The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), one of Canada’s largest funding agencies, recently announced that the University of Manitoba will receive more than $2.5 million to support research activities.
The funding will support grants, scholarships and fellowships for faculty, graduate students, and postdoctoral fellows.
“This funding reflects confidence in the high level of research that […]

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University of Manitoba professors and students are gearing up to take on tough research projects thanks to a wave of funding announced today by the federal government.The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) has committed $2,452,446 to help fund university-led explorations of far-ranging subjects from the surge in product recalls to deciphering […]

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Securing adequate food is something most of us take for granted. We may be more familiar with the struggle to keep from overindulging than the struggle for access.
But the reality is more than 100,000 Manitobans are considered “food insecure.” Rural families with low farm incomes are going without; northern communities face high food prices; and […]

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Native Studies professors Christopher Trott and Peter Kulchyski teamed up with Inuit filmmaker Zacharias Kunuk and environmental researcher Ian Mauro to produce a feature length film on Inuit perceptions of climate change.
A part of the film will be played at the Copenhagen climate conference on December 10.

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A new partnership led by a researcher at the University of Manitoba will receive $1 million in funding over the next six years through a Community-University Research Alliances (CURA) grant administered by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC).
The Common Ground Research Forum (CGRF) will examine how northern Ontario and First Nations […]

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