Research themes

Cultures and communities

Cultural studies, cultural history, cultural memory
Critical theory studies: aesthetics, art, linguistics, literature, film, political theory, philosophy
Communication and intercultural relations
Comparative cultural studies
Art history and history of intellectual currents

Projects	Researcher	Department
Widowhood: A cultural analysis of Spain's literary widows (19th-21st century)	Rosalia Cornejo-Parriego	LLM
Writing chivalry: The Literature of Armes in late medieval England	Andrew Taylor	ENG
Picturing religion: The Philae Temple graffiti project	Jitse Dijkstra	CLA
Brecht in Canada	Joerg Esleben	LLM
Female vocalists in metal music: Negotiating gender and genre in multimodal performance expression	Lori Burns	MUS
Gender and sexuality in French chanson culture (1918-1940)	Christopher Moore	MUS
Metrics literacies: Improving the understanding and appropriate use of scholarly metrics in academic	Stefanie Haustein	ESI
Sound change and the interaction between production and perception: Register in Austronesian and Austroasiatic	Marc Brunelle	LIN
Étude des inscriptions et manuscrits cham : Applications pour la linguistique diachronique et l'histoire des langues chamiques	Marc Brunelle	LIN
Forces à l’œuvre. Diderot et l'écriture matérialiste de l'histoire de l'esprit humain	Mitia Rioux-Beaulne	PHI
The individual, the community and the grammar	Shana Poplack	LIN
Writing and reading chivalry in late medieval England and France	Andrew Taylor	ENG
Deux questions quodlibétiques de Pierre Roger (1291-1352)	Antoine Côté	PHI
The bilingual language processor: A separate or shared system?	Laura Sabourin	LIN
Questioning the Greek conception of being: H.G. Gadamer's unpublished translation with commentary of Aristotle's Physics	Francisco Gonzalez	PHI
How the complexities of bilingual language use impact executive functions: A multi-methodological investigation	Laura Sabourin	LIN
The linguistic risk-taking initiative: Mobile application and knowledge mobilization	Nikolay Slavkov	OLBI
Meaningful data counts	Stefanie Haustein	ESI
Individual identity formation among Christians in late antiquity	Theodore De Bruyn	CLA

Francophone communities in a changing world

Linguistic contact
History and geography of Canadian Francophonie
Francophone literatures of Ontario, Québec and Africa
Teaching and learning of the French language
History of the French language
Cinema of the Francophone world

Project	Researcher	Department
Lieux de sociabilité franco-canadiens: 1950-2000	Lucie Hotte	FRA
Insertion professionnelle des enseignants de français langue seconde issus de l'immigration francophone : Évaluation des besoins et élaboration d'outils d'accompagnement	Luisa Veronis	GEG
Encountering francophone super-diversity in Ontario: Spaces, languages, practices and représentations	Luisa Veronis	GEG
Expériences de socialisation langagière de jeunes issus des programmes de francisation en milieu francophone minoritaire canadien	Catherine Levasseur	ILOB
Le paysage linguistique à l'épreuve de l'immigration francophone : Une étude sociolinguistique dans la Capitale Nationale	Janaína Nazzari Gomes	ILOB
L'Éducation en français au Canada : Au cœur de la mission de l’ACELF	Lucie Hotte	FRA
Définir l'avenir des services de santé numériques avec les francophones en situation minoritaire de l’Ontario : Une approche de co-design pour comprendre les usages et l’acceptabilité sociale des technologies numériques de santé.	Sylvie Grosjean	CMN

Migration, rights and social justice

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Refugee seeking and diaspora
Arctic sovereignty
Religious freedom
Past and present slavery
Gender and sexuality studies
Indigenous rights and land claims
Humanitarian interventions

Project	Researcher	Department
Between migration and neo-nationalism(s): Performing the European nation -- playing a foreigner	Yana Meerzon	THE
Open ghettos in occupied Poland	Jan Grabowski	HIS
Canada's visa issuance to Africa-based researchers: In sync with Francophonie and internationalization in Canadian higher education?	Meredith Terretta	HIS
SémantiQueer: Lesbian and gay liberation in Canada	Constance Crompton	CMN
"Chanele's Diary": Reflections on daily life in the Lodz Ghetto 1940-1944	Adele Reinhartz	CLA
Frontiers of belonging: Refuge seeking and hospitality in West and Central Africa	Meredith Terretta	HIS
Le paysage linguistique à l'épreuve de l'immigration francophone : Une étude sociolinguistique dans la Capitale Nationale	Janaína Nazzari Gomes	ILOB
Femme \| Franco \| Queer	Constance Crompton	CMN

Living in the context of diversity

Theatre of exile
Experiences of newcomers to Canada
Multicultural cities
Religious diversity
Canadian Jewish studies
Cinema of the Arab world
Immigrant health

Project	Researcher	Department
Understanding nonreligion in a complex future	Lori Beaman	CLA
Les représentations fictionelles de la restauration multiethnique montréalaise	Claudia Bouline	FRA
The "Parting of the Ways" and early Jewish diversity: A case study approach	Adele Reinhartz	CLA
Canadian BIPOC artists rolodex: Towards decolonizing Canadian art history	Jinny Yu	ARV

Societies and environmental changes

Maritime transport in the Arctic
Oil sands and the media
Art and climate change
Environmental philosophy and history
Glaciology
Literature of the environment
Permafrost studies

Project	Researcher	Department
Curating ecological futures	Celina Jeffery	ARV
The enigmatic conical stromatolites in Lake Untersee, Antartica: A window into Earth's earliest biosphere	Denis Lacelle	GEG
Greenwashing and the energy transition	Patrick McCurdy	CMN
Holocene climate change, ecosystem response and human impacts	Konrad Gajewski	GEG
Permafrost in a changing climate: Geohazard risk assessment and biogeochemical impacts on the environment	Denis Lacelle	GEG
Ice dynamics and cryospheric changes in northern Canada	Luke Copland	GEG
Community perspectives on the impacts of increased shipping and climate change along the Northwest Passage in the Canadian Arctic	Jackie Dawson	GEG
ArcticNet - north by north	Jackie Dawson	GEG
Probing for life in icy Lake Untersee: An analogue of the habitable subsurface would of Enceladus	Denis Lacelle	GEG
Glacier ice volume, iceberg discharge and shipping risk in the Canadian Arctic and beyond	Luke Copland	GEG
Residual risk and adaptation database: Advancing climate risk assessment approaches for the IPCC working group II	Jackie Dawson	GEG
Future Arctic mobilities: Informing transportation adaptation through climate observations and model projections of changing snow and ice	Jackie Dawson	GEG
Arctic corridors and northern voices - Nunasiaviaut	Jackie Dawson	GEG
Using imagery from the International Space Station to derive ego-centric neighbourhood measures of environmental health	Anders Jensen Knudby	GEG
Arctic Pulse	Jackie Dawson	GEG
GO-Ice: Glacier-ocean-iceberg dynamics in a changing Canadian Arctic	Luke Copland	GEG
Arctic shipping and transportation in a rapidly changing Arctic	Jackie Dawson	GEG
Earth observation for detecting and monitoring long-term water quality changes across the Canadian Arctic	Anders Jensen Knudby	GEG
Inuit Qaujisarnirmut Pilirijjutit on Arctic shipping risks in Inuit Nunangat	Jackie Dawson	GEG
Preparing for Mars ice mapper mission with airborne SAR, modeling and ground truth	Denis Lacelle	GEG
Étude cryostratigraphique et biogéochimique du pergélisol	Denis Lacelle	GEG
Mapping and analysis of high-risk marine and coastal areas in Arctic Canada	Jackie Dawson	GEG
UN decade of ocean science for sustainable development: "A safe ocean" benchmarking report	Jackie Dawson	GEG

Indigenous cultures

Métis history and geography
Indigenous health
Indigenous religions
Spirituality and philosophy
Algonquin language
Indigenous broadcasting
Endangered languages
Indigenous education

Project	Researcher	Department
Fur trade kinscapes: Lapointe, Wisconsin and the rise of a Great Lakes-St. Lawrence watershed, 1650-1850	Nicole St. Onge	HIS
Takuaimatishun: Developing a framework for Innu and Atikamekw self-determination	Pierrot Ross-Tremblay	IIRS
Kitchissippi historical research project	Daniel Rück	HIS
Bringing research home: Reclaiming research to tell the story of climate change in the Kluane First Nation traditional territory	Sonia Wesche	GEG

Well-being across the life course

uOttawa Living Lab: child language acquisition
Learning to play a musical instrument; language learning
Ageism
Environmental effects on maternal health
Children's literature
Intergenerational relations; needs of immigrant seniors
Health communication
Well-being in the workplace
Addiction treatment and dynamics

Project	Researcher	Department
Data literacy education - Developing best practices for higher education in the humanities and social sciences	Meredith Rocchi	CMN
Dyslexie musicale: Manifestation, dépistage et interventions	Gilles Comeau	MUS
Les défis de l'allongement de la vie professionelle: Détecter l'âgisme au travail, en mesurer les impacts et identifier les meiulleures pratiques de rétention des travailleurs âgés canadiens	Martine Lagacé	CMN
Data literacy education - A new approach to quantitative methods of instruction	Meredith Rocchi	CMN
Exploration d'un modèle d'orchestre communautaire intergénérationnel issu d'un programme de concentration musique au secondaire	Gilles Comeau	MUS
A sociolinguistic foray into the Silver Tsunami	Shana Poplack	LIN
Data literacy in Canadian news media	Meredith Rocchi	CMN
Vers des soins de santé sans obstacle: Un projet collaboratif pour co-construire une formation sur la communication patient-soignant en autisme en partenariat avec les patients et les professionels de la santé	Maria Cherba	CMN
Development of spoken word recognition during early childhood	Tania Zamuner	LIN
Définir l'avenir des services de santé numériques avec les francophones en situation minoritaire de l'Ontario: Une approche de co-design pour comprendre les usages et l'acceptabilité sociale des technologies numériques de santé	Sylvie Grosjean	CMN
Using imagery from the International Space Station to derive ego-centric neighbourhood measures of environmental health	Anders Jensen Knudby	GEG
Report on feasibility of a community-based approach to recruit vulnerable populations into a biomonitoring study	Brian Ray	GEG
Report on strategies and policy options to address ageism of older adults in Canada	Martine Lagacé	CMN
eCARE-PD - A digital companion to promote self-care in people living with Parkinson's disease	Sylvie Grosjean	CMN
i-CARE-PD / Integrated Parkinson Care Networks	Sylvie Grosjean	CMN

Digital humanities

Digital citizenship and literacy
Linked open data
Computational methods
Big data cyberinfrastructure
Cyberculture and ethics
Open access policy research
Translation technology
Digital memory institutions

Project	Researcher	Department
Christina Rossetti in music: A study of the literary, musical, historical, and global significance of Rossetti's poetry in music-literary collaborations	Mary Arseneau	ENG
Études des pratiques de relations publiques et de leur impact sur les organisations fédérales canadiennes à l'ère du numérique	Ivan Ivanov	CMN
Un outil numérique pour optimiser les pratiques de rétroaction corrective écrite des enseignants	Marie-Josee Hamel	ILOB
Canadian BIPOC artists rolodex: Towards decolonizing Canadian art history	Jinny Yu	ARV
The Potential of digital: Optimizing trustworthy digital contact	Elizabeth Dubois	CMN
i-CARE-PD / Integrated Parkinson Care Networks	Sylvie Grosjean	CMN
Définir l'avenir des services de santé numériques avec les francophones en situation minoritaire de l'Ontario: Une approche de co-design pour comprendre les usages et l'acceptabilité sociale des technologies numériques de santé	Sylvie Grosjean	CMN
eCaRE-PD - A digital companion to promote self-care in people living with Parkinson's disease	Sylvie Grosjean	CMN
SémantiQueer: Lesbian and gay liberation in Canada	Constance Crompton	CMN
Femme \| Franco \| Queer	Constance Crompton	CMN
A Language action perspective to automate the appraisal and classification of records with artificial intelligence	Inge Alberts	ESI

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