Sean Waite, Western University

Research

Read how they describe their research on their Western University profile.

Latest funding

Administratively Queer: Studying gender and sexuality-based differences in human capital acquisition, employment, earnings and wealth over the life course
SSHRC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$400,998
New Insights into Socioeconomic Inequality in Canada Using Administrative Data
SSHRC · 2022 · Co-investigator
$43,170
New Insights into Socioeconomic Inequality in Canada Using Administrative Data
SSHRC · 2022 · Co-investigator
$137,516

All 6 grants and awards

No publications available.

Administratively Queer: Studying gender and sexuality-based differences in human capital acquisition, employment, earnings and wealth over the life course

Principal investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Waite, Sean

$400,998

New Insights into Socioeconomic Inequality in Canada Using Administrative Data

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Haan, Michael D.

Keywords: education; inequality; gender; immigration

$43,170

New Insights into Socioeconomic Inequality in Canada Using Administrative Data

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Haan, Michael D.

Keywords: education; inequality; gender; immigration

$137,516

2SLGBTQ+ Poverty in Canada: Improving Livelihood and Social Wellbeing

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021Partnership Grants

Keywords: poverty; 2SLGBTQ+; low income; policy; funding; services

$20,000

Sexual Orientation and the Canadian labour market: new data and new insights

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Waite, Sean

Keywords: LGBT; employment; earnings; wage gaps; administrative data

$87,072

Employment Discrimination and the Labour Market Experiences of Canada's LGBT Population

Principal investigatorSSHRC2017Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Waite, Sean

Keywords: (1) Employment; (2) LGBT; (3) Discrimination; (4) Stratification; (5) Audit study; (6) White-collar; (7) Blue-collar

$71,000

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 Dear Professor Waite, 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 SSHRC-funded project "Administratively Queer: Studying gender and sexuality-based differences in human capital acquisition, employment, earnings and wealth over the life course" (2025), 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]