Jean-René Leblanc, University of Calgary

Research

research creation augmented reality digital storytelling petroculture cowboys masculinity Orphan Wells energy stories

Latest funding

Orphan Wells AR: Community-Driven Creative Reclamation
SSHRC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$49,963
Gasoline Station AR: Re-imagining narratives about abandoned gas stations through AR digital storytelling
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$15,698
Gasoline Station AR: Re-imagining narratives about abandoned gas stations through AR digital storytelling
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$81,780

Orphan Wells AR: Community-Driven Creative Reclamation

Principal investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Leblanc, Jean-René

Keywords: Orphan Wells; energy stories; community histories; interdisciplinary research; research creation ; augmented reality; speculative design; creative reclamation

$49,963

Gasoline Station AR: Re-imagining narratives about abandoned gas stations through AR digital storytelling

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Leblanc, Jean-René

Keywords: research creation; digital storytelling; augmented reality; petroculture

$15,698

Gasoline Station AR: Re-imagining narratives about abandoned gas stations through AR digital storytelling

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Leblanc, Jean-René

Keywords: research creation; digital storytelling; augmented reality; petroculture

$81,780

Real-life cowboys: representing new male subjectivities in 21st Century cowboy art using participatory visual methods and research creation

Principal investigatorSSHRC2018Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Leblanc, Jean-René

Keywords: cowboys; research creation; masculinity; augmented reality

$65,772

Responsive digital dance

Co-investigatorSSHRC2010Research/Creation Grants in Fine Arts

Principal investigators: Hushlak, Gerald M.

Keywords: digital art; interactive art; automated art; evolutionary computing; digital dance; interactive dance

$175,361

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: research creation Dear Professor Leblanc, 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 research creation 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 "Orphan Wells AR: Community-Driven Creative Reclamation" (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]