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The Canada India Research Centre for Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE) at the University of Guelph is an interdisciplinary nucleus for cutting edge research on India, south Asia and their diasporas. CIRCLE works to showcase, advocate, catalyse, and foster an equitable, respectful, and sustained exchange of knowledge between Canadian and Indian scholars on complex and emerging (and unexplored) topics related to sustainability and social and economic well-being.

This research is being conducted by Shruti Chandrashekhar Nadkarni, Ph.D. Candidate, under the supervision of Professor Saba Safdar from the Department of Psychology at the University of Guelph. This research will contribute to a PhD thesis. 

Dr. Sharada Srinivasan is offering research funding for incoming Masters students in Fall 2024. For more information, visit https://sharada.uoguelph.ca. 

Please see attachments for details about the funded research opportunities. Deadline to apply is Thursday, 21 December 2023.

This research is being conducted by Dr. Susan Chuang and Bibina Mathew from the Department of Family Relations and Applied Nutrition at the University of Guelph. This research will contribute to a final thesis project.

We are currently recruiting South Asian Canadian high school and university students, ages 13 to 25, with at least one parent who voluntarily immigrated to Canada from a South Asian country to complete an anonymous 20 – 30 minute survey. All those who complete the survey will have a 1 in 3 chance of winning a cash prize of $25. 

This doctoral research study is conducted by Professor A. Ali (Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Guelph; Dr. Shivajan Sivapalan (The South Asian Autism Awareness Centre) and Sejal Katyal (Undergraduate Psychology Major, University of Guelph)

This graduate research study is approved by the IRB at the University of Michigan-Dearborn.

Participate in a two-part study that involves answering questions about your background, attitudes and experiences. The first part is an online survey where you will be entered in a lottery drawing for the chance to win one of four $50 VISA gift cards. The second online survey will ask about your reaction to various popular TV shows. After completion, you will be entered in a lottery drawing for the chance to win one of eight $100 VISA gift cards.

Two awards each of $2500 annually for Masters’ students currently enrolled at the University of Guelph whose research focusing on India, South Asia and/ or Indian, South Asian diaspora.

Hiring Research Assistants for Winter-Spring 2023

Deadline:  12:00 pm on Monday, January 30, 2023

Call for Graduate Research Assistants

Gender-based Violence among International Students in Canada

The Department of Sociology and Anthropology, College of Social and Applied Human Sciences at the University of Guelph is offering two masters-level fellowships.

Project on tourism, citizen science, digital nature, and snow leopard tracking in the Indian Himalayas

One fellowship of up to $8,000 per year for two years is available for an applicant to join a project on tourism, citizen science, digital nature, and snow leopard tracking in the Indian Himalayas. The project is led by Professor Karine Gagné.