SSHRC Grants posted December 2015

The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council posted results of competition awards earlier this week. Frankly there are thin pickings but here are some of potential interest to family historians.

Insight Development Grants: February 2015 Competition Awards

Stanley-Blackwell, Laurie - St. Francis Xavier University $60,899
Linkletter, Michael - St. Francis Xavier University
Centring Death:  Scottish Immigrant Identity and Nova Scotian Cemeteries

Insight Grants: October 2014 Competition Awards

Milligan, Ian E. - University of Waterloo $257,541
Ruest, Nicholas J. - York University
Turkel, William J. - The University of Western Ontario
McAlorum, Andrew - University of Waterloo
A longitudinal analysis of the Canadian World Wide Web as a historical resource, 1996-2014

Partnership Development Grants: November 2014 Competition Awards

Applicant Brian Detlor McMaster University
Co-applicant David Smith McMaster University
Maureen Hupfer McMaster University
Walter Peace McMaster University
Partner City of Hamilton HAMILTON  ON
Hamilton Public Library HAMILTON  ON
McMaster University HAMILTON  ON
Title: Love your city; share Your stories:  the use of digital storytelling by municipal cultural organizations as a promotion of place
Years: 3 Funding: $199,789.00

Applicant Marcel Fortin University of Toronto
Co-applicant
Donald Lafreniere Michigan Technological University
John Lutz University of Victoria
Léon Robichaud Université de Sherbrooke
Collaborator
Colleen Beard Brock University
Geoffrey Cunfer University of Saskatchewan
Howard Glenn Brauen University of Toronto
Jennifer Bonnell McMaster University
Jim Clifford University of Saskatchewan
Joshua MacFadyen The University of Western Ontario
Kenneth Sylvester University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Larry Laliberte University of Alberta
Marc St-Hilaire Université Laval
Robert Sweeny Memorial University of Newfoundland
Partner
ESRI Canada TORONTO  ON
The Neptis Foundation TORONTO  ON
Toronto Green Community TORONTO  ON
University of Alberta EDMONTON  AB
University of Toronto TORONTO  ON
University of Victoria VICTORIA  BC
Title: Canadian historical geographic information systems partnership
Years: 2 Funding: $193,008.00

There are a few other grants of potential interest for graduate student and post-doctoral projects. Check out

December 2015	Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarships: Doctoral Scholarship November 2014 Competition Awards
December 2015	Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarships Program: Master's Scholarships December 2014 Competition Awards
December 2015	SSHRC Doctoral Fellowships Program: November 2014 Competition Awards
December 2015	SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowships Program: October 2014 Competition Awards