Genevieve Metson, Western University

Research

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Latest funding

Green life trees or green like money? Tracing green infrastructure development in mid-sized cities
SSHRC · 2026 · Co-investigator
$86,256
Farmers in urbanizing municipalities: Understanding land-use pressures on agri-food production in Southwestern Ontario
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$35,386
Embedding nutrients in urban climate thinking
NSERC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$55,000

All 6 grants and awards

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Green life trees or green like money? Tracing green infrastructure development in mid-sized cities

Co-investigatorSSHRC2026Insight Development Grants

Principal investigators: Tchoukaleyska, Roza

$86,256

Farmers in urbanizing municipalities: Understanding land-use pressures on agri-food production in Southwestern Ontario

Co-investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Bloomfield, Richard S.

Keywords: Land-use Planning; Peri-urban; Urban Agriculture; Municipal Policy; Food Systems; Local Food Production

$35,386

Embedding nutrients in urban climate thinking

Principal investigatorNSERC2024Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Metson, Geneviève

Keywords: phosphorus; nitrogen; urban ecosystems; food systems; organic waste; eutrophication; sustainability; synergies and trade-offs; urban agriculture; scenarios

$55,000

Planting Seeds for Urban Indigenous Food Sovereignty: Growing SOAHAC's Traditional Food Bag Program

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Project Grant

Principal investigators: Richmond, Chantelle A

Keywords: Community-Based Research; Creative Methods; Environmental Repossession; Food Security; Indigenous Food Sovereignty; Indigenous Geographies; Indigenous Knowledge; Land-Based Learning; Story-Telling; Traditional Foods

$1,866,600

Embedding nutrients in urban climate thinking

Principal investigatorNSERC2024Discovery Launch Supplement

Principal investigators: Metson, Geneviève

Keywords: phosphorus; nitrogen; urban ecosystems; food systems; organic waste; eutrophication; sustainability; synergies and trade-offs; urban agriculture; scenarios

$12,500

Toward sustainable urban and peri-urban agriculture for net-zero food systems

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Sustainable Agriculture Research Initiative

Principal investigators: Isaac, Marney E.

Keywords: urban and peri-urban agriculture; sustainable food systems; soil biogeochemistry; crop stress physiology; carbon sequestration; greenhouse gas emissions reductions; bioinoculants; land use policy; community-engaged research; ecological modelling

$2,507,997

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 Dear Professor Metson, 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 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 NSERC-funded project "Embedding nutrients in urban climate thinking" (2024), 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]