Joseph Wiebe, University of Alberta

Research

Religious Studies Mennonite Studies Settler Colonial Studies (1) Mennonite Studies (2) Indigenous Peoples (3) Environmental History

Latest funding

Examining Racial/Ethnic Bias in Psychological Risk Assessment, Diagnoses, Expert Recommendations, And Release Decisions for High Risk Sex Offenders
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$81,943
Bridging Indigenous knowledge and settler ethno-religious history: an anti-colonial approach to archival research
SSHRC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$69,646
Decolonizing Environmental Imagination: Perceptions of Indigeneity and Ecology in Religious Settler Migration
SSHRC · 2017 · Principal investigator
$50,589

All 3 grants and awards

Examining Racial/Ethnic Bias in Psychological Risk Assessment, Diagnoses, Expert Recommendations, And Release Decisions for High Risk Sex Offenders

Co-investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Helmus, L. Maaike

Keywords: Risk Assessment; violence; offending; decision-making; racial bias

$81,943

Bridging Indigenous knowledge and settler ethno-religious history: an anti-colonial approach to archival research

Principal investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Wiebe, Joseph R.

Keywords: Religious Studies; Mennonite Studies; Settler Colonial Studies;

$69,646

Decolonizing Environmental Imagination: Perceptions of Indigeneity and Ecology in Religious Settler Migration

Principal investigatorSSHRC2017Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Wiebe, Joseph

Keywords: (1) Mennonite Studies; (2) Indigenous Peoples; (3) Environmental History

$50,589

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: Religious Studies Dear Professor Wiebe, 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 religious studies 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 "Bridging Indigenous knowledge and settler ethno-religious history: an anti-colonial approach to archival research" (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]