Katherine Pendakis, Memorial University of Newfoundland

Research

sustainability migration immigration climate adaptation conflict Northern Development Thunder Bay racism

Latest funding

Newcomer Readiness and Sustainable Migration in the Canadian North: A Case Study Assessment of the Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot in Thunder Bay
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$40,164

Newcomer Readiness and Sustainable Migration in the Canadian North: A Case Study Assessment of the Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot in Thunder Bay

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Pendakis, Katherine

Keywords: sustainability; migration; immigration; climate adaptation; conflict; Northern Development; Thunder Bay; racism; neoliberalism; Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot

$40,164

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: sustainability Dear Professor Pendakis, 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 sustainability 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 "Newcomer Readiness and Sustainable Migration in the Canadian North: A Case Study Assessment of the Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot in Thunder Bay" (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]