Wallapak Polasub, Kwantlen Polytechnic University

Research

food systems food security local food policy social integration citizen participation

Latest funding

The Dual Feminine: The Body, Metaphor, and Crisis in Early Jewish Literature
SSHRC · 2023 · Co-investigator
$275,000
Food Learning and Growing (FLAGship) Partnership: Seeding Sustainability Transformation
SSHRC · 2022 · Co-investigator
$398,500
Local food system: a vehicle to support social integration for newcomers to Canada
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$50,000

The Dual Feminine: The Body, Metaphor, and Crisis in Early Jewish Literature

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Canada Graduate Scholarships - Doctoral

Principal investigators: Brownridge, Amelia A.

Keywords: Hebrew Bible; Old Testament; dead sea scrolls; intertextuality; feminist theory; crisis; conceptual metaphor theory; formation of scripture; history of interpretation; personification; comparative methodology; women; gender; early Jewish literature

$275,000

Food Learning and Growing (FLAGship) Partnership: Seeding Sustainability Transformation

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022Partnership Grants

Keywords: food regions; sustainability; resilience; climate change; participatory research; Indigenous knowledge; traditional knowledge; knowledge co-creation; monitoring; regional capitals; knowledge mobilization

$398,500

Local food system: a vehicle to support social integration for newcomers to Canada

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Polasub, Wallapak

Keywords: food systems; food security; local food policy; social integration; citizen participation

$50,000

Redefining progress: Food system policy innovation for societal wellbeing

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021College and Community Innovation Program

Keywords: food systems; agrifood policy; ecological economics; societal wellbeing; Canada; British Columbia

$233,442

Redefining progress: Food system policy innovation for societal wellbeing

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021College and Community Innovation Program

Keywords: food systems; agrifood policy; ecological economics; societal wellbeing; Canada; British Columbia

$115,453

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: food systems Dear Professor Polasub, 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 food systems 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 "Local food system: a vehicle to support social integration for newcomers to Canada" (2022), 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]