Claudia De Fuentes, Saint Mary's University

Research

Read how they describe their research on their Saint Mary's University profile.

Latest funding

Towards Community-Directed Adaptation Research (C-DAR)
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$53,767
From Decline to Re-emergence Pathway: Co-evolution of technology and market category in Canadian oat milling industry revival
SSHRC · 2021 · Co-investigator
$44,394
Wine-making or place-making? The role of the craft wine industry in rural revitalization
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$54,511

All 4 grants and awards

No publications available.

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

From Decline to Re-emergence Pathway: Co-evolution of technology and market category in Canadian oat milling industry revival

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Tajeddin, Mahdi

Keywords: Institutional change; Market category; Industry evolution; Re-emergence; Oat milling; Agriculture; Food; Sustainability; Technological change

$44,394

Wine-making or place-making? The role of the craft wine industry in rural revitalization

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: De Fuentes, Claudia

Keywords: Craft-based industries; Place-making; Local identity; Knowledge creation; Skill formation; Innovation; Rural Nova Scotia; Attraction and retention of skilled people

$54,511

Libre-échange, gouvernance et démocratie municipale - étude comparée de quatre villes canadiennes : Halifax, Montréal, Toronto et Vancouver

Principal investigatorSSHRC2017Insight Grants

Principal investigators: De Fuentes, Claudia

Keywords: démocratie municipale; gouvernement municipal; gouvernance multi-niveaux; accords de libre-échange; portes et corridors commerciaux; Canada et 4 provinces; Halifax; Montréal; Toronto; Vancouver

$184,892

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 Dear Professor De Fuentes, 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 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 "Wine-making or place-making? The role of the craft wine industry in rural revitalization" (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]