Katrin Roots, Wilfrid Laurier University

Research

human trafficking policing multijurisdictionality municipal policing sex work surveillance assemblage social sorting carceral protection

Latest funding

Multijurisdictionality and Investigative Strategies of Anti-Trafficking Policing in Canada
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$29,326
Multijurisdictionality and Investigative Strategies of Anti-Trafficking Policing in Canada
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$31,278
Human Trafficking or Migrant Labour Exploitation? Bridging the Knowledge Gap
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$29,847

All 3 grants and awards

Multijurisdictionality and Investigative Strategies of Anti-Trafficking Policing in Canada

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Roots, Katrin

Keywords: human trafficking; policing; multijurisdictionality; municipal policing; sex work; surveillance assemblage; social sorting; carceral protection; crime production; white saviour

$29,326

Multijurisdictionality and Investigative Strategies of Anti-Trafficking Policing in Canada

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Roots, Katrin

Keywords: human trafficking; policing; multijurisdictionality; municipal policing; sex work; surveillance assemblage; social sorting; carceral protection; crime production; white saviour

$31,278

Human Trafficking or Migrant Labour Exploitation? Bridging the Knowledge Gap

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Knowledge Synthesis Grants - Shifting Dynamics of Privilege and Marginalization

Principal investigators: Roots, Katrin

Keywords: human trafficking; temporary foreign worker program; migrant labour exploitation; abuse and/or coercion

$29,847

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: human trafficking Dear Professor Roots, 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 human trafficking 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 "Multijurisdictionality and Investigative Strategies of Anti-Trafficking Policing in Canada" (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]