2016–17 Funded Research Project Contributions Organization / Project Title | Project Details | Awarded Amount |
Automobile Protection Association |
Survey of auto financing in the retailing of new vehicles | Details | $67,500 |
Consumers' Association of Canada (Manitoba) Inc. |
Tackling energy poverty: How accessible, efficient, and cost-effective are programs designed to help lower income consumers pay their energy bills? | Details | $92,750 |
Consumers Council of Canada |
Consumer redress, chargebacks and merchant responses in distant transactions | Details | $69,150 |
Dynamic pricing - can consumers achieve the benefits they expect? | Details | $82,700 |
Incenting energy efficient retrofits: risks and opportunities for consumers | Details | $84,525 |
Environmental Defence Canada |
Product labelling and consumer behaviour | Details | $95,628 |
Option consommateurs |
Sharing economy: the Canadian perspective | Details | $81,650 |
Banking fees and low-income individuals: an overview of the situation | Details | $85,300 |
Class action: How to increase the individual claim rate? | Details | $86,300 |
Public Interest Advocacy Centre |
Managing legal risk in the Canadian retail payment system: the consumer's perspective | Details | $49,000 |
The Privacy Box: Enabling Consumer Choice and Meaningful Consent in Online Privacy | Details | $70,500 |
Union des consommateurs |
Credit contracts: signatory solidarity | Details | $92,629 |
Debt settlement and financial recovery companies: Too risky an option? | Details | $73,621 |
Limits on unlimited services: Are consumers adequately protected? | Details | $89,291 |