Andrew Botterell, Western University

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Latest funding

The Age Gate Project: Rethinking the philosophical and empirical bases for using age thresholds to decide who holds rights and responsibilities
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$312,076
The Age Gate: Critical evaluation of the range, consistency, and normative basis of age thresholds in Canadian law and policy
SSHRC · 2022 · Co-investigator
$16,471

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The Age Gate Project: Rethinking the philosophical and empirical bases for using age thresholds to decide who holds rights and responsibilities

Co-investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Koski, Alissa

$312,076

The Age Gate: Critical evaluation of the range, consistency, and normative basis of age thresholds in Canadian law and policy

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Koski, Alissa

Keywords: Law and public policy; Age thresholds; Children and youth

$16,471

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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