Monica Ruiz-Casares, Toronto Metropolitan University

Research

child supervision child protection low and middle income countries early childhood development

Latest funding

Beyond The Gaze: Contextualizing Child Supervision in Low- and Middle-Income Countries Through Law, Data, and Lived Experience
SSHRC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$449,120
The Age Gate Project: Rethinking the philosophical and empirical bases for using age thresholds to decide who holds rights and responsibilities
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$312,076
Who Minds the Children? Clarifying the Role of Public Policies and Socio-Ecological Factors in Non-Adult Child Supervision in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$116,726

All 4 grants and awards

Beyond The Gaze: Contextualizing Child Supervision in Low- and Middle-Income Countries Through Law, Data, and Lived Experience

Principal investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Ruiz-Casares, Monica

$449,120

The Age Gate Project: Rethinking the philosophical and empirical bases for using age thresholds to decide who holds rights and responsibilities

Co-investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Koski, Alissa

$312,076

Who Minds the Children? Clarifying the Role of Public Policies and Socio-Ecological Factors in Non-Adult Child Supervision in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Ruiz-Casares, Monica

Keywords: child supervision; child protection; low and middle income countries; early childhood development

$116,726

Who Minds the Children? Clarifying the Role of Public Policies and Socio-Ecological Factors in Non-Adult Child Supervision in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Ruiz-Casares, Monica

Keywords: child supervision; child protection; low and middle income countries; early childhood development

$254,274

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: child supervision Dear Professor Ruiz-Casares, 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 child supervision 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 "Beyond The Gaze: Contextualizing Child Supervision in Low- and Middle-Income Countries Through Law, Data, and Lived Experience" (2025), 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]