Saul Carliner, Concordia University

Research

adult education employability informal learning workplace learning

Latest funding

The language(s) of stories: What narrative discourse can tell us about the core properties of language
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$58,074
Informal Learning for Current and Longer-Term Employability
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$99,118
Informal Learning for Current and Longer-Term Employability
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$54,000

All 4 grants and awards

The language(s) of stories: What narrative discourse can tell us about the core properties of language

Co-investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Rullmann, Hotze

Keywords: formal semantics; narrative discourse; free indirect discourse

$58,074

Informal Learning for Current and Longer-Term Employability

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Carliner, Saul A.

Keywords: adult education; employability; informal learning; workplace learning

$99,118

Informal Learning for Current and Longer-Term Employability

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Department of National Defence Research Initiative (DNDRI)

Principal investigators: Carliner, Saul A.

Keywords: adult education; employability; informal learning; workplace learning

$54,000

A genre-based approach to best practices in online communication for informal learning in the workplace

Principal investigatorSSHRC2005Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Carliner, Saul A.

Keywords: genre; best practices; online communication; workplace; demoware; online help; help; guided tour; frequently asked questions; FAQs

$58,138

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: adult education Dear Professor Carliner, 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 adult education 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 "Informal Learning for Current and Longer-Term Employability" (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]