Natalie Oman, Ontario Tech University

Research

universities COVID-19 gender intersectionality academic labour precarity social inequality care work

Latest funding

Differential Impacts of Transition to Remote Academic Labour at GTA Universities During the COVID-19 Pandemic
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$21,469

Differential Impacts of Transition to Remote Academic Labour at GTA Universities During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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

Principal investigators: Oman, Natalie B.

Keywords: universities; COVID-19; gender; intersectionality; academic labour; precarity; social inequality; care work; feminism; human rights; labour exploitation; transformation of work

$21,469

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: universities Dear Professor Oman, 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 universities 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 "Differential Impacts of Transition to Remote Academic Labour at GTA Universities During the COVID-19 Pandemic" (2020), 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]