Wendy Wong, University of Toronto

Research

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Latest funding

Functional Governance: Non-state Actor Welfare Provision and the Legitimacy of the State
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$260,433
The Welfare Non-state: Understanding Legitimate Governance by a Variety of Actors
SSHRC · 2018 · Principal investigator
$23,400
Global Governance and Civil Society
SSHRC · 2018 · Principal investigator
$50,000

All 6 grants and awards

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Functional Governance: Non-state Actor Welfare Provision and the Legitimacy of the State

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Wong, Wendy

Keywords: global governance; non-state actors; states; goods and service provision

$260,433

The Welfare Non-state: Understanding Legitimate Governance by a Variety of Actors

Principal investigatorSSHRC2018Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Wong, Wendy H.

Keywords: welfare; non-state actors; business; violent groups; NGOs; goods and services

$23,400

Global Governance and Civil Society

Principal investigatorSSHRC2018Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Wong, Wendy

Keywords: governance; civil society; international non-governmental ; organizations; goods and services provision; non-state ; actors

$50,000

Global Governance and Civil Society

Principal investigatorSSHRC2018Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Wong, Wendy

Keywords: governance; civil society; international non-governmental organizations; goods and services provision; non-state actors

$550,000

The rise and demise of INGOs

Co-investigatorSSHRC2017Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Bloodgood, Elizabeth A.

Keywords: INGOs; nongovernmental organizations; international relations; population ecology; impact assessment; organization theory; authority; accountability; dataset

$262,365

Lost in translation: how NGOs advocate universal minority rights domestically

Principal investigatorSSHRC2011Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Wong, Wendy H.

Keywords: nongovernmental organizations; international law; advocacy; minority rights; human rights; comparative case studies

$31,045

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 Wong, 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 "Functional Governance: Non-state Actor Welfare Provision and the Legitimacy of the State" (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]