Marcia Oliver, Wilfrid Laurier University

Research

community-based sexual assault centres frontline anti-violence expertise sexual violence support and advocacy community partnerships and referrals for survivors

Latest funding

Building Educational Bridges Between Universities and Prisons
SSHRC · 2021 · Co-investigator
$20,828
The Role of the Penal Voluntary Sector in the Governance of the Sex Trade: A Comparative Study
SSHRC · 2020 · Co-investigator
$13,418
The Role of the Penal Voluntary Sector in the Governance of the Sex Trade: A Comparative Study
SSHRC · 2020 · Co-investigator
$75,809

All 4 grants and awards

Building Educational Bridges Between Universities and Prisons

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Pollack, Shoshana L.

Keywords: criminalization; prison education; transformative education; social justice praxis

$20,828

The Role of the Penal Voluntary Sector in the Governance of the Sex Trade: A Comparative Study

Co-investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Singh, Rashmee

Keywords: governance; sex work; voluntary organizations; crimininal justice partnerships

$13,418

The Role of the Penal Voluntary Sector in the Governance of the Sex Trade: A Comparative Study

Co-investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Singh, Rashmee

Keywords: governance; sex work; voluntary organizations; crimininal justice partnerships

$75,809

Knowledge sharing as resistance: A collective project with the Sexual Assault Centre of Brant to broaden engagement in healing and change work

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Partnership Engage Grants

Principal investigators: Oliver, Marcia

Keywords: community-based sexual assault centres; frontline anti-violence expertise; sexual violence support and advocacy; community partnerships and referrals for survivors

$24,988

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: community-based sexual assault centres Dear Professor Oliver, 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 community-based sexual assault centres 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 "Knowledge sharing as resistance: A collective project with the Sexual Assault Centre of Brant to broaden engagement in healing and change work" (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]