Tya Collins, University of Ottawa

Research

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Latest funding

In The House of the Hangman
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$28,589
Supporting Black Students after Special Education in Quebec: A Bilingual Black Feminist Disabilities Approach
SSHRC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$30,283
Symposium: Black Communities, Emancipatory Research, and Pathways to Liberation
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$44,232

All 5 grants and awards

No publications available.

In The House of the Hangman

Co-investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Condon, Frankie

Keywords: Memoir; American Slavery; National Socialism; Holocaust; Ethics of Memory; Reconciliation; Redemption

$28,589

Supporting Black Students after Special Education in Quebec: A Bilingual Black Feminist Disabilities Approach

Principal investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Collins, Tya

Keywords: Black youth; Black students; Students with disabiities; Special needs; Youth transitions; Special Education; Adult and vocational education; Educational pathways; Guidance counselors; Postsecondary education

$30,283

Symposium: Black Communities, Emancipatory Research, and Pathways to Liberation

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Boatswain-Kyte, Alicia

Keywords: Black Communities; Emancipatory Research; Liberatory Research; Participatory Action Research; Structural Racism

$44,232

Transforming the Lives of Black Children and Youths in Canada

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Partnership Grants

Keywords: Adolescent; African; Black; Caribbean; Child; Children; Youth

$500,000

To Protect and Serve Whom? The Whiteness of Canadian Policing

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Black Scholars - CGS

Principal investigators: Yankey, Manzah-Kyentoh

Keywords: policing; race; racism; whiteness; critical race theory; Canada

$58,333

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 Collins, 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 "Supporting Black Students after Special Education in Quebec: A Bilingual Black Feminist Disabilities Approach" (2024), 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]