Jill Wigle, Carleton University

Research

Read how they describe their research on their Carleton University profile.

The social production of housing and the right to the city Urban planning, spatial regulation, power and precarity Affordable housing and community land trusts

Latest funding

South-South Migration and Migrant Food Insecurity: Interactions, Impacts and Remedies (MiFood Project)
SSHRC · 2020 · Co-investigator
$849,500
Spatial governance and informal settlement in Mexico City
SSHRC · 2011 · Principal investigator
$106,787
Comparative greenbelt governance and the valuing of nature in cities
SSHRC · 2011 · Principal investigator
$74,802

All 3 grants and awards

No publications available.

South-South Migration and Migrant Food Insecurity: Interactions, Impacts and Remedies (MiFood Project)

Co-investigatorSSHRC2020Partnership Grants

Keywords: south-south migration; food security; cities; corridors; global south

$849,500

Spatial governance and informal settlement in Mexico City

Principal investigatorSSHRC2011

Principal investigators: Wigle, Jill

Keywords: urban informality; informal housing; informal settlement; urban governance; urban planning; land use planning; spatial governmentality; Mexico City

$106,787

Comparative greenbelt governance and the valuing of nature in cities

Principal investigatorSSHRC2011Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Wigle, Jill S.

Keywords: urban growth; urban policy; greenbelt planning; comparative urban planning; neo-liberal urban governance; ottawa; the federal district Mexico

$74,802

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: The social production of housing and the right to the city Dear Professor Wigle, 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 the social production of housing and the right to the city 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]