Research

Selected Externally Funded Research Projects

Date AwardedAgency/ProgramAmountTitleRole

2017

Conseil des arts d'Ontario Avance Médias

$38,000

Documentary Film: Le tireur d’élite

Principal Investigator

2017

Ontario Arts Council Northern Arts Grant

$12,000

Documentary Film: Toxic Time Bomb

 Principal Investigator

2016

Ontario Arts Council Northern Arts Grant

$12,000

Documentary Film: "a.k.a."

Principal Investigator

2015

SSHRC Insight Development Grant

$74,000

"What's Bred in the Bone: Developing a Historical Understanding of Past Resource and Sustainable Community Development"

Co-Applicant

2014

SSHRC Aid to Small Universities Grant$90,000Research Network on Social and Economic Development"Co-Applicant
2013SSHRC Partnership Development Grant$200,000"Toxic Legacies: Community Perspectives on Arsenic Pollution at Yellowknife's Giant Mine"Co-Applicant
2012SSHRC Partnership Grant LOI$20,000“‘Research TV: Mobilizing Social Sciences and Humanities Knowledge in the Digital AgePrincipal Investigator
2012SSHRC Public Outreach Grant$113,588Pulp Friction: The Intersection of Globalization and CommunityPrincipal Investigator
2012SSHRC Public Outreach Grant$72,322Hard Work Conquers All: Mobilizing Knowledge about the Finnish Experience in CanadaCo-Applicant
2012Ontario Arts Council, Northern Arts Grant$10,000Documentary Film: "Hard Time"Principal Investigator
2011SSHRC Major Collaborative Research Initiatives (MCRI)$2.5 millon“Resources and Sustainable Development in the Arctic”Co-Applicant
2010Association of University and Colleges of Canada and International Development Research Centre - LACREG Grant$25,000“The Social Impact of Pulp Mills and Changing Economies in Ontario and Uruguay”Principal Investigator
2009SSHRC Research Development Initiative Grant$77,140“Northern Communities in a Changing World: Towards a Better Understanding of Global Competition”Principal Investigator
2009SSHRC Aid to Research Workshops and Conferences$20,000FinnForum IXPrincipal Investigator
2008SSHRC Aid to Small Universities Grant$81,500“Advanced Institute for Globalization and Culture”Co-Applicant
2007International Development Research Centre$82,000Conference Grant - Canada and Research For Development: Past, Present and Future.Co-Applicant
2007Ontario Arts Council, Northern Arts Grant$5,000Documentary Film: "In Security"Principal Investigator
2007SSHRC International Opportunities Fund$71,500"Adaptation and Resistance to the Information Age in Natural Resource Depdendent Regions in Canada and Norway"Co-Applicant
2006International Development Research Centre$514,000“Intellectual History of International Development Research Centre”Co-Applicant
2004Canadian International Development Agency, Development Information Program$10,000Deborah Fletcher Award for Excellence in Filmmaking on International DevelopmentPrincipal Investigator
2004SSHRC Standard Research Grant$85,000"Protestant Churches, Missonaries and Imperialists on the Central American Frontier"Principal Investigator
2004Canadian Independent Film and Video Fund, Video Production Grant$50,000Documentary Film: "Banana Split"Principal Investigator
2003 SSHRC Aid to Research Workshops and Conferences$20,000Finnish Immigrants in the Decade of Depression (1929-1939)Principal Investigator
2003Audio Visual Preservation Trust, Feature Film and Education Program$11,500Multimedia: "The Fatal Flower Project"Principal Investigator
2002Canadian International Development Agency, Development Information Program$60,000

Documentary Film: "Banana Split"

Principal Investigator
2002International Development Research Centre, Canadian Partnerships Grant$20,000"Bananas Stories"Principal Investigator
2001Canadian Independent Film and Video Fund, Video Production Grant$10,000Documentary Film: "Banana Split"Principal Investigator
1998SSHRC Standard Research Grant$26,000"West Indian Experience in
Central America"
Principal Investigator
1998International Development Research Centre, Canada in the World Grant$27,000"Canada and the World Grant"Principal Investigator