Parin Dossa, Simon Fraser University

Research

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Latest papers

Structural violence in Afghanistan: gendered memory, narratives, and food.
Medical anthropology · 2013 · first author
Racialized bodies, disabling worlds "they [service providers] always saw me as a client, not as a worker".
Social science & medicine (1982) · 2005 · first author

All 2 publications

Latest funding

Targeting Muslims: islamophobic hate crime in Canada
SSHRC · 2017 · Co-investigator
$181,804
Writing trauma: testimonial narratives of Afghan women - homeland to diaspora
SSHRC · 2007 · Principal investigator
$101,000
Proposal for a SFU-UBC joint centre of excellence for the study of immigration and integration
SSHRC · 1996 · Co-investigator
$1,386,500

All 3 grants and awards

2 publications.

01

Structural violence in Afghanistan: gendered memory, narratives, and food.

Dossa P

Medical anthropology2013First author

DOI: 10.1080/01459740.2012.721826 PMID: 23944245

02

Racialized bodies, disabling worlds "they [service providers] always saw me as a client, not as a worker".

Dossa P

Social science & medicine (1982)2005First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2004.11.011 PMID: 15814178

Targeting Muslims: islamophobic hate crime in Canada

Co-investigatorSSHRC2017Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Helly, Denise

Keywords: hate crime; Islam; Muslim; Canada;

$181,804

Writing trauma: testimonial narratives of Afghan women - homeland to diaspora

Principal investigatorSSHRC2007Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Dossa, Parin A.

Keywords: diaspora and migration; gender; health; trauma; suffering; muslim women; policy; aging; feminist ethnography; medical anthropology

$101,000

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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Subject: Prospective PhD student Dear Professor Dossa, 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]. I read your paper "Structural violence in Afghanistan: gendered memory, narratives, and food." (2013), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] 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]