Tania Das Gupta, York University

Research

COVID-19 migration Punjabi South Asian gender

Latest funding

COVID 19: COVID-19 and Punjabi Migration
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$23,886
Transnational migration trajectories of immigrant women professionals in Canada
SSHRC · 2009 · Co-investigator
$100,488
Professional immigrant women navigating the Canadian labour market: a study in adult learning
SSHRC · 2006 · Co-investigator
$110,091

All 6 grants and awards

COVID 19: COVID-19 and Punjabi Migration

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

Principal investigators: Das Gupta, Tania

Keywords: COVID-19; migration; Punjabi; South Asian; gender

$23,886

Transnational migration trajectories of immigrant women professionals in Canada

Co-investigatorSSHRC2009

Principal investigators: Man, Guida C.

Keywords: women's work in the labour market and in the home; transnational migration; global labour market restructuring; immigration settlement and integration

$100,488

Professional immigrant women navigating the Canadian labour market: a study in adult learning

Co-investigatorSSHRC2006Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Ng, Roxana

Keywords: immigrant women; informal learning; lifelong learning

$110,091

Settlement & integration experiences of refugees and immigrants in Canada

Co-investigatorSSHRC2004Strategic Research Clusters Design Grants

Principal investigators: McGrath, Susan L.

$30,000

Community university research alliance on contingent work

Co-investigatorSSHRC2003Community-University Research Alliances (CURA)

Keywords: work; precarious employment; health; labour law; policy; work organization

$385,689

Community university research alliance on contingent work

Co-investigatorSSHRC2000Community-University Research Alliances (CURA)

Keywords: work; precarious/contingent employment; gendered and racialized employment relations; Metro Toronto; temporary and contract work

$600,000

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 Das Gupta, 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 "COVID 19: COVID-19 and Punjabi Migration" (2020), 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]