Laurier researchers receive funding
Posted May 25, 2012 08:41:28 PM.
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Wilfrid Laurier University researchers Ginette Lafrenière and Alison Blay-Palmer received funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) for community partnership projects. Canadian Minister of State for Science and Technology, Gary Goodyear, announced the Partnership Development Grant recipients at the opening of the Congress of the Social Sciences and Humanities, hosted by Laurier and the University of Waterloo.
Lafrenière, associate professor in Laurier’s Faculty of Social work, will receive $198,000 over three years for her research into community integration and support for survivors of domestic violence after they leave women’s shelters. Director of the Social Innovation Research Group, Lafrenière will be working with Women’s Crisis Services of Waterloo Region to develop a partnership that will look closely at the post-shelter experiences of women and children in Waterloo, Peel and Halton Regions.
Blay-Palmer, associate professor in the department of Geography and Environmental Studies at Laurier, will receive $197,000 over two years to investigate the creation and reinforcement of regional food networks. She will be developing partnerships with a network of university researchers in Ontario and community food organizations, including First Nations communities in northern Ontario and several local food organizations in southern Ontario.
