Natalie Kouri-Towe, Concordia University

Research

pedagogy feminism gender sexuality education classroom violence learning

Latest funding

Supports and Barriers in Teaching Sex Education in Canadian Public Schools
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$91,967
Transformative Encounters: Gender and Sexuality Pedagogies in Canada
SSHRC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$59,422
Mobilizing Queer Joy and Challenging Anti-2SLGBTQ+ Hate
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$68,250

All 6 grants and awards

Supports and Barriers in Teaching Sex Education in Canadian Public Schools

Co-investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Burkholder, Casey M.

Keywords: consent; gender diversity; pleasure; sexual diversity; sexuality education; public school; teacher training

$91,967

Transformative Encounters: Gender and Sexuality Pedagogies in Canada

Principal investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Kouri-Towe, Natalie

Keywords: gender; sexuality; education; pedagogy; classroom; feminism; violence; learning; transformative justice; intersectionality; queer

$59,422

Mobilizing Queer Joy and Challenging Anti-2SLGBTQ+ Hate

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Connection Grants

Keywords: 2SLGBTQ+; youth; anti-violence; public health; social change

$68,250

Triggering Education: Relational Readings of Trigger Warnings in the Canadian Post-Secondary Classroom

Co-investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Miller, Michelle M.

Keywords: trigger warnings; feminist pedagogy; difficult knowledge; trauma in education

$99,800

Teaching in the 21st Century: Pedagogy and Curriculum from the Gender and Sexuality Studies Classroom

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Kouri-Towe, Natalie

Keywords: pedagogy; feminism; gender; sexuality; higher education

$21,095

Family and Kinship in the Refugee-Sponsor Relationship in Canada

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Kouri-Towe, Natalie

Keywords: (1) refugees; (2) sponsorship; (3) private sponsorship; (4) family; (5) gender; (6) sexuality; (7) Canada; (8) Syria

$62,987

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: pedagogy Dear Professor Kouri-Towe, 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 pedagogy 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 "Transformative Encounters: Gender and Sexuality Pedagogies in Canada" (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]