Christopher Fennell, University of Ottawa

Research

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Latest funding

Children's evaluation of foreign languages and of their speakers
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$26,236
Word Segmentation Across Two Languages Via Statistical Learning
NSERC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$99,414
On-line and implicit measurements of language and cognitive processing in children
NSERC · 2016 · Principal investigator
$111,119

All 8 grants and awards

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Children's evaluation of foreign languages and of their speakers

Co-investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Brosseau-Liard, Patricia

Keywords: child development; social cognition; metalinguistic awareness; selective social learning

$26,236

Word Segmentation Across Two Languages Via Statistical Learning

Principal investigatorNSERC2019Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Fennell, Christopher

Keywords: Adults; Bilingualism; Infancy; Perception; Speech; Statistical Learning

$99,414

On-line and implicit measurements of language and cognitive processing in children

Principal investigatorNSERC2016Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: Fennell, Christopher

$111,119

Bilingual from birth: process, pedagogy and policy

Principal investigatorSSHRC2015Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Fennell, Christopher T.

Keywords: simultaneous bilingualism; learning; pedagogy; policy; minority language; ethnolinguistic vitality; identity; acculturation

$20,000

Examining the bilingual lexicon in early infancy

Principal investigatorSSHRC2015Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Fennell, Christopher T.

Keywords: vocabulary; infancy; bilingualism; concepts

$183,034

Attentional processes in infant bilinguals

Principal investigatorNSERC2014Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Fennell, Christopher

$130,000

How understanding reference affects word learning in infancy

Principal investigatorSSHRC2010Standard Research Grants program

Principal investigators: Fennell, Christopher T.

Keywords: word learning; infancy; concepts; reference

$60,546

Bilingual infants' acquisition and perception of phonemes

Principal investigatorNSERC2008Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Fennell, Christopher

$89,680

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 Dear Professor Fennell, 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 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 NSERC-funded project "Word Segmentation Across Two Languages Via Statistical Learning" (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]