Erin Parkes: Defining the practice of adaptive music education
The aim of this project is to refine a working model of the practice of adaptive music education that has been developed by the researchers through an auto-ethnographic study. In particular, the research will define the practice of adaptive music education as distinct from music therapy, building on previous models that have begun to explore the ways in which the two practices can serve the same populations in different ways
Naomi Francis: Investigating focus in Anishinaabemowin
This project will investigate focus-sensitive meanings in a language where these have not been investigated before: Anishinaabemowin, an Indigenous language spoken in Canada and the United States. Through fieldwork with native speakers of Anishinaabemowin, this project will collect data about the meanings of focus- sensitive words in this language and fill in an important gap in the empirical landscape. By comparing the semantic contribution of focus in Anishinaabemowin with its behaviour in previously studied languages, this project will contribute to new theoretical insights about what constitutes a possible focus-sensitive meaning in natural language. The research will also advance our understanding of a core part of the linguistic system of an under-studied Canadian Indigenous language, namely Anishinaabemowin.
Andrés Salanova: Narrative structure in two languages indigenous to lowland South America
This research aims to study several aspects of oral narratives and their written adaptations in at least two Indigenous languages of lowland South America: Mebêngôkre (Jê, central Brazil) and Enlhet (Enlhet-Enenlhet, western Paraguay). This will bridge scholarly research on the structure of narrative with ongoing language-development work conducted by Indigenous intellectuals in Brazil, Paraguay and Ecuador.
Lena Hübner — Résister au quotidien : quand la violence basée sur le genre et la race redéfinit l’appropriation numérique de l’actualité en milieu minoritaire francophone en Ontario
This project deals with a major, but largely neglected, issue: the role of gendered and racialized violence in consumption of online news by racialized women, particularly in a Franco-Ontarian minority setting. While equitable access to information is essential for full participation as citizens, these women face technological, media and language violence that complicates their relationship to the news. Given this, the research will seek to analyze how intersecting systems of oppression and privilege influence their news consumption habits, to better understand the impact of this violence on their contribution to democratic life.
Luc Bonneville — Exploration des récits médiatiques et de la panique morale entourant l’usage du smartphone chez les jeunes : une analyse critique
In recent years, many teams conducting research, whether in public health, psychology, sociology, communication or education, have addressed the so-called problematic use of smart phones by youth. However, the key question that should be asked is the following: Is the smartphone really as harmful, as detrimental as we think? Might there not be a media-induced panic around it? This exploratory research will seek to answer that second question in particular. Over 24 months, the research will examine up close the way Canadian media deal with and question the use of smartphones by youth.