Research
Read how they describe their research on their University of Ottawa profile.
Latest funding
- $55,500
Disaster Prisons Partnership
SSHRC · 2024 · Principal investigator
- $65,000
Addressing food waste and food insecurity through a circular food economy
SSHRC · 2022 · Co-investigator
- $27,906
Escape Rooms and Prison Tourism: A Study of Cultures of Penality and Carceral Retasking
SSHRC · 2022 · Co-investigator
No publications available.
Disaster Prisons Partnership
Principal investigators: Piché, Justin
Keywords: Imprisonment; conditions of confinement; human rights; alternatives to imprisonment; diversion; decarceration; disasters; public health; environment; community safety; Canada
Addressing food waste and food insecurity through a circular food economy
Principal investigators: Ikiz, Ece
Keywords: circular economy; food waste; food insecurity; social network; knowledge sharing
Escape Rooms and Prison Tourism: A Study of Cultures of Penality and Carceral Retasking
Principal investigators: Mussell, Linda
Keywords: Carceral retasking; Culture; Tourism; Penality; Political Socialization; Deservingness; Discourse; Justice; Canada; United States
Locating Penitentiaries in Canada: How Carceral Space Matters
Principal investigators: Piché, Justin
Keywords: Carceral geography; place; space; resistance; cultural meanings; penitentiaries; imprisonment; Canada; Canada 160
Locating Penitentiaries in Canada: How Carceral Space Matters
Principal investigators: Piché, Justin
Keywords: Carceral geography; place; space; resistance; cultural meanings; penitentiaries; imprisonment; Canada; Canada 160
Observatoire des profilages
Keywords: profilage; itinérance; judiciarisation; coercition; populations racialisées; marginalisées; Autochtones; pauvreté; déviance; toxicomanie; santé mentale; DI
Observatoire des profilages
Keywords: profilage; itinérance; judiciarisation; coercition; populations racialisées; marginalisées; Autochtones; pauvreté; déviance; toxicomanie; santé mentale; DI
Feeling the Carceral
Principal investigators: Kilty, Jennifer M.
Keywords: emotions; affect; carceral spaces; prison; hiv risk environment; carceral geography
Making Meaning Out of Punishment: Exhibit Curation, Tour Guide Work and Visitor Engagement at the Ottawa Jail Hostel
Principal investigators: Piché, Justin
Keywords: prison tourism; carceral retasking; heritage; memorialization; museums; popular culture; justice; law; penality; punishment; jail; representations; curation; archival and document research; interviews; visitors; surveys; tour guides; field notes; Ottawa
A culture of justice: meanings of penality in Canadian police, courthouse and prison museums
Principal investigators: Piché, Justin
Keywords: justice; law; penality; punishment; police; courts; prisons; museums; heritage; penal tourism; dark tourism; memorialization; popular culture; representations; interviews; observations; web research; document research; archival research; Canada
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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