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Seventeen UCalgary were awarded in the February 2026 intake, with researchers from the Faculty of Arts leading a couple of the funded project teams and several more contributing to project teams led by other faculties. 

The Transdisciplinary Connector Grants program is designed to promote initiatives that enable UCalgary teams to explore societal questions, challenges and opportunities that demand a transdisciplinary approach.  

Two of the project holders are researchers from the Faculty of Arts, bringing together partners from across campus and beyond to address complex challenges through innovative, transdisciplinary approaches. 

Faculty of Arts – Led Projects 

• Exploring Year‑Round Closed‑Loop Urban Food Systems in Calgary 

  • Project Holder: , Professor, Department of Anthropology and Archaeology 

• UCalgary More‑Than‑Human Neurodivergence Working Group 

  • Project Holder: , Director, Calgary Institute for the Humanities 

  • Other Faculty of Arts contributors: (Psychology), (School of Creative and Performing Arts), (Sociology), (English) 

In addition to leading research projects, scholars from the Faculty of Arts hold supporting roles on six other research teams, contributing their expertise, highlighting how the faculty plays an integral role in strengthening transdisciplinary research networks across UCalgary’s campus. 

Faculty of Arts Collaborators 

• Improving health outcomes by consolidating and strengthening transdisciplinary community-academic partnerships through the Health Equity HUB 

  • Project Holder: , Associate Professor, Cumming School of Medicine 

  • Faculty of Arts contributors: (Anthropology and Archaeology) 

• Indigenous-Led Soil Policy for a Climate Resilient Canada: A Case Study in Creeburn CLEAR hub Living lab in Fort McKay, AB 

  • Project Holder: , Assistant Professor, Schulich School of Engineering 

  • Faculty of Arts contributor: (Anthropology and Archaeology) 

• Integrating Biological, Clinical and Engineering Insights for Personalized Implant Design 

  • Project Holder: , Assistant Professor, Schulich School of Engineering 

  • Faculty of Arts contributor: (Anthropology and Archaeology) 

• Combatting Epistemic Adversaries: lmproving Democratic Deliberation Through Serious Games 

  • Project Holder: , Associate Professor, Faculty of Law 

  • Faculty of Arts contributor: (Philosophy) 

• A Transdisciplinary Framework for Designing Healthier Living Environment 

  • Project Holder: , Assistant Professor, School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape 

  • Faculty of Arts contributors: (Psychology), Kathleen Reinhardt (Anthropology and Archaeology), (Psychology) 

• UCalgary Breaking Barriers Day 

  • Project Holder: , Clinical Associate Professor, Cumming School of Medicine 

  • Faculty of Arts contributor: (Geography) 

Through these Connector Grants, Faculty of Arts scholars are helping explore societal questions, challenges and opportunities that demand a transdisciplinary approach.  

Projects funded in the February 2026 intake are already underway. and the Transdisciplinary Connector Grants program.