Mary O'Brien, Simon Fraser University

Research

nonnative speech human resources Canada bias mitigation awareness training

Latest funding

Evaluating foreign-born job applicants: Understanding and mitigating foreign accent bias among Canadian HR professionals
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$72,224

All 1 grants and awards

Evaluating foreign-born job applicants: Understanding and mitigating foreign accent bias among Canadian HR professionals

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Grants

Principal investigators: O'Brien, Mary G.

Keywords: nonnative speech; human resources; Canada; bias; mitigation; awareness training

$72,224

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: nonnative speech Dear Professor O'Brien, 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 nonnative speech 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 "Evaluating foreign-born job applicants: Understanding and mitigating foreign accent bias among Canadian HR professionals" (2021), 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]