Sarah Wolfe, Royal Roads University

Research

emotion water Canada decision-making fear Guelph mortality salience Ontario

Latest funding

Beyond the Grave: Cemeteries as ecological and social spaces in the urban landscapes of Canada, Ireland, and the UK.
SSHRC · 2026 · Principal investigator
$100,000
A Tinderbox of Overlapping Stressors: examining southern Vancouver Island residents' emotions and behavioural responses to climate change and community planning
SSHRC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$352,451
The Affective Load of Sustainability Education: The implications of emotion for students' engagement and knowledge retention
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$197,200

All 4 grants and awards

Beyond the Grave: Cemeteries as ecological and social spaces in the urban landscapes of Canada, Ireland, and the UK.

Principal investigatorSSHRC2026Insight Development Grants

Principal investigators: Wolfe, Sarah

$100,000

A Tinderbox of Overlapping Stressors: examining southern Vancouver Island residents' emotions and behavioural responses to climate change and community planning

Principal investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Wolfe, Sarah Elizabeth

$352,451

The Affective Load of Sustainability Education: The implications of emotion for students' engagement and knowledge retention

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Partnership Development Grants

Principal investigators: Wolfe, Sarah Elizabeth

Keywords: affective education; climate change; ecology; emotion; environmental education; interdisciplinary; sustainability education; water

$197,200

Do mortality reminders influence our water decisions: a new variable for the era of climate change, drought and uncertainty

Principal investigatorSSHRC2018Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Wolfe, Sarah Elizabeth

Keywords: Canada; decision-making; emotion; fear; Guelph; mortality salience; Ontario; terror management theory; urban; Vancouver Island; water efficiency; water; Waterloo

$125,650

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: emotion Dear Professor Wolfe, 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 emotion 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 "Beyond the Grave: Cemeteries as ecological and social spaces in the urban landscapes of Canada, Ireland, and the UK." (2026), 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]