Heather Smyth, University of Waterloo

Research

community based research Muslim women in Canada employment and underemployment migration and integration qualitative research

Latest funding

'They never get to see me': Muslim women's employment experiences in Kitchener-Waterloo regional municipal public services
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$24,514

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'They never get to see me': Muslim women's employment experiences in Kitchener-Waterloo regional municipal public services

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Partnership Engage Grants

Principal investigators: Smyth, Heather

Keywords: community based research; Muslim women in Canada; employment and underemployment; migration and integration; qualitative research

$24,514

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: community based research Dear Professor Smyth, 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 community based 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 "'They never get to see me': Muslim women's employment experiences in Kitchener-Waterloo regional municipal public services" (2021), 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]