Ayaka Yoshimizu, University of British Columbia

Research

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Latest funding

Parents vs. peers: Probing the influence of context on social information processing in adolescence
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$42,158
Memorializing the Ungrievable Deaths of Japanese Sex Workers in the Transoceanic Underground
SSHRC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$39,735
The Past, Present, and Future of Braided Solidarities: Asian-Indigenous Relations Symposium
SSHRC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$45,000

All 3 grants and awards

No publications available.

Parents vs. peers: Probing the influence of context on social information processing in adolescence

Co-investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Morningstar, Michele

Keywords: social information processing; social contexts; adolescence; emotion; attention; interpretation; expression; social competence; social functioning

$42,158

Memorializing the Ungrievable Deaths of Japanese Sex Workers in the Transoceanic Underground

Principal investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Yoshimizu, Ayaka

Keywords: Memorials; Cultural memory; Multi-sited ethnography; Global Asias; Migration; Human trafficking; Sex work; Gender; Colonialism; Decolonial methodology

$39,735

The Past, Present, and Future of Braided Solidarities: Asian-Indigenous Relations Symposium

Principal investigatorSSHRC2024Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Yoshimizu, Ayaka

Keywords: Asian-Indigenous relations; coalition building; community engagement; Asian diaspora; Indigenous Knowledge

$45,000

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 Dear Professor Yoshimizu, 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 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 "Memorializing the Ungrievable Deaths of Japanese Sex Workers in the Transoceanic Underground" (2024), 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]