This fall, we're celebrating three Acadia faculty members for their recent Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) grants, totalling $368,252.
The SSHRC Insight and Insight Development grants are designed to "build knowledge and understanding about people, societies and the world by supporting research excellence."
The work these Acadia researchers will lead may promote better understandings within their fields and have wide-ranging societal impacts in areas industries ranging from the mining to children's sports.
Read on to learn what the latest SSHRC recipients at Acadia will be working on in the coming years!
Researcher: Prof. Marianne Clark (Kinesiology)
Awarded: SSHRC Insight Grant of $48,015
Project: A three-year study entitled, "Tax credits and children's sport participation: The role of policy acceptance among families experiencing low income in Atlantic Canada."
The Context: Participating in sports gets kids moving and gives them a way to connect with their peers. However, financial barriers often prevent lower-income Canadian families from enrolling their kids in sports.
The Acadia Impact: Through two studies, Dr. Clark's team will use the Integrative Public-Policy Acceptance framework to gauge awareness and acceptance of child fitness tax credit programs in Atlantic Canada. The findings from this research could result in policy that is more equitable and accessible to families in need, leading to happier, healthier kids and communities.
Researcher: Dr. Chelsea Gardner (History & Classics)
Awarded: SSHRC Insight Grant of $245,292
Project: A six-year project entitled, "The Southern Mani Archaeological Project (SMAP): Investigating the Settlement History of a Sacred, Exploited Landscape through Mapping and Survey."
The Context: In the first systematic, scientific, and comprehensive archeological investigation in the region, Dr. Gardner's team will work over six years to identify how remote communities identified, connected, and interacted in the Mani peninsula of Greece during Classical antiquity.
The Acadia Impact: In addition to providing field work opportunities for students, the findings of this work will enrich our understanding of the past and current life in the Mani peninsula for the academics, students, travellers, and artists who have all taken an interest in the region.
Researcher: Dr. Shelley Price (F.C. Manning School of Business Administration)
Awarded: SSHRC Insight Development Grant of $74,945
Project: A two-year study titled, "From Awareness to Allyship: Trauma-informed Intersectional Training on Substantive Equality in Mining."
The Context: The National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and 2SLGBTQQIAP+ persons has specifically called to the extraction and development industry to work with Indigenous women and gender diverse persons to address safety, security and substantive equality for those working in the industry and living around developments.
The Acadia Impact: Dr. Price's two-phase project will advance knowledge of, and intersectional allyship within, the mining sector through trauma-informed intersectional training. Through this collaborative process with industry and advocacy organizations, Dr. Price's work will make one of Canada's largest employers a safer sector for everyone to work in.
