Jason Foster, University of Alberta

Research

climate change just transition industrial transition workshop Alberta workforce development community economic development

Latest papers

Bloody Lucky: the careless worker myth in Alberta, Canada.
International journal of occupational and environmental health · 2012 · senior author

All 1 publications

Latest funding

Implementing a Just Transition in Alberta
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$20,000

All 1 grants and awards

1 publications.

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Bloody Lucky: the careless worker myth in Alberta, Canada.

Barnetson B, Foster J

International journal of occupational and environmental health2012Senior author

DOI: 10.1179/1077352512z.00000000020 PMID: 22762494

Implementing a Just Transition in Alberta

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Foster, Jason B.

Keywords: climate change; just transition; industrial transition; workshop; Alberta; workforce development; community economic development

$20,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Frequent collaborators

Jason Foster

Faculty

1 shared papers, latest 2012

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: climate change Dear Professor Foster, 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]. I read your paper "Bloody Lucky: the careless worker myth in Alberta, Canada." (2012), and it 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 "Implementing a Just Transition in Alberta" (2021), 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]