Mary Poutanen, Concordia University

Research

urban social networks kinship in politics women entrepreneurs neighbouring

Latest funding

Public Houses and Hidden Networks of Sociability in Mid-19th Century Montreal
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$12,156
Public Houses and Hidden Networks of Sociability in Mid-19th Century Montreal
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$61,790
Criminal justice and gendered bodies in Quebec city and Montreal, from the 1840s to the 1930s
SSHRC · 2009 · Co-investigator
$37,000

All 4 grants and awards

Public Houses and Hidden Networks of Sociability in Mid-19th Century Montreal

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Poutanen, Mary Anne

Keywords: urban social networks; kinship in politics; women entrepreneurs; neighbouring

$12,156

Public Houses and Hidden Networks of Sociability in Mid-19th Century Montreal

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Poutanen, Mary Anne

Keywords: urban social networks; kinship in politics; women entrepreneurs; neighbouring

$61,790

Criminal justice and gendered bodies in Quebec city and Montreal, from the 1840s to the 1930s

Co-investigatorSSHRC2009Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Fyson, Donald

Keywords: Quebec history; criminal justice; policing; Quebec city; Montreal; gender; youth; alcohol; sexuality; violence

$37,000

Montreal modern: citizenship, social order and consumption, 1780-1970

Co-investigatorSSHRC2004Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Young, Brian

Keywords: modernity; montreal; Quebec;

$190,000

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: urban social networks Dear Professor Poutanen, 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 urban social networks 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 "Public Houses and Hidden Networks of Sociability in Mid-19th Century Montreal" (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]