Kathleen Peets, Toronto Metropolitan University

Research

early childhood education child development cross-cultural education play-based learning immigrant families African diaspora

Latest funding

Cross-cultural play-based learning
SSHRC · 2017 · Principal investigator
$174,724
The contributions of linguistic and cognitive factors to listening and reading comprehension in children with language impairment
SSHRC · 2013 · Principal investigator
$68,307

All 2 grants and awards

Cross-cultural play-based learning

Principal investigatorSSHRC2017Partnership Development Grants

Principal investigators: Peets, Kathleen F.

Keywords: early childhood education; child development; cross-cultural education; play-based learning; immigrant families; African diaspora

$174,724

The contributions of linguistic and cognitive factors to listening and reading comprehension in children with language impairment

Principal investigatorSSHRC2013

Principal investigators: Peets, Kathleen F.

$68,307

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: early childhood education Dear Professor Peets, 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 early childhood education 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]