Robert Wright, University of Toronto

Research

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Latest funding

Public Exclusions: Understanding and Addressing the Inaccessibility of Public Buildings and Places in the Canadian Context
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$412,925
Quality in Canada's Built Environment: Roadmaps to Equity, Social Value and Sustainability
SSHRC · 2022 · Co-investigator
$499,172
Quality in Canada's Built Environment: Roadmaps to Equity, Social Value and Sustainability
SSHRC · 2021 · Co-investigator
$998,657

All 6 grants and awards

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Public Exclusions: Understanding and Addressing the Inaccessibility of Public Buildings and Places in the Canadian Context

Co-investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Chupin, Jean-Pierre

$412,925

Quality in Canada's Built Environment: Roadmaps to Equity, Social Value and Sustainability

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022Partnership Grants

Keywords: built environment; quality; social value; equity; sustainability; inclusive places; architecture; landscape architecture; Indigenous studies; urban design; urban resilience; health; heritage; competitions; awards; qualitative comparative analysis

$499,172

Quality in Canada's Built Environment: Roadmaps to Equity, Social Value and Sustainability

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021Partnership Grants

Keywords: built environment; quality; social value; equity; sustainability; inclusive places; architecture; landscape architecture; Indigenous studies; urban design; urban resilience; health; heritage; competitions; awards; qualitative comparative analysis

$998,657

Quality in Canada's Built Environment: Seeking Equity, Social Value and Sustainability

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021Partnership Grants

Keywords: built environment; quality; social value; equity; sustainability; inclusive places; contemporary architecture; landscape architecture; urban design; urban resilience; heritage conservation; competitions; awards; qualitative comparative analysis

$20,000

Connected Communities: A Strengths-Based Research Program for Health Equity & Health Promotion Among African/Caribbean/Black Men in Canada

Co-investigatorCIHR2014Team Grant: Boys' and Men's Health - LOI

Principal investigators: McCready, Lance T; Manson, Heather; Este, David C; Griffith, Derek; Mckenzie, Kwame J; Morris, David

Keywords: Chronic Illness; Community-Based Participatory Research; Ethno-Racial Populations; Gender Processes; Health Equity; Intersectionality; Intervention Adaptation And Evaluation; Men'S Health; Social Determinants

$10,000

EvNet - network for the evaluation of education and training technologies

Co-investigatorSSHRC1996Strategic Research Networks in Education and Training

Principal investigators: Cuneo, Carl

$787,500

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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