DGES faculty member, Gita Ljubicic, awarded a SSHRC Insight Development Grant

Gita Ljubicic was awarded a SSHRC Insight Development Grant (2013 – 2015) for a project entitled “The shared stories of people and plants: Cultural and ecological relationships between Inuit and plants in Makkovik, Nunatsiavut (Labrador)”.  This funding will support the doctoral research of Erica Oberndorfer (Carleton PhD Candidate, Geography), and the ongoing collaborative research efforts she is undertaking with Makkovik community members and organizations.  Ljubicic was also a co-applicant on another successful Insight Development Grant for the same time period, led by Dr. Bryan Grimwood at the University of Waterloo (Carleton PhD Geography Graduate, 2011).