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The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) has awarded 18 Ryerson researchers more than $1.1 million in funding in its latest round of competitions.

"These results demonstrate the excellence in humanities and social sciences research underway at Ryerson," said Carla Cassidy, interim vice-president, research and innovation. "Humanities and social sciences make an enormous contribution to the success of our society and our economy. Congratulations to all of the successful applicants." 

Industry Canada Minister Tony Clement announced the results Wednesday in Sudbury, Ont.

Most of the awards were in the SSHRC Standard Research Grant competition. One award, to Deborah Fels of the School of Information Technology Management, was made for SSHRC's Image, Text, Sound and Technology program, which assists scholars in applying innovative digital technologies to research on image, text and sound.

Asher Alkoby of the Ted Rogers School of Business Management was awarded funding through the International Opportunities Fund program, which supports projects that secure Canadian participation in international research initiatives or networks. All of the competitions are highly competitive.

The results of the SSHRC competition demonstrate that research at Ryerson continues its trajectory of success and growth. Ryerson ranks in the top half of Canadian non-medical universities for research and enjoyed the largest growth in peer-reviewed publications among Canadian undergraduate universities from 2002 to 2007, at 170 per cent. Scholarly, research and creative activity intensity is one of the university's five priorities outlined in the Academic Plan.

Here is a list of the successful researchers, their department, funding awarded, and their research project:

Standard Research Grant competition
* Harald Bauder, geography, $83,350, International Migration of Privileged Labour: How Workers in Canada and Germany Gain from Mobility
* Randy Boyagoda, English, $10,159, The Sacred and Secular in Postwar American Fiction
* Kim Chow-Morris, philosophy, $65,492, Weaving Guanxi: Chinese Music in the Canadian Diaspora
* Patrice Dutil, politics and public administration, $24,612, The Managerial Prime Minister: Institutional Building of Canada's Executive Branch, 1867-2010
* Bryan Evans, politics and public administration, $132,999, Policy Work in the Provinces: The 'Production' of Policy Analysis and Advice in Canada's Provincial Public Services
* Irene Gammel, English, $72,009, New Evidence on Dada Icon: Elsa Von Freytag-Loringhoven
* Sarah Henstra, English, $54,394, Mourning and Remembrance in Twentieth-Century British Feminist Non-Fiction
* Tony Hernandez, geography, $100,878, Urban Growth Metrics and Planning Policy: a GeoVisual Approach
* Amina Jamal, sociology, $50,191, In and Against the Islam/Secular Dichotomy: South Asian Muslim Women's Struggles and Transnational Feminist Practices
* Catherine Middleton, information technology management, $78,995, Next Generation Broadband Networks in Canada: An Investigation of Infrastructure Policy, Supply and Use
* Jason Nolan, early childhood education, $143,040, Voices from Digital Natives: Informal Learning and Sociable Media in child and Youth Cultures
* Ruth Panofsky, English, $63,737, Women in English-Language Book Publishing in Canada, 1900-2000
* Isabel Pedersen, professional communication, $49,934, Wearable, Mobile, Augmented: A Rhetoric of Wearable Computers and Reality-Shifting Media
* Pamela Sugiman, sociology, $62,523, Gendered Livelihoods:  Working-Class Women's Memories of Making a Living in Canada, 1940 to 2010

Image, Text, Sound and Technology competition
* Deb Fels, information technology management, $25,000, Developing a Framework for Vibrotactile Composition

International Opportunities Fund competition
* Asher Alkoby, business management and law, $35,000, Evaluating the 'Global Community of Courts' Thesis: A Case Study of Counterterrorism Measures in Canada and Germany

Aid to Research Workshops/Conferences
* David Hunter, philosophy, $9,570, Belief and Agency
* Marta Braun, image arts, $22,000, 11th International Domitor Conference
* Patrice Dutil, politics and public administration, $24,612, Sir John A. Macdonald, 1815-2015: Fresh Perspectives and New Legacies