Rachel McQueen, Toronto Metropolitan University

Research

second-hand clothing textile waste circularity post-consumer textiles extended producer responsibility donations textile recycling reuse

Latest funding

Let's stop shifting the burden! Exploring barriers and opportunities for managing post-consumer clothing and textiles within Canada
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$61,910

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Let's stop shifting the burden! Exploring barriers and opportunities for managing post-consumer clothing and textiles within Canada

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Grants

Principal investigators: McQueen, Rachel H.

Keywords: second-hand clothing; textile waste; circularity; post-consumer textiles; extended producer responsibility; donations; textile recycling; reuse; circular textiles economy

$61,910

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: second-hand clothing Dear Professor McQueen, 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 second-hand clothing 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 "Let's stop shifting the burden! Exploring barriers and opportunities for managing post-consumer clothing and textiles within Canada" (2022), 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]