Jennifer Fresque-Baxter, University of Waterloo

Research

Agriculture Climate Change Impacts Food Processing Food Security Northwest Territories Capacity Building Country Food Governance

Latest funding

Learning from and enhancing Community Capacity for Climate Change and Food Security (C4FS) action in the NWT
CIHR · 2019 · Principal investigator
$1,500,000
Enhancing community capacity for climate change and food security planning and policy in the NWT
CIHR · 2018 · Principal investigator
$15,000

All 2 grants and awards

Learning from and enhancing Community Capacity for Climate Change and Food Security (C4FS) action in the NWT

Principal investigatorCIHR2019Team Grant: Food Security and Climate Change in the Canadian North

Principal investigators: Skinner, Kelly; Fresque-Baxter, Jennifer A; Spring, Andrew; Wesche, Sonia

Keywords: Agriculture; Capacity Building; Climate Change Impacts; Country Food; Food Processing; Food Security; Governance; Market Food; Northwest Territories; Traditional Knowledge

$1,500,000

Enhancing community capacity for climate change and food security planning and policy in the NWT

Principal investigatorCIHR2018Team Grant: Food Security and Climate Change in the Canadian North - LOI

Principal investigators: Skinner, Kelly; Fresque-Baxter, Jennifer A; Spring, Andrew; Wesche, Sonia

Keywords: Adaptation; Agriculture; Climate Change Impacts; Food Processing; Food Security; Harvester Support Programs; Informal Economy; Infrastructure; Knowledge Sharing; Northwest Territories

$15,000

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: Agriculture Dear Professor Fresque-Baxter, 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 agriculture 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 CIHR-funded project "Learning from and enhancing Community Capacity for Climate Change and Food Security (C4FS) action in the NWT" (2019), 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]