Sophie McCall, Simon Fraser University

Research

Indigenous literatures Indigenous editing and publishing appropriation collaboration relationality resurgence decolonization Residential schools

Latest funding

Unsettling Scottish Studies: Canons, Chronologies, and Colonialisms
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$44,300
Indigenous-Led Collaboration in the Indigenous Literary Arts
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$99,766
Diaspora and nation in Métis writing, 1973-2011
SSHRC · 2012 · Principal investigator
$74,961

All 4 grants and awards

Unsettling Scottish Studies: Canons, Chronologies, and Colonialisms

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Scudeler, June

Keywords: Indigenous Studies; Scottish Studies; Scottish history; decolonization; colonialism; environment; empires;

$44,300

Indigenous-Led Collaboration in the Indigenous Literary Arts

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Grants

Principal investigators: McCall, Sophie S.

Keywords: Indigenous literatures; Indigenous editing and publishing; appropriation; collaboration; relationality; resurgence; decolonization; Residential schools; ethics of representation; textualizing orality; multidisciplinary Indigenous arts

$99,766

Diaspora and nation in Métis writing, 1973-2011

Principal investigatorSSHRC2012

Principal investigators: McCall, Sophie S.

Keywords: Metis literature; diaspora; indigenous nationhood; globalization; mixed-race identities

$74,961

Reconciliation: work(s) in progress - an innovation forum

Principal investigatorSSHRC2011Public Outreach Grants - Aboriginal Research

Principal investigators: McCall, Sophie S.

$53,520

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: Indigenous literatures Dear Professor McCall, 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 indigenous literatures 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 "Indigenous-Led Collaboration in the Indigenous Literary Arts" (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]