Allyson Menzies, University of Calgary

Research

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Latest funding

Mobile Operations for Bridging Indigenous and Land-based Ecologies (MOBILE)
CFI · 2025 · Principal investigator
$100,000
Weaving Indigenous Knowledge and Western Science for More Effective and Collaborative Moose Monitoring and Research
NSERC · 2023 · Co-investigator
$446,865

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Mobile Operations for Bridging Indigenous and Land-based Ecologies (MOBILE)

Principal investigatorCFI2025John R. Evans Leaders Fund: John R. Evans Leaders Fund – Funding for research infrastructure

Principal investigators: Menzies, Allyson

Keywords: knowledge co-production, land-based research, community-based monitoring, interdisciplinary science, cultural keystone species, co-management, applied ecology mobile field station, ecological monitoring tools, digital storytelling tools

$100,000

Weaving Indigenous Knowledge and Western Science for More Effective and Collaborative Moose Monitoring and Research

Co-investigatorNSERC2023Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Popp, Jesse JN

Keywords: culturally important species; ethical space; indigenous guardians; indigenous knowledge; indigenous-led conservation; moose (alces alces); optimization of wildlife monitoring; socioecological research; weaving knowledge systems; wildlife monitoring

$446,865

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student Dear Professor Menzies, 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 CFI-funded project "Mobile Operations for Bridging Indigenous and Land-based Ecologies (MOBILE)" (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]