Current and Past Funding Sources

Listed below are recent sources of research funding and some of my current and past research projects:

Urban Aboriginal Knowledge Network

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, 2012-17. Co-Investigator for the Urban Aboriginal Knowledge Network. A national research network between universities, Native Friendship Centres and government. Awarded $2.5 million.

Unbanked Population in Prince George

Network Environments for Aboriginal Research BC and National Collaborating Centre for Aboriginal Health, 2010. Funding for a project on the ‘Unbanked Population in Prince George’. $7,000.

The Political Economy of China’s Currency Choices

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, 2009-12. Principal Investigator for a Standard Research Grant on ‘The Political Economy of China’s Currency Choices’ with two Co-Investigators, Drs. Chin and Wang. Awarded $79,989.

Globalizing Northern British Columbia

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, 2009-12. Principal Investigator for a Northern Communities: Towards Social and Economic Prosperity Research Grant on ‘Globalizing Northern British Columbia’ with four Co-Investigators, Drs. MacPhail, Summerville, Wilson and Young. Awarded $132,000.

Climate Justice: Paths to an Equitable and Sustainable B.C. Economy

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, 2009-13. Co-researcher in a five-year Community-University Research Alliance. Awarded $1m over 5 years. A multidisciplinary team of 22 B.C. university researchers analysing ‘Climate Justice: Paths to an Equitable and Sustainable B.C. Economy’, led by Professor Penelope Gurnstein, School of Regional and Community Planning, University of British Columbia and Marc Lee, Senior Economist, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives – BC.

Canada-Europe Transatlantic Dialogue: Seeking Transnational Solutions to 21^st Century Problems

Social Sciences and Humanities and Research Council of Canada, 2008-14. Collaborator in a Strategic Knowledge Cluster on ‘Canada-Europe Transatlantic Dialogue: Seeking Transnational Solutions to 21^st Century Problems’. Awarded $2.1m over 7 years. A multidisciplinary team led by Dr. Joan DeBardeleban, Carleton University. 

Employer-supported Volunteer Activity: How Do Women Employees and Women’s Organisations Fare?

Status of Women, Canada, 2004-05. Co-investigator on a project on ‘Employer-supported Volunteer Activity: How Do Women Employees and Women’s Organisations Fare?’. Awarded $57,000. Joint work with Dr. Fiona MacPhail, University of Northern British Columbia.

Economic Security in British Columbia

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, 2003-7. Co-researcher in a five-tear Community-University Research Alliance. Awarded $1m over 5 years. A multidisciplinary team analysing ‘Economic Security’ in British Columbia, led by Professor Marjorie Griffin Cohen, Departments of Political Science and Women’s Studies, Simon Fraser University and Seth Klein, Director, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives – BC.

Neoliberal Globalism and Its Challengers: Reclaiming the Commons in the Semi-Periphery

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, 2000-06. Co-Investigator in a five-year Major Collaborative Research Initiative on ‘Neoliberal Globalism and Its Challengers: Reclaiming the Commons in the Semi-Periphery’. Awarded $1.43 m.. An 18 person multidisciplinary team, led by Professor Gordon Laxer, Department of Sociology, University of Alberta, from Canada, Australia, Mexico and Norway engaged in a comparative analysis of ‘globalism’ in the four countries.