Katherine Rossiter, Wilfrid Laurier University

Research

institutional violence Moral Distress Staff Burnout Intellectual Disability Carework Organizational Change institutionalization vulnerability and marginalization

Latest funding

Containing the Margins: A Symposium on the Conditions of Institutional Violence
SSHRC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$24,353
Bodies in translation: activist art, technology, and access to life
SSHRC · 2016 · Co-investigator
$2,499,684

All 2 grants and awards

Containing the Margins: A Symposium on the Conditions of Institutional Violence

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Rossiter, Katherine M.

Keywords: institutional violence; institutionalization; vulnerability and marginalization; dynamics of abuse

$24,353

Bodies in translation: activist art, technology, and access to life

Co-investigatorSSHRC2016Partnership Grants

Keywords: disability arts and culture; research creation and arts based methods; knowledge translation; technological innovation; accessibility and vitality

$2,499,684

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: institutional violence Dear Professor Rossiter, 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 institutional violence 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 "Containing the Margins: A Symposium on the Conditions of Institutional Violence" (2019), 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]