Charmain Levy, Université du Québec en Outaouais

Research

social movements civil society democratic governance political society political parties Brazil Latin American left urban commons

Latest funding

Understanding the Impact of the Social-Political Contexts in Shaping Older Adult Canadians End-of-Life Planning
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$93,007
Platform co-operatives as urban commons actors: The case study of Fairbnb in Italy
SSHRC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$44,608
When the light gets in during the darkest days: New democratic initiatives in authoritarian 21st century Latin America
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$19,554

All 5 grants and awards

Understanding the Impact of the Social-Political Contexts in Shaping Older Adult Canadians End-of-Life Planning

Co-investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Brown, Janine M.

Keywords: End-of-life planning; empowered aging; social vulnerability; unmet neets

$93,007

Platform co-operatives as urban commons actors: The case study of Fairbnb in Italy

Principal investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Levy, Charmain

Keywords: urban commons; critical sociology; platform cooperative; urban citizenship; urban governance; right to the city; Italy; qualitative research; collective identities; social innovation

$44,608

When the light gets in during the darkest days: New democratic initiatives in authoritarian 21st century Latin America

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Levy, Charmain

Keywords: democratic innovation; authoritarianism; Latin America; politics; policy; social movements

$19,554

Evaluating strategic political partnerships: The case of the women’s movement and the state in contemporary Brazil

Co-investigatorSSHRC2015Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Bohn, Simone

Keywords: (1) gender; (2) state; (3) women's movement; (4) political parties; (5) strategic partnership; (6) Brazil; (7) contention; (8) public policies; (9) co-optation; (10) autonomy

$44,183

The paradox of social movement partisanship: contexts, dynamics and outcomes in Brazil

Principal investigatorSSHRC2015Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Levy, Charmain

Keywords: social movements; civil society; democratic governance; political society; political parties; Brazil; Latin American left

$98,171

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: social movements Dear Professor Levy, 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 social movements 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 "Platform co-operatives as urban commons actors: The case study of Fairbnb in Italy" (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]