Two University of Northern British Columbia faculty members have received grants to continue research into medical history and the role local governments play in promoting entrepreneurs in rural and small-town communities.
History Associate Professor Dr. Jacqueline Holler received a $181,948 award for her project titled Medicines, Marvels and Mestizaje: Women's Healing in New Spain, 1530-1750.
Holler, along with two master's students and a post-doctoral researcher will examine conventional medical treatises used in New Spain as well as convent recipe books that contained healing remedies and inquisition records that describe women's healing activities and the herbs, medicines, and even incantations that ordinary people used to treat illness.
Geography Professor Dr. Greg Halseth received $149,388 for his project titled, Entrepreneurialism and rural/small-town local government. The project, which will include multiple graduate students, examines the critical role of local government in responding to the forces re-shaping resource-dependent communities and economies.
"These projects are superb examples of research in the humanities and social sciences underway at UNBC," said UNBC acting Vice President of Research Dr. Kathy Lewis. "The knowledge these research teams are generating will provide insights we can use to initiate positive change today and inform the work of future scholars."
The grants come from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council.
