Internally Funded Research

2024

Public Engagement Accelerator Fund

Eating Dis/Order Community Organizing, Art Sharing, Knowledge Mobilizing, Resource Creating and Activist Changemaking Towards Joyful Eating for Todos (PI: Dr. Nicole Schott; Co-I: Dr. Julia Janes & Dr. Kathy de Jong)

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Travel Grant (SSHRC Exchange)

Caring for people aging with neurodiversity: The intersectional life story narratives of family caregivers in Montreal (PI: Dr. Laura Pacheco)

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Research Grant (SSHRC Explore)

Young people’s perceptions of ageing and attitudes toward older adults in Ghana and Newfoundland and Labrador (PI: Dr. Paul Issahaku; Co-I: Dr. Laura Pacheco)

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2023

Public Engagement Accelerator Fund

Designing and Cultivating a Community-informed Universal Design for Learning Community of Practice in Newfoundland and Labrador (PI: Dr. Ami Goulden)

Teaching Enhancement through Scholarly Inquiry (TESI) Program

On Becoming a Professional Social Worker: A Threshold Concepts Informed Inquiry into Student Growth while Enrolled in Social Work Education at Memorial University (PI: Dr. Kathy de Jong; Co-I: Dr. Laura Pacheco)

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Travel Grant (SSHRC Exchange)

“I’m Worthy of Having Experiences Just like Everybody Else”: Exploring Sexual Well-Being Among Young Disabled People (PI: Dr. Ami Goulden)

Vice-President (Research) Seed Award

Sharing and gathering stories of eating order resistance through research creation and knowledge mobilization (PI: Dr. Nicole Schott; Co-I: Dr. Bren LeFrançois & Dr. Julia Janes)

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2022

Catalyst Conference Fund for Public Engagement

Exchange 2023 Conference (PI: Dr. Stephen Ellenbogen)

Public Engagement Accelerator Fund

A Community-engaged Feasibility Inquiry into the Walls to Bridges Program (PI: Dr. Julia Janes)

Developing a Community-engaged Anti-racist Accessibility Assessment Tool for Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador (Co-PI: Dr. Sobia Shaikh, Dr. Delores Mullings & Mandy Penney)

Public Engagement Quick Start Fund

Engaging Social Work Field Instructors in Trauma Informed Supervision (PI: Lynsey Soper-Thistle)

Teaching Enhancement through Scholarly Inquiry (TESI) Program

Educational Experiences that Social Workers Perceive as Impactful Two+ Years after Graduation from a Bachelors Degree Program (PI: Dr. Stephen Ellenbogen)

Student Perceptions of Universal Design for Learning in Linical Social Work Education: Promoting Inclusive and Anti-ableist Pedagogy (PI: Dr. Ami Goulden; Co-I: Lynsey Soper-Thistle)

Vice-President's Special Award Grant

Wisdom of Elders: Insights from selected Traditional communities in Ghana and The Republic of Congo (PI: Dr. Paul Banahene Adjei)

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2021

Catalyst Conference Fund for Public Engagement

LGBTQ2S+ Community and Police Action Dialogue - Conference NL (PI: Dr. Sulaimon Giwa)

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2020

Public Engagement Accelerator Fund

Learning from Indigenous Experience: Making Relational Restorative Justice Real in Newfoundland and Labrador (Co-I: Dr. Sulaimon Giwa)

Seed, Bridge, and Multidisciplinary Fund

An exploration of local mental health services from the perspectives of a First Nations community: A qualitative approach to understanding the impacts of colonization (PI: Dr. Bren LeFrançois; Co-I: Fred Andersen & Sarah Hunt)

Exploring the Accessibility of Oncology Camps for Children and Families Affected by Childhood Cancer in Newfoundland and Labrador (PI: Dr. Stephen Ellenbogen; Co-I: Dr. Sulaimon Giwa & Dr. Julia Janes)

What about Us? Dynamic Characteristics of Male Sex Workers and Their Needs in Newfoundland and Labrador (PI: Dr. Sulaimon Giwa)

Young People’s Views on Violence and its Health and Safety Implications in the St. John’s Census Metropolitan Area (CMA), Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) (PI: Dr. Paul Issahaku)

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Travel Grant (SSHRC Exchange)

Enhancing the research capacity of bachelor's students and community organizations through public engagement: Project description and early results from an evaluation study (PI: Dr. Stephen Ellenbogen)

Mad Studies in Intersectional Praxis: Relations In and Beyond the Classroom (PI: Dr. Bren LeFrançois)

Resisting the stigma of racism: The coping experiences of gay men of colour in Canada (PI: Dr. Sulaimon Giwa)

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council/Vice Presidents Research Grant (SSHRC Explore)

Beyond Retirement: Seniors’ Contribution to Community Building and Empowerment in Newfoundland and Labrador (PI: Dr. Paul Issahaku)

Resisting the stigma of racism: The coping experiences of gay men of colour in Canada (PI: Dr. Sulaimon Giwa)

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2019

Conference Fund

Exchange 2020: Engaging Bachelor of Social Work Students, Graduate Mentors, and Community Organizations through Collaborative Partnerships (Co-PI: Dr. Stephen Ellenbogen)

Public Engagement Accelerator Fund

Creating Opportunities for Dialogue among Newcomer Racialized Women and Community Stakeholders to Strategize about Inclusive and Welcoming Workplaces (PI: Dr. Delores Mullings; Co-I: Dr. Sulaimon Giwa)

Public Engagement Quick Start Fund

Phase 2 of Scale-up: Integrating Capacity Building (PI: Dr. Stephen Ellenbogen; Co-I: Dr. Julia Janes, Dr. Paul Issahaku & Dr. Sulaimon Giwa)

Police Participation in Pride: LGBTQ2S+ Community and Police Action Dialogue about the Way Forward (PI: Dr. Sulaimon Giwa)

Uniting cultural beliefs toward the red road (PI: Fred Anderson)

Salary Based Research Grant
Activism and the International cruise industry (PI: Dr. Ross Klein)

Seed, Bridge and Multidisciplinary Fund
Indigenous African Philosophies as Pedagogical Tools for Critical Thinking Education in Canadian Universities (PI: Dr. Paul Banahene Adjei)

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2018

Public Engagement Accelerator Fund

Settlement Experiences of Racialized Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Immigrants and Refugees in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador: How do Settlement Agencies Measure Up? (PI: Dr. Sulaimon Giwa; Co-I: Dr. Delores Mullings)

Parenting under Child Protection Rules: What every visible minority immigrant parent should know (PI: Dr. Paul Banahene Adjei)

Public Engagement Quick Start Fund

Creating an Inclusive and Supportive Work Environment for Newcomer Racialized Women in Newfoundland and Labrador: Facilitating Dialogue among Newcomers and Community Members (PI: Dr. Delores Mullings; Co-I: Dr. Sulaimon Giwa)

Seed, Bridge and Multidisciplinary Fund
Exploring the success of community connectedness among newcomers in St John's and Clarenville (PI: Dr. Delores Mullings; Co-I: Dr. Paul Banahene Adjei)

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council/Vice Presidents Research Travel Grant (SSHRC Exchange)

“Your best can only take you to where the good is”: Messages and things Black parents say and do to their children while raising them in Canada (PI: Dr. Paul Banahene Adjei)

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2017

Collaborative Applied Research in Economics

Economic impact of cruise tourism in Atlantic Canada (PI: Dr. Ross Klein)

Public Engagement Accelerator Fund

Addressing Islamophobia in Newfoundland and Labrador: Community Consultations (PI: Dr. Sobia Shaikh)

Scaling Up Community Service Learning Projects (PI: Dr. Stephen Ellenbogen; Co-I: Dr. Paul Issahaku)

Seed, Bridge and Multidisciplinary Fund

Understanding Risk from Homeless Youth’s Perspectives: Theory Development and Practice Relevance (PI: Dr. Paul Issahaku)

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council/Vice Presidents Research Travel Grant (SSHRC Exchange)

Prevalence, characteristics, and mental health risks of shame as a result of physical and sexual abuse (PI: Dr. Stephen Ellenbogen)

The experiential intoxication of “Our Narcotic Modernity”: (Re-) inscriptions of substance, space, and subjectivity (PI: Dr. Christopher Smith)

Racism as a Determinant of Health: The Coping Experiences of Gay Men of Colour in Ottawa (PI: Dr. Sulaimon Giwa)

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council/Vice Presidents Research Grant (SSHRC Explore)

Black parenting practices in Ghana: Lessons for social policy and practice shift for Child Welfare Services in Canada (PI: Dr. Paul Banahene Adjei)

Diversity in the Workplace: Occupational Experiences of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Police Officers in the Royal Newfoundland Constabular (PI: Dr. Sulaimon Giwa)

Does Participation in knowledge synthesis shape the research skills and interests of bachelor of social work students (PI: Dr. Stephen Ellenbogen; Co-I: Dr. Mike Devine & Dr. Paul Issahaku)

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2016

Conference Fund

We Stand On Guard: Building a Research Alliance in Support of Military Personnel, Veterans and their Families (Atlantic Regional Military and Veteran Families Leadership Circle Meeting) (PI: Dr. Gail Wideman)

Harris Centre Population Project

Attraction and retention of professional workers in Labrador (PI: Dr. Delores Mullings; Co-I: Dr. Paul Banahene Adjei)

Public Engagement Accelerator Fund

We Stand On Guard: Building a Research Alliance in Support of Military Personnel, Veterans and their Families (Atlantic Regional Military and Veteran Families Leadership Circle Meeting) (PI: Dr. Gail Wideman)

Right Here, Right Now: A Women Centered, Trauma-informed Drop-in Counselling Initiative (PI: Dr. Catherine de Boer)

Public Engagement Quick Start Fund

Intersection of Social Work Education and Practice: Reflective Conversations (PI: Dr. Donna Hardy-Cox)

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council/Vice Presidents Research Grant (SSHRC Explore)

How Aging and Old Age is Understood and Practiced Differently in Ghana: Implications for Theory and Practice (PI: Dr. Paul Issahaku)

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2015

Collaborative Applied Research in Economics

Economic impact of cruise tourism in Atlantic Canada (PI: Dr. Ross Klein)

Living Memorial Commemoration Fund

How the Great War brought great social change to Newfoundland (PI: Dr. Donna Hardy-Cox)

Public Engagement Quick Start Fund

Re-situating the Role and Importance of People with Lived Experience: Capacity Building among Participants of the St. John's Drug User Group (PI: Dr. Christopher Smith)

Right Here, Right Now: A Women's Centered, Trauma Informed Drop-in Counselling Service (PI: Dr. Catherine de Boer)

We Stand on Guard for Thee: A Research Initiative in Support of the Canadian Forces Family (PI: Dr. Gail Wideman)

Seed, Bridge and Multidisciplinary Fund

Antiracism in Canadian student organizations: 1981–1995 (PI: Dr. Sobia Shaikh)

Exploring households’ experience of relocating and resettling under Newfoundland and Labrador’s Relocation Program: a case study of communities in the Baie Verte Peninsula (PI: Dr. Mike Devine; Co-I: Dr. Sobia Shaikh)

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council/Vice Presidents Research Travel Grant (SSHRC Exchange)

Power, transformation and subjectivity in the motherwork of abused immigrant women (PI: Dr. Sobia Shaikh)

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council/Vice Presidents Research Grant (SSHRC Explore)

Exploring households’ experience of relocating and resettling of under Newfoundland and Labradors’ Relocation Program: Longitudinal Study of Provincial Policy (PI: Dr. Mike Devine; Co-I: Dr. Sobia Shaikh)

#Sex work and social media: A twitter study on Bill C-36A (PI: Dr. Kathleen Sitter)