Jessica Prioletta, Bishop's University

Research

violence against girls early education education spaces feminist theory participatory action research participatory visual research

Latest funding

Safe at School? Participatory Action Research with Young Girls in Ontario and Quebec
SSHRC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$27,496
Understanding Wellbeing for Women Middle-Level Leaders in Postsecondary Education
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$34,128
Pan-Somali Dreams: Ethiopia, Greater Somalia, and the Somali Nationalist Imagination
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$26,148

All 3 grants and awards

Safe at School? Participatory Action Research with Young Girls in Ontario and Quebec

Principal investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Prioletta, Jessica

Keywords: violence against girls; early education; education spaces; feminist theory; participatory action; research; participatory visual research

$27,496

Understanding Wellbeing for Women Middle-Level Leaders in Postsecondary Education

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Burns, Amy M.

Keywords: wellbeing; leadership; postsecondary; women; barriers; inequity

$34,128

Pan-Somali Dreams: Ethiopia, Greater Somalia, and the Somali Nationalist Imagination

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Aidid, Safia

Keywords: modern africa; horn of africa; northeast africa; somalia; ethiopia; nationalism; decolonization; popular politics; borders; state formation; space

$26,148

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: violence against girls Dear Professor Prioletta, 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 violence against girls 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 "Safe at School? Participatory Action Research with Young Girls in Ontario and Quebec" (2025), 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]