LoginSTM Faculty Awarded Student Summer Works Grants
Three STM faculty were awarded Student Summer Works (SSW) grants. SSW is a program of the provincial government administered through the Ministry of Advanced Education, Employment and Labour (AEEL). This program provides funds for faculty to hire students to help with their research and, in turn, allows students to gain experience in their chosen fields of study. SSW contributes 75% of the funding with STM contributing the remaining 25%. |
Dr. Darrell McLaughlin, Associate Professor of Sociology, will employ one student as a Local Food Security Social Research Assistant. The student will work with other members of the Children Hunger Education Program Community Garden (CHEPCG) team in the day-to-day operation of the community garden. The student will also begin to track the contribution of CHEPCG to local capacity building that can work beyond food security to broader social issues in the neighbourhoods. The job will provide a hands-on opportunity for a student to learn about the need to incorporate dimensions of urban agriculture into holistic plans for core city neighbourhoods. |
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Dr. Sharon Wright, Assistant Professor of History, received funds to hire a student Research Assistant who will be an essential member of the prairie research team working on "Mapping the Pages: The Provenance and Contents of Manuscripts and Early Printed Books in Canadian Prairie Libraries." In 2009, scholars from five Canadian Prairie universities and federated colleges established an interdisciplinary research unit to identify, record and track the journey and contents of uncatalouged manuscripts and pre-eighteenth century printed books in public and private collections. These works first formed and continue to inform the intellectual, cultural and spiritual library of prairie people. |
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Dr. Tammy Marche, Associate Professor of Psychology, was eligible to hire a student Research Assistant Intern to assist with data analysis for a major study on children's memory for pain. The study examines the ability of children with and without recurrent or chronic pain (e.g., arthritis) to forget autobiographical pain and non-pain related memories while accounting for individual differences (e.g., age, gender, pain sensitivity) that may moderate this ability. The Research Assistant Intern has the opportunity to experience the first-hand application of research, to receive training in participant recruitment, interviewing and testing techniques, to receive training with statistical software (e.g., SPSS), and to interact with academic researchers. |
 I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser. Every branch in me that bears no fruit he cuts away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes to make it bear even more.”— John 15:1-2 |
