Jennifer Elrick, McGill University

Research

Immigrants Refugees Public opinion Deliberation Ethnicity Race Class Gender

Latest funding

Who Do We Think You Are? Deliberation and Public Perceptions of Immigrants and Refugees in Canada
SSHRC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$71,865
Determining the Role of Immigration Bureaucracies in Immigration Control: A Historical Case Study of Canada, 1952-1976
SSHRC · 2017 · Principal investigator
$61,251

Who Do We Think You Are? Deliberation and Public Perceptions of Immigrants and Refugees in Canada

Principal investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Elrick, Jennifer

Keywords: Immigrants; Refugees; Public opinion; Deliberation; Ethnicity; Race; Class; Gender; Immigration policy; Refugee policy

$71,865

Determining the Role of Immigration Bureaucracies in Immigration Control: A Historical Case Study of Canada, 1952-1976

Principal investigatorSSHRC2017Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Elrick, Jennifer

Keywords: (1) immigration policy; (2) immigration control; (3) discursive institutionalism; (4) street-level bureaucracy; (5) boundary work; (6) exclusion; (7) race; (8) social class; (9) asylum; (10) state

$61,251

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: Immigrants Dear Professor Elrick, 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 immigrants 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 "Who Do We Think You Are? Deliberation and Public Perceptions of Immigrants and Refugees in Canada" (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]