Sava Singh, York University

Research

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Latest funding

Platforming Leisure: Navigating worker experiences of labour and leisure in the digital platform economy
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$88,623
Machine Learning or Learning Machines: Critical AI Futures in Education
SSHRC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$111,678

All 2 grants and awards

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Platforming Leisure: Navigating worker experiences of labour and leisure in the digital platform economy

Co-investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Bergstrom, Kelly

Keywords: time; leisure; work; platform studies; digital platform labour; gig work; access to leisure

$88,623

Machine Learning or Learning Machines: Critical AI Futures in Education

Principal investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Singh, Sava Saheli

$111,678

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student Dear Professor Singh, 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 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 "Machine Learning or Learning Machines: Critical AI Futures in Education" (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]