Heather Hachigian, Royal Roads University

Research

community wealth building community ownership democratic ownership social acquisition public policy social value impact measurement social procurement

Latest funding

Social Finance in Canada: Scaling community bonds to create social impact
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$30,023
OWNERSHIP MATTERS: A CANADIAN POLICY AGENDA FOR COMMUNITY OWNERSHIP OF WEALTH-GENERATING ASSETS
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$35,952
Applying the Sustainable Development Goals as a lens for measuring social value in procurement
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$24,816

All 3 grants and awards

Social Finance in Canada: Scaling community bonds to create social impact

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Jamal, Audrey

Keywords: Social Finance; Local Economic Development; Community Development; Community Bonds; Place-Based Economies; Urban/Rural Economic Development; Community Wealth Building; Community-finance; Sustainable economies; Equitable economies

$30,023

OWNERSHIP MATTERS: A CANADIAN POLICY AGENDA FOR COMMUNITY OWNERSHIP OF WEALTH-GENERATING ASSETS

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Hachigian, Heather

Keywords: community wealth building; community ownership; democratic ownership; social acquisition; public policy

$35,952

Applying the Sustainable Development Goals as a lens for measuring social value in procurement

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Partnership Engage Grants

Principal investigators: Hachigian, Heather

Keywords: social value; impact measurement; social procurement; social accounting

$24,816

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: community wealth building Dear Professor Hachigian, 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 on community wealth building 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 "OWNERSHIP MATTERS: A CANADIAN POLICY AGENDA FOR COMMUNITY OWNERSHIP OF WEALTH-GENERATING ASSETS" (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]