Nancy Janovicek, University of Calgary

Research

oral histories archival practices and preservation ethics social justice movements feminisms women's activism

Latest funding

Women's Activism: Developing an Archival Partnership and Network for Oral History Collection
SSHRC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$60,248
Directions west: third biennial western Canadian studies conference
SSHRC · 2011 · Principal investigator
$24,685
Coalitions and conflicts in the back-to-the-land movement of the West Kootenays
SSHRC · 2010 · Principal investigator
$51,900

Women's Activism: Developing an Archival Partnership and Network for Oral History Collection

Principal investigatorSSHRC2024Partnership Development Grants

Principal investigators: Janovicek, Nancy

Keywords: oral histories; archival practices and preservation; ethics; social justice movements; feminisms; women's activism

$60,248

Directions west: third biennial western Canadian studies conference

Principal investigatorSSHRC2011Aid to Research Workshops and Conferences in Canada

Principal investigators: Janovicek, Nancy E.A.

Keywords: western Canada; history; literature; indigenous studies; gender; environment; ethnicity and race; art history; museum studies; policy; immigration and migration; borderlands; religion; politics; sociology; queer studies; library and archive science

$24,685

Coalitions and conflicts in the back-to-the-land movement of the West Kootenays

Principal investigatorSSHRC2010Standard Research Grants program

Principal investigators: Janovicek, Nancy E.A.

Keywords: back-to-the-land movement; land use; history of environmentalism; rural and agricultural history; feminism; New Left; counterculture; alternative resource technologies; microhistory

$51,900

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: oral histories Dear Professor Janovicek, 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 oral histories 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 "Women's Activism: Developing an Archival Partnership and Network for Oral History Collection" (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]