Elizabeth Comack, University of Manitoba

Research

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Latest funding

Community-Driven Solutions to Poverty: Challenges and Possibilities
SSHRC · 2020 · Co-investigator
$996,134
Community-Driven Solutions to Poverty: Challenges and Possibilities
SSHRC · 2019 · Co-investigator
$793,151
Partnering for change: community based solutions for Aboriginal and inner-city poverty
SSHRC · 2011 · Co-investigator
$2,500,000

No publications available.

Community-Driven Solutions to Poverty: Challenges and Possibilities

Co-investigatorSSHRC2020Partnership Grants

Keywords: poverty; community economic development; community based participatory research; Indigenous research; urban studies; sociology; Northern communities; economics; collaborative research; community based organization

$996,134

Community-Driven Solutions to Poverty: Challenges and Possibilities

Co-investigatorSSHRC2019Partnership Grants

Keywords: poverty; community economic development; community based participatory research; Indigenous research; urban studies; sociology; Northern communities; economics; collaborative research; community based organization

$793,151

Partnering for change: community based solutions for Aboriginal and inner-city poverty

Co-investigatorSSHRC2011Partnership Grants

Keywords: Aboriginal research; urban studies; poverty; community economic development; community based participatory research; sociology; northern communities; economics; collaborative research; longitudinal analysis; community based organizations

$2,500,000

Manitoba research alliance for transforming inner city and Aboriginal communities

Co-investigatorSSHRC2007Community-University Research Alliances (CURA)

Keywords: poverty: community development; community economic development; Aboriginal peoples; diaspora peoples; immigration; multiculturalism; gender issues; justice; security; housing; neighbourhood revitalization; education; training; employment

$1,000,000

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.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student Dear Professor Comack, 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.] 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]