Jennifer Foster, York University

Research

urban wilderness human-nature relationships environmental planning

Latest papers

Client engagement in home and community care services
Healthcare Management Forum · 2016 · senior author

All 1 publications

Latest funding

Rubble to Refuge: Toronto's Leslie Street Spit
SSHRC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$23,528
Jane Finch environmental justice project
SSHRC · 2014 · Principal investigator
$25,000
A short history of land: an exhibition on possible futures
SSHRC · 2010 · Co-investigator
$212,000

All 4 grants and awards

1 publications.

01

Client engagement in home and community care services

Kirst M, Elmi A, Ray-Daniels M, Foster J

Healthcare Management Forum20163 citationsSenior author

DOI: 10.1177/0840470416644452

Rubble to Refuge: Toronto's Leslie Street Spit

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Partnership Engage Grants

Principal investigators: Foster, Jennifer J.

Keywords: urban wilderness; human-nature relationships; environmental planning

$23,528

Jane Finch environmental justice project

Principal investigatorSSHRC2014

Principal investigators: Foster, Jennifer

Keywords: environmental justice; urban planning; community development; Toronto; priority neighborhood; Jane Finch

$25,000

A short history of land: an exhibition on possible futures

Co-investigatorSSHRC2010Research/Creation Grants in Fine Arts

Principal investigators: Marchessault, Janine M.

Keywords: site specific art; public art exhibition; sustainability; suburbs and ecology; landscape

$212,000

From rubble to refuge: ecological restoration and the aggregate product cycle in Toronto, Canada

Principal investigatorSSHRC2008Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Foster, Jennifer J.

Keywords: urban industrialization; environmental naturalization; aggregate product cycle; environmental aesthetics; collaborative planning

$79,855

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Frequent collaborators

Social Work
Social & Behavioural Health Sciences Division
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Co-authors at York University, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.

Maritt Kirst

Social & Behavioural Health Sciences Division

1 shared papers, latest 2016

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: urban wilderness Dear Professor Foster, 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]. I read your paper "Client engagement in home and community care services" (2016), and it 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 "Rubble to Refuge: Toronto's Leslie Street Spit" (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]

Jennifer Foster