Martha MacDonald, Saint Mary's University

Research

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

Latest papers

But where's the body? Bodies, time, money, and the political economy of post-pandemic field research.
Qualitative research : QR · 2025
Inter-provincial variation in older home care clients and their pathways: a population-based retrospective cohort study in Canada.
BMC geriatrics · 2023

All 2 publications

Latest funding

Learning from the pandemic? Planning for a long-term care labour force
SSHRC · 2022 · Co-investigator
$40,376
Learning from the pandemic? Planning for a long-term care labour force
SSHRC · 2022 · Co-investigator
$46,534
Imagining age-friendly communities within communities: international promising practices
SSHRC · 2018 · Co-investigator
$1,884,103

All 9 grants and awards

2 publications.

01

But where's the body? Bodies, time, money, and the political economy of post-pandemic field research.

Baines D, Braedley S, Daly T, Ågotnes G, Banerjee A, Chaccour E, Côté-Boucher K, Glasdam S, Hillier S, MacDonald M, Jacobsen FF, Stilwell C

Qualitative research : QR2025

DOI: 10.1177/14687941241264473 PMID: 40503447

02

Inter-provincial variation in older home care clients and their pathways: a population-based retrospective cohort study in Canada.

Mitchell L, Poss J, MacDonald M, Burke R, Keefe JM

BMC geriatrics2023

DOI: 10.1186/s12877-023-04097-5 PMID: 37365495

Learning from the pandemic? Planning for a long-term care labour force

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Armstrong, Pat

Keywords: long-term care; nursing home; care work; labour force; comparative research; gender

$40,376

Learning from the pandemic? Planning for a long-term care labour force

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Armstrong, Pat

Keywords: long-term care; nursing home; care work; labour force; comparative research; gender

$46,534

Imagining age-friendly communities within communities: international promising practices

Co-investigatorSSHRC2018Partnership Grants

Keywords: age friendly communities; aging; promising practices; policies and systems; design; approaches to care; conditions and quality of life; international comparative studies; gender; LGBTIQ2S; ethno-racial; Indigenous; abilities; dementias; poverty

$1,884,103

Imagining age-friendly communities within communities: international promising practices

Co-investigatorSSHRC2017Partnership Grants

Keywords: age friendly communities; aging; promising practices; policies and systems; design; approaches to care; conditions and quality of life; international comparative studies; gender; LGBTIQ2S; ethno-racial; Indigenous; abilities; dementias; poverty

$615,897

On the move: employment-related geographical mobility in the Canadian context

Co-investigatorSSHRC2011Partnership Grants

Keywords: work restructuring; employment mobility; labour markets; human resource management; policy; household dynamics; community development

$2,500,000

Re-imagining long-term residential care: an international study of promising practices

Co-investigatorSSHRC2010Major Collaborative Research Initiatives Program

Principal investigators: Armstrong, Pat

Keywords: long-term care; elderly; theories of care; work organization; quality of care; ownership; accountability; health policy; gender

$2,498,987

Community-University Research for Recovery Alliance-CURA

Co-investigatorSSHRC2007Community-University Research Alliances (CURA)

Keywords: fisheries; governance; work health; integrated management; fish harvesters' knowledge; science habitat; community recovery

$1,000,000

The social economy and sustainability: innovations in bridging, bonding, and capacity building

Co-investigatorSSHRC2005The Social Economy Suite

Keywords: social economy; social policy; mobilization; food security; communication; community management of natural resources; governance; action research; mapping; curriculum development; social accounting and auditing

$1,748,820

Coasts under stress: the impact of social and environmental restructuring on environmental and human health in Canada

Co-investigatorSSHRC1999Major Collaborative Research Initiatives Program

Principal investigators: Ommer, Rosemary

Keywords: health; environment; communities; coastal; restructuring; political ecology; interdisciplinary

$2,500,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Frequent collaborators

Sobey School of Business
School of Social Work
School of Nursing
Welfare State
Health Policy and Management

Co-authors at Saint Mary's University, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.

Susan Braedley

Welfare State

1 shared papers, latest 2025

Tamara Daly

Health Policy and Management

1 shared papers, latest 2025

Sean Hillier

School of Nursing

1 shared papers, latest 2025

Donna Baines

School of Social Work

1 shared papers, latest 2025

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Subject: Prospective PhD student Dear Professor MacDonald, 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]. I read your paper "But where's the body? Bodies, time, money, and the political economy of post-pandemic field research." (2025), and it 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]