{"id":554,"date":"2018-04-12T12:55:47","date_gmt":"2018-04-12T16:55:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ppahp.nipissingu.ca\/?p=554"},"modified":"2019-10-07T14:51:51","modified_gmt":"2019-10-07T18:51:51","slug":"ppahp-faculty-among-nu-researchers-earning-1-3-million-in-grants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpms.nipissingu.ca\/northpa\/ppahp-faculty-among-nu-researchers-earning-1-3-million-in-grants\/","title":{"rendered":"NORTH PA Faculty Among NU Researchers Earning $1.3 Million in Grants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers at Nipissing University have earned $1,352,011 in multiple grants from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). Among the researchers were Psychology of Physical Activity and Health Promotion lab faculty Dr. Barbi Law and Dr. Brenda Bruner.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Barbi Law\u00a0received $186,387 over four years for her project,\u00a0<em>What is a picture worth? Exploring children&#8217;s modeling use in sport.\u00a0<\/em>Dr. Law, along with\u00a0Dr. Brenda Bruner, earned $504,900 over four years for their project,\u00a0<em>Opportunities for Moving More and Sitting Less: Exploring a Whole School Approach to Improve Children&#8217;s 24-Hour Movement Patterns.\u00a0<\/em>Dr. Bruner also received $149,858 for one year with\u00a0Patty Chabbert, Business and Indigenous Relations Manager at Canadore College, and\u00a0Mary Wabano, Director of the First People\u2019s Centre and Dean of the School of Indigenous Studies at Canadore College, for their project\u00a0titled\u00a0<em>Cultural Continuity and Physical Health: Creating a Model of Resiliency Among Indigenous Post-Secondary Students and Their Families.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Other researchers earning grant funding include Dr. Katrina Srigley, Dr. David Zarifa, Dr. Kirsten Greer and Dr. Cindy Peltier.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My colleagues and I offer sincere gratitude to the Federal government, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research for this investment in our research,\u201d said Dr. Katrina Srigley, Associate Professor of History. \u201cThese types of investments allow us to explore ideas and create knowledge that\u00a0strengthens relationships across this country.\u00a0We also offer thanks on behalf of our students, who benefit directly through their\u00a0experiences as undergraduate and graduate student researchers. These opportunities train students to engage with diverse ways of developing, asking and answering research questions. They prepare them for success in whatever field they choose.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Nipissing-Timiskaming Member of Parliament Anthony Rota was also at the media release, congratulating the researchers on their achievements.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-379 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/wpms.nipissingu.ca\/northpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2018\/04\/sshrc_logo_en-300x64.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"64\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpms.nipissingu.ca\/northpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2018\/04\/sshrc_logo_en-300x64.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wpms.nipissingu.ca\/northpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2018\/04\/sshrc_logo_en-768x164.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wpms.nipissingu.ca\/northpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2018\/04\/sshrc_logo_en-1024x218.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wpms.nipissingu.ca\/northpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2018\/04\/sshrc_logo_en.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-141 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/wpms.nipissingu.ca\/northpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2016\/01\/cihr_logo_-300x182-300x182.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"182\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers at Nipissing University have earned $1,352,011 in multiple grants from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). Among the researchers were Psychology of Physical Activity and Health Promotion<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":634,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-554","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpms.nipissingu.ca\/northpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/554","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpms.nipissingu.ca\/northpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpms.nipissingu.ca\/northpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpms.nipissingu.ca\/northpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/634"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpms.nipissingu.ca\/northpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=554"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/wpms.nipissingu.ca\/northpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/554\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1649,"href":"https:\/\/wpms.nipissingu.ca\/northpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/554\/revisions\/1649"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpms.nipissingu.ca\/northpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpms.nipissingu.ca\/northpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpms.nipissingu.ca\/northpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}