Harper Keenan, University of British Columbia

Research

Elementary education Early childhood education Urban education Gender in education Race in education Social justice education Teacher education Pedagogy

Latest funding

Mental health and social supports of transgender and gender expansive adolescents in the context of shifting school-based policies in Canada: A mixed methods study
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$554,625
Understanding variations in delivery of sexual and gender minority-affirming sex education across Canada
SSHRC · 2023 · Co-investigator
$101,583
Economies of Order and Disorder in Brazilian Prisons
SSHRC · 2023 · Co-investigator
$72,007

All 4 grants and awards

Mental health and social supports of transgender and gender expansive adolescents in the context of shifting school-based policies in Canada: A mixed methods study

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Project Grant

Principal investigators: Salway, Travis; Jensen, Bennett

Keywords: Adolescence; Gender Diversity; Gender Identity; Health Policy; Lgbtq2 Health; Mental Health; Mixed Methods; Transgender Health

$554,625

Understanding variations in delivery of sexual and gender minority-affirming sex education across Canada

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Salway, Travis J.

Keywords: sex education; 2S/LGBTQ inclusion; social ecological model

$101,583

Economies of Order and Disorder in Brazilian Prisons

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Daudelin, Jean

Keywords: prisons; violence; governance; illegal markets; gender; race

$72,007

Building Blocks: The Construction of Gender and Race in Primary Education

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Keenan, Harper

Keywords: Elementary education; Early childhood education; Urban education; Gender in education; Race in education; Social justice education; Teacher education; Pedagogy; Childhood studies; LGBT issues in education

$66,857

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: Elementary education Dear Professor Keenan, 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 elementary education 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 "Building Blocks: The Construction of Gender and Race in Primary Education" (2020), 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]