Pamela Stern, Simon Fraser University

Research

ethnography Inuit studies history of anthropology northern administration heritage municipal government monuments decolonization

Latest funding

Housing Nunavut for all Ages
SSHRC · 2020 · Co-investigator
$115,967
Housing Nunavut for all Ages
SSHRC · 2020 · Co-investigator
$156,226
Decolonizing Municipal Monuments and Landmarks
SSHRC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$24,358

All 7 grants and awards

Housing Nunavut for all Ages

Co-investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Sheppard, Lola E.

Keywords: architecture; housing; Nunavut; community engagement; participatory design research; co design

$115,967

Housing Nunavut for all Ages

Co-investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Sheppard, Lola E.

Keywords: architecture; housing; Nunavut; community engagement; participatory design research; co design

$156,226

Decolonizing Municipal Monuments and Landmarks

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Partnership Engage Grants

Principal investigators: Stern, Pamela R.

Keywords: heritage; municipal government; monuments; decolonization

$24,358

Historicizing contemporary Inuit ethnography

Principal investigatorSSHRC2017Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Stern, Pamela R.

Keywords: ethnography; Inuit studies; history of anthropology; northern administration

$96,891

Nunavut's urban futures: housing and an emerging northern public realm

Co-investigatorSSHRC2014Insight Grants

Principal investigators: White, Mason C.

Keywords: northern architecture; housing; urbanism; public space; northern development; northern communities; northern infrastructure

$258,635

Reclaiming the New Westminster waterfront

Co-investigatorSSHRC2011

Principal investigators: Hall, Peter V.

Keywords: waterfronts; oral history; British Columbia; work; education

$199,970

Non-governmental organizations on a Northern frontier

Principal investigatorSSHRC2005Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Stern, Pamela R.

Keywords: NGOs; development; governance; ethnography; participant observation

$115,832

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: ethnography Dear Professor Stern, 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 ethnography 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 "Decolonizing Municipal Monuments and Landmarks" (2019), 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]