{"id":36284,"date":"2015-11-05T10:17:21","date_gmt":"2015-11-05T14:17:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=36284"},"modified":"2015-11-05T10:17:21","modified_gmt":"2015-11-05T14:17:21","slug":"brock-graduate-students-receive-sshrc-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2015\/11\/brock-graduate-students-receive-sshrc-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Brock graduate students receive SSHRC awards"},"content":{"rendered":"

Programs to help those living with autism or Asperger\u2019s often end in late childhood, leaving teens and young adults to struggle with these conditions on their own.\u00a0But Master\u2019s student Jeffrey Esteves is aiming to change that.<\/span><\/p>\n

With his Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), the Applied Disabilities Studies student is analyzing the issue through his thesis titled My Life as an Epic Win: Providing transitional support to adolescents and young adults with a high function Autism Spectrum Disorder.<\/em><\/p>\n

Created four years ago by Rebecca Ward, assistant professor in the Centre for Applied Disability Studies, My Life as an Epic Win<\/a><\/em>\u00a0works with 16 to 25-year-olds to develop goals and a wide array of skills in four areas of their lives: career\/work; education; independence; and relationships.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey do have the skills and tools necessary to be successful in life, however, they\u2019re not really coached through and they\u2019re not provided with that support,\u201d says Esteves. \u201cAutism support really drops off after childhood. We\u2019re trying to fill that gap right now.\u201d<\/p>\n

Esteves\u2019 research involves forming\u00a0two groups of youth living with autism and Asperger\u2019s. One group will take the My Life as an Epic Win<\/em> course while the second group is put on a wait list for the program.<\/p>\n

Participants in both groups will undergo tests \u2013 given before and after the course period \u2013 that measure levels of self-esteem, self-determination, life skills, and anxiety, among others. Esteves will compare test results to assess how the course has made a difference in the young peoples\u2019 lives.<\/p>\n

Esteves is one of more than two dozen graduate students receiving SSHRC awards in 2015-2016 for a wide range of research programs. The funding totaled $730,000: $345,000 for Doctoral and $385,000 for Master\u2019s awards.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have remarkable graduate students at Brock,\u201d says Dean of Graduate Studies Michael Plyley, \u201cOur students demonstrate the high calibre of research that funding agencies, such as SSHRC, recognize as having great importance to addressing the challenges being faced by Canadians and to citizens around the world.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur list of SSHRC winners spans more than 12 graduate programs and five academic faculties. Brock University is committed to being a leader in transdisciplinary research and our graduate students are securing their place in contributing to that purpose.\u201d<\/p>\n

Award recipients of 2015\u2019s SSHRC Scholarships are:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Candace Couse, Interdisciplinary Humanities: \u201cThe effects of art making and body trauma on identity\u201d (Doctoral)<\/p>\n

Aly Bailey, Applied Health Sciences: \u201cUnderstanding and improving positive body image experiences in people with spinal cord injury\u201d (Doctoral)<\/p>\n

Terrance McDonald, Interdisciplinary Humanities: \u201cMediated Masculinities: The expression and alteration of masculinity in Hollywood cinema 1995-2005\u201d (Doctoral)<\/p>\n

Julia Polyck-O\u2019Neill, Interdisciplinary Humanities: \u201cRematerializing the Immaterial: An interdisciplinary and comparative study of Vancouver\u2019s conceptualist movements in visual arts and literature 1984-2014\u201d (Doctoral)<\/p>\n

Thalia Semplonius, Psychology: \u201cA longitudinal study of emotion regulation and positive adjustment among young adults and older adults\u201d (Doctoral)<\/p>\n

Daniella Bendo, Child & Youth Studies: \u201cThe social construction of child advocacy in Canada\u201d (Master\u2019s)<\/p>\n

Brianna Bosgraaf, History: \u201cNordic settlement in the Atlantic and interactions with Canada\u2019s First Nations People\u201d (Master\u2019s)<\/p>\n

Deseree Cipollone, English: \u201cMilton\u2019s reader and the political and critical interrogation of authority in Paradise Lost\u201d (Master\u2019s)<\/p>\n

Meghan Crouch, Applied Health Sciences: \u201cFormative research of anticipatory messages to assist parents in recognizing developmental milestones\u201d (Master\u2019s)<\/p>\n

Erica Dugas, Applied Health Sciences: \u201cAssessing Physical Literacy: Levelling the playing field for children and youth with physical disabilities\u201d (Master\u2019s)<\/p>\n

Megan Earle, Psychology: \u201cIntergroup attitudes and growing diversity in Canada\u201d (Master\u2019s)<\/p>\n

Katrien Ecclestone, Child & Youth Studies: \u201cAdvocating for Recess: A proposal to analyze the impact of recess programs on the well-being of children\u201d (Master\u2019s)<\/p>\n

Jeffrey Esteves, Applied Disability Studies: \u201cMy Life as an Epic Win: Providing transitional support to adolescents and young adults with a high function Autism Spectrum Disorder\u201d (Master\u2019s)<\/p>\n

Melanie Grice, Child & Youth Studies: \u201cSupporting vulnerable readers across the summer months\u201d (Master\u2019s)<\/p>\n

Taylor Heffer, Psychology: \u201cExamining age differences between young adults and older adults in risk taking perceptions and behaviours\u201d (Master\u2019s)<\/p>\n

Thomas Irvine, Classics: \u201cThe crucial role of Numidian Cavalry during the Second Punic War\u201d (Master\u2019s)\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Katrina Krievins, Sustainability Science & Society: \u201cPushing the Boundaries of Freshwater Ecosystem Restoration: Evaluating a conservation initiative in terms of social-ecological resilience\u201d (Master\u2019s)<\/p>\n

Tessa Mazachowsky, Psychology: \u201cSocial anxiety in children and engagement in an educational context\u201d (Master\u2019s)<\/p>\n

James McBride, Social Justice and Equity Studies: \u201cWild Life: An autoethnographic inquiry\u201d (Master\u2019s)<\/p>\n

Edward Middleton, Classics: \u201cArchaeological study of ethnic identity in cases of Archaic Greek colonization\u201d (Master\u2019s)<\/p>\n

Mohammad Zahidur Rahman, Management: \u201cExplaining Employee Creativity: The roles of task conflict, learning orientation and goal congruence\u201d (Master\u2019s)<\/p>\n

Nicole Redmond, Education: \u201cWhat is Perceived as Valued in Assessment? \u2013 An exploration of teacher intentions and student perceptions\u201d (Master\u2019s)<\/p>\n

Scott Robertson, Applied Health Sciences: \u201cThe effects of teaching games for understanding on student enjoyment in secondary school health and physical education\u201d (Master\u2019s)<\/p>\n

Aidan Smyth, Applied Health Sciences: \u201cExercise as a moderator of body shame and cortisol responses to acute social-evaluative body image threats\u201d (Master\u2019s)<\/p>\n

Rochelle Tkach, Education: \u201cTeaching with Tablets: Fostering 21st century skills within science and literacy\u201d (Master\u2019s)<\/p>\n

Zoe Walters, Critical Sociology: \u201cThe regulation of female sexuality\u201d (Master\u2019s)<\/p>\n

Hamza Warraich, Management: \u201cAn analysis of individuals\u2019 tax compliance behaviour\u201d (Master\u2019s)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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