Ann Robertson, University of Toronto

Latest papers

Something to Chew on; Plate-Waste at an Ontario Veteran's Centre.
Canadian journal of dietetic practice and research : a publication of Dietitians of Canada = Revue canadienne de la pratique et de la recherche en dietetique : une publication des Dietetistes du Canada · 2024
Priority setting of ICU resources in an influenza pandemic: a qualitative study of the Canadian public's perspectives.
BMC public health · 2012

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Latest funding

Ethical, legal and social implications (ELSI) research and the construction of legitimate expertise
SSHRC · 2004 · Co-investigator
$58,686
It's all in our genes: a critical analysis of media representations of genetic risk for breast cancer
SSHRC · 2003 · Principal investigator
$48,042
Towards a phenomenology of risk: the case of genetic testing for breast cancer
SSHRC · 2000 · Principal investigator
$40,000

All 4 grants and awards

2 publications.

01

Something to Chew on; Plate-Waste at an Ontario Veteran's Centre.

Miller C., Taylor J., Tong R., Thompson S., Thomson E., Robertson A., Bishara R.

Canadian journal of dietetic practice and research : a publication of Dietitians of Canada = Revue canadienne de la pratique et de la recherche en dietetique : une publication des Dietetistes du Canada2024

DOI: 10.3148/cjdpr-2024-007 PMID: 38832646

02

Priority setting of ICU resources in an influenza pandemic: a qualitative study of the Canadian public's perspectives.

Silva DS, Gibson JL, Robertson A, Bensimon CM, Sahni S, Maunula L, Smith MJ

BMC public health2012

DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-241 PMID: 22449119

Ethical, legal and social implications (ELSI) research and the construction of legitimate expertise

Co-investigatorSSHRC2004Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Lopez, Jose J.

Keywords: ethical; legal and social implications of new genetics; science and technology studies; the social construction of expertise; sociology and ethics; governance of science; bioethics

$58,686

It's all in our genes: a critical analysis of media representations of genetic risk for breast cancer

Principal investigatorSSHRC2003Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Robertson, Ann

Keywords: genetic risk; public print media; discourse analysis

$48,042

Towards a phenomenology of risk: the case of genetic testing for breast cancer

Principal investigatorSSHRC2000Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Robertson, Ann

Keywords: women's health; genetic risk; breast cancer; phenomenology

$40,000

Socio-economic dimensions of an aging population, a program of research

Co-investigatorSSHRC1998Major Collaborative Research Initiatives Program

Principal investigators: Spencer, Byron

$1,924,978

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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