Heather Devine, University of Calgary

Research

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Latest funding

The J.Z. LaRocque papers: Métis history and politics in Southern Saskatchewan, 1886-1945
SSHRC · 2012 · Principal investigator
$98,586
Patterns of genesis: identity, culture, communication and mobility in the emergence of Northwest Metis populations
SSHRC · 2007 · Co-investigator
$223,000

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The J.Z. LaRocque papers: Métis history and politics in Southern Saskatchewan, 1886-1945

Principal investigatorSSHRC2012Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Devine, Heather

Keywords: Métis; Métis politics; Métis history; Saskatchewan; Larocque; Joseph.Z; Gardiner; James Garfield ; liberal party; Métis society of Saskatchewan; depression; World War II; Lebret; Saskatchewan; Laurier; Wilfred; Northwest rebellion

$98,586

Patterns of genesis: identity, culture, communication and mobility in the emergence of Northwest Metis populations

Co-investigatorSSHRC2007Aboriginal Research

Principal investigators: St-Onge, Nicole

Keywords: ethnogenesis; Aboriginal; Metis; French river world; multiethnic; transgeographic; fur trade; voyageurs;

$223,000

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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