Michael Bucknor, University of Alberta

Research

critical race theory critical gender and sexuality studies Caribbean Canadian writing Black vulnerability and resilience popular culture literary history affect studies decolonial methodologies

Latest funding

Making Kin and Being Here in a Good Way: Winnipeg Cultural Politics in Contemporary Arts
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$29,370
Black Global Studies and Decolonial Practice
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$400,000

All 2 grants and awards

Making Kin and Being Here in a Good Way: Winnipeg Cultural Politics in Contemporary Arts

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Jacobson-Konefall, Jessica

Keywords: ancestral culture; contemporary arts; digital games; urban space and history; Anishinaabe; Carribbean-diaspora; Eastern-European diaspora; cross-cultural collaboration; textiles; birchbark scrolls

$29,370

Black Global Studies and Decolonial Practice

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Bucknor, Michael

$400,000

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: critical race theory Dear Professor Bucknor, 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 critical race theory 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 "Black Global Studies and Decolonial Practice" (2021), 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]