The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) is a Canadian federal government agency based in Ottawa, Ontario. It is part of the Government of Canada's Science Portfolio overseen by Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED).
SSHRC was among the primary agencies responsible for Canada's response to the declared COVID-19 pandemic.[1]
History
On May 15, 2020, the Government of Canada announced the Canada Research Continuity Emergency Fund (CRCEF), "a temporary program" which was "established to help sustain the research enterprise at Canadian universities and affiliated health research institutions affected by the COVID-19 pandemic." CRCEF was administered by the SSHRC on behalf of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), SSHRC and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC).[2]
In March 2021, CIHR announced a grant funding opportunity called "Encouraging vaccine confidence in Canada" to be co-administered with NSERC and SSHRC. The grant was intended to fund projects to promote COVID-19 vaccines to target populations, such as pregnant women, children, racial minorities and religious groups.[3] In July 2021, the program announced a total of $2.26 million in awards to 48 recipients.[4]
Organization
| Name | Position | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Leandre Fabrigar | Panel Member, Insight Development Grant Committee[5] | Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table (OST) |
Activities
SSHRC has provided notable funding to:
- Canada Research Chairs Program[6]
- Canada Research Continuity Emergency Fund (CRCEF)[2:1]
- Caroline Quach-Thanh[7]
- Centre for Research on Inner City Health (CRICH)[8]
- Christopher Mushquash[9]
- David Dozois[10]
- Investigative Journalism Foundation (IJF)[11]
- McMaster University[4:1]
- Pat Armstrong[12]
- SickKids[4:2]
- Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre[4:3]
- University of Alberta[4:4]
- University of Toronto[4:5]
- Visions of Science Network for Learning[4:6]
External links
Bhatia, D., Allin, S., & Di Ruggiero, E. (2023). Mobilization of science advice by the Canadian federal government to support the COVID-19 pandemic response. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 10(1). https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-023-01501-8 ↩︎
Canada Research Continuity Emergency Fund. (2021, May 6). Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. https://web.archive.org/web/20221106223244/https://www.sshrc-crsh.gc.ca/funding-financement/crcef-fucrc/index-eng.aspx ↩︎ ↩︎
Encouraging vaccine confidence in Canada. (2021, July 26). Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. Retrieved March 4, 2021, from https://web.archive.org/web/20210304174004/https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Promoter-Promotion/VaccineConfidence_eng.asp ↩︎
Encouraging vaccine confidence in Canada - Competition Results. (2021, July 26). Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). Retrieved November 3, 2021, from http://archive.today/2022.01.15-100237/https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/NSERC-CRSNG/FundingDecisions-DecisionsFinancement/2021/Vaccine_eng.asp%23tphp ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎
Lee Fabrigar. Queen’s University Department of Psychology. Retrieved May 4, 2022, from http://archive.today/2022.05.04-220146/https://web.archive.org/web/20210419101307/https://www.queensu.ca/psychology/people/faculty/lee-fabrigar ↩︎
Canada Research Chairs. (2022, January 14). Government of Canada. http://archive.today/2022.01.27-073725/https://www.chairs-chaires.gc.ca/home-accueil-eng.aspx ↩︎
Grants and Contributions - Canada Research Chairs. Government of Canada. Retrieved March 21, 2022, from http://archive.today/2022.03.21-214815/https://search.open.canada.ca/en/gc/id/sshrc-crsh,207-2020-2021-Q3-00264,current ↩︎
Impact Report 2010/2011. (2011). Centre for Research on Inner City Health; St. Michael’s Hospital. https://web.archive.org/web/20130721142723/http://www.stmichaelshospital.com:80/pdf/crich/crich-impact-report-2010-11.pdf ↩︎
Executive team. Lakehead University. Retrieved January 26, 2022, from http://archive.today/2022.01.27-073314/https://www.lakeheadu.ca/centre/cranhr/people/executives ↩︎
Dozois, D. (2021, May 5). Declaration of interest. Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table. Retrieved May 7, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20210726235149/https://covid19-sciencetable.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Declaration-of-Interest_Mental-Health-Working-Group_David-Dozois_20210525.pdf ↩︎
Our Funders. Investigative Journalism Foundation. Retrieved June 28, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20240628211417/https://theijf.org/transparency ↩︎
Armstrong, P. (2021). Declaration of Interest. Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table (p. 1). https://web.archive.org/web/20240213224249/https://covid19-sciencetable.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Declaration-of-Interest_Congregate-Care-Setting-Working-Group_Pat-Armstrong_20210821.pdf ↩︎
