Ann Farrell, Brock University

Research

children youth adolescents loneliness well-being mental health COVID-19 social relationships

Latest funding

Adolescents' Use of Cooperative and Coercive Social Power
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$70,469
Lessons from the COVID-19 Global Pandemic: Implications for Social Relationships, Loneliness, and the Well-Being of Canadian Children and Youth
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$27,940

All 2 grants and awards

Adolescents' Use of Cooperative and Coercive Social Power

Co-investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Volk, Anthony A.

Keywords: social power; adolescence; development

$70,469

Lessons from the COVID-19 Global Pandemic: Implications for Social Relationships, Loneliness, and the Well-Being of Canadian Children and Youth

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Knowledge Synthesis Grants - Emerging Asocial Society

Principal investigators: Farrell, Ann

Keywords: children; youth; adolescents; loneliness; well-being; mental health; COVID-19; social relationships

$27,940

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: children Dear Professor Farrell, 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 children 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 "Lessons from the COVID-19 Global Pandemic: Implications for Social Relationships, Loneliness, and the Well-Being of Canadian Children and Youth" (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]