Alexandra Giancarlo, University of Calgary

Research

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Latest funding

Decolonial Approaches to Place-Based Dance
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$118,402
Siksika Sports Hall of Fame
SSHRC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$24,959

All 2 grants and awards

No publications available.

Decolonial Approaches to Place-Based Dance

Co-investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Kloetzel, Melanie J.

$118,402

Siksika Sports Hall of Fame

Principal investigatorSSHRC2024Partnership Engage Grants

Principal investigators: Giancarlo, Alexandra

Keywords: Indigenous history; Indigenous sport; sport and reconciliation;

$24,959

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 Dear Professor Giancarlo, 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 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 "Siksika Sports Hall of Fame" (2024), 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]