Lisa Starr, University of Lethbridge

Research

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Latest funding

MOBILIZE: NEW TEACHERS MOBILIZING GENDER TRANSFORMATIVE CHANGE IN SIERRA LEONE
SSHRC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$368,933
TRANSFORM: Engaging with Youth for Social Change
SSHRC · 2023 · Co-investigator
$500,000

All 2 grants and awards

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MOBILIZE: NEW TEACHERS MOBILIZING GENDER TRANSFORMATIVE CHANGE IN SIERRA LEONE

Principal investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Starr, Lisa J.

$368,933

TRANSFORM: Engaging with Youth for Social Change

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Partnership Grants

Keywords: Gender-transformation; Agency; Images; Visual Methodologies; Transnational; Feminist; Youth-led; Intergenerationality; Decoloniality

$500,000

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 Starr, 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 "MOBILIZE: NEW TEACHERS MOBILIZING GENDER TRANSFORMATIVE CHANGE IN SIERRA LEONE" (2025), 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]