On April 25, the ministers of Innovation, Science and Industry, and Health, announced over $200 million in funding to 195 interdisciplinary, international, high-risk, high-reward research projects. Awarded through the Fund’s 2022 Transformation, Special Call—Research for Postpandemic Recovery, and Exploration competitions, the funding supports research in areas from developing non-invasive cancer treatment, and point-of-use water filtration for Indigenous communities, to addressing socio-economic disparities exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Launched this winter, the SSHRC Accessibility Plan outlines ways to make the agency and its programs and services more accessible, for both the Canadian research community and agency employees. Expanding on the Tri-Agency Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan and SSHRC’s internal People Strategy, the plan aims to identify and remove barriers that hinder the participation of persons with disabilities in the research ecosystem.

The winner of SSHRC’s 2022 Partnership Award, the Canadian Partnership for International Justice, has also won a 2023 Governor General’s Innovation Award. Project leader Fannie Lafontaine accepted the Innovation Award for her research team’s work gaining justice, both nationally and through the International Criminal Court, for victims of international crimes against humanity. Innovation Awards recognize truly exceptional, transformative innovation with positive impact on quality of life in Canada. 

The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, in partnership with SSHRC, has announced their first National Housing Strategy Longitudinal Outcomes Research Grant recipients. The six-year grant supports long-term outcomes research on affordable housing investments. The inaugural recipient, a partnership of 10 universities across Canada, will study outcomes of the Strategy, including socio-economic and health outcomes; climate impacts and mitigation; housing finance; housing alternatives; and Indigenous and northern housing.