Mary O'Brien, University of Calgary

Research

Read how they describe their research on their University of Calgary profile.

nonnative speech human resources Canada bias mitigation awareness training multilingualism Access

Latest papers

Professional integration of immigrant medical professionals through alternative career pathways: an Internet scan to synthesize the current landscape.
Human resources for health · 2021
Alternative career pathways for international medical graduates towards job market integration: a literature review.
International journal of medical education · 2021

All 2 publications

Latest funding

New Directions in German Language Research and Teaching
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$24,998
Evaluating foreign-born job applicants: Understanding and mitigating foreign accent bias among Canadian HR professionals
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$87,586
Enhancing newcomer resettlement through a community engaged knowledge mobilization hub
SSHRC · 2020 · Co-investigator
$200,000

All 11 grants and awards

2 publications.

01

Professional integration of immigrant medical professionals through alternative career pathways: an Internet scan to synthesize the current landscape.

Turin TC, Chowdhury N, Ekpekurede M, Lake D, Lasker MAA, O'Brien M, Goopy S

Human resources for health2021

DOI: 10.1186/s12960-021-00599-8 PMID: 33865402

02

Alternative career pathways for international medical graduates towards job market integration: a literature review.

Turin TC, Chowdhury N, Ekpekurede M, Lake D, Lasker M, O'Brien M, Goopy S

International journal of medical education2021

DOI: 10.5116/ijme.606a.e83d PMID: 33839694

New Directions in German Language Research and Teaching

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Connection Grants

Principal investigators: O'Brien, Mary G.

Keywords: German language; linguistics; teaching; historical; applied

$24,998

Evaluating foreign-born job applicants: Understanding and mitigating foreign accent bias among Canadian HR professionals

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Grants

Principal investigators: O'Brien, Mary G.

Keywords: nonnative speech; human resources; Canada; bias; mitigation; awareness training

$87,586

Enhancing newcomer resettlement through a community engaged knowledge mobilization hub

Co-investigatorSSHRC2020Partnership Development Grants

Principal investigators: Chowdhury, Tanvir

Keywords: newcomer; immigrant; practitioners; academic; partnership; knowledge hub

$200,000

Exploring and mitigating attitudinal bias towards immigrants in Quebec and Alberta

Co-investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Trofimovich, Pavel

Keywords: attitudinal bias; immigration; intercultural communication; ethnolinguistic identity; second language speech; community outreach; applied linguistics; education; community-engaged scholarship

$72,924

Healthcare Access for an Immigrant Community: Identifying and Prioritizing Barriers for Mitigation through Community Engagement

Co-investigatorCIHR2016Patient-Oriented Research Collaboration Grants

Principal investigators: Chowdhury, Tanvir T; Lasker, Mohammad A; O'Beirne, Maeve; Rymkiewicz, Peter M; Saini, Vineet

Keywords: Community Driven Research Priority; Participatory Action Research

$25,000

Producing and processing simplex and complex words in second language German

Principal investigatorSSHRC2016Insight Grants

Principal investigators: O'Brien, Mary G.

Keywords: multilingualism; second language; processing; psycholinguistics; foreign accent; lexical stress; morphology; phonetics; prosody

$61,974

Pronunciation in second language learning and teaching

Principal investigatorSSHRC2015Connection Grants

Principal investigators: O'Brien, Mary G.

Keywords: multilingualism; second language; pronunciation; pedagogy; computer technology

$22,555

Language Learning among Atypical Children

Nominated PICIHR2013CIHR Café Scientifique Program

Principal investigators: O'Brien, Mary G

Keywords: Access; Accommodations; Autism Spectrum Disorder; Bilingualism; Children; Diagnosis; Multilingualism; Schooling

$3,000

Overcoming language barriers to healthcare

Nominated PICIHR2012CIHR Café Scientifique Program

Principal investigators: O'Brien, Mary G

Keywords: Access; Bilingualism; Diagnosis; Healthcare Providers; Immigrants; Multilingualism; Patients; Treatment

$3,000

Interdisciplinary approaches to multlingualism

Co-investigatorSSHRC2012Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Naqvi, Rahat

Keywords: multilingualism; second language acquisition; psycholinguistics

$47,098

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

Community Health Sciences
School of Languages, Linguistics, Literatures and Cultures
Family Medicine

Co-authors at University of Calgary, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.

Deidre Lake

Community Health Sciences

2 shared papers, latest 2021

Nashit Chowdhury

Community Health Sciences

2 shared papers, latest 2021

Mohammad Lasker

Family Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2021

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: nonnative speech Dear Professor O'Brien, 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 "Professional integration of immigrant medical professionals through alternative career pathways: an Internet scan to synthesize the current landscape." (2021), 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 "New Directions in German Language Research and Teaching" (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]