Vermonja Alston, York University

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Youth and community development in Canada and Jamaica: a transnational approach to youth violence
SSHRC · 2010 · Co-investigator
$174,053

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Youth and community development in Canada and Jamaica: a transnational approach to youth violence

Co-investigatorSSHRC2010Partnership Development Grants

Principal investigators: Davis, Andrea A.

Keywords: youth; youth-at-risk; violence; positive youth engagement; youth development; community development; Jamaican immigrants; transnational relationships; black identity formation; community arts; social history

$174,053

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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