Thérèse F. Casgrain Fellowships
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Hughes helps women entrepreneurs
What do we know about self-employed women in Canada? Are the programs we have in place to help them succeeding? What can we do to help them even more? The Thérèse F. Casgrain Foundation, through the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), has given Dr Karen Hughes $40,000 and two years to do research and try to answer these questions.
Original: ExpressNews
The Thérèse F. Casgrain Fellowship was created in 1982 in honour of Thérèse Casgrain, a dedicated promoter of women's rights in Quebec and elsewhere in Canada. The Fellowship program is administered by SSHRC on behalf of the Thérèse F. Casgrain Foundation. The Fellowship is awarded every second year to a professor whose research makes an important contribution to the fields of women's studies and social change. The award consists of a $40,000 stipend paid in three installments.
2001
Dr Karen Hughes is an associate professor in the Departments of Strategic Management and Organization and Sociology at the University of Alberta. Her research focuses on the changing nature of work, occupations, and organizations and pays particular attention to how gender, education, and professional and family status shape economic and organizational opportunities.
1986
Dr Susan A. McDaniel, a professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Alberta, was the first recipient of the Thérèse F. Casgrain fellowship. Her research focuses on the areas of social and health policy, gender, family, and aging.