Updated: October 2024
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.
2024-2025
| Name | Department | Project |
| Lilia Topouzova | ICCIT | The University of Toronto at the Venice Biennale: Creative Practice, Pedagogy, and Making Scholarly Research Public |
| Rosalind Murray | Biology | Turtles at Risk Symposium |
| Cynthia Cranford | Sociology | 4th Global Carework Summit: Histories and Futures of Care |
2023-2024
| Name | Department | Project |
|---|---|---|
| John Ricco | Visual Studies | Sex & Ethics |
| Ruba Kana'an | Visual Studies | Arts of the Indian Ocean Conference |
| Nilanjan Das | Philosophy | The Kumārila Studies Conference |
| Marta Bryan | CPS | Solar Eclipse Viewing Party and Public Lecture |
| Claudiu Gradinaru | CPS | Chemical Biophysics Symposium |
| Alicia Hawkins | Anthropology | Teachings about Archaeological Belongings and Ancestors – Mississaugas of the Credit FN and UTM Anthropologists |
| Jessamyn Schertz | Language Studies | New Sounds 2025 |
| Michael Phillips | Biology | Annual Conference of the Phytochemical Society of North America |
| Melissa Gniadek | English & Drama | Melville and Hawthorne ReWritten |
| Arsalan Kahnemuyipour | Language Studies | The Fourth North American Conference on Iranian Linguistics (NACIL 4) |
2022-2023
| Name | Department | Project |
|---|---|---|
| Cynthia Cranford | Sociology | Third Carework Network Global Summit “Carework in uncertain times: convergences and divergences around the world.” |
| David McMillen | CPS | Chemical Biophysics Symposium |
| Mohamad Tavakoli-Targhi | Historical Studies | Woman, Life, Liberty: Iran’s Democratic Future |
| Salvatore Bancheri | Language Studies | Cross-Disciplinary Dialogues: Studies in Honor of Michael Lettieri |
| Martin Revermann | Historical Studies | Translating Latin and Greek: A Workshop for Classicists |
| Carolina Arteaga; Roman Zarate | Economics | Frontiers in Applied Microeconomics Conference |
| Kevin Coleman | Historical Studies | Launch of Visualizing the Americas |
| Zoë Wool | Anthropology | Crip Technoscience Studies Network |
2021-2022
| Name | Department | Project |
|---|---|---|
| Andreas Bendlin | Historical Studies | Appropriation: A New Approach to Religion in Antiquity |
| Liza Blake | English and Drama | Race Before Race: Genealogies |
| Derek Denis | Language Studies | Workshop on Linguistic Equity and Justice |
| Claudiu Gradinaru | CPS | 21st Great Lakes GPCR Retreat 2022 |
| Yael Karshon | MCS | Workshop on Line groups, singular spaces, and higher structures |
2020-2021
| Name | Department | Project |
|---|---|---|
| Salvatore Bancheri | Language Studies | Dante's Influence on (Italian) Canadian Arts |
| 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 |