Michelle Lafrance, St. Thomas University

Research

(1) Informal caregiving (2) Aging-in-place (3) Resilience (4) Qualitative (5) Psycho-Social Ethnography of the Commonplace (6) Critical Social Science

Latest funding

Informal caregivers of older adults: Exploring the individual, social, and political context in New Brunswick
SSHRC · 2018 · Principal investigator
$59,769

All 1 grants and awards

Informal caregivers of older adults: Exploring the individual, social, and political context in New Brunswick

Principal investigatorSSHRC2018Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Lafrance, Michelle

Keywords: (1) Informal caregiving; (2) Aging-in-place; (3) Resilience; (4) Qualitative; (5) Psycho-Social Ethnography of the Commonplace; (6) Critical Social Science

$59,769

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: (1) Informal caregiving Dear Professor Lafrance, 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 (1) informal caregiving 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]