Caroline Hossein, University of Toronto

Research

Solidarity economy Cooperatives ROSCAs Self help and mutual aid groups African diaspora Political economy feminist economics alternative development

Latest papers

Co-operatives empower people — and students need to know about them
2025 · senior author
Universities should respond to cuts and corporate influence with co-operative governance
2024 · senior author
Black Feminists in the Third Sector: Here Is Why We Choose to use the term Solidarity Economy
The Review of Black Political Economy · 2023 · first author

All 8 publications

Latest funding

Africana Development and Feminist Political Economy
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$120,000
Africana Development and Feminist Political Economy
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$240,000
Canada Research Chair in Africana Development and Feminist Political Economy
CRC · Principal investigator

All 3 grants and awards

8 publications.

01

Co-operatives empower people — and students need to know about them

Michelle L. Stack, Caroline Shenaz Hossein

2025Senior author

DOI: 10.64628/aam.u7mafwwt7

02

Universities should respond to cuts and corporate influence with co-operative governance

Michelle L. Stack, Caroline Shenaz Hossein

2024Senior author

DOI: 10.64628/aam.97fht7fkn

03

Black Feminists in the Third Sector: Here Is Why We Choose to use the term Solidarity Economy

Caroline Shenaz Hossein, Megan Pearson

The Review of Black Political Economy202316 citationsFirst authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1177/00346446221132319

04

Acknowledging Marxist Economist C.Y. Thomas’ Legacy in Canada’s Economic Development Sector

Caroline Shenaz Hossein, Kadasi Ceres

Canadian journal of nonprofit and social economy research20223 citationsFirst authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.29173/cjnser384

05

Mixed embeddedness of Brazilian entrepreneurs in Toronto

Roberto Pessoa de Queiroz Falcão, Michel Mott Machado, Eduardo Picanço Cruz, Caroline Shenaz Hossein

International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour & Research202113 citationsSenior author

DOI: 10.1108/ijebr-08-2020-0527

06

Aspectos do empreendedorismo imigrante brasileiro em Toronto

Michel Mott Machado, Roberto Pessoa de Queiroz Falcão, Eduardo Picanço Cruz, Caroline Shenaz Hossein

Interações (Campo Grande)20213 citationsSenior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.20435/inter.v22i3.3144

07

The Legacy of Cooperatives among the African Diaspora

Caroline Shenaz Hossein

National Review of Black Politics2021First author

DOI: 10.1525/nrbp.2021.2.3-4.171

08

Canada’s corporations fail to meet the BlackNorth pledge, and we’re not surprised

Caroline Shenaz Hossein, Megan Pearson

2021First author

DOI: 10.64628/aam.h4f9eq4kq

Africana Development and Feminist Political Economy

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Hossein, Caroline

Keywords: Solidarity economy Cooperatives ROSCAs Self help and mutual aid groups African diaspora Political economy feminist economics alternative development

$120,000

Africana Development and Feminist Political Economy

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Hossein, Caroline

$240,000

Canada Research Chair in Africana Development and Feminist Political Economy

Principal investigatorCRCCanada Research Chair, Tier 2 (Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council)

Principal investigators: Hossein, Caroline

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

Frequent collaborators

Michelle Stack

Department of Educational Studies

2 shared papers, latest 2025

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Solidarity economy Dear Professor Hossein, 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]. I read your paper "Co-operatives empower people — and students need to know about them" (2025), and it 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 "Africana Development and Feminist Political Economy" (2021), 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]