Susan Machum, St. Thomas University

Research

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Latest funding

Canada Research Chair in Rural Social Justice
SSHRC · 2011 · Principal investigator
$500,000
Rural Social Justice Centre for Research Capacity Building
CFI · 2011 · Principal investigator
$74,847
Managing the family business through crisis: exploring women's involvement in family owned and operated forestry enterprises
SSHRC · 2007 · Principal investigator
$39,050

All 6 grants and awards

No publications available.

Canada Research Chair in Rural Social Justice

Principal investigatorSSHRC2011Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Machum, Susan T.

Keywords: social justice, rural communities, economic development, sustainability, social change, agriculture, food, regional studies, social networks, qualitative analysis

$500,000

Rural Social Justice Centre for Research Capacity Building

Principal investigatorCFI2011John R. Evans Leaders Fund: Leaders Opportunity Fund - Funding for infrastructure associated with a Canada Research Chair

Principal investigators: Machum, Susan

Keywords: social justice, rural communities, economic development, sustainability, social change, agriculture, food, regional studies, social networks, qualitative analysis

$74,847

Managing the family business through crisis: exploring women's involvement in family owned and operated forestry enterprises

Principal investigatorSSHRC2007Research Development Initiatives

Principal investigators: Machum, Susan T.

Keywords: women; work; unpaid market labour; family businesses; self-employment; entrepreneurs; forestry; diversification; decision-making processes; household management; financial planning

$39,050

Canada Research Chair in Social Justice

Principal investigatorSSHRC2006Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Machum, Susan T

Keywords: social justice; primary sector; women's work; rural family enterprises; survival strategies

$500,000

Rural Social Justice Research Centre

Principal investigatorCFI2006John R. Evans Leaders Fund: Leaders Opportunity Fund - Funding for infrastructure associated with a Canada Research Chair

Principal investigators: Machum, Susan

Keywords: Social justice, primary sector, women's work, ruralfamily enterprises, survival strategies

$74,997

The industrial city in transition: a cultural and environmental inventory of Greater Saint John

Co-investigatorSSHRC2003Community-University Research Alliances (CURA)

Keywords: urban change; industrial/post-industrial transition; labour force restructuring; demography; multiculturalism; social and environmental history; economic history; urban and regional planning; urban sustainability; cultural representation; museum studies

$986,522

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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