Margaret MacDonald, York University

Research

COVID-19 reproductive justice midwifery in Canada: social movements racialized health disparities medical anthropology and sociology

Latest funding

Governing Reproduction in Senegal: Discourses and images in the postcolonial archive
SSHRC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$105,490
From Micro to Macro and Back: Combining Surveys, Lab Experiments and Micro-data to Understand Behavioral Dynamics in Changing Economies
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$45,034
Youth-led initiatives for gender justice & peacebuilding in Africa - Youth Futures
SSHRC · 2023 · Co-investigator
$61,895

All 5 grants and awards

Governing Reproduction in Senegal: Discourses and images in the postcolonial archive

Principal investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: MacDonald, Margaret E.

$105,490

From Micro to Macro and Back: Combining Surveys, Lab Experiments and Micro-data to Understand Behavioral Dynamics in Changing Economies

Co-investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Salle, Isabelle L.

Keywords: Household surveys; Experiments; Micro-data; Behaviors

$45,034

Youth-led initiatives for gender justice & peacebuilding in Africa - Youth Futures

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Partnership Development Grants

Principal investigators: Bunting, Annie M.

Keywords: youth; post-conflict; participatory action research; knowledge mobilization; decolonizing research; ethical practices

$61,895

La déficience intellectuelle au Québec depuis 1970. Mémoire de la période de post-désinstitutionnalisation

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022Canada Graduate Scholarships - Doctoral

Principal investigators: Larose-Dutil, Hubert

Keywords: histoire du handicap; déficience intellectuelle; histoire orale; histoire des institutions psychiatriques

$120,755

COVID-19: Ontario midwifery and reproductive justice in a time of crisis

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Partnership Engage Grants (PEG) COVID-19 Special Initiative

Principal investigators: MacDonald, Margaret E.

Keywords: COVID-19; reproductive justice; midwifery in Canada: social movements; racialized health disparities; medical anthropology and sociology

$23,580

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: COVID-19 Dear Professor MacDonald, 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 covid-19 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 "Governing Reproduction in Senegal: Discourses and images in the postcolonial archive" (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]