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Samuel Meyerson
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From the Kraals to the Markets: A Pastoral World Beyond the State in East Africa
REFNo: SS1045ES

1. To analyze the transnational networks that have connected Ateker communities in East Africa from the precolonial era to the present day. 2. To examine the historical relationships between Ateker communities and state structures in East African countries during the colonial and post-independence periods. 3. To use historical analysis to identify ways of fostering national integration and sustainable development in Karamoja.
Canada 2022-01-25 2025-01-25 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Philip Leonard
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Understanding the current challenges faced by coffee farmers in the Technoserve Farm College
REFNo: A162ES

1) Identify current concerns related to COVID-19.
2) Identify current challenges on farming activities including access to inputs, farms and markets.
3) Understand how coffee farmers are able to access to emergency finance.
4) Identify changes in availability of food.

 Canada 2021-11-11 2024-11-11 Agricultural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Shelley Jones
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COVID-19 as an urgent call for commitment to women's resilience and empowerment: A participatory action research project with vulnerable women in Uganda
REFNo: SS1207ES

The objectives of this project are to work with women in Uganda to develop and pilot a contextually- and culturally-responsive Resiliency and Empowerment Framework (REF) that will foster a community of support that encourages women to self-inventory their skills, knowledge, abilities, and experiences as well as identify and access resources they require to exercise empowerment and work collectively to transform their societies. The REF will be adaptable for women living in diverse contexts throughout the world. As part of REF, participants will create and implement their own, personal multi-stage Resiliency and Empowerment Plans (REPs) that will reflect their own aspirations. These REPs may represent individualistic or collaborative trajectories.
Canada 2022-04-12 2025-04-12 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Matthieu Chemin
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Lawyers for Consumer Protection: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Uganda
REFNo: SS1255ES

3.The UCC would be especially important in this context, as they serve as the telecom regulator for mobile money transactions. Furthermore, the UCC is currently developing plans for the creation of a “communications tribunal”, which is the ideal endpoint for those in the treatment group to have their disputes resolved.,2.This intervention would also be informative to consumer protection agencies simply so that they are made aware of both how prevalent the problem of mobile money fraud is, and how they can most effectively address it.,1.Findings of this intervention would be relevant to policymakers on several levels. First, conclusions from CTDR-U’s platform would be of utmost interest to regulators who are involved with fraud, especially when it relates to mobile money agent fraud such as in Buku and Mazer (2017).,
 Canada 2022-04-14 2025-04-14 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Rebecca PAHULJE Rose
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Examining the northward shift in the distribution of African fishes in association with climate change
REFNo: NS345ES

To understand how climate is affecting the physiology and distribution of tropical fishes.

Specifically;
- To quantify the thermal limits and hypoxia tolerance of tropical fishes and the degree to which these limits are plastic
- To understand and predict how tropical fishes will respond to climate change – either via persistence in situ or changing their distribution by moving to more favourable thermal/oxygen regimes.
 Canada 2022-04-20 2025-04-20 Natural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
HAMEL Fortin Liana
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Interaction between hypoxia and thermal tolerance in the cyprinid fish (Enteromius neumayeri)
REFNo: NS346ES

To look at the interaction between hypoxia (low oxygen) adaptation and thermal tolerance in tropical African fishes, of particular interest in Kibale National Park.

The project will specifically investigate how local adaptation to hypoxia affects the thermal and hypoxia tolerance of Enteromius neumeyari before and after acclimating fish to elevated water temperature
 Canada 2022-04-19 2025-04-19 Natural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Simran Prasad
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The effect of dispersal patterns and reproductive skew of male vervets (Chlorocebus pygerythrus) on population genetic diversity.
REFNo: NS351ES

The objective is to assess the population genetic diversity and the factors that influence the genetic variation by determining the dispersal patterns between groups and the reproductive skew of wild male vervet monkeys (Chlorocebus pygerythrus).
Canada 2022-08-01 13:21:42 2025-08-01 Natural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Carmen  Logie
ID: UNCST-2021-R013185
 Woli Na Kelan (Planetary Health): A multi-method study of refugee adolescent and youth perspectives and aspirations for addressing food and water insecurity in a humanitarian context in Uganda
REFNo: SS1315ES

1. Explore and conceptualize linkages between social, health, and environmental wellbeing;
2. Identify protective factors, coping strategies, and priorities for water and food insecurity;
3. Examine trajectories of food and water insecurity, and associations with: structural drivers (ecological, socio-economic, social), protective factors (resilience, social support, empowerment, collective mobilization), and wellbeing outcomes (intersecting stigma, mental health, violence);
4. Engage in knowledge mobilization through participatory mapping, AR, and community dialogue.
Canada 2022-06-29 14:22:57 2025-06-29 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Shelley Jones
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Child Rights Education in Diverse Global Contexts and Times of Crises - A decolonizing, participatory action research project with educators, children, and community members in Canada and Uganda
REFNo: SS1326ES

Our objective is to investigate ways to understand and leverage a contextualized approach to child rights education (in accordance with Article 29(d) of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) and 11(2) of the African Charter for the Rights and Welfare of Children (the Charter) in three diverse global contexts. We ask, what processes support educators in different contexts achieve impactful child rights education that empowers children to learn about and exercise their rights, particularly during times/situations of crises? Sub-questions include: 1) How can children’s voices and experiences be centered to inform our understanding of effective child rights education?; 2) How can parents and community members work with educators and children to promote and uphold children’s rights?; 3) How can child rights education best contribute to identifying and advocating for measures to ensure the well-being of all children is prioritized, especially during crises?
 Canada 2023-01-30 14:58:26 2026-01-30 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Roda Siad
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Exploring the implications of blockchain and other emerging technologies on refugee governance
REFNo: SS1622ES

My research will examine how blockchain and other emerging technologies are conceptualized, deployed, and operationalized within refugee settings. Using Kenya and Uganda as sites of analysis, the thesis will ask the following research questions: 1) How are blockchain and other technologies shaping the governance of refugees? 2) How do refugees engage with blockchain and other emerging technologies in their everyday lives? 3) What is at stake in these technological systems and practices when applied within humanitarian interventions? The specific objectives that follow from these research questions are to: a) assess what can be learned from the deployment of blockchain and other emerging technologies b) examine how refugees understand and frame their engagement with such technologies and c) understand the visions and imaginaries of tech developers and humanitarian organizations and how they define their collaborative work. This research also considers how different actors (tech industry workers, corporate funders, UNHCR staff and refugees) understand, contribute to, and shape the discourse around blockchain and other technologies in humanitarian settings. This research will use several data collection methods based on empirical fieldwork in camp and non-camp settings and discourse analysis to capture the diverse perspectives of tech industry workers, corporate funders, UNHCR innovation staff, camp staff and refugees.
Canada 2023-06-13 8:27:14 2026-06-13 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Shelley Jones
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A Pandemic Recovery Response: Expanding Opportunities for Young Ugandan Mothers
REFNo: SS1667ES

The purpose of this interdisciplinary research is to co-create, co-implement, and co-evaluate the impacts and perceived outcomes of a holistic intervention for young Ugandan mothers and their children.
Canada 2023-09-27 9:55:35 2026-09-27 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Michio Matsuba Kyle
ID: UNCST-2022-R009027
 Wang Oo Relit Project (WORP) Evaluation Study
REFNo: SS1716ES

1. To determine if youth who participate in the WORP program show improvement on measures of well-being, 2. To monitor the level of engagement of youth in WORP lessons and activities 3. To understand the benefits and challenges associated with the WORP program from the perspective of youth participants.
 Canada 2023-05-02 22:28:11 2026-05-02 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Francispillai Erin
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Assessing freshwater fish response to deforestation-induced warming
REFNo: NS564ES

The broad goal of this project is to understand the effects of deforestation on freshwater fishes. The project will specifically explore the effects of deforestation on the behaviour, ecophysiology, and morphology of fishes by comparing populations of a cyprinid fish that occur both on forested and deforested streams.
 Canada 2023-06-20 12:16:12 2026-06-20 Natural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Bonnie Fournier
ID: UNCST-2019-R000250
 The New Wang Oo: Intergenerational Knowledge Transfer in Northern Uganda Using Theatre For Living
REFNo: SS1916ES

Explore collaborative efforts alongside community partnerships to re-establish IG relationships,Identify and articulate community perceptions of IG interaction and initiate collaborative possibilities to generate new forms of IG connection,Create theatre to co-design the new Wang Oo with village Elders and youth,Describe oral traditions and knowledges that were eroded as a result of the civil war and life in the internally displaced persons camps by exploring the impact of the loss of the Wang Oo,
 Canada 2023-10-23 13:06:29 2026-10-23 Social Science and Humanities Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Kendra Siekmans
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Readiness Assessment of Uganda’s Health System to deliver vitamin A supplementation as part of the essential package of child health and nutrition interventions
REFNo: HS3153ES

• To identify the potential additional platforms within which VAS can be integrated, especially those that would enable increased coverage of children 12-59 months of age.,• To better understand the motivating factors for caregivers of children U5 to attend routine PHC and ICHD service delivery sessions, as well as reasons for low access to and/or utilization of certain contact points in the health system;,• To understand the strengths and weaknesses of the PHC service delivery system to identify opportunities and support needed to improve the day-to-day uptake of essential child health and nutrition services including VAS; ,• To document the barriers and facilitating factors to high coverage for the service delivery points of VAS and other essential nutrition services;,• To assess the current reach of the health system to children under five years old through the existing routine PHC service delivery platform and ICHD, including a comparison of the proportion of children receiving these services through the different delivery points in the health system;,The overall objective of the Readiness Assessment is to gather the evidence needed to inform a detailed plan for program improvement and health system strengthening to ensure the VAS program can reach more children with their age-appropriate dose using the PHC system contact points. It is designed to assess the relative strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats of the platforms within the health system that are currently (or could be, if optimized) contact points for reaching children under 5. The assessment seeks to gather evidence at all levels, including national, district, health facility and community levels.,
 Canada 2023-12-21 21:20:21 2026-12-21 Medical and Health Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Laura MacLatchy
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The Ngogo chimpanzees: skeletal correlates of behaviour and life history across the life course
REFNo: NS677ES

To characterize the skeletal structures of chimpanzee bones as they relate to development, locomotion, and aging, in order to understand the evolution, development and health of human and primate skeletons.
Canada 2023-11-29 11:19:46 2026-11-29 Natural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Creed  Irena Frances
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Assessing cyanobacteria risks in Ugandan crater lakes through historical and contemporary perspectives
REFNo: NS679ES

- To reconstruct phycological time series to establish baseline conditions in the Crater Lake district of western Uganda and determine if (and when) cyanobacteria abundance and toxin-producing potential have changed over time. (Paleolimnology)

2) To examine the historical and societal influence of local (e.g., land use) and regional (e.g., climate) stressors on regulating cyanobacteria abundance and toxin-producing potential. (Paleolimnology)

3) To characterize spatiotemporal variation in cyanobacteria risks and determine the societal influences of local (e.g., land use) and regional (e.g., climate) stressors on regulating cyanobacteria abundance and toxin-producing potential. (Field Survey)

 Canada 2023-12-21 10:18:34 2026-12-21 Natural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Non-degree Award
Kelsey Shaw
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In-situ assessment and collection of fecal sludge from non-sewered sanitation containments: Linking demographic, environmental and technical parameters to microbial activity
REFNo: SIR275ES

The overall objective of this PhD project is to better understand and characterize anaerobic degradation pathways in containment of non-sewered sanitation systems (NSS) in resource constrained settings representative of both urban and rural areas. In view of this, the specific objective linked to this research pertaining to this ethics application is to understand the influence of demographic, environmental and technical (DET) data on measurable fecal sludge parameters as well as microbial community composition within NSS containment across variable geographic regions. The proposed project aims to answer the following specific research questions: - What are the effects and variations associated with physical location, use, and operating conditions on wastewater quality and microbial composition? - What is the relationship between location of sanitation system and behaviors associated with operational parameters? - Is there a link between main concentration gradients in containment and spatially analyzable factors (i.e., demographic, environmental and technical)?
Canada 2024-08-22 15:18:53 2027-08-22 Engineering and Technology Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Simran Prasad
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Male reproductive skew, female codominance and mate choice, and inbreeding avoidance in wild vervet monkeys (Chlorocebus pygerythrus).
REFNo: NS801ES

The purpose of this project is to investigate the relationship between male dominance rank and mating and paternity success, degree of reproductive skew, female codominance and mate choice, and the direction of inbreeding avoidance in a population of vervet monkeys (Chlorocebus pygerythrus) at Lake Nabugabo, Uganda.
Canada 2024-05-07 11:24:53 2027-05-07 Natural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
Jessica Reemeyer Elizabeth
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Capturing hypoxia avoidance behaviour in wild fish with open-source camera traps
REFNo: NS776ES

The main goal of this project is to document fish behavioural responses to low oxygen in the field using underwater camera traps.
Canada 2024-04-16 8:37:19 2027-04-16 Natural Sciences Non-Clinical Trial Degree Award
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