Janna Klostermann, University of Calgary

Research

care work long-term residential care feminist sociology gender relations narrative research nursing homes storytelling and the arts

Latest papers

Health equity, consensual care and the work that survivors of violence do to navigate healthcare services.
Social science & medicine (1982) · 2026
Bev Said "No": Learning From Nursing Home Residents About Care Politics in Our Aging Society.
The Gerontologist · 2023 · first author

All 2 publications

Latest funding

Care Work Shortages and Shifting Cultural Expectations in Alberta's Long-term Residential Care Sector: What Can We Learn at the Limits?
SSHRC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$69,194
What is the Best Policy Mix for Diverse Canadian Families with Young Children? Re-imagining Family Policies
SSHRC · 2019 · Co-investigator
$486,118

All 2 grants and awards

2 publications.

01

Health equity, consensual care and the work that survivors of violence do to navigate healthcare services.

Roebuck BS, Klostermann J, Jebakumar-Corbett C, Hust C, Leach T, Henderson MW, Hobbs P, McGlinchey D

Social science & medicine (1982)2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2026.119362 PMID: 42150230

02

Bev Said "No": Learning From Nursing Home Residents About Care Politics in Our Aging Society.

Klostermann J

The Gerontologist2023First author

DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnad069 PMID: 37330624

Care Work Shortages and Shifting Cultural Expectations in Alberta's Long-term Residential Care Sector: What Can We Learn at the Limits?

Principal investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Klostermann, Janna

Keywords: care work; long-term residential care; feminist sociology; gender relations; narrative research; nursing homes; storytelling and the arts

$69,194

What is the Best Policy Mix for Diverse Canadian Families with Young Children? Re-imagining Family Policies

Co-investigatorSSHRC2019Partnership Grants

Keywords: family policies; childcare; parental leave; employment policies; family research; feminist methodologies and epistemologies; cross-comparative research; community research

$486,118

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: care work Dear Professor Klostermann, 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 "Health equity, consensual care and the work that survivors of violence do to navigate healthcare services." (2026), 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 "Care Work Shortages and Shifting Cultural Expectations in Alberta's Long-term Residential Care Sector: What Can We Learn at the Limits?" (2023), 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]