The Classroom as Research Laboratory for Cultural Inquiry
Years of classroom teaching led to Dr. Jonathan Bordo’s approach for investigating the meaning of place
February 27, 2023
Stories Matching "Social Sciences"
In with the Old: New Podcast by Trent Professor Embraces Aging
Dr. Sally Chivers explores audio format to put humanities research in the context of human stories
February 13, 2023
High School Students Earn Trent Arts Credit Through New Dual Credit Program
Humanities and Social Science Dual Credit Program piloted with Grade 12 students at Holy Trinity in Ottawa
February 8, 2023
Shall We Dance? Arts-based Aging Research Shares Joyful Collaboration
Creative collaboration concludes with new opportunities for students, older adults and community partnerships waiting in the wings
February 1, 2023
$230,000 in Insight Development Grants Awarded to Trent-Supported Research
Funding from Canada’s Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council to advance studies of Sierra Leone cultural history, employment of racialized immigrants in B.C., historical ecology of walleye and sauger, and Spanish colonization practices in the Maya
December 20, 2022
Trent University Welcomes Inaugural Jarislowsky Chair in Trust and Political Leadership
Dr. Cristine de Clercy, one of Canada’s foremost experts on the study of political leadership, joins Trent’s esteemed faculty as part of a first-of-its-kind collaboration across five Canadian universities
November 24, 2022
Mapping for Change: Trent University Research Explores Environmental Inequity and Injustice
More than $260,000 in federal research funding supports Trent-led projects aimed at better understanding environmental inequality, advancing scholarship in feminist philosophy
June 16, 2022
Trent University Launches 19 Competitive Co-op Streams focused on the Humanities and Social Sciences
Co-op programs in Philosophy, History, Political Studies, Sociology, and more equip graduates with a degree and 12 months paid work experience in just four years
March 23, 2022
Nine Social Science and Science Research Projects at Trent Receive Over $1.3 Million in Federal Funding
NSERC and SSHRC funding supports diverse research addressing global challenges such as rural aging, the environmental impact of hi-tech industry, and food security
June 16, 2021
Trent University Launches Hybrid Criminology Degree with Community Work Placement
Impact of social inequality on criminalization and Indigenous perspectives central to new interdisciplinary B.A. program
June 2, 2021