Julie Young, University of Lethbridge

Research

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Latest funding

Bordering Canada: Examining the Impacts of Multi-Level Border Enforcement Policies At, Within, and Beyond the Canada-US Border
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$206,972
Critical Border Studies
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$25,000
Critical Border Studies
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$200,000

All 5 grants and awards

No publications available.

Bordering Canada: Examining the Impacts of Multi-Level Border Enforcement Policies At, Within, and Beyond the Canada-US Border

Co-investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Atak, Idil

$206,972

Critical Border Studies

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Young, Julie

Keywords: Borders Migration Displacement Refugees Policy Advocacy Precarious legal status

$25,000

Critical Border Studies

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Young, Julie

$200,000

Contested border crossings: Assessing the impacts of Canadian refugee deterrence policies and practices

Principal investigatorSSHRC2018Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Young, Julie

Keywords: (1) Border studies; (2) Refugee studies; (3) Migration; (4) Policy; (5) Deterrence; (6) Canada; (7) Mexico; (8) Central America; (9) North America

$38,641

Social Justice of Borders

Principal investigatorSSHRC2017Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Young, Julie E.E.

Keywords: border studies, refugee studies, displacement, migration, indigenous-settler relations, settler colonial states, north america, nafta, canada, mexico.

$595,000

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 Dear Professor Young, 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 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 "Critical Border Studies" (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]