Steve Lorteau, University of Ottawa

Research

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Latest funding

Youth perceptions of climate change and pro-environmental behaviors: The role of attachment theory and parent-child discussions
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$78,565
Understanding how Parents Support their Children in the Face of Climate Change: A Mixed-Methods Study
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$25,000

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Youth perceptions of climate change and pro-environmental behaviors: The role of attachment theory and parent-child discussions

Co-investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Bureau, Jean-François

Keywords: Climate change; Attachment; Family discussions; Adolescence; Middle childhood; Parent-Child Relationships; Pro-environmental Behaviors; Climate Coping; Climate Emotions; Self-Determined Motivation; Compassion; Pro-sociality

$78,565

Understanding how Parents Support their Children in the Face of Climate Change: A Mixed-Methods Study

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Partnership Engage Grants

Principal investigators: Deneault, Audrey-Ann

Keywords: climate change; parent-child relationships; climate-related emotions

$25,000

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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