OCCF Results
Please find below the U of T Mississauga research projects that have been funded through the Office of the Vice Principal, Research, Outreach, Conference and Colloquia Fund's past competitions.
January 2020
May 2019
January 2019
April 2018
January 2018
April 2017
December 2016
March 2016
January 2016
February 2015
October 2014
February 2014
October 2022
Cynthia Cranford
Sociology
Third Carework Network Global Summit “Carework in uncertain times: convergences and divergences around the world.”
May 2022
Yael Karshon
MCS
Workshop on Line groups, singular spaces, and higher structures
Liza Blake
English and Drama
Race Before Race: Genealogies
April 2022
Claudiu Gradinaru
CPS
21st Great Lakes GPCR Retreat 2022
March 2022
Derek Denis
Language Studies
Workshop on Linguistic Equity and Justice
November 2021
Andreas Bendlin
Historical Studies
Appropriation: A New Approach to Religion in Antiquity
August 2021
Salvatore Bancheri
Language Studies
Dante's Influence on (Italian) Canadian Arts
October 2020
Sherry Fukuzawa
Anthropology
Canadian Association for Physical Anthropology Fall 2020 Virtual Meeting
January 2020 (November 2019 Competition)
| Name | Department | Project |
| Tracey Galloway | Anthropology | Teachings with Elders Be’sha Blondin and Albert Marshall |
| Andrea Muehlebach | Anthropology | Distribute! An Experiment in Carbon-Free Conferencing |
| Anjuli Raza Kolb | English & Drama | Poetry Reading and Masterclass by Fatimah Asghar |
| Yuhong He | Geography | Precision Agriculture and Remote Sensing Research Network Workshop |
| Carrie Atkins Fulton John Fabiano |
Historical Studies | A Colloquium on Labour, Work, and Culture in the Later Roman Empire |
| Yujie (Julie) Chen | ICCIT | Disrupting the Platform Economy |
| Teresa Lobalsamo | Language Studies | Italian Pedagogy in an Age of Memes |
| Ruben Gaetani | Management | Frontiers in the Economics of Organizations and Markets: Theory, Applications and Methods |
| Yael Karshon | MCS | Geometric quantization: Old and New |
| Andrea Olive | Political Science and Geography | Parks and Indigenous Peoples in Urban Spaces: Opportunities, Challenges, and Identities |
| Kristin Plys | Sociology | Workshop on Caste Politics in Contemporary India |
May 2019 (April 2019 Competition)
| Name | Department | Project |
|---|---|---|
| Helene Wagner | Biology | IALE North America Annual Meeting 2020 |
| Cynthia Cranford | Sociology | Tensions and Alliance in Care: A Conversation between Academics and Community |
February 2019
| Name | Department | Project |
|---|---|---|
| Marc Laflamme | CPS | Canadian Paleontology Conference 2019 |
January 2019 (November 2018 Competition)
| Name | Department | Project |
|---|---|---|
| Vivienne Luk | Anthropology | Canadian Universities For Forensic Science (CUFFS) Conference |
| Virginijus Barzda | CPS | 5th Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society of Canada - BSC2019 |
| Jennifer Nagel | Philosophy | Workshop on Indian Epistemology |
| Emily Impett | Psychology | York/University of Toronto Social Personality Abnormal (YUTSPA) Conference |
April 2018 (April 2018 Competition)
| Name | Department | Project |
|---|---|---|
|
Alberto Galasson Tanjim Hossain Nicola Lacetera |
Management and IMI | Frontiers in the Economics of Organizations and Markets: Theory, Applications and Methods |
| Doug VanderLaan | Psychology | SEXposium Science Outreach Conference |
| Weiguo Zhang | Sociology | Health and Wellbeing of Chinese Older Immigrants in Canada |
January 2018 (November 2017 Competition)
| Name | Department | Project |
|---|---|---|
| Liza Blake | English & Drama | New Chaucer Society Conference, July 2018 |
| Matthew Adams | Geography | University of Toronto Mississauga – Applications of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Research Workshop |
| Karen Ruffle | Historical Studies | The Many Lives of Aurangzeb: Graduate Workshop on Reading, Writing, and Teaching Religious “Controversy” in South Asian Religious History |
| Mohan Matthen | Philosophy | International Multisensory Research Forum |
April 2017 (March 2017 Competition)
| Name | Department | Project |
|---|---|---|
| Scott Prosser | CPS | Celebrating Research Excellence |
| Xiaodong Zhu | Economics | Bank of Canada-University of Toronto Conference on the Chinese Economy |
| Kevin Coleman | Historical Studies | Human Rights and Transnational Solidarity in Cold War Latin America, Public Lecture |
| Ajay Rao | Historical Studies | Graduate Conference for South Asian Religions |
| Alessandro Delfanti | ICCIT | Resisting the Digital Economy |
| Christine Shaw | Visual Studies | Take Care: The Labour of Curation |
December 2016 (November 2016 Competition)
| Name | Department | Project |
|---|---|---|
| Joshua Milstein | CPS |
Imaging in Cell and Molecular Biology |
| Igor
Lehnherr |
Geography |
Canada’s Changing Arctic: Walking on Thin Ice |
| Cosmin
Munteanu |
ICCIT |
Bridging the Gap between Research, Industry Trends, and Curriculum Renewal within Human-Computer Interaction in Canada |
| Laura
Derksen |
Management |
IMI Junior Conference – Health Strategy |
|
Andrea Olive |
Political Science |
Emerging Issues as Canada Celebrates its Sesquicentennial: Challenges and Opportunities in the Canadian North |
March 2016
| Name | Department | Project |
|---|---|---|
|
Marc Johnson Amanda Nelson |
Biology | Conference: Urban Ecology and Evolution |
| Alexandra Gillespie | English & Drama | Jackman Humanities Digital Humanities Meeting |
| Laurel Besco | Geography | Southwestern Ontario Environmental Law & Policy Research Network Workshop |
| Joan Simalchik | Historical Studies, Women & Gender Studies | Undergraduate research conference |
|
Alberto Galasson Tanjim Hossain Nicola Lacetera |
Management and IMI | Frontiers in the Economics of Organizations and Markets: Theory, Applications and Methods |
| Judith Andersen | Psychology | Conference: Enhancing Police Performance Through Evidence Based Training |
|
Phil Goodman Paula Maurutto Kelly Hannah-Moffat |
Sociology | ‘Penal Boundaries’: Excesses, Limits, and the Production of Inequality. Workshop/Conference |
January 2016
|
Name |
Department |
Project |
|
Robert Reisz |
Biology |
Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society of Vertebrate Paleontology |
|
Laura Brown |
Geography |
University of Toronto Mississauga - York University Environmental Monitoring Workshop |
|
Shashi Kant |
IMI |
Stasis Challenge |
|
Claude Evans |
Language Studies |
Ancient Abbeys of Brittany Colloquium: Monasteries, Convergences, Exchanges, and Confrontations in the West of Europe in the Middle Ages (May 5-6, 2016) |
|
Teresa Lobalsamo |
Language Studies |
Gastronomy, Culture, and the Arts: A Scholarly Exchange of Epic Portions Hindu Reform Acoss the British Empire |
|
Shay Fuchs |
Mathematical & Computational Sciences |
Mathematical Association of America (MAA) Seaway Meeting, Fall 2018 |
February 2015
| Name | Department | Project Title |
|---|---|---|
| Scott Prosser | Chemical & Physical Sciences |
16th Great Lakes GPCR Retreat & Club des Récepteurs à Sept Domaines Transmembranaires International Meeting |
October 2014
|
Name |
Department |
Project Title |
|
Heather Miller |
Anthropology |
Ritual Landscapes in South Asian Archaeology (Conference) |
|
Judith Poë |
Chemical & Physical Sciences |
Southwestern Ontario Undergraduate Student Chemistry Conference |
|
Kevin Coleman |
Historical Studies |
Full-day UTM Event on the Visual in Mexico |
|
Enrico Raffaelli |
Historical Studies |
Exploring Rohinton Mistry’s Narrative |
|
Ajay Rao |
Historical Studies |
Workshop on Tantrism |
|
Karen Ruffle |
Historical Studies |
Materiality at the Margins: New Approaches to Religious Materiality in the Deccan |
|
Andrea Olive |
Political Science |
Public Policy and Governance of Hydraulic Fracturing in North America |
February 2014
| Name | Department | Project Title |
|---|---|---|
| Ana Maria Bejarano | Political Science | Harvesting Peace in Colombia: A Rural Agenda for the Future |
| Phil Goodman Paula Maurutto Kelly Hannah-Moffat |
Sociology | Penal Boundaries: Excesses, Limits, and the Production of Inequality |
| Tanjim Hossain Alberto Gallasso Nicola Lacetera |
Management/IMI | Frontiers in the Economics of Organizations and Markets: Theory, Applications and Methods |
| Peter Kotanen | Biology | Terrestrial Invasive Plants Meeting II |
| Angela Lange Ian Orchard |
Biology | Insect Biotech Conference |
| Paul Piunno | Chemical & Physical Sciences |
23rd IUPAC International Conference on Chemistry Education |
| Fiona Rawle Christoph Richter Sanja Hinic-Frlog |
Biology | Ontario Biology Day 2014 |
