Sonia Kang, University of Toronto

Research

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Latest funding

Canada Summer Research Opportunities Program (Canada SROP)
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$19,995
Identity, Diversity, and Inclusion
SSHRC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$50,000
Diversity and Inclusion
SSHRC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$170,000

All 9 grants and awards

No publications available.

Canada Summer Research Opportunities Program (Canada SROP)

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Partnership Grants

Keywords: research training; professional development; equity; diversity; inclusivity; Indigenization

$19,995

Identity, Diversity, and Inclusion

Principal investigatorSSHRC2023Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Kang, Sonia

$50,000

Diversity and Inclusion

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Kang, Sonia

$170,000

"Whitening" Names in Academic and Professional Life: Motivations, Consequences, and a Fluency-Based Intervention

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Kang, Sonia K.

Keywords: diversity; inclusion; immigration; intergroup relations; multiculturalism; identity; communication; organizational behaviour

$242,600

Diversity and Inclusion

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Kang, Sonia

Keywords: intergroup communication; diversity; assimilation; identity; visible minorities; whitening; inclusion

$430,000

Engendering success in STEM: a research consortium for gender equality in science and technology

Co-investigatorSSHRC2017Partnership Grants

Keywords: social psychology; implicit gender bias; women in science; intergroup contact; science outreach; organizational culture

$2,217,628

Engendering success in STEM: a research consortium for gender equality in science and technology

Co-investigatorSSHRC2016Partnership Grants

Keywords: social psychology; implicit gender bias; women in science; intergroup contact; science outreach; organizational culture

$282,328

Engendering success in STEM: a research consortium for gender equality in science and technology

Co-investigatorSSHRC2016Partnership Grants

Keywords: social psychology; implicit gender bias; women in science; intergroup contact; science outreach; organizational culture

$20,000

Eliminating barriers to universal prosperity in the Canadian workforce: Strengthening professional identities of women, visible minorities, immigrants, and Aboriginals

Principal investigatorSSHRC2013

Principal investigators: Kang, Sonia K.

$74,446

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 Dear Professor Kang, 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 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 "Identity, Diversity, and Inclusion" (2023), 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]