September 20, 2024

Canada’s Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) has announced the recipients of its 2024 Insight and 2024 Insight Development Grants
These awards provide essential funding for research that deepens our understanding of social, cultural, and economic issues, while also driving innovation and real-world solutions. The UBC Faculty of Education extends its gratitude to the communities, collaborators, and partner organizations who work alongside our scholars in advancing this important work.
View the complete list of this year’s Insight Grants and Insight Development Grants.
SSHRC 2024 Insight Grant Recipients in the UBC Faculty of Education
SSHRC Insight Grants support research excellence in the social sciences and humanities. Funding is available to emerging and established scholars for research initiatives lasting two to five years.
Dr. Cash Ahenakew, Co-applicant
Facing Colonial Complicity and Mobilizing Reparations in Canadian Higher Education
Dr. George Belliveau, Co-applicant
Staging our voices: Strengthening Indigenous languages through theatre
Dr. Erica Bennett, Co-applicant
Self-Compassion in Sport Intervention Sensitive to Identity
Dr. Sabre Cherkowski, Applicant
Examining community-responsive approaches to whole-school wellbeing
Dr. Derek Gladwin, Applicant
Cultivating Literacy for Systems Change
Dr. Nicola Hodges, Applicant
Taking the long road: Evaluating practice activities that facilitate long-term learning and development in girls’ and women’s sports
Dr. Margaret Kovach, Applicant
An Indigenous PeerPlus approach in building graduate student support theory and programing in Canadian universities
Dr. Hongxia Shan, Co-applicant
Highly Skilled Migrants in Global Cities (SKIM): Exploring Complex Pathways, Motivations, and Experiences
Dr. Sharon Stein, Co-applicant
Facing Colonial Complicity and Mobilizing Reparations in Canadian Higher Education
SSHRC 2024 Insight Development Grant Recipients in the UBC Faculty of Education
Insight Development Grants support research in its initial stages. The grants enable the development of new research questions, as well as experimentation with new methods, theoretical approaches and/or ideas. Funding is provided for short-term research development projects of up to two years.
Dr. Sharon Stein, Applicant
Catalyzing Critically Engaged Climate Education
The SSHRC is the federal research funding agency that promotes and supports research and research training in the humanities and social sciences. Through its research training and talent development, Insight research and research partnerships programs, and through partnerships and collaborations, SSHRC strategically supports world-leading initiatives that reflect a commitment to ensuring a better future for Canada and the world.