Sasan Saiy, University of Waterloo

Research

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Latest funding

Human Capital Investment in Financially Distressed Firms
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$51,109
Sustainability Disclosure and Net Zero Targets: Investigating the Readiness of Canadian Firms and Implications for Financial Stability
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$28,232
The Sustainable Aeronautics and the Readiness for New International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) Mandates: Assessing the Impact of Net Zero Targets and Sustainability Reporting on Financial Performance
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$25,000

All 3 grants and awards

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Human Capital Investment in Financially Distressed Firms

Co-investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Zhang, Mingyue

Keywords: Intangibles; Human capital; Financial distressed firms; Job postings; Textual Analysis

$51,109

Sustainability Disclosure and Net Zero Targets: Investigating the Readiness of Canadian Firms and Implications for Financial Stability

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: ElAlfy, Amr

Keywords: International Sustainability Standards Board; Sustainability Reporting; Double Materiality; Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG); Path to Net Zero; Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); Firm Stability; Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX 260); Climate Risks

$28,232

The Sustainable Aeronautics and the Readiness for New International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) Mandates: Assessing the Impact of Net Zero Targets and Sustainability Reporting on Financial Performance

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Partnership Engage Grants

Principal investigators: El-Alfy, Amr

Keywords: Environmental; Social; and Governance; Sustainability Performance; Aeronautics Industry

$25,000

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

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