Dip Kapoor, University of Alberta

Research

learning in social action precarious migrant workers organizing labour critical adult education political-sociology of migration and development Canada Philippines

Latest funding

Learning in Precarious Migrant Worker (PMW) Organizing: Global Trails to Canada
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$50,134
Learning in Precarious Migrant Worker (PMW) Organizing: Global Trails to Canada
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$126,300
Untouchability, casteism and schooling in rural India: exploring local response and resistance
SSHRC · 2013 · Principal investigator
$268,386

All 4 grants and awards

Learning in Precarious Migrant Worker (PMW) Organizing: Global Trails to Canada

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Kapoor, Dip P.

Keywords: learning in social action; precarious migrant workers; organizing; labour; critical adult education; political-sociology of migration and development; Canada; Philippines; Hong Kong; global studies; international migrant's alliance

$50,134

Learning in Precarious Migrant Worker (PMW) Organizing: Global Trails to Canada

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Kapoor, Dip P.

Keywords: learning in social action; precarious migrant workers; organizing; labour; critical adult education; political-sociology of migration and development; Canada; Philippines; Hong Kong; global studies; international migrant's alliance

$126,300

Untouchability, casteism and schooling in rural India: exploring local response and resistance

Principal investigatorSSHRC2013Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Kapoor, Dip P.

Keywords: education and social change; caste/discrimination and schooling; education and the politics of domination and resistance; NGOs and education in rural India

$268,386

Learning in Adivasi (original dweller) social movements

Principal investigatorSSHRC2006Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Kapoor, Dip P.

Keywords: crtical adult education;social struggles/movements;popular education;participatory research;social change;indigenous groups;voluntary development nongovernmental organizations

$81,308

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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Subject: Prospective PhD student: learning in social action Dear Professor Kapoor, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on learning in social action connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Learning in Precarious Migrant Worker (PMW) Organizing: Global Trails to Canada" (2022), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]