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Linda White

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ProfessorDepartment of Political ScienceUniversity of Toronto

Linda White

Professor

Department of Political Science

Faculty of Arts and Science

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Principal investigator on 5 research grants (5 SSHRC), most recently in 2022.

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Latest funding

Assessing the Financial, Governance, and Parental Feedback Effects of School Choice in Canada
SSHRC · 2023 · Co-investigator
$103,256
Detransition: Examining pathways and care needs
SSHRC · 2023 · Co-investigator
$100,479
From Future to Now Skills
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$95,300

All 13 grants and awards

Assessing the Financial, Governance, and Parental Feedback Effects of School Choice in Canada

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Farney, James Harold

Keywords: parental choice; policy feedback; school governance; school finance; parental attitudes and behaviour; education equity

$103,256

Detransition: Examining pathways and care needs

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Grants

Principal investigators: MacKinnon, Kinnon R.

Keywords: transgender; nonbinary; gender minorities; detransition; mixed methods; policy

$100,479

From Future to Now Skills

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Grants

Principal investigators: White, Linda A.

Keywords: future skills; pre-primary, primary, and secondary education; schooling

$95,300

The impact of early-childhood education and care policies on children's cognitive and non-cognitive skills, health and well-being in the United States

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Harper, Samuel

Keywords: early childhood; early childhood education; education policy; childcare; child health; preschool; policy evaluation

$151,000

The impact of early-childhood education and care policies on children's cognitive and non-cognitive skills, health and well-being in the United States

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Harper, Samuel

Keywords: early childhood; early childhood education; education policy; childcare; child health; preschool; policy evaluation

$69,650

From Future to Now Skills

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Grants

Principal investigators: White, Linda A.

Keywords: future skills; pre-primary, primary, and secondary education; schooling

$196,200

What is the Best Policy Mix for Diverse Canadian Families with Young Children? Re-imagining Family Policies

Co-investigatorSSHRC2020Partnership Grants

Keywords: family policies; childcare; parental leave; employment policies; family research; feminist methodologies and epistemologies; cross-comparative research; community research

$1,195,274

Evaluating the impact of universal early childhood education policies on adolescent scholastic achievement, health, and well-being in high-income countries

Co-investigatorSSHRC2019Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Nandi, Arijit

Keywords: early education; public policy; high-income; OECD; adolescent; scholastic achievement; health; behavior; social inequality; evaluation; quasi-experiment

$53,275

Evaluating the impact of universal early childhood education policies on adolescent scholastic achievement, health, and well-being in high-income countries

Co-investigatorSSHRC2019Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Nandi, Arijit

Keywords: early education; public policy; high-income; OECD; adolescent; scholastic achievement; health; behavior; social inequality; evaluation; quasi-experiment

$196,663

What is the Best Policy Mix for Diverse Canadian Families with Young Children? Re-imagining Family Policies

Co-investigatorSSHRC2019Partnership Grants

Keywords: family policies; childcare; parental leave; employment policies; family research; feminist methodologies and epistemologies; cross-comparative research; community research

$486,118

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Profile data last refreshed on September 26, 2026 from the university directory, publication records and CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding.

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