Stephen Collis, Simon Fraser University

Research

geopoetics ecocriticism environmental ethics climate change sustainability environmental education settler-colonialism

Latest funding

Geopoetics Symposium and Residency
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$20,000
Canada and the Spanish Civil War
SSHRC · 2014 · Co-investigator
$343,736
Charles Olson centenary conference
SSHRC · 2009 · Principal investigator
$19,525

Geopoetics Symposium and Residency

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Collis, Stephen S.

Keywords: geopoetics; ecocriticism; environmental ethics; climate change; sustainability; environmental education; settler-colonialism

$20,000

Canada and the Spanish Civil War

Co-investigatorSSHRC2014Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Vautour, Bart A.

Keywords: Canadian cultural production; Spanish Civil War; digital humanities; cultural history; cultural memory; pedagogy; modernism; transnationalism; textual studies; editorial theory; literature; critical theory; politics; collaboration; training; mentorship

$343,736

Charles Olson centenary conference

Principal investigatorSSHRC2009Aid to Research Workshops and Conferences in Canada

Principal investigators: Collis, Stephen S.

Keywords: poetry; poetics; postmodernism

$19,525

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: geopoetics Dear Professor Collis, 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 geopoetics 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 "Geopoetics Symposium and Residency" (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]