OCCF Results

Updated: September 2023


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.
 

2023-2024

NameDepartmentProject
John RiccoVisual StudiesSex & Ethics
Ruba Kana'anVisual StudiesArts of the Indian Ocean Conference


2022-2023

NameDepartmentProject
Cynthia CranfordSociologyThird Carework Network Global Summit “Carework in uncertain times: convergences and divergences around the world.”
David McMillenCPSChemical Biophysics Symposium
Mohamad Tavakoli-TarghiHistorical StudiesWoman, Life, Liberty: Iran’s Democratic Future
Salvatore BancheriLanguage StudiesCross-Disciplinary Dialogues: Studies in Honor of Michael Lettieri
Martin RevermannHistorical StudiesTranslating Latin and Greek: A Workshop for Classicists
Carolina Arteaga;
Roman Zarate
EconomicsFrontiers in Applied Microeconomics Conference
Kevin ColemanHistorical StudiesLaunch of Visualizing the Americas
Zoë WoolAnthropologyCrip Technoscience Studies Network


2021-2022

NameDepartmentProject
Andreas BendlinHistorical StudiesAppropriation: A New Approach to Religion in Antiquity
Liza Blake English and Drama Race Before Race: Genealogies 
Derek DenisLanguage StudiesWorkshop on Linguistic Equity and Justice
Claudiu GradinaruCPS21st Great Lakes GPCR Retreat 2022
Yael KarshonMCSWorkshop on Line groups, singular spaces, and higher structures


2020-2021

NameDepartmentProject
Salvatore BancheriLanguage Studies Dante's Influence on (Italian) Canadian Arts 
Sherry FukuzawaAnthropology Canadian Association for Physical Anthropology Fall 2020 Virtual Meeting


January 2020 (November 2019 Competition)

NameDepartmentProject
Tracey GallowayAnthropologyTeachings with Elders Be’sha Blondin and Albert Marshall
Andrea MuehlebachAnthropologyDistribute! An Experiment in Carbon-Free Conferencing
Anjuli Raza KolbEnglish & DramaPoetry Reading and Masterclass by Fatimah Asghar
Yuhong HeGeographyPrecision Agriculture and Remote Sensing Research Network Workshop
Carrie Atkins Fulton
John Fabiano
Historical StudiesA Colloquium on Labour, Work, and Culture in the Later Roman Empire
Yujie (Julie) ChenICCITDisrupting the Platform Economy
Teresa LobalsamoLanguage StudiesItalian Pedagogy in an Age of Memes
Ruben GaetaniManagementFrontiers in the Economics of Organizations and Markets: Theory, Applications and Methods
Yael KarshonMCSGeometric quantization: Old and New
Andrea OlivePolitical Science and GeographyParks and Indigenous Peoples in Urban Spaces: Opportunities, Challenges, and Identities
Kristin PlysSociologyWorkshop on Caste Politics in Contemporary India


May 2019 (April 2019 Competition)

NameDepartmentProject
Helene WagnerBiologyIALE North America Annual Meeting 2020
Cynthia CranfordSociologyTensions and Alliance in Care: A Conversation between Academics and Community


February 2019

NameDepartmentProject
Marc LaflammeCPSCanadian Paleontology Conference 2019


January 2019 (November 2018 Competition)

NameDepartmentProject
Vivienne LukAnthropologyCanadian Universities For Forensic Science (CUFFS) Conference
Virginijus BarzdaCPS5th Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society of Canada - BSC2019
Jennifer NagelPhilosophyWorkshop on Indian Epistemology
Emily ImpettPsychologyYork/University of Toronto Social Personality Abnormal (YUTSPA)
Conference


April 2018 (April 2018 Competition)

NameDepartmentProject

Alberto Galasson

Tanjim Hossain

Nicola Lacetera

Management and IMIFrontiers in the Economics of Organizations and Markets: Theory, Applications and Methods
Doug VanderLaanPsychologySEXposium Science Outreach Conference
Weiguo ZhangSociologyHealth and Wellbeing of Chinese Older Immigrants in Canada

 

January 2018 (November 2017 Competition)

NameDepartmentProject
Liza BlakeEnglish & DramaNew Chaucer Society Conference, July 2018
Matthew AdamsGeographyUniversity of Toronto Mississauga – Applications of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Research Workshop
Karen RuffleHistorical StudiesThe Many Lives of Aurangzeb: Graduate Workshop on Reading, Writing, and Teaching Religious “Controversy” in South Asian Religious History
Mohan MatthenPhilosophyInternational Multisensory Research Forum

 

April 2017 (March 2017 Competition)

Name DepartmentProject
Scott ProsserCPSCelebrating Research Excellence
Xiaodong ZhuEconomicsBank of Canada-University of Toronto Conference on the Chinese Economy
Kevin ColemanHistorical StudiesHuman Rights and Transnational Solidarity in Cold War Latin America, Public Lecture
Ajay RaoHistorical StudiesGraduate Conference for South Asian Religions
Alessandro Delfanti ICCITResisting the Digital Economy
Christine ShawVisual StudiesTake Care: The Labour of Curation

 

December 2016 (November 2016 Competition)

NameDepartmentProject
Joshua MilsteinCPSImaging in Cell and Molecular Biology

Igor 

Lehnherr

GeographyCanada’s Changing Arctic: Walking on Thin Ice

Cosmin 

Munteanu

ICCITBridging the Gap between Research, Industry Trends, and Curriculum Renewal within Human-Computer Interaction in Canada

Laura 

Derksen

ManagementIMI Junior Conference – Health Strategy
Andrea OlivePolitical ScienceEmerging Issues as Canada Celebrates its Sesquicentennial: Challenges and Opportunities in the Canadian North

 

March 2016

 
NameDepartmentProject

Marc Johnson

Amanda Nelson

BiologyConference: Urban Ecology and Evolution
Alexandra GillespieEnglish & DramaJackman Humanities Digital Humanities Meeting
Laurel BescoGeographySouthwestern Ontario Environmental Law & Policy Research Network Workshop
Joan SimalchikHistorical Studies, Women & Gender StudiesUndergraduate research conference

Alberto Galasson

Tanjim Hossain

Nicola Lacetera

Management and IMIFrontiers in the Economics of Organizations and Markets: Theory, Applications and Methods
Judith AndersenPsychologyConference: 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    DepartmentProject
Robert ReiszBiologyAnnual Meeting of the Canadian Society of Vertebrate Paleontology
Laura BrownGeographyUniversity of Toronto Mississauga - York University Environmental Monitoring Workshop
Shashi KantIMIStasis Challenge
Claude EvansLanguage StudiesAncient Abbeys of Brittany Colloquium: Monasteries, Convergences, Exchanges, and Confrontations in the West of Europe in the Middle Ages (May 5-6, 2016)
Teresa LobalsamoLanguage Studies

Gastronomy, Culture, and the Arts: A Scholarly Exchange of Epic Portions

Hindu Reform Acoss the British Empire

Shay FuchsMathematical & Computational SciencesMathematical Association of America (MAA) Seaway Meeting, Fall 2018

 

February 2015

NameDepartmentProject Title
Scott ProsserChemical & 
Physical Sciences
16th Great Lakes GPCR Retreat & Club des Récepteurs à Sept Domaines Transmembranaires International Meeting

 

October 2014

NameDepartmentProject Title
Heather MillerAnthropologyRitual Landscapes in South Asian Archaeology (Conference)
Judith PoëChemical & Physical SciencesSouthwestern Ontario Undergraduate Student Chemistry Conference
Kevin ColemanHistorical StudiesFull-day UTM Event on the Visual in Mexico
Enrico RaffaelliHistorical StudiesExploring Rohinton Mistry’s Narrative
Ajay RaoHistorical StudiesWorkshop on Tantrism
Karen RuffleHistorical StudiesMateriality at the Margins: New Approaches to Religious Materiality in the Deccan
Andrea OlivePolitical SciencePublic Policy and Governance of Hydraulic Fracturing in North America

 

February 2014

NameDepartmentProject Title
Ana Maria BejaranoPolitical ScienceHarvesting Peace in Colombia: A Rural Agenda for the Future
Phil Goodman 
Paula Maurutto
Kelly Hannah-Moffat
SociologyPenal Boundaries: Excesses, Limits, and the Production of Inequality
Tanjim Hossain
Alberto Gallasso
Nicola Lacetera
Management/IMIFrontiers in the Economics of Organizations and Markets: Theory, Applications and Methods
Peter KotanenBiologyTerrestrial Invasive Plants Meeting II
Angela Lange
Ian Orchard
BiologyInsect Biotech Conference
Paul PiunnoChemical & 
Physical Sciences
23rd IUPAC International Conference on Chemistry Education
Fiona Rawle
Christoph Richter
Sanja Hinic-Frlog
BiologyOntario Biology Day 2014