On July 9, 2025, the Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Industry and Minister responsible for Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions, announced $1.3 billion in federal research funding has been awarded through a suite of research programs administered by the three federal research granting agencies—the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC).
Congratulations to the IOF researchers who received funding:
2025 Discovery Grants
McAllister, Murdoch: Quantifying the mechanisms for declines in productivity of Pacific salmon and the effectiveness of restorative measures
NSERC Research Tools and Instruments grants
Hunt, Brian: Fatty acids for ecology. Co-applicants: Bradbury, Harold; Pakhomov, Evgeny
Partnership Development Grants
Speller, Camilla (Anthropology and IOF Associate faculty member): Xaʔaʔgaɬ: Documenting the long-term history and Indigenous management of Pacific salmon populations in K’ómoks traditional territory
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