Jennifer Castronero, McGill University

Research

Action Research Asylum Seekers Children And Youth Community-Based Participatory Research Ethnography Families Mental Health Refugees

Latest funding

Safer Havens: Ethnographic action research to unpack social adversity and resilience in newly arrived temporarily housed asylum seeking children and families in Quebec and Ontario
CIHR · 2023 · Principal investigator
$409,275

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Safer Havens: Ethnographic action research to unpack social adversity and resilience in newly arrived temporarily housed asylum seeking children and families in Quebec and Ontario

Principal investigatorCIHR2023Project Grant

Principal investigators: Kronick, Rachel C; Castronero, Jennifer

Keywords: Action Research; Asylum Seekers; Children And Youth; Community-Based Participatory Research; Ethnography; Families; Mental Health; Refugees; Temporary Accomodations

$409,275

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: Action Research Dear Professor Castronero, 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 action research 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 CIHR-funded project "Safer Havens: Ethnographic action research to unpack social adversity and resilience in newly arrived temporarily housed asylum seeking children and families in Quebec and Ontario" (2023), 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]