Isabelle Ouellet-Morin	Université de Montréal
	Jean-Philippe Ayotte-Beaudet	Université de Sherbrooke
Title	Le bien-être à l'école par la nature
Years	1
Funding	$22,885

Applicant	Christina Yi	The University of British Columbia
Co-applicant	Ayaka Yoshimizu	The University of British Columbia
Title	International symposium: Rethinking global Japanese studies
Years	1
Funding	$22,280

Applicant	Élise Milot	Université Laval
Co-applicant	Émilie Raymond	Université Laval
	Martin Caouette	Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
Title	Codéveloppement d'une série documentaire sur le mentorat actif : une stratégie prometteuse en soutien à l'inclusion sociale des personnes aînées ayant une déficience intellectuelle
Years	1
Funding	$49,991

Applicant	Hannah McGregor	Simon Fraser University
Co-applicant	Anastasia Copeland	Toronto Metropolitan University
	David Gauntlett	Toronto Metropolitan University
Collaborator	Milena Droumeva	Simon Fraser University
Title	Amplify Podcasting Summer School
Years	1
Funding	$22,250

Applicant	Casey Burkholder	University of New Brunswick
Co-applicant	Katherine MacEntee	University of Toronto
Title	Mobilizing Pride/Swell+: A Travelling Exhibition of Mail-based Participatory Visual Research with 2SLGBTQ+ Atlantic Canadian Adults & Youth (Pride/Swell+)
Years	1
Funding	$52,425

Applicant	Markus Stock	University of Toronto
Co-applicant	Christina Lechtermann	Ruhr-Universität Bochum
	Tina Asmussen	Deutsches Bergbau-Museum Bochum (German Mining Museum)
Title	Medieval Undergrounds
Years	1
Funding	$24,953

Applicant	Jen Rinaldi	Ontario Tech University
Co-applicant	Anita Rachel Ewan	Red Deer Polytechnic
	Evelyn Kissi	University of Ghana
	Gillian Parekh	York University
	Kathryn Underwood	Toronto Metropolitan University
Title	Disability in Education: Sustaining an Inclusive Africa
Years	1
Funding	$24,658

Applicant	Hélène Day Fraser	Emily Carr University of Art + Design
Co-applicant	Keith Doyle	Emily Carr University of Art + Design
Title	Material Matters Lab: Here//Too//For
Years	1
Funding	$27,336

Applicant	Marisa Young	McMaster University
Title	Building a Community of Practice: A Research-Practice Fair for Community-Engaged Approaches to Mental Health Research
Years	1
Funding	$21,150

Applicant	Carolyn McLeod	Western University
Co-applicant	Luke Stark	Western University
	Jacquelyn Burkell	Western University
Title	(Dis)Trust and AI: Perspectives from Across Sectors and Disciplines
Years	1
Funding	$23,962

Applicant	Lesley Gittings	Western University
Co-applicant	Anita Kothari	Western University
	Anushka Ataullahjan	Western University
	Carmen Logie	University of Toronto
Collaborator	Agnes Ronan	Paediatric-Adolescent Treatment Africa
	Luann Hatane	Paediatric-Adolescent Treatment Africa
Title	The Face of Care: Connecting and supporting frontline social and health workers in the paediatric-adolescent HIV response through art-based knowledge translation
Years	1
Funding	$49,975

Applicant	Frédéric Dallaire	Université de Montréal
Co-applicant	Chantal Dumas	Université du Québec à Montréal
Title	Le partage des écoutes: prise de son, prise de position
Years	1
Funding	$50,000

Applicant	Nancy Pedri	Memorial University of Newfoundland
Co-applicant	Lisa Moore	Memorial University of Newfoundland
	André Dodeman	Université Grenoble Alpes
Title	The Aesthetics of Contamination: Oceanic Environments, Identities, Intermedial Research-Creation
Years	1
Funding	$24,976

Applicant	Saad Chahine	Queen's University
Co-applicant	Christine Doe	Mount Saint Vincent University
	Lia Daniels	University of Alberta
Collaborator	Liane Patsula	ETS Canada
	Lorna Earl	Canadian Assessment for Learning Network
Title	Summit on Equity, Assessment, and Evaluation in Education: Bringing Theory and Practice Together
Years	1
Funding	$11,493

Applicant	Rachel Chagnon	Université du Québec à Montréal
Co-applicant	Djemila Carron	Université du Québec à Montréal
Collaborator	Annie Kensey	Centre de recherches sociologiques sur le droit et les institutions pénales
	Cynthia Colmellere	École normale supérieure Paris-Saclay
	Natacha Chetcuti-Osorovitz	École normale supérieure--PSL
Title	Penser les catégories pénales à l'aune des sciences sociales : savoirs et expériences situés
Years	1
Funding	$25,000