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Ignite your ambition. Explore your questions. Exchange your findings.
Funding at George Brown provides support for GBC researchers to engage in original research and innovation activities, build research skills and capacity, and ultimately pursue external funding opportunities.
IGNITE & SSHRC Institutional Grant (SIG) Application
Applications are currently closed. Deadline is Friday, June 6, 2025 (8am).
Ignite Your Ambition.
The Ignite Fund provides support for GBC researchers to engage in original research and innovation activities, build research skills and capacity, and ultimately pursue external funding opportunities.
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Ignite Conference Award.
Available to researchers at any stage of their careers, with priority given to first-time or early career, the Ignite Conference Award supports knowledge dissemination of research findings conducted by GBC staff.
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Explore Your Questions.
The SSHRC Explore Fund provides support for GBC Social Sciences and Humanities researchers to explore early-stage research and pilot innovative research ideas, contribute to professional development by hiring students, and ultimately develop high-quality SSHRC funded proposals.
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Exchange Your Findings.
The SSHRC Exchange Fund provides support for GBC Social Sciences and Humanities researchers to exchange results by supporting knowledge mobilization activities, including workshops or seminars, encourage collaboration, or to support conference attendance.
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If you have any questions, please contact Alexandra Hernandez, Program Manager.
IGNITE / Applied Research Fund (ARF) Results
2025/2026
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
Abbas Zavar | Proactive Preventive Healthcare: Developing Comprehensive Preventive Assessment Tools (PAT) and Risk Factor Mapping for AI Integration |
Albert Danison | Innovation without Borders |
Desi Di Nardo | Imagination and Innovation in Education: Poetry Pedagogy to Spark Engagement in Higher Learning |
John Paul Cardoso | Scaling Advanced Manufacturing and Prototyping (AMP) Labs: Transforming George Brown’s Product Innovation Facility into an Innovation-as-a-Service Model |
Syed Rizvi | Transforming Corn Husk Waste into Sustainable Molded Packaging Materials: A Proof-of-Concept Using Lab-Scale Methods |
Wiliam Pourmajidi | Whole Woman Network - Community Banking Platform Modernization |
William Wang | Developing A Scaffold Framework to Improve Real-World Skills for Business Students Through Experiential Learning |
Ziad Alostaz | Experience-Based Co-Design of an Intervention for Stress Management During Clinical Placements in Undergraduate Nursing Students |
2024/2025
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
Alicia Marshall | Enhancing Dental Assisting Education with Virtual Simulations: Impact on Student Exposure, Skill Acquisition, and Clinical Preparedness of Specialty Dental Procedures |
Anna Bartosik | A Narrative Analysis of Associates of Learners: Post-Secondary Journeys in Context |
Blair Smith | Voice of the Student (VoS) in the School of Marketing and Financial Services |
Laura Facciolo | Glowing & Growing: Investigating the Role of Targeted Feedback Design in Improving Student Feedback Literacy |
Gordon Wang | The Development of Virtues-Based Character in Business Students |
Minoo Selseleh | Racial Diversity and Tacit Knowledge Sharing |
Raj Khatri | Exploring Reading Strategy Use Among Students in English for Academic Purposes and Discipline-Specific Academic Programs: Survey Research |
Toni Allen | An Educator’s Critical Anti-Racism, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Indigenization (AREDII) Glossary |
2023/2024
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
Nastaran Dadashi | Design for change: Understanding and demonstrating effective practices to enable and inform change within accommodation and accessibility in higher education |
Linda Gillis | The use of co-research methodology for the development of a cookbook for youth and young adults with major depressive and generalized anxiety disorders |
Ross Mayer | The Get REAL Movement - Design development of a capsule wardrobe collection of niche clothing products geared towards the genderless maternity market project |
Kathy Mcgown | CAA – Safety Vest Design Optimization and Commercialization Support Project |
Edouard Ratiarson | Exploring Artificial Intelligence-Driven Assessment and Evaluation in Design and Innovation Education: Unveiling Benefits, Challenges, and Possibilities |
Viz Saraby | Meaford Memories: The Meaford Community History and Culture Project |
Lori Stahlbrand | George Brown Food Learning and Grow Community Project |
Tammy Vaillancourt | Food Waste Vapour Distillation Project |
2022/2023
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Paul Zanettos | Identifying and Implementing the Work-Integrated-Learning (WIL) Best Practices of the School of Design’s International Post-Secondary Partners |
| Syed Rizvi | Building Capacity with SWIR Camera and Textile Profile Database in Preparation for Industry Partnered Research |
| Vladimira Steffek | The Salvation Army Thrift Store, National Recycling Operations (NRO): Increasing the Salvation Army's social impact, sustainability, and operational effectiveness through the implementation of improved merchandising practices and increased involvement of young families and young adults |
2021/2022
| Car Martin | Living Industries/Industries Vivantes: Using Interactive Storytelling to Trace the threads of urban connectivity |
| Richard Levine | ROI for a Business Analysis Process in the Mid-Tier IT Market Segment project |
| Stephanie Adams | The Silent Community: A Case Study in Indigenous Cultural & Heritage Preservation using 3D and Laser scanning and surveys in the Ottawa Valley |
| Caitlin Scott and Missy Hui | Representation at the Table: Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Culinary Education |
| Anouk Natalya Willy | The Intersection of Craft and Technology: Investigate and reimagine heritage craft techniques and methodologies through digital interplay and technological application |
2020/2021
| Jordan Shuler | The benefit of real – time digital translation for ESL learners in a post-secondary Canadian classroom |
| Syed Rizvi | Establish textile profile database to enable use of spectroscopy camera for automatic sorting of textile waste materials |
| Melissa Teles & Jennifer Grant | Mapping Youth Programming in Regent Park |
2019/2020
Round 1
| Howard Gerhard | A field trip to the 14th Century Silk Road: Using an Augmented Reality game in a hybrid course to promote engagement and support learning |
| Md. Saffiuddin | Carbon Microfiber – Reinforced Self – Consolidating Concrete Including Portland Limestone Cement and Silica Fume |
| Jawad Butt, Leo Salemi & Przyemyslaw Pawluk | GIS-based mobile navigation app for visitors to GBC Casa Loma Campus |
| Pietro Ferrari | Virtual Reconstruction of Lost Architectural Heritage in Abruzzo, Italy, utilizing 3D Laser Scanning & Augmented Reality |
| Nelia Teixeria | Blockchain Development – Laws and Regulations |
| Palmina Ioannone | Evaluation of an Online Parental and Parenting program |
| Richard Almonte, Heather McAfee and Ted Snell | Gauging the Effectiveness of “Successful Social Relations” as a Soft Skills Intervention |
Round 2
| Anne Song and Sarika Narinesingh | Building Students’ Intellectual Humility through Learner-Generated Podcasts |
| Dario Guescini | Exploring the Relationship Between Experiential Education and Student and Graduate Outcomes |
| Gordon Wang | Longitudinal Study of Flipped Classroom for Business Education |
| John Caffery | Hall of Justice: 2SLGBTQ Activism – Building Capacity with Students |
| Sharon Booy and Bashir Munye | Global Medic |
| Gary Hoyer | Developing a Learning Simulation for a Capstone Course in Revenue Management for the GBC – H133 Program and Measuring the Outcomes |
2018/2019
| Elaine Winick | Mentoring, Leadership and Quality: Linkages and Impacts: Phase 1 |
| Elena Chudaeva | Blended Learning for College Elective Courses: Successes and challenges |
| Eva Huang and Karen Sinotte | An exploration of mental health and addiction concerns for international students |
| Griffin Epstein | Educating for Peer Support Work |
| Georgina Lampracos-Gionnas | Organizational Structures, Processes and Practices that inform Leadership for Innovation in Post-Secondary Curriculum Development, Implementation and Evaluation |
| Jonathan Lau | Application of the Organizational Culture Assessment Instrument and improving first-year retention |
| Natalie Wood | Approaches to teaching to develop Social Innovation & Social Entrepreneurship among college students: Investigation of the impact of the Social Innovation Hub (2014-2018) on developing Social Innovators, Social Entrepreneurs, and Community Leaders |
| Rusa Jermic | Critical Digital Fluency in the Community Work Sector: Identifying Gaps and Addressing needs |
2015
| Arizona Dixon | Smart System for Hockey |
| Elaine Winick | The Importance of Professional Self Identity |
| Gary Hoyer | Chef’s House Management Simulation |
| Jean Niravong | Ronald McDonald House |
| JP Amore | Hotel Management Simulation Phase 2 |
| Kathy Amore | Poor Oral Health |
| Suba Sivaramalingam | Body Interact: Usability and Refinement |
2014
| Gary Hoyer and JP Amore | Hospitality Simulation |
| Andrew Stuart | Low RPM energy generation from wind turbines |
| Lisbia Romero | Exploring how different kinds of learners react to problem-based learning |
| Noor Kabani | Measure impact of parental bonding and disposition on brain development |
| Milan Shahani | Handbag for stroke survivors with limited mobility in their upper extremities |
2013
| Celina Da Silva | A Feasibility Study of a Kolb-Influence, High-fidelity Simulation Intervention Implemented to Improve Nursing Students’ Use of a Conflict Resolution Skill |
| Anne-Marie Stoneburgh | iPods, Music, and Dementia...It's personal |
| Lizelle Tucci | Interprofessional Education and Mobile Learning |
| Paul McClure and Shona Kearney | Treata Wearable Technology Bracelet Design |
| Carmela Miliucci and Linda McKay | Point of Use Water Quality Check Kit for Dental Water Lines |
| Diana Facchini | Evaluation of Alternate Uses for Spent Glass Bead Shot |
| Deepak Naik and Diana Facchini | Evaluation of PMMA Waste as Reinforcement for Virgin Material in the Production of Dentures |
| Jorge Olenewa | Development and Certification of tablet computer-based network simulator version, Packet Tracer, for use by Cisco Networking Academy students worldwide |