Sarah Cooper, University of Manitoba

Research

non-profit housing social housing hybridity commodification settler-colonial capitalism Canada

Latest funding

New Housing Alternatives for a Socially-Just, Post-Covid Urban Canada
SSHRC · 2023 · Co-investigator
$286,635
An intersectional minority stress model of the effects of weight and sexuality self-stigma on psychosocial outcomes
SSHRC · 2023 · Co-investigator
$58,333
Non-profit Housing in Canada: Today and Tomorrow
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$49,790

New Housing Alternatives for a Socially-Just, Post-Covid Urban Canada

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Partnership Grants

Keywords: housing policy; housing precarity; housing financialization; community land trusts; models of housing provision

$286,635

An intersectional minority stress model of the effects of weight and sexuality self-stigma on psychosocial outcomes

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Canada Graduate Scholarships - Doctoral

Principal investigators: Withnell, Samantha

Keywords: weight stigma; sexual orientation; intersectionality; self-stigma; minority stress

$58,333

Non-profit Housing in Canada: Today and Tomorrow

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Cooper, Sarah

Keywords: non-profit housing; social housing; hybridity; commodification; settler-colonial capitalism; Canada

$49,790

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

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: non-profit housing Dear Professor Cooper, 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 non-profit housing 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 "Non-profit Housing in Canada: Today and Tomorrow" (2021), 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]