Rosemary-Claire Collard, Simon Fraser University

Research

extinction defaunation endangered species woodland caribou political economy feminist political economy postcolonial studies environmental justice

Latest funding

Beyond the status quo: Political economic barriers to reform and pathways for change in BC's extractive economy
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$456,732
The caribou paradox: a political economy of the ten percent world
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$168,487
The caribou paradox: a political economy of the ten percent world
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$87,776

All 3 grants and awards

Beyond the status quo: Political economic barriers to reform and pathways for change in BC's extractive economy

Co-investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Dempsey, Jessica A.

$456,732

The caribou paradox: a political economy of the ten percent world

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Collard, Rosemary-Claire M.S.

Keywords: extinction; defaunation; endangered species; woodland caribou; political economy; feminist political economy; postcolonial studies; environmental justice; the state; capitalism; colonialism; extraction; capitalist natures; anthropocentrism

$168,487

The caribou paradox: a political economy of the ten percent world

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Collard, Rosemary-Claire M.S.

Keywords: extinction; defaunation; endangered species; woodland caribou; political economy; feminist political economy; postcolonial studies; environmental justice; the state; capitalism; colonialism; extraction; capitalist natures; anthropocentrism

$87,776

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: extinction Dear Professor Collard, 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 extinction 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 "The caribou paradox: a political economy of the ten percent world" (2020), 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]