Throughout my career, I have received more than a million dollars in research funding from both external and internal sources as a principal or co-investigator, as well as more than $800,000 in cash and in-kind contributions from collaborating institutions and partners as part of a recent SSHRC partnership-based project. Two of these recent projects are discussed below.
I am currently a co-investigator on a SSHRC Insight Grant examining the characteristics and consumption patterns of cannabis in Canada, pre- and post-legalization. A key component of this project is to assess the impact of the legalization of cannabis on changes in the illegal market for cannabis, as well as cannabis related behaviours (e.g., driving under the influence).
I am also Project Director of a SSHRC funded partnership-based project involving more than 20 organizations including universities, school boards and businesses that advocate on behalf of disadvantaged youth. This project links Toronto District School Board (TDSB) data with administrative postsecondary (trades, college, and university) data as well as student loan information and tax records that are part of Statistics Canada’s Education and Labour Market Longitudinal Linkage Platform (ELMLP). A key purpose of this partnership is to identify the potential challenges experienced by marginalized groups during their school-to-work transitions.
