Karen Wall, Athabasca University

Research

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

Travel and leisure Collective memory Social change and community arts Artists’ residencies Indigenous culture and reconciliation Cultural policy Western Canadian history Heritage policy and practice Research-creation Militarized environments and memoirs

Latest funding

Creative and cultural ecosystems on the prairies
SSHRC · 2016 · Co-investigator
$20,000
Going public: cross-disciplinary perspectives on presenting women's history
SSHRC · 2009 · Principal investigator
$15,713

All 2 grants and awards

No publications available.

Creative and cultural ecosystems on the prairies

Co-investigatorSSHRC2016Partnership Grants

Keywords: arts ecology; cultural ecology; indigenous cultural ecologies; creative economy; community engagement; social impacts; vitality index; social network analysis; community; sustainability; artist work patterns

$20,000

Going public: cross-disciplinary perspectives on presenting women's history

Principal investigatorSSHRC2009Aid to Research Workshops and Conferences in Canada

Principal investigators: Wall, Karen L.

Keywords: symposium; public history; women's history; conference proceedings; interdisciplinary; museums and interpretive sites; archives; First Nations history; Second World War and women; art and history

$15,713

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: Travel and leisure Dear Professor Wall, 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 travel and leisure 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]