Howard Harshaw, University of Alberta

Research

outdoor recreation recreation specialization social networks new ecological paradigm preferences wildlife viewing big game hunting identify

Latest funding

Social-ecological challenges at the human-wildlife interface: Coyotes, zoonotic disease and public health
SSHRC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$494,160
Is Conservation Always Ethical? The Socio-Cultural Dimensions of Woodland Caribou Conservation in Western Canada
SSHRC · 2022 · Co-investigator
$53,020
Beyond Binaries: Gender Variance in Arctic Prehistory
SSHRC · 2022 · Co-investigator
$136,460

All 4 grants and awards

Social-ecological challenges at the human-wildlife interface: Coyotes, zoonotic disease and public health

Principal investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Harshaw, Howard W.

$494,160

Is Conservation Always Ethical? The Socio-Cultural Dimensions of Woodland Caribou Conservation in Western Canada

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022Partnership Development Grants

Principal investigators: Ford, Adam T.

Keywords: caribou; conservation social science; environmental justice; environmental policy; ethics; human-carnivore interactions; Indigenous and settler perspectives; lethal control; species at risk; survey; wildlife management; wildlife policy; wolves

$53,020

Beyond Binaries: Gender Variance in Arctic Prehistory

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022Canada Graduate Scholarships - Doctoral

Principal investigators: Dzurka, Caylee

Keywords: gender; gender variance; dorset; arctic prehistory; decolonial archaeology; zooarchaeology; landscapes; GIS; art

$136,460

Refining the recreation specialization framework to account for social networks and environmental worldviews: implications for understanding recreation preferences

Principal investigatorSSHRC2017Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Harshaw, Howard W.

Keywords: outdoor recreation; recreation specialization; social networks; new ecological paradigm; preferences; wildlife viewing; big game hunting; identify; rock climbing; natural resource management

$134,452

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: outdoor recreation Dear Professor Harshaw, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on outdoor recreation connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Social-ecological challenges at the human-wildlife interface: Coyotes, zoonotic disease and public health" (2025), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]