Michelle Lewis, Toronto Metropolitan University

Research

Covid-19 Families Family Health Gender Intersectionality National Network Pandemic Recovery Racialized Communities

Latest funding

Improving the Health and Wellbeing of Canadian Young Caregivers: A Café Scientifique
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$5,997
Essential and Invisible: Understanding the Needs of and Supporting Young Caregivers and Their Families Through Pandemic Recovery and Beyond Using a National Network
CIHR · 2021 · Principal investigator
$149,853

Improving the Health and Wellbeing of Canadian Young Caregivers: A Café Scientifique

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Café Scientifique Program-Institute of Human Development, Child and Youth Health

Principal investigators: Newman, Kristine M

Keywords: Child; Family Health; Intergenerational Support; Knowledge Sharing; Population Health; Virtual Simulation; Young Adults; Young Caregivers; Young Carers; Youth

$5,997

Essential and Invisible: Understanding the Needs of and Supporting Young Caregivers and Their Families Through Pandemic Recovery and Beyond Using a National Network

Principal investigatorCIHR2021Op Gr:Understanding/mitigating impacts of COVID-19 on children, youth & families

Principal investigators: Newman, Kristine M; Lewis, Michelle

Keywords: Covid-19; Families; Family Health; Gender; Intersectionality; National Network; Pandemic Recovery; Racialized Communities; Urban Versus Rural; Young Caregivers

$149,853

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: Covid-19 Dear Professor Lewis, 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 covid-19 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 CIHR-funded project "Essential and Invisible: Understanding the Needs of and Supporting Young Caregivers and Their Families Through Pandemic Recovery and Beyond Using a National Network" (2021), 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]