Katherine Misener, University of Waterloo

Research

community sport organizational capacity institutional disruption group norms sport parents sport participation youth sport focus groups

Latest funding

Disrupting the norms of community sport through co-participation of parents and children
SSHRC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$74,974
Understanding the landscape of club rowing in Canada: An investigation of capacity for growth
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$24,938
New directions for capacity research: social impact capacity in nonprofit sport management
SSHRC · 2017 · Principal investigator
$120,959

All 6 grants and awards

Disrupting the norms of community sport through co-participation of parents and children

Principal investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Misener, Katherine

Keywords: community sport; institutional disruption; group norms; sport parents; sport participation; youth sport; focus groups; interviews

$74,974

Understanding the landscape of club rowing in Canada: An investigation of capacity for growth

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Partnership Engage Grants

Principal investigators: Misener, Katherine E.

Keywords: organizational capacity; community sport; national survey

$24,938

New directions for capacity research: social impact capacity in nonprofit sport management

Principal investigatorSSHRC2017Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Misener, Katherine E.

Keywords: organizational capacity; nonprofit and voluntary sector management; community sport organizations; nonprofit sport organizations; social impact; social responsibility

$120,959

New directions for capacity research: social impact capacity in nonprofit sport management

Principal investigatorSSHRC2017Sport Participation Research Initiative

Principal investigators: Misener, Katherine E.

Keywords: organizational capacity; nonprofit and voluntary sector management; community sport organizations; nonprofit sport organizations; social impact; social responsibility

$20,000

A new 'arena': Social responsibility through community sport

Principal investigatorSSHRC2013

Principal investigators: Misener, Katherine E.

$64,758

The role of social capital in the organizational capacity of community sport

Co-investigatorSSHRC2013Sport Participation Research Initiative

Principal investigators: Doherty, Alison J.

Keywords: social capital; organizational capacity; nonprofit voluntary organizations; community sport

$114,912

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 sport Dear Professor Misener, 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 sport 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 "Disrupting the norms of community sport through co-participation of parents and children" (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]