Helene Day Fraser, Emily Carr University of Art and Design

Research

design for sustainability fashion design critical design material exploration

Latest funding

Moving Matter: Organic Encounters
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$74,471
Material Matters - Novel Alternatives: digital technologies applied to the development and manufacture of locally customized pet product
NSERC · 2017 · Principal investigator
$25,000
Clothing(s) as conversation
SSHRC · 2014 · Principal investigator
$185,241

Moving Matter: Organic Encounters

Co-investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Kitsos, Robert R.

Keywords: Dance; Design; Transdisciplinary collaboration; Costume design; Wearables; Sustainable textiles; Choreography; Materiality; Performance/Installation

$74,471

Material Matters - Novel Alternatives: digital technologies applied to the development and manufacture of locally customized pet product

Principal investigatorNSERC2017Applied Research and Development Grants - Level 1

Principal investigators: DayFraser, Helene

$25,000

Clothing(s) as conversation

Principal investigatorSSHRC2014Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Day Fraser, Helene

Keywords: communication; shared expression; poetics; visual semantics; clothing; sustainability; 3d printing; wearable technology; appropriate technology; open source hardware; social media; design

$185,241

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: design for sustainability Dear Professor Day Fraser, 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 design for sustainability connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] 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]