Samantha Brennan, University of Guelph

Research

philosophy feminist philosophy feminism and food interdisciplinarity food justice

Latest papers

Implicit bias, women surgeons and institutional solutions: commentary.
Journal of medical ethics · 2020 · first author

All 1 publications

Latest funding

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
The Age Gate: Critical evaluation of the range, consistency, and normative basis of age thresholds in Canadian law and policy
SSHRC · 2022 · Co-investigator
$16,471
The Flavour of Feminism and Food
SSHRC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$23,281

All 3 grants and awards

1 publications.

01

Implicit bias, women surgeons and institutional solutions: commentary.

Brennan S

Journal of medical ethics2020First author

DOI: 10.1136/medethics-2020-106158 PMID: 32229592

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

The Age Gate: Critical evaluation of the range, consistency, and normative basis of age thresholds in Canadian law and policy

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Koski, Alissa

Keywords: Law and public policy; Age thresholds; Children and youth

$16,471

The Flavour of Feminism and Food

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Brennan, Samantha

Keywords: philosophy; feminist philosophy; feminism and food; interdisciplinarity; food justice

$23,281

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: philosophy Dear Professor Brennan, 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 "Implicit bias, women surgeons and institutional solutions: commentary." (2020), and it 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 "The Flavour of Feminism and Food" (2019), 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]