Patricia Fitzpatrick, University of Winnipeg

Research

energy transition critical minerals GBA+Sex Gender Ableism LGBTQ2S+impact assessment

Latest papers

Mining communities from a resilience perspective: managing disturbance and vulnerability in Itabira, Brazil.
Environmental management · 2014
Environmental impact assessment under the Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act: deliberative democracy in Canada's North?
Environmental management · 2008 · first author

All 2 publications

Latest funding

Empowering the Community: Environmental Assessment Reform in Manitoba
SSHRC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$25,000
Energy transition for whom? A Synthesis of GBA+, queer, and disability knowledge and gaps in the energy and critical minerals policy landscape
SSHRC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$30,000
Community appropriate sustainable energy security in Indigenous and Northern communities
SSHRC · 2019 · Co-investigator
$1,521,695

All 7 grants and awards

2 publications.

01

Mining communities from a resilience perspective: managing disturbance and vulnerability in Itabira, Brazil.

Wasylycia-Leis J, Fitzpatrick P, Fonseca A

Environmental management2014

DOI: 10.1007/s00267-014-0230-1 PMID: 24469383

02

Environmental impact assessment under the Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act: deliberative democracy in Canada's North?

Fitzpatrick P, Sinclair AJ, Mitchell B

Environmental management2008First author

DOI: 10.1007/s00267-008-9098-2 PMID: 18368444

Empowering the Community: Environmental Assessment Reform in Manitoba

Principal investigatorSSHRC2024Partnership Engage Grants

Principal investigators: Fitzpatrick, Patricia J.

Keywords: impact assessment; law reform; manitoba; community engagement;

$25,000

Energy transition for whom? A Synthesis of GBA+, queer, and disability knowledge and gaps in the energy and critical minerals policy landscape

Principal investigatorSSHRC2024Knowledge Synthesis Grants - Envisioning Governance Systems that Work

Principal investigators: Fitzpatrick, Patricia J.

Keywords: energy transition; critical minerals; GBA+; Sex; Gender; Ableism; LGBTQ2S+

$30,000

Community appropriate sustainable energy security in Indigenous and Northern communities

Co-investigatorSSHRC2019Partnership Grants

Keywords: Northern energy security; renewable energy; Northern and Indigenous communities; sister communities; community energy planning; energy policy; energy futures; energy transition

$1,521,695

Community appropriate sustainable energy security in Indigenous and Northern communities

Co-investigatorSSHRC2018Partnership Grants

Keywords: Northern energy security; renewable energy; Northern and Indigenous communities; sister communities; community energy planning; energy policy; energy futures; energy transition

$880,170

Silos and systems, development and sustainability: catalytic forces in mineral policy

Principal investigatorSSHRC2010Standard Research Grants program

Principal investigators: Fitzpatrick, Patricia J.

Keywords: sustainability; mineral development; public administration; Canada; public policy; learning

$112,210

Silos and systems, development and sustainability: catalytic forces in mineral policy

Principal investigatorSSHRC2009Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Fitzpatrick, Patricia J.

Keywords: sustainability; mineral development; public administration; Canada; public policy

$12,775

Abandoned mines in Northern Canada: historical consequences and mitigation of current impacts

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

Principal investigators: Sandlos, John K.

Keywords: mining; Northern Canada; abandoned mines; environmental impacts; social impacts; economic impacts; Aboriginal people; participatory research; political ecology; mitigation of impacts

$250,000

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: energy transition Dear Professor Fitzpatrick, 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 "Mining communities from a resilience perspective: managing disturbance and vulnerability in Itabira, Brazil." (2014), and it 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 "Empowering the Community: Environmental Assessment Reform in Manitoba" (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]