Fiona MacPhail, University of Northern British Columbia

Research

Read how they describe their research on their University of Northern British Columbia profile.

My research interests include: gender paid and unpaid work and public policy poverty and inequality social license and resource extraction

Latest papers

Why do Mines Fail to Obtain a Social License to Operate?: Insights from the Proposed Kallak Iron Mine (Sweden) and the Prosperity/New Prosperity Gold-Copper Mine (Canada).
Environmental management · 2023 · first author

All 1 publications

Latest funding

Understanding Precarity in BC (UP-BC)
SSHRC · 2020 · Co-investigator
$912,288
Canadian Research Data Centre Network (CRDCN): Evolving to meet new research data needs and policy priorities
SSHRC · 2016 · Co-investigator
$10,150,000
Mapping the power of the carbon-extractive corporate resource sector
SSHRC · 2015 · Co-investigator
$2,496,543

All 8 grants and awards

1 publications.

01

Why do Mines Fail to Obtain a Social License to Operate?: Insights from the Proposed Kallak Iron Mine (Sweden) and the Prosperity/New Prosperity Gold-Copper Mine (Canada).

MacPhail F, Lindahl KB, Bowles P

Environmental management2023First author

DOI: 10.1007/s00267-021-01587-3 PMID: 35064807

Understanding Precarity in BC (UP-BC)

Co-investigatorSSHRC2020Partnership Grants

Keywords: precarity; precarious employment; policy; community based research; participatory research; regulation; intersectionality; British Columbia; mixed methods; survey research; knowledge base; data visualization; labour studies; geography; economics

$912,288

Canadian Research Data Centre Network (CRDCN): Evolving to meet new research data needs and policy priorities

Co-investigatorSSHRC2016Canadian Initiative on Social Statistics (CISS) Research Data Centres

Principal investigators: Veall, Michael R.

$10,150,000

Mapping the power of the carbon-extractive corporate resource sector

Co-investigatorSSHRC2015Partnership Grants

Keywords: political economy; political ecology; public sociology; corporate power and influence; extractivism and staples; carboniferous capitalism; civic participation

$2,496,543

Gestion des âges et des temps sociaux tout au long de la vie

Co-investigatorSSHRC2008

Keywords: conciliation emploi-familles; main-d'oeuvre vieillissante; gestion des âges; gestion des temps sociaux; parcours de vie; emploi; travail; aménagement du temps de travail; retraite; préretraite; organisation du travail; crédit-temps; gestion organisati

$989,000

Climate justice paths to an equitable and sustainable BC economy

Co-investigatorSSHRC2008

Keywords: climate change; inequality; urban planning; carbon pricing; environmental justice; mitigation; adaptation; labour market

$1,000,000

Globalizing Northern British Columbia

Co-investigatorSSHRC2008Research Grants - Northern Communities: Towards Social and Economic Prosperity

Principal investigators: Bowles, Paul

Keywords: globalization; northern development; regional development; regional governance

$132,000

Economic Security Project

Co-investigatorSSHRC2003Community-University Research Alliances (CURA)

Keywords: public policy; economic security; inequality; welfare; health; public services; governance

$1,000,000

The development of a national gender-focused economic costing group and design of a generic model for future economic costing of women's health care issues

Co-investigatorSSHRC1998Research Development Initiatives

Principal investigators: Greaves, Lorraine

$75,000

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.

Frequent collaborators

Paul Bowles

School of Economics

1 shared papers, latest 2023

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: My research interests include: gender Dear Professor MacPhail, 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 "Why do Mines Fail to Obtain a Social License to Operate?: Insights from the Proposed Kallak Iron Mine (Sweden) and the Prosperity/New Prosperity Gold-Copper Mine (Canada)." (2023), 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]