Victor Couture, University of Toronto

Research

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Latest funding

Remote Work and Urban Transportation
SSHRC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$90,047
Building a more productive Canada: a research partnership for national prosperity
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$6,000,000
Mobility and Congestion in World Cities: Evidence from Google Maps
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$36,990

All 3 grants and awards

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Remote Work and Urban Transportation

Principal investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Couture, Victor

Keywords: transportation; remote work; congestion; infrastructure

$90,047

Building a more productive Canada: a research partnership for national prosperity

Co-investigatorSSHRC2025Award recipient for Policy Innovation Partnership Grants

Principal investigators: Tombe, Trevor

$6,000,000

Mobility and Congestion in World Cities: Evidence from Google Maps

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Couture, Victor

Keywords: urban transportation; roads; traffic congestion; determinants of travel speed; cities

$36,990

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 Couture, 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 "Remote Work and Urban Transportation" (2025), 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]