Shawn Bubel, University of Lethbridge

Research

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Latest funding

Stability, Flexibility and Resilience: Archaeological lessons for resource management and infrastructural investment
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$17,950
Busayra Cultural Heritage Project: Investigating Building A
SSHRC · 2023 · Co-investigator
$72,030
Investigating the Early Phases of Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump, UNESCO World Heritage Site
SSHRC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$22,696

All 5 grants and awards

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Stability, Flexibility and Resilience: Archaeological lessons for resource management and infrastructural investment

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Knowledge Synthesis Grants - Envisioning Governance Systems that Work

Principal investigators: McGeough, Kevin M.

Keywords: Hunter-Gatherers; social complexity; Iron Age States; Jordan; archaeological theory

$17,950

Busayra Cultural Heritage Project: Investigating Building A

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: McGeough, Kevin

Keywords: Jordan; archaeology; Near Eastern studies; biblical studies; state formation; Iron Age; palace economies

$72,030

Investigating the Early Phases of Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump, UNESCO World Heritage Site

Principal investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Bubel, Shawn

Keywords: Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump; bison jump; bison hunting; Paleoindian period; Early Prehistoric period; community archaeology; zooarchaeology; Alberta archaeology; Great Plains; thing theory; post-humanism

$22,696

Investigating the Early Phases of Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump, UNESCO World Heritage Site

Principal investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Bubel, Shawn

Keywords: Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump; bison jump; bison hunting; Paleoindian period; Early Prehistoric period; community archaeology; zooarchaeology; Alberta archaeology; Great Plains; thing theory; post-humanism

$57,136

Past, present, future: life and times of the Piikani and Pikuni people

Co-investigatorSSHRC2003Community-University Research Alliances (CURA)

Keywords: oral history; prehistory; transfer/integration of knowledge paradigms; colonialism; academic imperialism; social programs; marginality; education; kinship; subsistence; discourses in conflict

$799,742

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 Bubel, 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 "Investigating the Early Phases of Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump, UNESCO World Heritage Site" (2023), 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]