Joyline Makani, Dalhousie University

Research

entrepreurship immigrants small and medium enterprises networking systems education technology virtual learning African Nova Scotians

Latest funding

Towards Community-Directed Adaptation Research (C-DAR)
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$53,767
Are We Including Canada's Immigrant Entrepreneurs?: Developing Inclusive and Effective Entrepreneurial Network Systems
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$24,753
The Education Impact of COVID-19 Crisis on African Nova Scotian Household Survey
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$25,000

All 4 grants and awards

Towards Community-Directed Adaptation Research (C-DAR)

Co-investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Bowness, Evan W.

Keywords: Community-Directed Research; Land-Based Communities; Visual Social Science; Climate Change Adaptation; Transdisciplinarity

$53,767

Are We Including Canada's Immigrant Entrepreneurs?: Developing Inclusive and Effective Entrepreneurial Network Systems

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Partnership Engage Grants

Principal investigators: Makani, Joyline

Keywords: entrepreurship; immigrants; small and medium enterprises; networking systems

$24,753

The Education Impact of COVID-19 Crisis on African Nova Scotian Household Survey

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Partnership Engage Grants (PEG) COVID-19 Special Initiative

Principal investigators: Makani, Joyline

Keywords: education; technology; virtual learning; African Nova Scotians; academic achievement; COVID-19

$25,000

LEARNING - Strengthening deeper learning through virtual teams in e-learning: a synthesis of determinants and best practices

Co-investigatorSSHRC2014

Principal investigators: Durier-Copp, Martine

$24,573

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: entrepreurship Dear Professor Makani, 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 entrepreurship 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 "Are We Including Canada's Immigrant Entrepreneurs?: Developing Inclusive and Effective Entrepreneurial Network Systems" (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]