Sherry Olson, McGill University

Research

Read how they describe their research on their McGill University profile.

Environmental history Life Histories in Urban Environments Life trajectories

Latest papers

Dwellings, crowding, and tuberculosis in Montreal.
Social science & medicine (1982) · 2006

All 1 publications

Latest funding

Public Houses and Hidden Networks of Sociability in Mid-19th Century Montreal
SSHRC · 2020 · Co-investigator
$61,790
Public Houses and Hidden Networks of Sociability in Mid-19th Century Montreal
SSHRC · 2020 · Co-investigator
$12,156
Social mobility in two Canadian cities, 1880-1914
SSHRC · 2006 · Co-investigator
$178,536

All 7 grants and awards

1 publications.

01

Dwellings, crowding, and tuberculosis in Montreal.

Wanyeki I, Olson S, Brassard P, Menzies D, Ross N, Behr M, Schwartzman K

Social science & medicine (1982)200667 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2005.12.015 PMID: 16480805

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

Co-investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Poutanen, Mary Anne

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

$61,790

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

Co-investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Poutanen, Mary Anne

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

$12,156

Social mobility in two Canadian cities, 1880-1914

Co-investigatorSSHRC2006Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Gilliland, Jason A.

Keywords: social mobility; geographic mobility; social capital; access to schooling; property ownership; segregation; immigration; urbanization; geographic information systems; urban historical geography; London- Ontario; Montreal

$178,536

Design and practice: tuberculosis in Montreal, 1880-2002

Co-investigatorSSHRC2003Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Adams, Annmarie

Keywords: tuberculosis; design; hospital; contagion; architecture; health; space; material culture; medicine; ventilation; professionalization; practice

$72,254

Adaptations of youth in the industrializing city: Montreal 1840-1900

Co-investigatorSSHRC2003Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Gauvreau, Danielle

Keywords: youth; transitions; Montreal; demographic regime; family; work; migration

$87,087

Urban work: transforming the Montreal time-space

Principal investigatorSSHRC2000Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Olson, Sherry

Keywords: Work-spaces; infant mortality; urban environment; urban history; neighborhoods; industrialization; family history; urban-rural migration

$79,500

Montreal families and their country cousins, 1840-1900

Principal investigatorSSHRC1997Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Olson, Sherry

Keywords: Historical geography; historical demography; urban history; family history; inheritance; urban-rural exchange

$55,000

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

Frequent collaborators

Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health
Department of Geography
Department of Medicine

Co-authors at McGill University, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.

Marcel Behr

Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health

1 shared papers, latest 2006

Nancy Ross

Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health

1 shared papers, latest 2006

Kevin Schwartzman

Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health

1 shared papers, latest 2006

Paul Brassard

Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health

1 shared papers, latest 2006

Dick Menzies

Department of Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2006

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Environmental history Dear Professor Olson, 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]. I read your paper "Dwellings, crowding, and tuberculosis in Montreal." (2006), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] 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]