Chair and scholar positions are available in key areas of focus at the Edwards School of Business and the University of Saskatchewan. Edwards researchers have been successful in obtaining major research grants from the federal funding agencies including the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) among a number of other external agencies and internal grants that provide research support. Edwards faculty members are also awarded for achievement at the school level for top tier journal publications and Dean's awards for emerging and outstanding scholars.
Edwards Scholars and Chairs
- Edwards Enhancement Chairs in Business
- Sutherland Scholar in International Business
- George S. Dembroski Scholar
Enhancement Chairs in Business are awarded for research achievement and demonstrable leadership in a given field of business. The Chair program assists the Edwards School of Business in recruiting and retaining world-class faculty with business research and scholarship, who have made sustained contributions to their field at a national and international level. The Enhancement Chairs in Business are funded by the endowment from donor N. Murray Edwards. Chair-holders receive an annual salary stipend plus an annual research award.
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Maureen Bourassa Dr. Maureen Bourassa is an expert in studying the impact of respect in marketing relationships and has published in the top journals in the field. Her research has generated knowledge around the practical aspects of building respectful relationships within marketplace contexts (i.e., stakeholder relationships, business-to-consumer relationships, and business-to-business relationships) and speaks directly to several of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. |
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Term: 2022-2025 (3 year) Dr. Min Maung is an active researcher in the areas of international corporate finance, governance, and entrepreneurial finance, publishing a significant number of articles in highly-regarded academic journals. He is currently serving as Editor in Chief of the Advanced Business and Finance Journal and was recently awarded a grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. |
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Devan Mescall Dr. Devan Mescall is a globally recognized expert in taxation by academics, accounting professionals and policy makers. He has published impactful articles in the top journals in the field of Accounting and has written the leading textbook on taxation in Canada. Dr. Mescall has collaborated with Indigenous business leaders to research the taxation challenges of urban reserves. His research has received significant funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. |
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Hamed Samarghandi Dr. Hamed Samarghandi has expertise in the area of operations research and optimization. His research studies practical problems in facility layout planning and optimization, scheduling optimization, supply chain management, health care planning and optimization, and lean construction and construction risk management. His research has consistently been published in the top journals in the field and has been funded by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council. |
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Joseph Schmidt Dr. Joe Schmidt is known internationally for his expertise in the effects of personality on workplace outcomes as well as strategic human resources. His research addresses practical problems as he collaborates with industry partners to analyze real world data sets. Dr. Schmidt's research has been funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council and appears in the top journals in his field. |
The Sutherland Scholar in International Business is a Scholar designation awarded for research achievement in a given area, with the intent of recognizing current accomplishments in the field and providing seed funds toward the eventual submission of a full proposal to a tri-council agency (or equivalent). The program is meant to assist the Edwards School of Business in retaining talented, high potential faculty with strong research and scholarship.
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Craig Wilson Dr. Wilson has established expertise in international business research and has a track record of demonstrated academic excellence. Wilson’s planned program of future research includes a focus on risk and information asymmetry and investment opportunities and strategic firm decisions, especially as related to Canadian and US firms. Wilson also plans to incorporate students into all levels of research on international business, from data collection to thesis topics, to students in courses informed by the results of his research.
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This Scholar position is expressly tied to a desire to further the contributions and achievements of the George S. Dembroski Student Managed Portfolio Trust (SMPT). The selected Scholar works collaboratively with students, the business community and other faculty members of financial portfolio management, timely and professional-quality reporting, and related governance issues. A Scholar designation is awarded for research achievement in a given area, with the intent of recognizing current accomplishments in the field and providing seed funds toward the eventual submission of a full proposal to a tri-council agency (or equivalent). The program is meant to assist the Edwards School of Business in retaining talented, high potential faculty with strong research and scholarship.
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Abdullah Mamun Mamun has expertise in banking and financial institutions, as well as governance, aligning with the terms of the scholar position. He is a trustee on the Academic Money Purchase Plan at USask and a Fellow in Credit Union Finance at the Canadian Centre for the Study of Cooperatives. |
Tri-Agency Funding
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2022-2023
SSHRC Insight Development Grants
Social Norms, Board Gender Diversity, and Firm Performance
Winter (February) 2022 Competition (2022-2023)
Principal Investigator: Min Maung
$50,213Understanding social and political attitudes in rural Canada via ethnography
Winter (February) 2022 Competition (2022-2023)
Principal Investigator: Clark Banack
Co-Investigator: Dionne Pohler
$74,594 -
2021-2022
SSHRC Partnership Engage Grants
Online listening responses: Supporting learner engagement in online courses
September 2021 Competition (2021-2022)
Principal Investigator: Shan Wang
Co-Investigator(s): Fang Wang, Wilfrid Laurier University
Collaborator(s): Du Zhao, Beijing Sport University
Partner(s): Beijing Shuimu Xinbu Network Technology Co., LTD
$24,997SSHRC Explore Grants
The effects of manager talent hindering on employee turnover intentions
Spring 2022 comeptition (2021/2022)
Principal Investigator: David Kraichy
Co-Investigator: Megan Walsh
$7,000The Role of Gender Stereotypes in Advertising and Mindfulness on Leadership Aspirations and Perceived Respect
Spring 2021 competition (2021/2022)
Principal Investigator: Maureen Bourassa
Co-Investigator(s): Megan Walsh and Erica Carleton
$7,000 -
2020-2021
SSHRC Explore Grants
Professional Discipline Committee Judgment and Decision Making
Spring 2020 competition (2020/2021)
Principal Investigator: Regan Schmidt
$7,000Ethical Leadership Behaviour & Gender Bias
Spring 2020 competition (2020/2021)
Principal Investigator: Erica Carleton
Co-Investigator(s): Megan Walsh
$6,965Exploring Retail Pharmacists Burnout and Work Engagement
Spring 2020 competition (2020/2021)
Principal Investigator: Jason Perepelki
Co-Investigator(s): Grant Wilson
$7,000 -
2019-2020
SSHRC Insight Grants
The determinants and impacts of tax certainty in a global economy
Fall 2019 Competition (2019-2020)
Principal Investigator: Devan Mescall
Co-Investigator(s): Kenneth Klassen, University of Waterloo
$193,741 (Stream B)Online social networking and social commerce performance: An ego network perspective
Fall 2019 Competition (2019-2020)
Principal Investigator: Shan Wang
$69,410 (Stream A)Patient Influencers: A Marketplace Approach to Investigating the Influence of Expert Patients
Fall 2019 Competition (2019-2020)
Principal Investigator: Marjorie Delbaere
Co-Investigator(s): Erin Willis, University of Colorado at Boulder
$85,819 (Stream A)SSHRC Insight Development Grants
Implicit Expectations of Leaders' Emotions
Winter 2020 Competition (2019-2020)
Principal Investigator: Julie Weatherhead
Co-Investigator(s): Erica Carleton
$61,886SSHRC Partnership Grants
Monitoring and evaluation of climate change education partnership
Fall 2019 Competitions Stage 2 (2019-2020)
Principal Investigator: Marcia McKenzie, University of Saskatchewan
Co-Investigator: Chelsea Willness, Edwards/USask
$2,499,863 -
2018-2019
SSHRC Insight Grants
Stress and destructive leadership: Causes, conditions, and the mitigating role of mindfulness
Fall 2018 Competition (2018-2019)
Principal Investigator: Kara Arnold
Co-Investigator(s): Megan Walsh, Edwards/USask, Catherine E. Connelly, McMaster University, Ian R. Gellatly, University of Alberta
$184,657SSHRC Insight Development Grants
The Effects of Job Advertisement Messaging and Applicant Traits on Job Pursuit Decisions
Winter 2019 Competition (2018-2019)
Principal Investigator: Joe Schmidt
Co-Investigator(s): Joshua Bourdage, University of Calgary
$61,500.00Sleepiness, mindfulness, and bias against women in leadership positions
Winter 2019 Competition (2018-2019)
Principal Investigator: Erica Carleton
Co-Investigator(s): Megan Walsh, University of Saskatchewan and Nick Turner, University of Calgary
$57,541.00Developing reputation in emerging economies: The case of FDIs and MNEs in the East African Community
Winter 2019 competition (2018-2019)
Principal Investigator: Aloysius Newenham-Kahindi
$60,320.00 -
2017-2018
SSHRC Insight Development Grants
Addressing stereotype threat for women in leadership: The role of mindfulness
Winter 2018 competition (2017-2018)
Principal Investigator: Megan Walsh
Co-Investigator(s): Erica Carleton, University of Saskatchewan
Collaborator(s): Kara Arnold, Memorial University of Newfoundland
$64,871SSHRC Partnership Grants
Monitoring and evaluation of climate change education partnership
Winter 2019 Competition Stage 1 (2017-2018)
Principal Investigator: Marcia McKenzie, University of Saskatachen
Co-Investigator(s): Chelsea Willness, Edwards/USask
$20,000SSHRC Explore Grants
Mindfulness at work: An experimental investigation
Spring 2018 Competition (2017-2018)
Principal Investigator: Megan Walsh
Co-Investigator(s): Erica Carleton
$6,990
External Funding
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2021-2022
Business Schools Association of Canada (BSAC)
Indigenous Allyship in Canadian Business Schools: Towards a comprehensive framework for implementation
Spring 2022 competition
Principal Investigator: Maureen Bourassa
Co-Investigators: Marjorie Delbaere, Dana Carriere, and Joelena Leader
$10,000MITACS
Mitacs Accelerate
Title: Evaluating the Winter Economy in Saskatoon
Principal Investigator: Suresh Kalagnanam
Student: Erfan Mahmoodzadeh
$20,000Mitacs Business Strategy Internship
Winter 2022 competition
Principal Investigator/supervisor: David Zhang
Research Intern: Kira Blomquist
Partner: DHMG Coaching & Consulting, LTD
$15,000Mitacs Business Strategy Internship
Fall 2021 competition
Principal Investigator/supervisor: Megan Walsh
Research Intern: Kiera Prior
Partner: International Minerals Innovation Institute (IMII)
$10,000Mitacs Business Strategy Internship
Fall 2021 competition
Co-Principal Investigators/Co-supervisors: Moshin Jat and Craig Wilson
Research Intern: Jason Monette
Partner: BOLD Growth Inc.
$15,000Mitacs Business Strategy Internship
Fall 2021 competition
Principal Investigator/supervisor: Brooke Klassen
Research Intern: Alex Mulenga-Woo
Partner: Pioneer Solar & Renewables
$10,000Mitacs Business Strategy Internship
Fall 2021 competition
Principal Investigator/supervisor: Brooke Klassen
Research Intern: Alex Mulenga-Woo
Partner: Environmental Instruments Canada Inc. (EIC)
$15,000Mitacs Business Strategy Internship
Fall 2021 competition
Principal Investigator/supervisor: Marjorie Delbaere and Roland Auer
Research Intern: Jacqueline Morris
Partner: Cubresa
$10,000Mitacs Business Strategy Internship
Fall 2021 competition
Principal Investigator/supervisor: Marjorie Delbaere and Roland Auer
Research Intern: Dominic Ong
Partner: Cubresa
$10,000Mitacs Business Strategy Internship
Fall 2021 competition
Principal Investigator/supervisor: Roland Auer and Marjorie Delbaere
Research Intern: Vedashree Meher
Partner: Cubresa
$10,000Mitacs Business Strategy Internship
Fall 2021 competition
Principal Investigator/supervisor: David Williams & Ray Spiteri
Research Intern: Brenna Pochipinski
Partner: Refresh Enterprises Inc.
$15,000Mitacs Business Strategy Internship
Fall 2021 competition
Principal Investigator/supervisor: David Zhang
Research Intern: Kira Blomquist
Partner: DHMG, Ltd.
$15,000Mitacs Business Strategy Internship
Fall 2021 competition
Principal Investigator/supervisor: Joe Schmidt
Research Intern: Paige Andrusiak
Partner: FFUN Group
$15,000Mitacs Business Strategy Internship
Fall 2021 competition
Principal Investigator/supervisor: Trevor Maber
Research Intern: Jenna Myers
Partner: FFUN Group
$15,000Mitacs Business Strategy Internship
Fall 2021 competition
Principal Investigator/supervisor: Tyler Case
Research Intern: Treyton Pernitsky
Partner: ArcticShelf
$10,000Mitacs Business Strategy Internship
Fall 2021 competition
Principal Investigator/supervisor: Trevor Maber
Research Intern: Nhu Tran
Partner: BOLTZ.AI Inc
$15,000 -
2020-2021
MITACS
Mitacs Business Strategy Internship
Spring 2021 competition
Principal Investigator/supervisor: Maureen Bourassa
Research Intern: Jillian Wolkowski
Partner: Lifetime Productions Limited
$10,000Mitacs Business Strategy Internship
Spring 2021 competition
Principal Investigator/supervisor: Tyler Case
Research Intern: Treyton Perisky
Partner: Arctic Shelf
$10,000Mitacs Business Strategy Internship
Spring 2021 competition
Principal Investigator/supervisor: Tyler Case
Research Intern: Abdu Etagiuri
Partner: Open Door Society
$10,000Mitacs Business Strategy Internship
Spring 2021 competition
Principal Investigator/supervisor: Lee Swanson
Research Intern: Jason Monette
Partner: City of Saskatoon
$10,000Mitacs Business Strategy Internship
Spring 2021 competition
Principal Investigator/supervisor: Trevor Maber
Research Intern: Jeana Myers
Partner: FFUN Motor Group
$10,000Mitacs Business Strategy Internship
Spring 2021 competition
Principal Investigator/supervisor: Trevor Maber
Research Intern: Jamie Bell
Partner: City of Saskatoon
$10,000Mitacs Business Strategy Internship
Spring 2021 competition
Principal Investigator/supervisor: Joe Schmidt
Research Intern: Paige Andrusiak
Partner: FFUN Motor Group
$10,000
Mitacs Business Strategy Internship
Spring 2021 competition
Principal Investigator/supervisor: Hal Elkins
Research Intern: Yasmine Wafa
Partner: City of Saskatoon
$10,000Mitacs Business Strategy Internship
Spring 2021 competition
Principal Investigator/supervisor: Lorelei Nickel
Research Intern: Mary Engel
Partner: Farm Management Canada
$10,000Mitacs Business Strategy Internship
Fall 2020 Competition (2020/2021)
Principal Investigator/supervisor: Marjorie Delbaere
Research Intern: Madison Guran
Partner: Real Property Management Professionals
$10,000Mitacs Business Strategy Internship
Fall 2020 Competition (2020/2021)
Principal Investigator/supervisor: Lee Swanson
Research Intern: Emmett Keith
Partner: Sasklander/Western Heritage
$10,000Mitacs Business Strategy Internship
Fall 2020 Competition (2020/2021)
Principal Investigator/supervisor: Erica Carleton
Research Intern: Shannon Poundmaker
Partner: Saskatchewan Landlord Association
$10,000Mitacs Business Strategy Internship
Fall 2020 Competition (2020/2021)
Principal Investigator/supervisor: Maureen Bourassa
Research Intern: Nicole Matsalla
Partner: Blue Moose Media
$10,000Mitacs Business Strategy Internship
Fall 2020 Competition (2020/2021)
Principal Investigator/supervisor: Marjorie Delbaere
Research Intern: Jenna Kachur
Partner: Dress for Success Saskatchewan
$10,000
Mitacs Business Strategy Internship
Fall 2020 Competition (2020/2021)
Principal Investigator/supervisor: Megan Walsh
Research Intern: Taryn Leason
Partner: Saskatchewan 4-H Council Inc.
$10,000Mitacs Business Strategy Internship
Fall 2020 Competition (2020/2021)
Principal Investigator/supervisor: Keith Willoughby
Research Intern: Harrison Phillips
Partner: Engineered Code Consulting Inc.
$10,000Mitacs Business Strategy Internship
Fall 2020 Competition (2020/2021)
Principal Investigator/supervisor: Grant Wilson
Research Intern: Adil Afzal
Partner: True Vision Eyecare Centre
$10,000Mitacs Business Strategy Internship
Fall 2020 Competition (2020/2021)
Principal Investigator/supervisor: Marjorie Delbaere
Research Intern: Olivia Sekulic
Partner: Evan Ortynsky Group of Companies (Key Auto Group)
$10,000Mitacs Business Strategy Internship
Fall 2020 Competition (2020/2021)
Principal Investigator/supervisor: Brooke Klassen
Research Intern: Brandon Johnson
Partner: Saskatoon Zoo Society
$10,000Mitacs Business Strategy Internship
Fall 2020 Competition (2020/2021)
Principal Investigator/supervisor: Craig Wilson
Research Intern: Sherry Gao
Partner: Westcap Management LTD.
$10,000Mitacs Business Strategy Internship
Fall 2020 Competition (2020/2021)
Principal Investigator/supervisor: Maureen Bourassa
Research Intern: Miao Yu
Partner: Pinnacle Marketing Management Inc.
$10,000Mitacs Business Strategy Internship
Fall 2020 Competition (2020/2021)
Principal Investigator/supervisor: David Zhang
Research Intern: Aftyn Campbell
Partner: Saskatchewan Food Industry Development Centre
$10,000Mitacs Business Strategy Internship
Fall 2020 Competition (2020/2021)
Principal Investigator/supervisor: Marjorie Delbaere
Research Intern: Hannah Peng
Partner: Saskatoon Society for the Protection of Children Inc.
$10,000Mitacs Business Strategy Internship
Fall 2020 Competition (2020/2021)
Principal Investigator/supervisor: Hal Elkins
Research Intern: Kristen Grimard
Partner: ICR Commercial Real Estate
$10,000Mitacs Business Strategy Internship
Fall 2020 Competition (2020/2021)
Principal Investigator/supervisor: William Murphy
Research Intern: Felicia Da Silvia
Partner: Farmhouse Communications
$10,000Mitacs Business Strategy Internship
Fall 2020 Competition (2020/2021)
Principal Investigator/supervisor: Suresh Kalagnanam
Research Intern: Nishit Gandhi
Partner: Criterium Group
$10,000Mitacs Business Strategy Internship
Fall 2020 Competition (2020/2021)
Principal Investigator/supervisor: Tyler Case
Research Intern: Matthew Pullar
Partner: CANADIAN ORGANIC Spice & Herb Co. Inc.
$10,000Mitacs Business Strategy Internship
Fall 2020 Competition (2020/2021)
Principal Investigator/supervisor: Vince Bruni-Bossio
Research Intern: Tiakohl Ryane
Partner: Raj Manek Foundation
$10,000Mitacs Business Strategy Internship
Fall 2020 Competition (2020/2021)
Principal Investigator/supervisor: Marjorie Delbaere
Research Intern: Thomas Winrow
Partner: R3 Construction
$10,000Mitacs Business Strategy Internship
Fall 2020 Competition (2020/2021)
Principal Investigator/supervisor: Shan Wang
Research Intern: Lexy Wang
Partner: Echelon Wealth Partners Inc.
$10,000Mitacs Business Strategy Internship
Fall 2020 Competition (2020/2021)
Principal Investigator/supervisor: Brooke Klassen
Research Intern: Van Nguyen
Partner: USuite Technologies Inc.
$10,000Mitacs Business Strategy Internship
Fall 2020 Competition (2020/2021)
Principal Investigator/supervisor: Joe Schmidt
Research Intern: Paige Andrusiak
Partner: FFUN Motor Group
$10,000Mitacs Business Strategy Internship
Fall 2020 Competition (2020/2021)
Principal Investigator/supervisor: Lee Swanson
Research Intern: Ruben Esterhuizen/Alexandria Mulenga-Woo
$10,000Mitacs Business Strategy Internship
Fall 2020 Competition (2020/2021)
Principal Investigator/supervisor: Han-Up Park
Research Intern: Olashubomi Shoyemi
Partner: USuite Technologies Inc.
$10,000Mitacs Business Strategy Internship
Fall 2020 Competition (2020/2021)
Principal Investigator/supervisor: Hamed Samarghandi
Research Intern: Forhad Hossain
Partner: USuite Technologies Inc.
$10,000Mitacs Business Strategy Internship
Fall 2020 Competition (2020/2021)
Principal Investigator/supervisor: Regan Schmidt
Research Intern: Arydan Healy
Partner: Saskatoon Society for the Protection of Children Inc.
$10,000 -
2018/2019-2020
Industry Funded Research
Saskatchewan Pork Development Board
Consumer behaviour in pork industry on genetic modification
Winter 2019 proposal
Principal Investigator: Grant Wilson
$7,000
Internal Funding
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2022-2023
Edwards Research Fund
Exploring ethical space for understanding and reconceptualizing business education programs for Indigenous students and future business partnerships
BSAC Special Call - Internal Seed Funding
Principal Investigator: Leslie Martin
Co-Investigators: Michael Cottrell
$4,800Indigenous Allyship in Canadian Business Schools: Towards a comprehensive framework for implementation
BSAC Special Call - Internal Seed Funding
Principal Investigator: Maureen Bourassa
Co-Investigators: Marjorie Delbaere, Dana Carriere, and Joelena Leader
$5,000Basic Income: Calculating the cost savings and downstream benefits
Completion Grant, May 2022 Competition
Principal Investigator: Suresh Kalagnanam
$3,000
Consumer Perspectives on Fairtrade Prices
Disseminatoin Grant, May 2022 Competition
Conference: Emerging Trends in Marketing and Management (ETIMM) - virtual conference
Principal Investigator: Monica Sarghie
$590
Sin stocks have lower risk than matched non-Sin stocks
Disseminatoin Grant, May 2022 Competition
Conference: Administrative Sciences Association Canada (ASAC) 2022
Principal Investigator: Marie Racine
$2,000How Do Noninterest Income Activities Affect Bank Holding Company Performance?
Disseminatoin Grant, May 2022 Competition
Conference: Special Theme Conference of the Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions & Money (JIFMIM) and Finance Research Letters (FRL) on The Effectiveness of Financial Regulation
Principal Investigator: Craig Wilson
$3,000Risk‐Taking Incentives and Risk‐Talking Outcomes
Disseminatoin Grant, May 2022 Competition
Conference: FMA European Conference
Principal Investigator: Dev Mishra
$3,000Firm‐level political risk and implied cost of equity capital
Disseminatoin Grant, May 2022 Competition
Conference: FMA Annual Meeting
Principal Investigator: Dev Mishra
$3,000A three-player game theory model for carbon cap-and-trade mechanism with stochastic parameters
Disseminatoin Grant, May 2022 Competition
Conference: 2022 CORS/INFORMS International Conference
Principal Investigator: Soleimanieh, Hossein Mirzaee (M.Sc. student)
$500Social Media Sentiment and Stock Return
Dissemination Grant, May 2022 Competition
Conference: ASAC Conference
Principal Investigator: Amir Hossein Shamshiri (M.Sc. student)
$500How to conduct statistical inference with multiple comparisons
Edwards Student Research Assistant (ESRA), Summer 2022 Special Call (2022-2023)
Principal Investigator: Carolyn Augusta
$3,2000Adoption of digital marketing by new entrepreneurs in Saskatchewan
Edwards Student Research Assistant (ESRA), Summer 2022 Special Call (2022-2023)
Principal Investigator: David Di Zhang
$3,063.06Social Trust and Entrepreneurial Finance
Edwards Student Research Assistant (ESRA), Summer 2022 Special Call (2022-2023)
Principal Investigator: Min Maung
$1,544.40Investigating the impact of free trade agreements on Canada’s GDP
Edwards Student Research Assistant (ESRA), Summer 2022 Special Call (2022-2023)
Principal Investigator: Hamed Samarghandi
$4,995.57Multiple Projects
Edwards Student Research Assistant (ESRA), Summer 2022 Special Call (2022-2023)
Principal Investigator: Lee Swanson
$5,000Emerging Legal Jurisprudence Around Employer Vaccine Mandates During COVID-19
Edwards Student Research Assistant (ESRA), Summer 2022 Special Call (2022-2023)
Principal Investigator: Dionne Pohler
$4,804.80Mindfulness at work: Implications for leaders and followers
Edwards Student Research Assistant (ESRA), Summer 2022 Special Call (2022-2023)
Principal Investigator: Megan Walsh
$5,000Two projects: (1) Indigenous Corporate Social Responsibility Initiatives; (2) Investor Sentiment and Asset Pricing pre and during COVID
Edwards Student Research Assistant (ESRA), Summer 2022 Special Call (2022-2023)
Principal Investigator: Marie Racine
$5,000COVID-19 and Foreign Direct Investment
Edwards Student Research Assistant (ESRA), Summer 2022 Special Call (2022-2023)
Principal Investigator: Craig Wilson
$5,000Indigenous Allyship in Canadian Business Schools: Towards a comprehensive framework for implementation
Edwards Student Research Assistant (ESRA), Summer 2022 Special Call (2022-2023)
Principal Investigator: Maureen Bourassa
$4,714.92Frameworks for Teamwork
Edwards Student Research Assistant (ESRA), Summer 2022 Special Call (2022-2023)
Principal Investigator: Maureen Bourassa
$4,714.92Market perceptions of cultured meat, the challenges and strategies
Edwards Student Research Assistant (ESRA), Summer 2022 Special Call (2022-2023)
Principal Investigator: David Di Zhang
$4,112.00 -
2021-2022
Edwards Research Fund
Understanding growth and its policy implication for Canadian credit unions
Dissemination Grant, January 2022 Competition
Conference: Canadian Economic Association
Principal Investigator: Abdullah Mamun
$2,000Maximizing patient satisfaction in walk-in clinics with time-varying arrival rates
Dissemination Grant, January 2022 Competition
Conference: 63rd Canadian Operational Research Society Annual Meeting, joint with INFORMS International; 2022 CORS/INFORMS International Conference
Principal Investigator: Hamed Samarghandi
$2,000Patient Scheduling: The Case of an Iranian Cardiology Clinic
Dissemination Grant, January 2022 Competition
Conference: 10th IFAC Manufacturing Modelling, Management and Control Conference, International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC)
Principal Investigator: Hamed Samarghandi
$3,000Developing a Principles-Based Framework for Resource Allocation and Monitoring
Seed Grant, October 2021 Competition
Principal Investigator: Suresh Kalagnanam
$5,000The impact of covid 19 pandemic on the effectiveness of boards of directors
Completion Grant, October 2021 Competition
Principal Investigator: Devan Mescall
$2,500Nudging Towards Better Earnings Forecasts
Dissemination Grant, October 2021 Competition
Conference: Hawaii Accounting Research Conference 2022, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Honolulu, US
Principal Investigator: Han-Up Park
$3,000Immigrant CEOs and Firm Performance
Seed Grant, May 2021 Competition
Principal Investigator: Min Maung
$5,000Corporate Board Diversity and Sustainable Finance: International Evidence
Seed Grant, May 2021 Competition
Principal Investigator: Craig Wilson
$5,000Identifying Necessity of Stipulating Minimum Quota for Transportation Companies: A Canadian Study
Edwards Student Research Assistant (ESRA), May/Summer 2021 Special Call (2021-2022)
Principal Investigator: Hamed Samarghandi
$4,5000Principles-Based Approaches to Resource Allocation and Tracking
Edwards Student Research Assistant (ESRA), May/Summer 2021 Special Call (2021-2022)
Principal Investigator: Suresh Kalagnanam
$4,5000Research Assistants for multiple projects
Edwards Student Research Assistant (ESRA), May/Summer 2021 Special Call (2021-2022)
Principal Investigator: Lee Swanson
$4,5000Public Perceptions of Archaeology
Edwards Student Research Assistant (ESRA), May/Summer 2021 Special Call (2021-2022)
Principal Investigator: Maureen Bourassa
$4,492.54Trust and cross-border M&As
Edwards Student Research Assistant (ESRA), May/Summer 2021 Special Call (2021-2022)
Principal Investigator: Min Maung
$1,002The Many Colours of Social Marketing: Responsible Donations and Responsible Consumption
Edwards Student Research Assistant (ESRA), May/Summer 2021 Special Call (2021-2022)
Principal Investigator: Monica Sarghie
$4,376.19 -
2020-2021
USask Internal Grant Programs
Undergraduate Student Research Assistant (USRA)
Principal Investigator: Marjorie Delbaere
Student: Jenna Kachur
$2,604
Undergraduate Student Research Assistant (USRA)
Principal Investigator: Han-Up Park
Student: Brayden Glynn
$3,854Edwards Research Fund
Trade Costs in Canadian Agri-food Product Export
Seed Grant, January 2021 Competition
Principal Investigator: Fan Yang
$3,812.60The Impact of Blockchain Technology on International Trade
Dissemination Grant, September 2020 Competition
Conference: The 2020 Cross Country Perspectives in Finance (CCPF) Conference (online)
Principal Investigator: Fan Yang
$2,250Managing by Dharma - Eternal Principles for Sustaining Profitability/Fiscal Responsibility
Completion Grant, May 2020 Competition
Principal Investigator: Suresh Kalagnanam
$3,275A Statistical Foundation for the Measurement of Managerial Ability
Dissemination Grant, May 2020 Competition
Conference: American Accounting Association Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, US (online)
Principal Investigator: Han-Up Park
$950 -
2019-2020
Edwards Research Fund
Tales from the Twitter Trenches: The Participation and Practices of Incognito Academics on Twitter
Seed Grant, January 2020 Competition
Principal Investigator: David Williams
$5,000Managing by Dharma - Eternal Principles for Sustaining Profitability
Seed Grant, January 2020 Competition
Principal Investigator: Suresh Kalagnanam
$5,000Measuring Relative Efficiency of Sharing Economy Strategy
Seed Grant, January 2020 Competition
Principal Investigator: Han-Up Park
$5,000Prohibiting Recreational Cannabis for Safety-Sensitive Workers in Canada: A Legal Evaluation and the Legal Implications for Other Jurisdictions
Dissemination Grant, January 2020 Competition
Conference: 10th International Labour and Employment Relations Association (ILERA) Regional Congress of the Americas, Toronto, ON (online)
Principal Investigator: Scott Walsworth
$2,000A new brand of health: Evaluating the digital strategies used to influence patient health
Dissemination Grant, January 2020 Competition
Conference: American Academy of Advertising Annual Conference, San Diego, CA (online)
Principal Investigator: Marjorie Delbaere
$2,250Strategies and considerations in technology adoption in the context of Canadian agri-food industry
Seed Grant, September 2019 Competition
Principal Investigator: David Di Zhang
$5,000Applying the principles of dharma to integrate moral and spiritual theories of leadership
Dissemination Grant, September 2019 Competition
Conference: 21st Annual ILA Global Conference, Ottawa, ON
Principal Investigator: Suresh Kalagnanam
$1,629Contingent Information Content of Order Backlog and the Direction of Sales Change
Dissemination Grant, September 2019 Competition
Conference: Hawaii Accounting Research Conference, Hilo, Hawaii, United States
Principal Investigator: Han-Up Park
$2,250Religion, Risk Aversion, and Cross Border M&As
Dissemination Grant, September 2019 Competition
Conference: Cross Country Perspectives in Finance, Port Louis, Mauritius, France
Principal Investigator: Craig Wilson
$3,000Improving Minimum Shift Design
Dissemination Grant, September 2019 Competition
Conference: MISTA 2019, Multidisciplinary International Scheduling Conference: Theory & Applications, Ningbo, China
Principal Investigator: Mehran Hojati
$3,000Visa Policies and Innovation: How Powerful Is Your Passport?
Dissemination Grant, September 2019 Competition
Conference: Decision Sciences Institute (DSI) annual conference, New Orleans, United States
Principal Investigator: Marc Mentzer
$2,250Allocation as Management Control: Management Control Systems and the Impact of Canadian Equalization Policy
Seed Grant, May 2019 Competition
Principal Investigator: Suresh Kalagnanam
$5,000Entrepreneurship Through the Lens of The Informal Economy: An Ethnographic Study of Refugee Camps in Tanzania
Completion Grant, May 2019 Competition
Principal Investigator: Aloysius Newenham-Kahindi
$5,000Corporate Tax Planning: The impact of joint provision of audit services and tax uncertainty on the aggressiveness of tax advice
Dissemination Grant, May 2019 Competition
Conference: 5th Berlin-Vallendar Conference on Tax Research, Berlin, Germany
Principal Investigator: Devan Mescall
$3,000Corporate Governance in the #metoo Era: A short, in-class case
Dissemination Grant, May 2019 Competition
Conference: Academy of Management and Learning Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Principal Investigator: Norman Sheehan
$2,250Information Content of Order Backlog Conditional on the Direction of Sales Change
Dissemination Grant, May 2019 Competition
Conference: American Accounting Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA
Principal Investigator: Han-Up Park
$2,200The Value of Intangible Capital Transfer In Mergers
Dissemination Grant, May 2019 Competition
Conference: The 31st Asian Finance Association Annual Meeting, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Principal Investigator: Abdullah Mamun
$3,000CEO Privacy and Idiosyncratic Risk: Evidence from Unlisted Firm Experience
Dissemination Grant, May 2019 Competition
Conference: The 31st Asian Finance Association Annual Meeting, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Principal Investigator: Dev Mishra
$3,000Religion, risk aversion, and cross border M&As: A cross-border study
Dissemination Grant, May 2019 Competition
Conference: Cross Country Perspectives in Finance (CCPF) Conference, Jinan, China
Principal Investigator: Min Maung
$2,965Why Investors Invest in Foreign Capital Markets, a Cross-country Comparison
Dissemination Grant, May 2019 Competition
Conference: The 2019 Cross Country Perspective in Finance Symposium, Jinan, China
Principal Investigator: Fan Yang
$2,850Are Institutional Investments Affected by the Family Control Regime
Dissemination Grant, May 2019 Competition
Conference: International Conference on Organization and Management (ICOM 2019), Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Principal Investigator: George Tannous
$3,000Status, Hierarchy, And Forbidden Ties: An Ethnographic Study of Refugee Camps
Dissemination Grant, May 2019 Competition
Conference: European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS), Edinburgh, Scotland
Principal Investigator: Aloysius Newenham-Kahindi
$3,000The Health, Affective, and Cognitive Predictors of Passive Leadership
Dissemination Grant, May 2019 Competition
Conference: Canadian Psychological Association Conference, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Principal Investigator: Erica Carleton
$2,000The Effects of Disruptive National Events on Category Attitudes: The Limits of Exceptional Customer Service on Outcomes
Dissemination Grant, May 2019 Competition
Conference: 2019 Summer American Marketing Association Conference, Chicago, IL, United States
Principal Investigator: William Murphy
$2,250Consumers' response to metaphoric communication of genetic modification technology
Dissemination Grant, May 2019 Competition
Conference: Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC), Toronto, ON
Principal Investigator: Ali Abbasi (M.Sc. student)
$500Opinion Leaders as Persuasion Agents: Integration of Persuasion Knowledge Into the Theory of Opinion Leadership
Dissemination Grant, May 2019 Competition
Conference: Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC), Toronto, ON
Principal Investigator: Alexander Mueller (M.Sc. student)
$500
Edwards Awards
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Megan Walsh (2022-2023): "Good, bad and ugly leadership patterns: Implications for followers’ work-related and context-free outcomes" Journal of Management. |
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David Kraichy (2021-2022): “More alike than different? A comparison of variance explained by cross-cultural models” Journal of International Business Studies. |
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Devan Mescall (2021-2022): “Establishing an Urban Reserve—Property Tax Challenges and Opportunities” Canadian Tax Journal. “Corporate income shifting in an era of tax multilateralism: The impact of exchange of tax information agreements” Canadian Tax Journal. |
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Hamed Samarghandi (2020-2021): “Word-Of-Mouth and Estimating Demand Based on Network Structure and Epidemic Models”, European Journal of Operational Research. |
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Maureen Bourassa (2020-2021): “Inferred Respect: A Critical Ingredient in Customer Satisfaction”, European Journal of Marketing. |
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Erica Carleton (2019-2020): "Indirect effects of obstructive sleep apnea treatments on work withdrawal: A quasi-experimental, treatment outcome study", Journal of Occupational Health Psychology. |
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Hamed Samarghandi (2019-2020): “Regulating Patient Care in Walk-in Clinics”, Omega: The International Journal of Management Science. “Take-Back Regulation: Remanufacturing or Eco-design?”, International Journal of Production Economics. |
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Joe Schmidt (2019-2020): “Personality, Interview Performance, and the Mediating Role of Impression Management”, Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology. |
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Erica Carleton, Department of Human Resource and Organization Behaviour (2018). |
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Hamed Samarghandi, Department of Finance and Management Science (2016). |
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Min Maung, Finance and Management Science (2021). |
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Devan Mescall, Department of Accounting (2018). |
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Hamed Samarghandi, Department of Finance and Management Science (2017). |
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Joe Schmidt, Department of Human Resource and Organization Behaviour (2017). |
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