Patricia Van Katwyk, University of Waterloo

Research

policy analysis systematic narrative review migrant personal support worker racialized migrant worker gendered migrant work

Latest funding

Policies and the construction of inequity: Racialized, gendered migrant personal support workers navigating policy
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$30,000
Healing Tattoos
SSHRC · 2020 · Co-investigator
$88,858

All 2 grants and awards

Policies and the construction of inequity: Racialized, gendered migrant personal support workers navigating policy

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Knowledge Synthesis Grants - Shifting Dynamics of Privilege and Marginalization

Principal investigators: Van Katwyk, Patricia

Keywords: policy analysis; systematic narrative review; migrant personal support worker; racialized migrant worker; gendered migrant work

$30,000

Healing Tattoos

Co-investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Cadell, Susan

Keywords: tattoos; post-traumatic growth; embodiment

$88,858

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: policy analysis Dear Professor Van Katwyk, 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 policy analysis 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 "Policies and the construction of inequity: Racialized, gendered migrant personal support workers navigating policy" (2022), 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]