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
- CPA Chair in Accounting
- CPA 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 finance 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 regarding investment opportunities and strategic firm decisions, especially as related to international firms. Wilson also plans to incorporate students into all levels of research on international business, including honours and graduate students in the roles of data collection and research assistance, thesis supervision, and even having course material 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 Dr. Abdullah Mamun has expertise in banking and financial institutions, as well as governance. Dr. Mamun's current research projects involve monetary policy and banking, bank risk management, credit unions, financial economics, M&A, etc. He has published over 20 research articles in journals such as Journal of Corporate Finance, The Financial Review, Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, Journal of Policy Modelling, International Review of Finance, International Review of Economics and Finance, Journal of Economics and Business, and Review of Financial Economics, among others. He has served as reviewers in Journals such as Journal of Banking and Finance, Journal of Economics and Finance, Financial Services Review, Global Journal of Finance and Economics, The Financial Review and International Money and Finance. He currently on the Editorial Advisory Board of International Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern Finance and Management. He is the chair of Scholarship and Awards committee of the University Council and a Fellow in Credit Union Finance at the Canadian Centre for the Study of Cooperatives. |
The CPA Chair in Accounting position is expressly invested in the School’s research profile and reputation through publications in academic accounting outlets, supervision of honours students in the accounting major, and to acknowledge outstanding service to the accounting academy and profession.
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Term: 2024-2027 (3 year) Dr. Regan Schmidt is an internationally- and nationally-recognized scholar with expertise in enhancing audit, governance and financial reporting quality by examining the judgment and decision making of accounting professionals including auditors, directors, investors and management. His research is published in highly-ranked publications, including the Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, International Journal of Auditing, and Harvard Business Review. He is a recipient of many prestigious awards, including the American Accounting Association Auditing Section Outstanding Auditing Dissertation Award, the Canadian Public Accountability Board’s Keith Boocock Doctoral Scholar, and the Early Achievement Award from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Alberta (now CPA Alberta). Dr. Schmidt is also a well-respected mentor. He has recruited and supervised many honours students and their projects. His contributions to teaching are recognized by the University of Saskatchewan Provost’s Outstanding New Teacher Award, Dean’s Award for Teaching Innovation, and MPAcc Teaching Excellence Award. |
The CPA Scholar position is expressly invested in the School’s research profile and reputation through innovative research, student mentorship, and service to the academic and professional community.
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Term: 2024-2027 (3 year) Dr. Michael Wynes's research bridges theory and practice, including topics within financial accounting, management accounting, auditing, and tax. His research uses experiments to examine individuals' judgment and decision-making (JDM) within various accounting-related domains relevant to investors, employees, managers, regulators, and taxpayers. He has built a diverse research portfolio that balances depth and breadth, with a particular emphasis on the role of emotions and emotional intelligence in decision-making processes. His research has appeared in Financial Times Top 50 Journals, including Contemporary Accounting Research and Journal of Business Ethics. His research is recognized by the Dean’s Emerging Scholar Award in 2024. |
USask Chairs and fellows
The Sustainability Faculty Fellowship engages to support faculty in designing, instructing, and assessing in ways that build student competencies for sustainability, as well as support action toward the UN's Sustainable Development Goals. Over two years, Fellows will develop practices in their own courses to help students reflect, share, and act on key competencies for sustainability. They will then work within their colleges to support other faculty to make an impact through open educational practices and furthering learning for sustainability. This initiative is led by the Provost’s office with Fellows receiving support from the Gwenna Moss Centre for Teaching and Learning (GMCTL).
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Term: 2025-2027 (2 year) Dr. Joelena Leader (PhD) is an Assistant Professor of Management and Managing Director of the BRIDGE Knowledge Centre at the Edwards School of Business. Her research focuses on ethical, sustainable, and inclusive management practices, with a critical emphasis on understanding local perspectives in rural, remote, and Indigenous contexts. Her interdisciplinary work explores the impacts of disruptive technologies on society and organizations, using Community-Based Participatory Action Research (CBPAR) and human-centered design principles aimed at co-creating practical outcomes for business and community partners. |
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Term: 2024-2026 (2 year) Dr. Norman T. Sheehan, PhD, FCPA, FCMA, CGA, ICD.D is a Professor in the Department of Accounting at the Edwards School of Business, University of Saskatchewan. He teaches, publishes and faciliatates in the areas of strategy formulation, performance measurement, governance and risk management. He was awarded the Provost’s Award for Outstanding College Teaching in 2011 and was recognized as a “Master Teacher" at the University of Saskatchewan in 2013. His contributions to the accounting profession were recognized in 2013 when he was awarded an FCMA (now FCPA). |
The EDI Faculty Fellowship 2024-2026 cohort is focusing on Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI), Indigenization, and Open Educational Practices along with staff from the Gwenna Moss Centre for Teaching and Learning (GMCTL). The EDI Faculty Fellows will reflect on and shar about their positionality within the University and the larger community through discussions and personally through a method of their choosing. In addition, the Fellows will create or revise a course design plan to integrate EDI and/or Indigenization through the learning process and materials, to provide opportunities for students to meet the EDI competencies or Indigenization priority for a course of the instructor's choosing. This initiative is led by the Provost’s office with Fellows receiving support from the GMCTL.
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Term: 2024-2026 (2 year) Dana Carriere is a proud Swampy Cree/Métis woman from Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation with a strong connection to her Cree culture, values, and worldview. She received her BA, MA, and MBA from the University of Saskatchewan and has worked in various roles in higher education throughout her career. Using the knowledge gained from her educational and professional journey, Dana has played a leading role in many Indigenous engagement and equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) strategies and initiatives and advocates for building more inclusive practices and processes in post-secondary environments and in workplaces. Her passion and goals are to give back and contribute to the prosperity of Indigenous Peoples and communities, advance truth and reconciliation in Canada, and facilitate meaningful engagement between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples and communities. |
Tri-Agency Funding
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2024-2025
SSHRC Insight Grants
Towards a Nomological Network of Digital Platform Resilience: A Social-Ecological Systems Perspective
Fall 2024 Competition
Principal Investigator: Shan Wang
$227,468The Capital Market Implications of Air Quality
Principal Investigator: Jun Wang (University of Manitoba)
Co-applicant: Craig Wilson
$94,400SSHRC Insight Development Grants
User Responses to Artificial Intelligence Fitness Apps
Winter 2025 Competition
Principal Investigator: Shan Wang
$70,571Gaining Insights into Leaders' Behavioural Integrity from the Leaders Themselves
Winter 2025 Competition
Principal Investigator: Jennifer Ho
$68,212 -
2023-2024
SSHRC Insight Grants
Cooperative Board Decision-Making
Fall 2023 Competition
Principal Investigator: Anthony W Piscitelli,
Co-applicant: Dionne Pohler
$87,900NSERC Discovery Grants
Reinforcing Food Security and Sustainability through Supply Chain Analytics
Fall 2023 Competition
Principal Investigator: Mohammadreza Nematollahi
$150,000SSHRC Insight Development Grants
Building a Participatory Framework for Community Co-Design: Perspectives on Technology Adoption and Assessment
Winter 2024 Competition
Principal Investigator: Joelena Leader
Co-applicant: Lee Swanson
$72,150Fostering Sustainability in Canadian Biomass Supply Chains Through Data-Driven Solutions
Winter 2024 Competition
Principal Investigator: Mohammadreza Nematollahi
$60,480SSHRC Explore Grants
Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Supply Chain Management: A Systematic Literature Review
Spring 2024 Competition
Principal Investigator: Mohammadreza Nematollahi
$7,000 -
2022-2023
SSHRC Insight Grants
Impression Management in the Workplace: A Dynamic Investigation Across Contexts
Fall 2022 Competition
Principal Investigator: Joshua Bourdage
Co-applicant: Joseph Schmidt
$154,610SSHRC Insight Development Grants
Gender Equality and Engaged Fathers: The Role of the Marketplace in Bridging, or Not, the Gender Gap in Dual Career Households
Winter 2023 Competition
Principal Investigator: Tandy Thomas
Co-applicant: Adam Slobodzian
$59,272SSHRC Connection Grants
Northern Dialogues: Remoteness and Sustainable Livelihoods in Rural and Northern Canada
Summer (August) 2023 Competition
Principal Investigator: Kyle Rich
Co-applicant: Joelena Leader
$49,876 -
2021-2022
SSHRC Insight Development Grants
Social Norms, Board Gender Diversity, and Firm Performance
Winter 2022 Competition (2022-2023)
Principal Investigator: Min Maung
$50,213Understanding social and political attitudes in rural Canada via ethnography
Winter 2022 Competition (2022-2023)
Principal Investigator: Clark Banack
Co-Investigator: Dionne Pohler
$74,594SSHRC Explore Grants
The effects of manager talent hindering on employee turnover intentions
Spring 2022 comeptition
Principal Investigator: David Kraichy
Co-Investigator: Megan Walsh
$7,000 -
2020-2021
SSHRC Partnership Engage Grants
Online listening responses: Supporting learner engagement in online courses
September 2021 Competition
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 Role of Gender Stereotypes in Advertising and Mindfulness on Leadership Aspirations and Perceived Respect
Spring 2021 competition
Principal Investigator: Maureen Bourassa
Co-Investigator(s): Megan Walsh and Erica Carleton
$7,000 -
2019-2020
SSHRC Insight Grants
The determinants and impacts of tax certainty in a global economy
Fall 2019 Competition
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
Principal Investigator: Shan Wang
$69,410 (Stream A)Patient Influencers: A Marketplace Approach to Investigating the Influence of Expert Patients
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
Principal Investigator: Julie Weatherhead
Co-Investigator(s): Erica Carleton
$61,886SSHRC Partnership Grants
Monitoring and evaluation of climate change education partnership
Fall 2019 Competition
Principal Investigator: Marcia McKenzie, University of Saskatchewan
Co-Investigator: Chelsea Willness, Edwards/USask
$2,499,863SSHRC Explore Grants
Professional Discipline Committee Judgment and Decision Making
Spring 2020 Competition
Principal Investigator: Regan Schmidt
$7,000Ethical Leadership Behaviour & Gender Bias
Spring 2020 Competition
Principal Investigator: Erica Carleton
Co-Investigator(s): Megan Walsh
$6,965Exploring Retail Pharmacists Burnout and Work Engagement
Spring 2020 Competition
Principal Investigator: Jason Perepelki
Co-Investigator(s): Grant Wilson
$7,000 -
2018-2019
SSHRC Insight Grants
Stress and destructive leadership: Causes, conditions, and the mitigating role of mindfulness
Fall 2018 Competition
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
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
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
Principal Investigator: Aloysius Newenham-Kahindi
$60,320.00SSHRC Partnership Grants
Monitoring and evaluation of climate change education partnership
Winter 2019 Competition (Stage 1)
Principal Investigator: Marcia McKenzie, University of Saskatachen
Co-Investigator(s): Chelsea Willness, Edwards/USask
$20,000 -
2017-2018
SSHRC Insight Development Grants
Addressing stereotype threat for women in leadership: The role of mindfulness
Winter 2018 competition
Principal Investigator: Megan Walsh
Co-Investigator: Erica Carleton, University of Saskatchewan
Collaborator: Kara Arnold, Memorial University of Newfoundland
$64,871SSHRC Explore Grants
Mindfulness at work: An experimental investigation
Spring 2018 Competition
Principal Investigator: Megan Walsh
Co-Investigator: Erica Carleton, University of Saskatchewan
$6,990
External Funding
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2024-2025
Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation Align Grants
Engaging Saskatchewan Businesses in Mental Wellbeing
March 2025 Competition
Principal Investigator: Maureen Bourassa
Co-Principal Investigator: Katrina German
$9,945Research Junctions Seed Grants
Digital Transformation Solutions Toward Inclusive AI: Addressing Equity and Ethics in Saskatoon’s Service Delivery
Fall 2024 Competition
Principal Investigator: Joelena Leader
Co-Principal Investigator: Yasmine Wafa
$5,000 -
2023-2024
MITACS
Mitacs Business Strategy Internship
Fall 2023 Competition
Principal Investigator/supervisor: Maureen Bourassa
Research Intern: Lianne Adair
Partner: Aurora Heat, Inc.
$60,000Mitacs Business Strategy Internship
Winter 2024 Competition
Principal Investigator/supervisor: Monica Sarghie
Research Intern: Irina Belgorodskii
Partner: Everly Essentials Inc.
$15,000Mitacs Accelerate Internship
Summer 2024 Competition
Principal Investigator/supervisor: Marjorie Delbaere
Research Intern: Francoeur Grayson
Partner: Saskatchewan Roughrider Football Club
$15,000Mitacs Business Strategy Internship
Summer 2024 Competition
Principal Investigator/supervisor: Hamed Samarghandi
Partner: City of Saskatoon
$30,000Research Junctions Development Grants
Optimizing the reliability of the City of Saskatoon's water supply network
Spring 2024 Competition
Principal Investigator: Hamed Samarghandi
Co-Principal Investigator: Amanda Munshaw
$15,000 -
2022-2023
MITACS
Mitacs Business Strategy Internship
Fall 2022 competition
Principal Investigator/supervisor: Marjorie Delbaere
Research Intern: Dominic Ong
Partner: Cubresa Inc.
$10,000Mitacs Business Strategy Internship
Winter 2023 competition
Co-principal Investigators/supervisors: Michelle Baffoe, Christine S K Lwanga
Co-applicant & Faculty Co-supervisor: Dionne Pohler
Research Intern: Kayla Benoit
Partner: City of Saskatoon
$150,000Mitacs Business Strategy Internship
Winter 2023 competition
Principal Investigator/supervisor: Monica Sarghie
Research Intern: Lauryn Harmel
Partner: Everly Essentials Inc.
$15,000Mitacs Business Strategy Internship
Summer 2023 competition
Principal Investigator/supervisor: Majorie Delbaere
Co-Investigator/supervisor: Lee Swanson
Research Intern: Kyle Hertes
Partner: Isobody Technologies Inc.
$10,000 -
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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2025-2026
Awardee
Title
Grant Type
Amount
Date
Hamed Samarghandi
Techno-Economic and Robustness Evaluation of Energy Supply Modes for Electric Trucks and Buses Under Severe Cold Conditions
Completion
$3,000
October 2025
Joelena Leader
Completing and Updating a Comprehensive Scoping Review of Technology Adoption Models in Business Research
Completion
$3,000
October 2025
Kylie Heales
Advancing Cooperative and Collective Indigenous Entrepreneurship – A Symposium
Connection
$5,000
October 2025
Mike Wynes
“Employee Discretion in Compensation Contracts: How Employees’ Choice to Include Equity Influences Managers Subsequent Bonus and Promotion Decisions,” Accounting, Behavior, and Organizations 2025 Conference
Dissemination
$2,223
October 2025
Hamed Samarghandi
An AI-Driven Assessment of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Water Governance across Canada's Prairie Provinces
Seed
$4,993.80
May 2025
Abdullah Mamun
Climate change and the role of banking sector in Bangladesh
Seed
$1,796
May 2025
Joelena Leader
"Co-producing ethical AI: A framework for inclusive innovation in public service delivery," 41st European Group for Organization Studies Colloquium
Dissemination
$3,500
May 2025
Mike Wynes
"Employee Discretion in Compensation Contracts: How Employees’ Choice to Include Equity Influences Managers Subsequent Bonus and Promotion Decisions," 2025 Canadian Academic Accounting Association Annual Conference
Dissemination
$2,000
May 2025
Shan Wang
“An Investigation of Color Effects in Product Cover Images,” The annual Americas Conference on Information Systems 2025
Dissemination
$2,000
May 2025
Brooke Klassen
"What’s Next for Atlas York Insurance?," North American Case Research Association (NACRA) Annual Conference
Dissemination
$2,000
May 2025
Han-Up Park
"The 150-Hour Rule and Labor Productivity of the US Accounting Firms," 2025 Canadian Academic Accounting Association Annual Conference
Dissemination
$2,000
May 2025
Jennifer Ho
"Navigating Intra-Racial Dynamics: Psychological Needs and Self-Group Distancing among East Asian Professionals," Academy of Management 2025 Annual Meeting
Dissemination
$3,500
May 2025
Jennifer Ho
"1) Choosing Distance or Connection? Intra-racial Dynamics among East Asian Professionals in the Workplace, and 2) Beyond the Baby Track: How Gender and Choice Shape Workplace Perceptions," Canadian Psychological Association Annual Convention 2025
Dissemination
$2,000
May 2025
Sameera Khatoon
"Experimental examination of the location of the Management-defined performance measures reconciliation under IFRS 18," Journal of Accounting, Auditing, and Finance Conference
Dissemination
$3,500
May 2025
Regan Schmidt
"Enhancing talent by considering psychological safety in firm quality management systems: The effects of performance feedback on junior auditor help-seeking behavior,” 13th European Auditing Research Network (EARNet) Symposium
Dissemination
$3,500
May 2025
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2024-2025
Awardee
Title
Grant Type
Amount
Date
Adam Slobodzian
Maintaining the Tattoo Market in Canada: An Institutional Work Perspective on Tattoo Artists
Edwards Summer Research Assistant (ESRA)
$3,151.20
March 2025
Craig Wilson
Investor Sentiment and Industry Cost of Equity: The Role of Product Market Uniqueness
ESRA
$4,419.48
March 2025
Devan Mescall
Sustainable Government Revenues in a Global and Digital Economy: The Role of Tax Certainty
ESRA
$3,151.20
March 2025
Jennifer Ho
A qualitative investigation of leader behavioural integrity from the the leaders themselves
ESRA
$3,090.60
March 2025
Regan Schmidt
Tax professionals’ unprofessional behavior
ESRA
$3,151.20
March 2025
Sameera Khatoon
Experimental Examination of the Effect of IFRS 18 regulation of Management-defined Performance Measurers
Completion
$3,000
January 2025
Jennifer Ho
"My leader, My Leader's Leader, and the organization: Examining leaders' behavioural integrity," European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology Small Group Meeting on Leader Behaviours and Their Perception across Organizational Levels
Dissemination
$3,500
January 2025
George Tannous
"Institutional Ownership in Companies with Dual-Class Share Structures," 31st Annual Conference of the Multinational Finance Society
Dissemination
$3,500
January 2025
Devan Mescall
"Intellectual Property Law Firm Networks and Tax Haven Strategies," American Taxation Association Midyear Meeting
Dissemination
$3,500
January 2025
Hamed Samarghandi
"Modeling a realistic integrated energy hub with growing demand for electric vehicles: the case of the Province of Ontario, Canada," Canadian Operational Research Society Annual Meeting 2025
Dissemination
$2,000
January 2025
Marc Mentzer
"Is Canada Immune to the Phenomenon of the Resource Curse?," Western Academy of Management Annual Meeting
Dissemination
$2,000
January 2025
Joseph Schmidt
"An Investigation of the Sources of Perceiver Effects in Ratings of Team Constructs," Society of Industrial/Organizational Psychology Annual Meeting
Dissemination
$3,500
January 2025
Hamed Samarghandi
"Studying the Impact of Regulating Transportation on Supply Chain Resilience," Administrative Sciences Association of Canada 2025 Annual Meeting
Dissemination
$2,000
January 2025
Sameera Khatoon
"Reliability and non-GAAP Adjustment Explanations," European Accounting Association Annual Congress
Dissemination
$3,500
January 2025
Kenneth Fox
"Conduct unbecoming: wielding unwieldy logics - an interventionist accounting autoethnography," Accounting and Business Resarch Journal Call for Papers - Paper development workshop
Dissemination
$3,500
January 2025
Abdullah Mamun
Prairie Finance Conference
Connection
$1,759
October 2024
David (Stormy) Williams
Technology use among Hutterite Colonies
Seed
$5,000
October 2024
Fan Yang
"Corporate GreenBonds and Firm Value", 2024 Cross Country Perspectives in Finance - Special Multi-Thematic Conference
Dissemination
$3,500
October 2024
Jennifer Ho
"Predicting Silence through Behavioral Integrity Profiles", Academy of Management Annual Meeting
Dissemination
$3,364.29
October 2024
Shan Wang
"Virtual influencer marketing: From social identification to parasocial relationship," Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
Dissemination
$3,500
October 2024
Mike Wynes
"The effects of please, social ties, and apologies on discipline committee sanction judgements for auditor professional misconduct," Hawaii Accounting Research Conference
Dissemination
$3,500
October 2024
Lee Swanson
Policy implications at the intersection of Western and Indigenous Entrepreneurship
Research Completion
$1,847.84
May 2024
Owen Peters
"Indigenous Allyship in Business Schools: Towards a comprehensive framework for implication", Administrative Sciences Association of Canada
Dissemination
$500
May 2024
Erika Polishchuk
"Brand Activism: Helping or Harming the 2SLGBTQ+ Community?", Administrative Sciences Association of Canada
Dissemination
$500
May 2024
Brooke Klassen
"Rethinking Governance at a Non-Profit School Foundation", North American Case Research Association Annual Conference
Dissemination
$3,500
May 2024
Joelena Leader
"Decolonized Participatory Design: Sustainable Tech Adoption in Northern and Indigenous Communities", 84th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management
Dissemination
$3,500
May 2024
Maureen Bourassa
"Reciprocity Norms and Public Policy: Negotiating Friction in Digital Exchanges", Public Policy and Marketing
Dissemination
$3,500
May 2024
Kenneth Fox
"The Global Reporting Initiative and the trilemma of the extractive industries - environmental impacts, the green transition, and social impacts", 9th Centre for Social and Environmental Accounting Research Conference
Dissemination
$3,500
May 2024
Han-Up Park
"Is SG&A Intensity a Proxy for Adjustment Costs?", American Accounting Association Annual Meeting
Dissemination
$3,500
May 2024
Han-Up Park
"Is SG&A Intensity a Proxy for Adjustment Costs?", 2024 Fox-Haskayne Accounting Conference
Dissemination
$1,930.84
May 2024
Regan Schmidt
"Auditor Professional Misconduct: The effects of guilty pleas, social ties, and apologies on professional discipline committee sanction judgements", International Symposium on Auditing, Isenberg School of Management
Dissemination
$3,500
May 2024
Lee Swanson
"Think like a ship: Ecosystems and human well-being", 84th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management
Dissemination
$3,500
May 2024
Kenneth Fox
"The non-counting of biodiversity for sustainable outcomes", Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Accounting Conference
Dissemination
$3,500
May 2024
Hamilton Elkins
"Heterogeneity in Big 4 public accounting firms. Examining differences in the stock market returns of Big 4 accounting firm clients", American Accounting Association Annual Meeting
Dissemination
$3,500
May 2024
Mohammadreza Nematollahi
"Analytical Design of an Incentive-Based Contract Farming for Agribusiness Supply Chains Under Uncertainty", POMS International Conference
Dissemination
$3,500
May 2024
David (Stormy) Williams
"Peeking into the Future of Compulsive Buying", Academy of Marketing
Dissemination
$3,500
May 2024
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2023-2024
Awardee
Title
Grant Type
Amount
Date
Gary Entwistle
Sustainability Reporting and Assurance: The Global Banking Industry
ESRA
$4,254.40
March 2024
Monica Sarghie
The Link Between Compulsive Eating and Other Addictions, and The Role of Payment Types in the Shaping of Compulsive Tendencies
ESRA
$4,467.12
March 2024
Joelena Leader
Mapping Technology Adoption Models in Management Research: A Comprehensive Scoping Review
ESRA
$4,500
March 2024
Mohammadreza Nematollahi
Data Yields, Greener Fields: A Systematic Review of Data Analytics Methods in Sustainable Agriculture Supply Chains
ESRA
$4,500
March 2024
George Tannous
Discounts and Premiums of Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs)
ESRA
$4,500
March 2024
Craig Wilson
Abortion rights, board gender diversity, and corporate outcomes
ESRA
$4,493.71
March 2024
David Di Zhang
Hosting the Prairie Consumer Behaviour Symposium 2024
Connections
$5,000
January 2024
Han-Up Park
The Estimize Setting: Crowds Forecasting Earnings, Revenues, and Economic Indicators
Completion
$700
January 2024
Suresh Kalagnanam
Social Return on Investment for CLASSIC
Completion
$3,000
January 2024
Regan Schmidt
An examination of auditor hypothesis testing strategies in “tone at the top” evaluations: Evidence of diagnostic knowledge structures
Completion
$3,000
January 2024
George Tannous
"Determinants of Cryptocurrency Returns", Multinational Finance Society
Dissemination
$3,500
January 2024
Joe Schmidt
"A Dynamic Investigation of Applicant Impression Management: Profiles and Personality", Society of Industrial/Organizational Psychology Annual Meeting
Dissemination
$3,000
January 2024
David (Stormy) Williams
"Non-binary Perceptions of Non-binary Social Media Influencers", American Academy of Advertising
Dissemination
$3,500
January 2024
Dev Mishra
"Firm-level climate sentiments and implied cost of equity capital", Southwestern Finance Association annual meeting
Dissemination
$2,949
January 2024
Gary Entwistle
"Sustainability Reporting in the Oil and Gas Industry: Are we on the Road to Comparability?", British Accounting and Finance Association Annual Conference
Dissemination
$3,500
January 2024
Adam Slobodzian
"Flipping the Script: Understanding Marketplace Dynamics through Ritual Control", ACR2023 – Association for Consumer Research Conference 2023
Dissemination
$3,000.00
October 2023
Dionne Pohler
"It’s the Kids: The Gender Pay Gap Among Emergency Physicians", Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand (AIRAANZ)
Dissemination
$3,000.00
October 2023
Mike Wynes
"Earnings Disclosures and Investor Judgments: The Joint Effect of Incidental Affect, Earnings Valence, and Emotional Intelligence", Hawai’i Accounting Research Conference
Dissemination
$3,000.00
October 2023
Mike Wynes
"Exploitation or Exploration: Employees’ Strategies in Projects with Highly Uncertain Outcomes", Accounting Behavior and Organization
Dissemination
$3,000.00
October 2023
Regan Schmidt
"The impact of joint provision of audit and tax services on the advice of tax professionals", Journal of Accounting and Public Policy Special Issue Workshop: Professional judgment in accounting and auditing
Dissemination
$3,000.00
October 2023
David Zhang
Burnt out and recovery strategies through the lens of self-determination theory
Research Seed Grant
$4,800.00
October 2023
Dev Mishra
"Both sides of the CEO‐to‐Employee Pay Ratio: Evidence from COVID19 Pandemic", Financial Management Association – European Meeting 2023
Dissemination
$3,000.00
May 2023
Marc Mentzer
"Corruption in the United States Through the Lens of Hofstede’s Model of Culture", Administrative Sciences Association of Canada annual meeting
Dissemination
$2,000.00
May 2023
Marc Mentzer
"Political Culture, Resources, and Corruption: Why Louisiana Is Not New Hampshire", Academy of Management annual meeting
Dissemination
$3,000.00
May 2023
David (Stormy) Williams
"The Promise of the Past: It’s Evolution Not Revolution in Retailing", Academy of Marketing Conference 2023
Dissemination
$3,000.00
May 2023
Abdullah Mamun
"Does Non-profit Motive Affect Provisioning for Loan Losses? Evidence from U.S. Credit Unions", Asian Finance Association Annual Conference
Dissemination
$3,000.00
May 2023
Regan Schmidt
"Are auditors conservative or diagnostic?", European Auditing Research Network 12th Symposium 2023
Dissemination
$3,000.00
May 2023
Maureen Bourassa
"Digital Exchange Compromises: Consumers, Organizations & the Iron Triangle", Transformative Consumer Research
Dissemination
$3,000.00
May 2023
Dionne Pohler
"80 Years of Strategic Renewal at Federated Co-operatives Limited", European Business History Association Congress (EBHA)
Dissemination
$3,000.00
May 2023
Shan Wang
"The Effect of Content Dissimilarity on Review Helpfulness", The annual Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS) 2023
Dissemination
$3,000.00
May 2023
George Tannous
"Underlying Stock Price and VIX as Determinants of Intraday Option Spread and Depth", 29th Annual conference of the Multinational Finance Society
Dissemination
$3,000.00
May 2023
Lee Swanson
The Case for Using an Intergenerational Multi-Methods Approach in Community-Based Research
Completion
$2,395.63
May 2023
Tyler Case
Opportunity Mapping: The Case of BE Power Equipment
Connections
$3,533.00
May 2023
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2022-2023
Edwards Research Fund
Awardee
Title
Grant Type
Amount
Date
Yang, Fan
"Does Ownership Structure Mitigate How Managerial Overconfidence Affects Corporate Investment and Corporate Value? Evidence from Vietnam", CCPF-JIFMIM Symposium
Dissemination
$400.00
Oct 2022
Mamun, Abdullah
"Does Non-profit Motive Affect Provisioning for Loan Losses? Evidence from U.S. Credit Unions", Indian Finance Conference, 2022
Dissemination
$3,000.00
Oct 2022
Wynes, Michael
"Connecting the Dots: Helping Investors Use Risk Disclosures When Evaluating Financial Statements", Accounting Behavior and Organization
Dissemination
$2,000.00
Oct 2022
Samarghandi, Hamed
"Estimating the Average Waiting Time in a System with Time Varying Arrival Rates of the Third Degree", Canadian Operational Research Society Annual Meeting (CORS2023)
Dissemination
$2,000.00
January 2023
Tannous, George
"Market Reaction to Announcements of Class Action Lawsuit Settlements", Western Economic Association International (WEAI)
Dissemination
$3,000.00
January 2023
Park, Han-Up
"Nudging Towards Better Earnings Forecasts", 2023 American Accounting Association Annual Meeting
Dissemination
$3,000.00
January 2023
Park, Han-Up
"Organizational Constraints and Outsourcing under Demand Uncertainty: Evidence from the Brazilian Electricity Distribution Industry", 2023 Canadian Academic Accounting Association Annual Conference:
Dissemination
$2,000.00
January 2023
Pohler, Dionne
Does Pay-For-Performance Strain the Employment Relationship? The Effect of Manager Bonus Eligibility on Non-Management Employee Turnover.
Completion
$3,000.00
January 2023
Schmidt, Joseph
Making stronger causal inferences: Accounting for selection bias in associations between high performance work systems, leadership, and employee and customer satisfaction.
Completion
$3,000.00
January 2023
Entwistle, Gary
Trusting Sustainability Reporting: An Exploration of Assurance Reporting
ESRA
$4,908.80
Feb 2023
Samarghandi, Hamed
Investigating the impact of North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) on Canada’s economic complexity
ESRA
$4,998.92
Feb 2023
Fox, Kenneth
An examination of the Global Reporting Initiative’s Sector Standard Exposure Draft for the Mining Industry
ESRA
$5,000.00
Feb 2023
Tannous, George
Are institutional investments affected by the family control regime?
ESRA
$5,000.00
Feb 2023
Racine, Marie
Identifying ESG greenwashing and its relationship to stock returns and firm financial performance.
ESRA
$5,000.00
Feb 2023
Schmidt, Regan
How Boards and Board Chairs in Socially Focused For-Profit Firms Remain Accountable to Their Social Cause
ESRA
$5,000.00
Feb 2023
Bourassa, Maureen
Authenticity in Business-Community Relationships
ESRA
$5,000.00
Feb 2023
Sarghie, Monica
The Ethics of Strategic Product Placement in Retail Point-of-Purchase Settings
ESRA
$5,000.00
Feb 2023
Swanson, Lee
General Research Assistant work
ESRA
$5,000.00
Feb 2023
Exploring ethical space for understanding and reconceptualizing business education programs for Indigenous students and future business partnerships
BSAC Special Call - Internal Seed Funding - June 2022
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 - June 2022
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
| Dev Mishra (2025-2026): "Firm-level climate sentiments, climate politics and implied cost of equity capital" Journal of Corporate Finance. |
| Joseph Schmidt (2023-2024): “Identifying the structure of within-team variance in ratings of team constructs” Personnel Psychology. |
| Dev Mishra (2022-2023): "Patented Knowledge Capital and Implied Equity Risk Premium" Journal of Banking and Finance. |
| Han-Up Park (2022-2023): "Organizational constraints and outsourcing under demand uncertainty: Evidence from the Brazilian electricity distribution industry" Management Accounting Research. |
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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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Mike Wynes, Department of Accounting (2023). |
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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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Hamed Samarghandi, Department of Finance and Management Science (2023). |
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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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