Robyn Maynard, University of Toronto

Research

Black studies critical race feminism migration studies Canadian studies transnational/diaspora studies

Latest funding

Marketing for businesses from marginalized groups: Breaking barriers for Indigenous-owned businesses
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$75,917
Relational Solidarities: Fostering Land-Informed Connections Across Anti-Colonial Struggles
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$70,000
Impact Award: Talent
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$50,000

All 3 grants and awards

Marketing for businesses from marginalized groups: Breaking barriers for Indigenous-owned businesses

Co-investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Lafreniere, Katherine C.

Keywords: consumer behaviour; advertising; communications; marginalized groups; cross culture; Indigenous business

$75,917

Relational Solidarities: Fostering Land-Informed Connections Across Anti-Colonial Struggles

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Simpson, Leanne

Keywords: Grounded Normativity; Grounded Solidarity; Indigenous Internationalism; Anti-colonialism; Transnational feminism; Black Liberation; Decolonization; Abolition; Mutual Aid

$70,000

Impact Award: Talent

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Talent Award

Principal investigators: Maynard, Robyn

Keywords: Black studies; critical race feminism; migration studies; Canadian studies; transnational/diaspora studies

$50,000

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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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Black studies Dear Professor Maynard, 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]. Your research on black studies 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 "Impact Award: Talent" (2020), 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]