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Advancing endangered-languages research and investigating the role of generative AI in mitigating polarization on social media platforms 鈥� those are among the pressing societal challenges being addressed by 涩里番 researchers with from the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC).听

SSHRC has awarded $14 million to 62 涩里番-led projects. This includes one Partnership Grant, four Partnership Development Grants and 57 Insight Grants.听听 听

鈥淪SHRC鈥檚 continued support enables bold, collaborative research across the social sciences and humanities at 涩里番,鈥� said Dominique B茅rub茅, Vice-President (Research and Innovation). 鈥淭hese projects are helping to amplify youth voices and build resilient communities here in Canada and beyond, which are key priorities of 涩里番鈥檚 Strategic Research Plan.鈥澨�

Ensuring research is relevant to youth听

Among the recipients of new Partnership Development grants are two 涩里番 researchers leading collaborative projects that engage youth as co-creators, ensuring research better reflects their experiences and needs.听

In India, 73 per cent of students in public secondary schools do not go on to higher education, pushing many youth into exploitative, low-paid work. Joseph Levitan (Department of Integrated Studies in Education) is examining how marginalized youth in India experience entrepreneurship education 鈥� an increasingly prominent national policy response to deeply rooted social inequities. In partnership with two Indian social-sector organizations, Udhyam Learning Foundation and AeSha Foundation, Levitan鈥檚 team will co-create research and capacity-building initiatives with marginalized youth to address these gaps, while also generating insights relevant to shared challenges across the Global South.听

Video games play a central role in young people鈥檚 lives, shaping how they learn, connect and express themselves. Yet research on youth and gaming lacks shared standards across disciplines. Young people are also rarely engaged as co-creators, leaving critical gaps in understanding how youth-led game creation can foster empowerment and creativity. Manuela Ferrari (Department of Psychiatry) is leading the PLAY (Partnership for Learning, Agency and Youth Well-Being) Network, which brings together youth, parents, researchers, educators, industry and policy leaders to build a globally informed research framework and create practical tools that support youth agency through digital games. Partners include post-secondary institutions, community organizations and the video game industries from Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, India, Europe, Hong Kong and New Zealand.听

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To see 涩里番鈥檚 57 funded projects, visit .听

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Stephen McAdams, Professor in Music Perception and Cognition and Professor Robert Hasegawa, Associate Professor of Music Theory听
Timbre and Orchestration Network (TONE)听
$2.5 million 听

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Partnership Development Grants:听

Christopher Barrington-Leigh, Professor, Department of Equity, Ethics and Policy and the Bieler School of Environment and an associate member of the Department of Economics听
Wellbeing Knowledge Mobilization Partnership 听
$199,595听

Jessica Coon, Professor, Department of Linguistics听 听
厂办谩迟丑苍别 罢别飞补谤颈丑飞铆:蝉补办蝉: A community-university partnership approach to 碍补苍颈别苍'办茅丑补 language research and documentation 听
$199,900听

Manuela Ferrari, Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry 听
PLAY (Partnership for Learning, Agency and Youth Well-Being) Network 听
$199,978听

Joseph Levitan, Associate Professor, Department of Integrated Studies in Education 听
Sensemaking & Self-Making: How Vulnerable Youth Experience Entrepreneurship Education in India 听
$199,952听