Sheila Cavanagh, York University

Research

Psychotherapy Institutional Ethnography Socio-legal Studies Policy Regulation.

Latest funding

Psychotherapy in Ontario: Training, Access, Quality, and Medicalization
SSHRC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$76,957
Transgender and performance ethnography
SSHRC · 2014 · Principal investigator
$187,000
Queer bathroom monologues
SSHRC · 2011 · Principal investigator
$102,117

All 5 grants and awards

Psychotherapy in Ontario: Training, Access, Quality, and Medicalization

Principal investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Cavanagh, Sheila L.

Keywords: Psychotherapy; Institutional Ethnography; Socio-legal Studies; Policy; Regulation.

$76,957

Transgender and performance ethnography

Principal investigatorSSHRC2014Partnership Development Grants

Principal investigators: Cavanagh, Sheila L.

Keywords: transgender studies; performance; theatre; transphobia; human rights

$187,000

Queer bathroom monologues

Principal investigatorSSHRC2011Public Outreach Grant Open Category

Principal investigators: Cavanagh, Sheila L.

Keywords: gender and sexuality studies; transgender studies; performance ethnography; queer theatre and cultural studies

$102,117

Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students and bullying in high school bathrooms

Principal investigatorSSHRC2008Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Cavanagh, Sheila L.

Keywords: gender and sexuality studies; homophobia and transphobia in schools; queer theory; social regulation studies; critical pedagogy

$103,123

Female teacher sex scandals and professionalism as a regulatory ideal

Principal investigatorSSHRC2004Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Cavanagh, Sheila L.

Keywords: women teachers; sexuality; education; social regulation; mass media

$78,384

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: Psychotherapy Dear Professor Cavanagh, 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 psychotherapy 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 "Psychotherapy in Ontario: Training, Access, Quality, and Medicalization" (2024), 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]