Cynthia Cranford, University of Toronto

Research

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Latest funding

Towards Just Care: Building and Mobilizing a Grassroots Coalition for Just Home Care
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$48,733
Gender, migration and the work of care: comparative perspectives
SSHRC · 2012 · Co-investigator
$2,850,000
Negotiating quality care and quality work: personal care providers and people with physical disabilities in Toronto
SSHRC · 2006 · Principal investigator
$103,422

All 4 grants and awards

No publications available.

Towards Just Care: Building and Mobilizing a Grassroots Coalition for Just Home Care

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Partnership Development Grants

Principal investigators: Hande, Mary Jean E.

Keywords: coalition-building; home care; community-based care; intergenerational care; migrant care workers; migrant justice; disability justice; aging in place; community-based research; power-mapping; health services; deinstitutionalization

$48,733

Gender, migration and the work of care: comparative perspectives

Co-investigatorSSHRC2012Partnership Grants

Keywords: gender; migration; care work; policy; international comparison

$2,850,000

Negotiating quality care and quality work: personal care providers and people with physical disabilities in Toronto

Principal investigatorSSHRC2006Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Cranford, Cynthia J.

Keywords: work; gender; care; disability

$103,422

Community university research alliance on contingent work

Co-investigatorSSHRC2003Community-University Research Alliances (CURA)

Keywords: work; precarious employment; health; labour law; policy; work organization

$385,689

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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