July 2023

Philanthropy and Colonialism: A critical and decolonized examination of the legacy and Impacts of Sir Wilfred Grenfell and the International Grenfell Association in NunatuKavut, Canada (Hudson, A., Vodden, K., Affram, A., & NunatuKavut Community Council)

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Project Summary By: Amanda Affram, PhD student Sir Wilfred Grenfell first arrived on the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador in 1892 as part of the Royal National Mission to the Deep-Sea Fishermen. He undertook philanthropic activities in areas including education, health, social development, agriculture, among others. This research project aims to focus on the philanthropic […]

Philanthropy and Colonialism: A critical and decolonized examination of the legacy and Impacts of Sir Wilfred Grenfell and the International Grenfell Association in NunatuKavut, Canada (Hudson, A., Vodden, K., Affram, A., & NunatuKavut Community Council) Read More »

Harnessing Sense of Place for Philanthropic Giving and Community Sustainability in Rural Newfoundland and Labrador

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Description of Proposed Research By: Amanda Asiamah, PhD Student, Transdisciplinary Sustainability, Grenfell Campus Newfoundland and Labrador has a greater number of rural (594) charities than urban (559) as of 2020 (Le, et al., n.d.). Research shows that rural philanthropy contributes to building local capacity by leveraging on existing assets and increasing the extent and effectiveness

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Evaluating impacts of philanthropic giving on community sustainability in Atlantic Canada: Learning from and supporting collaborative research focused on social and environmental impact 

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Project Summary by Emily Doyle, PhD The focus of my two year MITACS post doc project is to deepen understanding of how to build and sustain transdisciplinary partnerships in Atlantic Canada by proposing a two-pronged approach which includes: 1)    Build capacity within the Atlantic Canada philanthropic-research landscape by supporting understanding of intersectoral responses to emergent needs

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Attending the Federation for the Humanities and Social Science Congress 2023

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By: Edmund Yirenkyi Amanda Asiamah, Abdul-Latif Alhassan, and I recently participated and presented at the Association for Nonprofit and Social Economy Research’s (ANSER) 16th annual conference which was part of the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences Conference. Amanda is an incoming student to the TRSU PhD program, Abdul-Latif has been working as a

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