Noel Dyck, Simon Fraser University

Research

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Latest funding

Gearing down: an anthropological study of changing mobility patterns among previously peripatetic professionals
SSHRC · 2018 · Co-investigator
$95,529
In the shadow of the games: an anthropological study of child and youth sports in an Olympic city
SSHRC · 2008 · Principal investigator
$39,420
Coming of age in an era of globalization: achieving cultural distinction through student travel abroad
SSHRC · 2004 · Co-investigator
$110,706

All 4 grants and awards

No publications available.

Gearing down: an anthropological study of changing mobility patterns among previously peripatetic professionals

Co-investigatorSSHRC2018Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Amit, Vered

Keywords: mobility; migration; life transitions; privilege; nonmovers; livelihoods

$95,529

In the shadow of the games: an anthropological study of child and youth sports in an Olympic city

Principal investigatorSSHRC2008Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Dyck, Noel E.

Keywords: children; youth; sports; community organizations; olympics

$39,420

Coming of age in an era of globalization: achieving cultural distinction through student travel abroad

Co-investigatorSSHRC2004Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Amit, Vered

Keywords: travel; coming of age; transnationality; youth

$110,706

Proposal for a SFU-UBC joint centre of excellence for the study of immigration and integration

Co-investigatorSSHRC1996Immigration and the Metropolis

$1,386,500

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

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