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Ruth Childs

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ProfessorDepartment of Leadership, Higher and Adult EducationUniversity of Toronto

Ruth Childs

Professor

Department of Leadership, Higher and Adult Education

Ontario Institute for Studies in Education

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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No publications on record.
Principal investigator on 2 research grants (2 SSHRC), most recently in 2010.

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Latest funding

Surveying for Equity? Understanding the Collection and Use of Student Race and Ethnicity Data in Canadian Higher Education
SSHRC · 2023 · Co-investigator
$58,623
From Engagement Typologies to Engineering Career Paths: Who Takes a Non-Traditional Track and Why?
SSHRC · 2022 · Co-investigator
$12,925
From Engagement Typologies to Engineering Career Paths: Who Takes a Non-Traditional Track and Why?
SSHRC · 2022 · Co-investigator
$58,812

All 7 grants and awards

Surveying for Equity? Understanding the Collection and Use of Student Race and Ethnicity Data in Canadian Higher Education

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Corral, Daniel

Keywords: race and ethnicity; racial equity; data use; racial data collection

$58,623

From Engagement Typologies to Engineering Career Paths: Who Takes a Non-Traditional Track and Why?

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Evans, Greg J.

Keywords: engineering education; student engagement; career paths

$12,925

From Engagement Typologies to Engineering Career Paths: Who Takes a Non-Traditional Track and Why?

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Evans, Greg J.

Keywords: engineering education; student engagement; career paths

$58,812

Supported Social Enterprise Research Project (SSERP)

Co-investigatorSSHRC2015Partnership Grants

Keywords: supported social enterprises; marginalized youth; Aboriginal youth; Afro-Canadian youth

$20,000

Qualifications, the link between educational and occupational pathways, and labour market outcomes

Co-investigatorSSHRC2015Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Wheelahan, Elizabeth M.

Keywords: qualifications; educational pathways; occupational pathways; post-secondary education; social mobility; social inclusion; labour market outcomes; capabilities approach; skills ecosystems; vocations; vocational streams

$238,127

Understanding the answers: response processes of students in Ontario's French and English-language schools

Principal investigatorSSHRC2010Standard Research Grants program

Principal investigators: Childs, Ruth A.

Keywords: large-scale assessments; test-taking behaviours; response behaviours; students

$70,138

Test preparation practices and effects

Principal investigatorSSHRC2004Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Childs, Ruth A.

Keywords: educational assessment; test preparation; large-scale assessment

$45,360

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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