Stacy Pigg, Simon Fraser University

Research

graphic narrative and comics art-based public engagement social aspects of infrastructure international development mobilities Nepal

Latest funding

Himalayan lives and livelihoods, and the roads that change them: a graphic novel for public dialogue
SSHRC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$49,740
Health and development: a comparative discourse analysis on female genital cutting in Kenya
CIHR · 2015 · Supervisor
$6,000
Evidence and technology across borders: the case of Depo-Provera in Nepal and India, and beyond
SSHRC · 2009 · Principal investigator
$82,541

All 4 grants and awards

Himalayan lives and livelihoods, and the roads that change them: a graphic novel for public dialogue

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Pigg, Stacy L.

Keywords: graphic narrative and comics; art-based public engagement; social aspects of infrastructure; international development; mobilities; Nepal

$49,740

Health and development: a comparative discourse analysis on female genital cutting in Kenya

SupervisorCIHR2015Canada Graduate Scholarships - Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplements

Principal investigators: Gore, Toni M

Keywords: Development; Female; Genital Cutting; Health

$6,000

Evidence and technology across borders: the case of Depo-Provera in Nepal and India, and beyond

Principal investigatorSSHRC2009Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Pigg, Stacy L.

Keywords: internationalization of biomedicine; anthropology of reproduction; anthropological studies of science; social inequality

$82,541

Health and home research project: a housing community for downtown eastside women

Co-investigatorSSHRC1999Society, Culture and the Health of Canadians

Principal investigators: Culhane, Dara

Keywords: Health; women; housing; homelessness; poverty; inner-city; ethnography; participatory action research; collaborative research; aboriginal women

$578,413

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: graphic narrative and comics Dear Professor Pigg, 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 graphic narrative and comics 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 "Himalayan lives and livelihoods, and the roads that change them: a graphic novel for public dialogue" (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]