Pedro Mateo Pedro receives Connaught Community Partnership Research Award

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Connaught Community Partnerships Research Awards

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Pedro Mateo Pedro of the Faculty of Arts & Science’s department of linguistics has received an award from the Connaught Community Partnership Research Program for his project, Revitalization of Itzaj: An Endangered Mayan Language in Guatemala.

Mateo Pedro is one of four researchers at the University of Toronto to receive the award this year. The others are Beverly Essue and Angela Mashford-Pringle of the Dalla Lana School of Public Health and Andrea Charise of the University of Toronto Scarborough.

A native speaker of Q’anjob’al, a Mayan language of Guatemala, Mateo Pedro focuses on the documentation, description, and revitalization of Mayan languages, with special research interest in the acquisition of Mayan languages. He has also worked on the production of educational materials in Mayan languages in coordination with different institutions in Guatemala.

“In this collaborative project with the Comunidad Lingüística Itzaj of the Academia de las Lenguas Mayas de Guatemala, we are implementing the Oxlajuj Aj immersion program, which includes a teaching method and a pedagogical grammar,” Mateo Pedro says. “Furthermore, the award will support my collaborative research with Mayan communities, and will provide an opportunity for U of T students to conduct research in Mayan languages and language revitalization in Guatemala.”

The Connaught Community Partnership Research Program creates new collaborative research partnerships, or nurtures early-stage partnerships, between U of T and community partners, fostering access to each other’s unique knowledge, expertise and capabilities on issues of shared interest that, over time, may evolve into more established relationships that will attract external funding.

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Five researchers win awards from Connaught Community Partnerships Research Program

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Five researchers win awards from Connaught Community Partnerships Research Program

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Faculty of Music

Faculty of Arts & Science

Dalla Lana School of Public Health

Connaught Community Partnerships Research Awards

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Clockwise from top left: Pamela Klassen, Michelle Firestone, Laura Rosella, Lori Ross, Farzaneh Hemmasi

Five University of Toronto researchers have received awards from the Connaught Community Partnerships Research Program – for projects that explore everything from what makes Kensington Market a distinctive neighbourhood to the experiences and knowledge of community workers during the pandemic.

“The Connaught Community Partnerships Research Program has recognized collaborations between U of T researchers and a diverse array of partners including local business improvement areas, community health organizations and community groups,” said University Professor Ted Sargent, vice-president research and innovation, and strategic initiatives. “These researchers are doing important work with their community partners – and these awards will help them to build on each others’ knowledge, expertise and capabilities.

“ I look forward to seeing how these collaborations evolve and strengthen the relationships between researchers and their community partners.”

The winners and their projects are:

Michelle Firestone, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Community Voice and Leadership from within Institutionalized Care Models: Lessons from COVID-19
Farzaneh Hemmasi, Faculty of Music, Keeping Kensington “Kensington”: Value and Affordability in Toronto’s Kensington Market
Pamela Klassen, Faculty of Arts & Science, Treaty Teachings: How Universities, Communities, and Museums Can Work Together to Tell the History of Treaty 3
Laura Rosella, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Community Partnerships in Action: Using Data Science to Improve Population Health, Community Safety and Community Wellbeing
Lori Ross, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Two-Spirit, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, and Queer (2SLGBTQ+) Ontarians’ Experiences with Social Assistance: Conducting Preliminary Research to Nurture Partnerships in the Area of 2SLGBTQ+ Poverty and Health

The Connaught Community Partnerships Research Program is supported by the Connaught Fund – the largest, internal university research funding program in Canada. Established in 1972 through the sale of the Connaught Medical Research Laboratories, the fund has provided nearly $170 million to U of T scholars through a range of programs including the Connaught New Researcher Award, the Connaught Global Challenge Award, the Connaught Innovation Award, the McLean Award and international doctoral scholarships.

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