Yolande Bouka, Queen's University

Research

Women Gender Agency Non-state armed groups War Angola Namibia Rebellion

Latest funding

Silent Signals: Implicit Norm Communication Through Environmental Design for Well-Being
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$75,419
Global Feminist Resilience Network
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$15,000
Confronting Backlash and Barriers from the Global to the Local: The 25th Anniversary of Women, Peace, and Security
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$44,721

All 7 grants and awards

Silent Signals: Implicit Norm Communication Through Environmental Design for Well-Being

Co-investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Duke, Kristen

Keywords: social norms; well-being; marketing; consumer psychology

$75,419

Global Feminist Resilience Network

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Destination Horizon Grants

Principal investigators: von Hlatky, Stéfanie

$15,000

Confronting Backlash and Barriers from the Global to the Local: The 25th Anniversary of Women, Peace, and Security

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Bell, Colleen D.

Keywords: Women; peace; security; conflict; war; gender-based violence; colonialism

$44,721

Afrofeminist Thought and Political Transformation

Principal investigatorSSHRC2023Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Bouka, Yolande

$120,000

No Women, No Peace? Gender Advocacy and Regional Security

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021Department of National Defence Research Initiative (DNDRI)

Principal investigators: von Hlatky, Stéfanie

Keywords: women; peace and security; gender; peace; international organizations; regional security

$116,069

Gender Equality and Security in African Wars: Learning from Female Combatants in Angola and Namibia

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Bouka, Yolande

Keywords: Women; Gender; Agency; Non-state armed groups; War; Angola; Namibia; Rebellion; Gender norms; Demobilization

$64,143

No Women, No Peace? Gender Advocacy and Regional Security

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021Department of National Defence Research Initiative (DNDRI)

Principal investigators: von Hlatky, Stéfanie

Keywords: women; peace and security; gender; peace; international organizations; regional security

$166,138

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: Women Dear Professor Bouka, 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 women 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 "Afrofeminist Thought and Political Transformation" (2023), 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]