May Chazan, Trent University

Research

social movements, activisms, aging, gender, intergenerationality, older women, feminist and decolonial methodologies, storytelling, participatory media creation social movements activisms aging gender intergenerationality older women feminist and decolonial methodologies

Latest papers

"Carving a future out of the past and the present": Rethinking aging futures.
Journal of aging studies · 2022 · first author
Defying, producing, and overlooking stereotypes? The complexities of mobilizing "grandmotherhood" as political strategy.
Journal of women & aging · 2016 · first author

All 2 publications

Latest funding

Aging in Data
SSHRC · 2020 · Co-investigator
$781,000
Gender and Feminist Studies
SSHRC · 2017 · Principal investigator
$475,000
Gender and Feminist Studies
SSHRC · 2017 · Principal investigator
$25,000

All 5 grants and awards

2 publications.

01

"Carving a future out of the past and the present": Rethinking aging futures.

Chazan M, Whetung M

Journal of aging studies2022First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.jaging.2021.100937 PMID: 36462936

02

Defying, producing, and overlooking stereotypes? The complexities of mobilizing "grandmotherhood" as political strategy.

Chazan M, Kittmer S

Journal of women & aging2016First author

DOI: 10.1080/08952841.2015.1017428 PMID: 27030342

Aging in Data

Co-investigatorSSHRC2020Partnership Grants

Keywords: aging; datafication; media; technology; communication; surveillance; big data

$781,000

Gender and Feminist Studies

Principal investigatorSSHRC2017Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Chazan, May

Keywords: social movements, activisms, aging, gender, intergenerationality, older women, feminist and decolonial methodologies, storytelling, participatory media creation

$475,000

Gender and Feminist Studies

Principal investigatorSSHRC2017Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Chazan, May

Keywords: social movements; activisms; aging; gender; intergenerationality; older women; feminist and decolonial methodologies; storytelling; participatory media creation

$25,000

Aging, Activisms, and the Archive: Feminist Explorations across the Americas

Principal investigatorSSHRC2017Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Chazan, May

Keywords: (1) aging; (2) activisms; (3) social movements; (4) archives; (5) intergenerational knoweldge exchange; (6) digital humanities; (7) commemoration; (8) participatory media creation

$57,096

Canada Research Chair in Feminist and Gender Studies

Principal investigatorSSHRC2012Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Chazan, May

Keywords: aging, gender, social mobilization, transnationalism, feminism, participatory research, global ethnography, qualitative methodologies, social change

$500,000

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: social movements, activisms, aging, gender, intergenerationality, older women, feminist and decolonial methodologies, storytelling, participatory media creation Dear Professor Chazan, 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]. I read your paper ""Carving a future out of the past and the present": Rethinking aging futures." (2022), and it 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]