York University researchers have received $5,786,741 through the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council’s (SSHRC) Insight Grants competition. The funding supports 34 projects across the university, including four led by AMPD faculty, advancing research in areas such as equity, artificial intelligence (AI), and refugee education.
Building on an additional $1.7 funding York University researchers recently received through SSHRC Insight Development Grants, the now announced Insight Grants provide long-term funding for projects lasting two to six years, enabling emerging and established scholars to pursue innovative research in the social sciences and humanities.
York’s funded projects reflect the University’s commitment to interdisciplinary research and social impact.
“This outstanding result in the SSHRC Insight Grants competition reflects the depth and diversity of research excellence at York,” says Amir Asif, vice-president research and innovation. “Our researchers are leading critical work that addresses some of the most pressing challenges facing society today – from refugee education and immigrant career pathways to digital culture and equity in the workplace. These projects exemplify York’s commitment to purposeful research that drives positive change in Canada and around the world.”
Learn more about the AMPD recipients below:
Daniel Adler, Department of Visual Art & Art History
Project: Arguing for Assemblage: Diasporic Identities in Sculpture from a Pan-Pacific Perspective
Funding: $86,939
John R. Greyson, Department of Cinema & Media Arts
Project: Vital Transgressions: Activism, Risk and Queer/Trans Cinemas Today
Funding: $314,525
Yuzhi Joel Ong, Department of Computational Arts
Project: Memory Machines: emerging practices in environmental sensing and ecopoetics
Funding: $369,281
Jane Tingley, Department of Computational Arts
Project: Being in Relation
Funding: $277,120
This article contains excerpts from a story originally published in YFile.