St. FX University has announced 13 of its researchers have been awarded funding from the federal government’s Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. Dr. John Corbit of the Psychology Department is receiving just under $214,000 over four years. Management researchers Dr. Abede Mack and Dr. Katelynn Carter-Rogers as well as Dr. Greg Hadley in Education are getting more than $93,000 in a study on the persistent problem of labour shortages in the skilled trades. Modern Languages researcher Dr. Mendel Peladeau-Houle is embarking on a $64,000 study on how animals are depicted in contemporary French-Language literature. Dr. Ken Penner in the Religious Studies Department receives almost $34,000 on using Artificial Intelligence in analyzing and editing of historical texts.