Lorella Di Cintio, Toronto Metropolitan University

Research

Housing Unhoused Homelessness interiors (interior architecture interior design)architecture film intense interiors

Latest funding

The Law Studio: Learning from Architectural Pedagogies to Reimagine Legal Education
SSHRC · 2026 · Co-investigator
$83,300
housed...[un]housed...[re]housed symposium
SSHRC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$44,560
Intense Interiors symposium
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$22,252

All 3 grants and awards

The Law Studio: Learning from Architectural Pedagogies to Reimagine Legal Education

Co-investigatorSSHRC2026Insight Development Grants

Principal investigators: Wallace, Simon

$83,300

housed...[un]housed...[re]housed symposium

Principal investigatorSSHRC2024Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Di Cintio, Lorella

Keywords: Housing;Unhoused;Homelessness

$44,560

Intense Interiors symposium

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Di Cintio, Lorella

Keywords: interiors (interior architecture; interior design); architecture; film; intense interiors; pandemic (post-pandemic); gender studies and sexuality; disabilities

$22,252

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: Housing Dear Professor Di Cintio, 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 housing 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 "housed...[un]housed...[re]housed symposium" (2024), 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]