Rebecca Tiessen, University of Ottawa

Research

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Latest funding

From 'Agenda Setting' to Action? A Critical Analysis of Canada's Feminist International Assistance Policy
SSHRC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$55,291
The Distinctive Contributions of International Volunteers to Gender Equality Programming: Perspectives from Partner Organizations in the Global South
SSHRC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$33,674
The Distinctive Contributions of International Volunteers to Gender Equality Programming: Perspectives from Partner Organizations in the Global South
SSHRC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$214,612

All 5 grants and awards

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From 'Agenda Setting' to Action? A Critical Analysis of Canada's Feminist International Assistance Policy

Principal investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Tiessen, Rebecca L.

Keywords: feminist foreign policy; gender programming; gender and development outcomes; decolonial feminism; critical feminisms

$55,291

The Distinctive Contributions of International Volunteers to Gender Equality Programming: Perspectives from Partner Organizations in the Global South

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Tiessen, Rebecca L.

Keywords: volunteerism; gender; development; community development; capacity building; feminist theory; capabilities; agency

$33,674

The Distinctive Contributions of International Volunteers to Gender Equality Programming: Perspectives from Partner Organizations in the Global South

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Tiessen, Rebecca L.

Keywords: volunteerism; gender; development; community development; capacity building; feminist theory; capabilities; agency

$214,612

Enhancing scholar/practitioner research collaboration to better understand international volunteering for development

Principal investigatorSSHRC2017Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Tiessen, Rebecca L.

Keywords: scholar/practitioner collaboration; international volunteering; capacity building

$18,250

Effective practices for international volunteering

Principal investigatorSSHRC2014Partnership Development Grants

Principal investigators: Tiessen, Rebecca L.

Keywords: international volunteerism; international development; organizational development; good governance

$181,820

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 Tiessen, 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 "From 'Agenda Setting' to Action? A Critical Analysis of Canada's Feminist International Assistance Policy" (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]