Recent Grant Recipients

Grant Recipients - Winter 2026 Competition

NAME

TITLE OF PROJECT

Research Grants 

Dr. Jian Fu

Postdoctoral Fellow, Sociology

Enhancing 2SLGBTQIA+ Healthcare Access in Newfoundland and Labrador: Knowledge Mobilization for Community Engagement and System Improvement

Susan Goli

PhD Student, Sociology  

Cybersecurity Through a Sociological Lens: Intergenerational Perspectives on Risk, Safety, And Trust

Heidi Haering

PhD Student, Anthropology

Prince Edward Island Grassroots Aid After Fiona (Preliminary Research)

Jared Hogan

PhD Student, Archaeology 

Just representation? Investigating the visibility of Indigenous cultures at museums in Newfoundland and Labrador

Dr. Jean-Gabriel Lauzier

Faculty Member, Economics  

Wildfires and (the lack of) property insurance in Newfoundland and Labrador

Dr. Blair Long

Faculty Member, Economics  

The Evolution of Local States in Newfoundland and Labrador Since Confederation.

Annabelle Perkins

MA Student, Folklore

Occupational Humor and Identity among Tall Ship Deckhands

Noah Schwarz

MA Student, Political Science

Contested Coasts: Examining the Contentious Politics of Managed Retreat through a Climate Justice Lens in Atlantic Canada. 

Conference Grants

Dr. Rochelle Côté

Faculty Member, Sociology

Urban Indigenous Storywork Gathering

Dr. Paul De Decker

Faculty Member, Linguistics

At Home with Stuttering: 2026 Canadian Stuttering Association-Newfoundland and Labrador Stuttering Association Joint Conference

Dr. Ruth Murambadoro

Faculty Member, Gender Studies 

In Search of Our Mother’s Archives, Motherland and Home: African Feminist Dialogues.

Student Essay Prize 

Alliah Antig

MA Student, Economics 

Do Free Trade Agreements Create or Divert Trade Lessons from Canada's Free Trade Experience?

 

Grant Recipients - Winter 2025 Competition

NAME

TITLE OF PROJECT

Research Grants 

Caylee Dzurka

PhD Student Archaeology

akisevallianik angutimut/anguniarnek: Decolonizing Gender and Sexuality in Arctic Archaeology through

Community-Based Research

Sharon King-Campbell

PhD Student English  

Plays in a Pandemic: the impact of COVID-19 protocol on the experience of live theatre

Maria Lear

Archaeological Curator/Geophysical Tech., Archaeology 

Renewal, Research & Public Exhibition: Revitalizing the Great Hall
Exhibition Space, QC

Dr. Blair Long

Faculty Member, Economics  

Weak Institutions and Long-Run Development: Evidence from Local Government in Newfoundland

Karin Murray-Bergquist

PhD Student Folklore  

This Spectred Isle: Ghost Ship Legends of the Island of Newfoundland

John Priegnitz

PhD Student, Folklore

Scruffy Scuff & Stuff: Expressions of Queer Masculinities within St. John’s Leather/Kink Community

Carlos Salazar Guerra

PhD Student, Archaeology  

Modern Beetle Faunas of Anthropogenic Environments in Northern Newfoundland.

Dr. Elizabeth Schwartz

Faculty Member, Political Science

Pathways to Sustainable Transportation in Newfoundland and Labrador

 

Dr. Julia Stryker

Postdoctoral Fellow History

Inventories of Life: Material Culture and Life, Death, and Medicine at Sea

Dr. Douglas Wharram

Faculty Member, Linguistics 

Rigolet Inuktut Documentation Project

Student Essay Prize 

Bradley Dart

PhD Student, Philosophy  

Proportionality and Plurality: Problems and Prospects in Newfoundland and Labrador