Shelley Jones, Royal Roads University

Research

Uganda child rights education children's empowerment decolonizing participatory action research teachers' professional development Canada COVID-19

Latest funding

Child Rights Education in Diverse Global Contexts and Times of Crises - A decolonizing, participatory action research project with educators, children, and community members in Canada and Uganda
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$143,764
Child Rights Education in Diverse Global Contexts and Times of Crises - A decolonizing, participatory action research project with educators, children, and community members in Canada and Uganda
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$72,600
A Pandemic Recovery Response: Expanding Opportunities for Young Ugandan Mothers
SSHRC · 2022 · Co-investigator
$214,898

All 4 grants and awards

Child Rights Education in Diverse Global Contexts and Times of Crises - A decolonizing, participatory action research project with educators, children, and community members in Canada and Uganda

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Jones, Shelley

Keywords: child rights; education; children's empowerment; decolonizing participatory action research; teachers' professional development; Uganda; Canada

$143,764

Child Rights Education in Diverse Global Contexts and Times of Crises - A decolonizing, participatory action research project with educators, children, and community members in Canada and Uganda

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Jones, Shelley

Keywords: child rights; education; children's empowerment; decolonizing participatory action research; teachers' professional development; Uganda; Canada

$72,600

A Pandemic Recovery Response: Expanding Opportunities for Young Ugandan Mothers

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022New Frontiers in Research Fund - Special Calls

Principal investigators: Smith-Carrier, Tracy

Keywords: girls/women's empowerment; gender and education; Uganda; Participatory Action Research; educational policy; social services; health and wellbeing; gender equality; adolescent pregnancies; reproductive justice

$214,898

COVID-19 as an urgent call for commitment to women's resilience and empowerment: A participatory action research project with vulnerable women in Uganda

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Partnership Engage Grants (PEG) COVID-19 Special Initiative

Principal investigators: Jones, Shelley

Keywords: COVID-19; women's empowerment; participatory action research; gender equality; Uganda; resilience; economic empowerment

$23,833

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: Uganda Dear Professor Jones, 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 uganda 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 "Child Rights Education in Diverse Global Contexts and Times of Crises - A decolonizing, participatory action research project with educators, children, and community members in Canada and Uganda" (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]