Patricia Brosseau-Liard, University of Ottawa

Research

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Latest funding

Children's evaluation of foreign languages and of their speakers
SSHRC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$26,236
Selective learning as an early critical thinking building block: Measurement, mechanisms and interpretations
NSERC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$66,000
Fathers' and mothers' playful parenting in the preschool years : Associations with children's socio-affective, socio-cognitive, and selective learning abilities
SSHRC · 2019 · Co-investigator
$280,950

All 4 grants and awards

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Children's evaluation of foreign languages and of their speakers

Principal investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Brosseau-Liard, Patricia

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

$26,236

Selective learning as an early critical thinking building block: Measurement, mechanisms and interpretations

Principal investigatorNSERC2023Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Brosseau-Liard, Patricia

Keywords: child development; cognitive development; learning; cognitive mechanisms; reliability; critical thinking

$66,000

Fathers' and mothers' playful parenting in the preschool years : Associations with children's socio-affective, socio-cognitive, and selective learning abilities

Co-investigatorSSHRC2019Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Bureau, Jean-François

Keywords: playful parenting; soio-affective development; socio-cognitive development; selective learning; attachment; social adaptation; preschool period; parental sensitivity; co-parenting; longitudinal study; fatherhood; motherhood; parent-child relationships

$280,950

The cognitive mechanisms underlying selective learning in early childhood

Principal investigatorNSERC2015Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Brosseau-Liard, Patricia

$196,000

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 Dear Professor Brosseau-Liard, 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 SSHRC-funded project "Children's evaluation of foreign languages and of their speakers" (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]